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Hoʻolua

/ Hoʻo.lua / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. Name of a strong, north wind associated with Makaiwa, Kauaʻi; Hāna, Maui; and Hālawa, Molokaʻi.

  • Related:
    • At Hālawa the name may be qualified by Iho, Kaʻi, Kele, Pehu, Wahakole (Nak. 69).
    • Hoʻolua nui, big Hoʻolua wind; figuratively, to talk loudly and to no purpose.

2. (Not cap.) Dual number in pronouns and possessives, as ʻolua, kāua, māua.

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hoʻolua

/ hoʻo.lua / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. To bear many children.

2. To lay an egg, as of a chicken.

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