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1. vs., God, goddess, spirit, ghost, devil, image, idol, corpse; divine, supernatural, godly.

• Examples:
  • Kona akua, his god.
  • Akua nō kona ʻike, his knowledge is indeed divine.
  • ʻAi akua, to have a prodigious appetite, as though possessed of gods [as youthful heroes in legends].
  • Nāna nō i hāʻawi i ke akua, through her given to the god [death by sorcery, cursed].
• Related:
  • Akua might mate with humans and give birth to normal humans, moʻo, or kupua (Na_na_ 23).
  • Children of Kamehameha by Keopuolani were sometimes referred to as akua because of their high rank.
  • Kauā, or outcasts, were sometimes called akua because they were despised as ghosts.
  • hoʻākua Caus/sim.; To deify, make a god of; godlike, supernatural, extraordinary, divine.
    • Cf. hoa kua.
    • Hoʻākua nohoʻi kāna hana, his deeds are marvelous.
    • Hoʻākua ke kai, a dangerous sea.
• References:
  • PPN ʻatua .

2. (Cap.) n., God (Christian).

3. n., “It” in a game of tag or hide-and-seek.

4. (Cap.) Name of the 14th night of the full moon.

• References:
  • PEP ʻAtua .

5. Same as maiʻa Polapola, a banana.

• Related:
  • Hoʻomana akua kahi. Monotheism; monotheistic.
  • Hoʻomana akua lehulehu. Polytheism; polytheistic.

1. s., Among Hawaiians, formerly, the name of any supernatural being, the object of fear or worship; a god. The term, on the visit of foreigners, was applied to artificial objects, the nature or properties of which Hawaiians did not understand, as the movement of a watch, a compass, the self-striking of a clock, &c. At present, the word Akua is used for the true God, the Deity, the object of love and obedience as well as fear.

2. The name of the night when the moon was perfectly full; a akaka loa o ia poepoe ana, o Akua ia po; hence it would seem that the ancient idea of an Akua embraced something incomprehensible, powerful, and yet complete, full orbed. The names of the four principal gods of the Hawaiians were Ku, Lono, Kane, and Kanaloa.

1. n., Formerly, among Hawaiians, the name of any supernatural being, the object of fear or worship; a god. The term, on the visit of foreigners, was applied to artificial objects, the nature or properties of which Hawaiians did not understand, as the movement of a watch, a compass, the striking of a clock, etc.

2. n., At present, the word Akua is used for the true God, the Deity, the object of love and obedience as well as fear.

3. n., The name of the night when the moon was perfectly full: A akaka loa o ia poepoe ana o Akua ia po. It would seem that the ancient idea of an Akua embraced something incomprehensible, powerful, and yet complete, full orbed. The names of the four principal gods of the Hawaiians were Ku, Lono, Kane and Kanaloa.