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1. nvs. Truth; true.

• Examples:
  • ʻOia nō! Yes, that's so; that's right, really.
  • ʻĀ ʻoia, certainly, that's right, really.
  • ʻOia ʻea! Is that so! So that's it!
  • ʻOia hoʻi! So it is! That's so! Namely … , as follows …
  • ʻOia paha, maybe so, all right (as in reluctant acquiescence).
  • Maka-puʻu lā a ʻoia mai, just this side of Maka-puʻu.
  • Ke nānā aku ʻoe i kēlā keiki, ʻoia nō ʻoe ʻo ke keko, when you look at that child, [he's] just like a monkey.
  • ʻOia nohoʻi hā kona mea i hele ai, so that's why he went; no wonder he went.
  • E hele mai ā ʻike he ʻoia kaʻu, come and see the truth with me.
• Related:
  • Often used idiomatically to mean this, namely this, namely, thus, that's it, that's right, go ahead; start, begin, go (as shouted by referee at beginning of games).
  • hōʻoia Caus/sim.; To confirm, affirm, guarantee, audit, verify, profess (Kanl. 26.17).
    • Luna hōʻoia, auditor.
• References:
  • See ʻoia ana.

2. Particle ʻo + ia #1.

personal pronoun, third persson singular He, she, or it; the o is emphatic. See ia. Gram. § 53 and 54, 3. ʻOia no wau, I am he; o ka laau hua ole, ʻoia kana e oki aku, the branch not fruitful, that he cuts off; it is not so often used for things as for persons; ʻoia iho no, he by himself. 1 Nal. 18:6.

personal pronoun, third person singular, He, she, or it; the ʻo is emphatic. See ia. ʻOia no wau, I am he; o ka laau hua ole, ʻoia kana e oki aku, the branch not fruitful, that he cuts off. It is not so often used for things as for persons: ʻoia iho no, he hy himself.