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KūmoleSource:

1. idiom. There, there it is, there are (sometimes shortened to ai, with loss of the following part. i, see ai lalo, ai luna).

  • Examples:
    • Aia kēia, furthermore, besides.
    • Aia malaila ka hale, the house is there, there's the house.
    • Aia i hea ka hale? Where is the house?
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2. idiom. Depending on, only if, only when, whatever, whenever.

  • Examples:
    • Aia nō ia iā ʻoe, depending on you; as you want; it's up to you; suit yourself.
    • Aia nō ia i kāu hoʻoholo ʻana, whatever you decide.
    • Aia nō i kahi e hana ana, it doesn't matter where the work is done; depending on where the work is done.
    • Aia nō i kāu hele ʻana mai, whenever you want to come; depending on your coming.
    • Alia wau e ʻae aku, aia ʻae mai ʻo ʻAiwohikupua (Laie 485), before I consent, ʻAiwohikupua must agree.
    • Aia ā pau ka uhi ʻana o ka noe … ia manawa e ʻike aku ai i nā mea apau (Laie 499), when the mist covering is gone, then everything may be seen.
    • Aia ā pau kēia hana, when [or whenever] this work is done.
    • Aia ā hele aku au, when I go.
    • ʻAʻole ʻoe e ola i ka mele hoʻokahi, aia ʻelua mele (FS 239), you won't be saved by one song, only with two songs.
    • Aia aku ā aia mai, ʻai kākou i ka naʻaukake, every now and then we eat wieners.
    • Aia hea ka puke? Where's the book?

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  • Examples:
    • Aia i loko o ka papa. To take a class.
    • Aia wau i loko o ka papa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i kēia kau kula. I'm taking a Hawaiian language class this semester.
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aia

/ ā-ī'-ă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adv., There, referring to place: aia malaila ka hana ana, there the work is being done.

2. adv., Then, referring to time, generally in connection with some other event.

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there.

behold !

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