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1. vs., Different, separate, unrelated, another; whole; entirety; a whole note in music; entirely, wholly, completely; altogether, fully, independently, exclusively.

• Examples:
  • ʻAi ʻokoʻa, cooked unpounded taro; literally, whole food.
  • No ke kōkua ʻole ʻia mai, hana ʻokoʻa ihola nō wau, because of not being helped, I worked independently.
  • He hoʻokuli ʻokoʻa iho nō. (FS 217), a pretense of being stone deaf.
  • Moe ʻokoʻa (FS 149), to lie down and stay, as of one exhausted.
  • Holo ʻokoʻa, to run far away.
  • Haʻawipio ʻokoʻa, to give up completely; unconditional surrender.
• Related:
  • hōʻokoʻa Caus/sim.; To make different, to set apart, distinguish, separate, cause to differ, discriminate. Cf. hoʻokaʻaʻokoʻa.
• References:
  • Cf. haʻina ʻokoʻa, holoʻokoʻa, kaʻaʻokoʻa, kūʻokoʻa.
  • See ex., kuli #2.

2. To be early or continuing, of time of day.

• Examples:
  • I ka lā ʻokoʻa (FS 31), while still daylight; in broad daylight.

• Related:
  • Hoʻomaha ʻokoʻa. Whole rest, in music.
  • Hua mele ʻokoʻa. Whole note, in music.

ʻaʻano Differentiated, i.e. during development, the change of structure or function of an organ or tissue into a more specialized state, in biology. Dic., ext. mng.