ala ao
ʻaʻano, Diurnal, i.e. active during the daytime. Literally, awake (during) daylight.
- Examples:
- Lawe ʻia mai nei ka manakuke i Hawaiʻi nei no ke kāohi i ka ʻiole, akā, he ala ao ka manakuke a he ala pō ka ʻiole, no laila, ʻaʻohe i kō ka makemake. The mongoose was brought to Hawaiʻi to control the rat population, but the mongoose is diurnal and the rat is nocturnal, so the objective was not achieved.
- References:
- Cf. ala pō, ala mōlehu.
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