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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.

No base definition, only supplemental content.

• 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.

General name for god; night when the moon was perfectly full.

Fourteenth night, with a perfectly round moon. The day is kapu as is the night.

I. oia ka mea ola mau, hope-ole, hemolele, ike ole ia, ka mea nana i hana na mea a pau, nana i malama, a nana i hooponopono na mea a pau, me kona mana iho, a me kona naauao iho, a oia wale no ka mea pono i hoomanaia. O IEHOVA ka inoa Hebera o ke Akua, a oia mau ke ano o ia inoa. No ka hoano o keia inoa, aole puana mai na Iudaio ia ma ka heluhelu ana i ka Baibala; a loaa ia lakou o IEHOVA ma ka Baibala, heluhelu mai lakou ADONAI, HAKU; a loaa ADONAI IEHOVA, Haku Iehova, heluhelu mai lakou, ADONAI ELOHIMA, Haku Akua. He kahiko no keia hana ana, a he mau keneturi mamua o Kristo; aka, aole paha pela i ka wa o ka poe kaula. Akua, oia ELOHIMA ma ka olelo Hebera. Ma Puk. 3:14, i ka ninau ana o Mose i ka inoa o ke Akua, i mai la ke Akua ia Mose, OWAU MAU LOA AKU NO. O ka inoa OWAU MAU, ua like no ke ano o ia me IEHOVA. I mai ka Baibala, 'I kinohi hana ke Akua i ka lani a me ka honua.' A o ka Baibala ka mea e maopopo io ai kona noho Akua ana, a oia ka mea i hoike mai i kona ano a me kona makemake. Ua hoakaka mai ia i kana hana, a me kona aoao, a me kona mani, a i kona kanawai hoi a me kona aloha; a hoolilo mai ia i ke kanaka i mea launa pu me ke Akua iloko o ke ola. Ua hoike mai no ka Baibala i ke Akua, he Uhane ola, aole ona mua, aole ona hope, he kina ole, he luli ole, he mana, he naauno, he ike, he pono, he hemolele, he oiaio, he maikai, he aloha. He Akua hookahi no ia a he ano ekolu nae, he Makua, he Keiki, he Uhane Hemolele ; a mai ka wa mua mai no keia kahikolu ana. Oia ke kumu o na mea a pau, ia ia na mea a pau, a ua ike mua oia i na mea a pau, a nana e hooponopono na mea pau; a oia hoi ka lunakanawai mau o na kanaka a pau. O ka ike pono i ke Akua, oia ke kumu o ka kaipule io; a o ka haipule io, oia ke aloha oiaio aku ia ia me ka malania pono ia ia. E nana IESU KRISTO, a. me UHANE HEMOLELE.

(ke) akua God, or gods.