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Vacation; to take a rest or vacation; to retire, stop work; to obtain relief; to pause; rest in music (types are hoʻomaka poʻo, a whole rest; hoʻomaha poʻoʻele, a quarter rest; hoʻomaha poʻolima, a half rest; hoʻomaha poʻomana, an eighth rest; hoʻomaha poʻomanalua, a sixteenth rest; hoʻomaha poʻomanakolu, a thirty-second rest).

• Examples:
  • Ua hoʻomaha nā kula, the schools are having a vacation.
  • Hoʻomaha ʻia mai au i kuʻu hāʻawe, I am relieved of my burden.
  • Hoʻomaha ai ma nā kānāwai (For. 6:159), to rest with the laws [obey them].
• References:
  • See maha #6, rest.

kikino, Intermission.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Hoʻomaha hapalua. Halftime, as in sports or games.
  • Manawa hoʻomaha. Time out, in team sports such as volleyball.

kikino, Rest, in music.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word