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Variant spelling of awāwa.

1. adj., Sour; bitter; sharp; pungent, as rum, pepper, orange skin, &c.; unpleasant to the taste; salt, as sea-water; brackish; no ka awaawa o ka wai, hookoni.

2. MET. Hard to deal with.

3. Harsh in manners, as a person. Luk. 19:21, 22.

s., Bitterness; sourness; pungency to the taste

v., To be bitter, &c. Hoik. 10:10. See awa.

s., A mist; a spray. See awa.

1. adj., Sour; bitter; sharp; pungent.

2. adj., Unpleasant to the taste; salty; brackish.

3. adj., Hard to deal with; harsh in manner; severe.

1. n., Bitterness; sourness; sharpness or pungency, as in taste.

2. n., Unpleasantness; harshness, as in manner.

3. n., A mist. See awa.

1. v., To be sour; to be bitter.

2. v., To be harsh or severe in language; to have a sour or bitter disposition.

bitter. Land section, Kona, Oahu.

I. he laau make, he mea awahia, Am. 6:12; Kan. 29:18; 32:32; Ier. 9:15; 23:15; Lam. 3:19. He wahi laalaau awaawa, aole ike lea ia kona ano.

Valley. See, awāwa (T).