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Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Anatomy. Kua.

  • Related:
    • Back of the neck, hono.
    • To cling to the back, pili kua.
    • To go behind one's back, hele i hope o ke kua, kō i kua.
    • To call from behind one's back, kāhea kua.
    • To turn the back on, huli kua (insult).
    • Back wall of a house, paia o hope, huli kua.
    • Stiff-backed, nanai, lanai.
    • Burning back taboo, kuaʻā, kua liholiho, kualoi, kualoiloi.
  • See taboo.

2. Behind. Hope, muli.

  • Related:
    • At the back, i hope, mahope.
    • To back up or away, peki, emi hope, neʻe hope, hoʻoneʻe hope, koene.
    • Back and forth, i mua i hope, haʻakuʻe, helo.
    • To back water with a canoe, hoʻēmi hope i ka waʻa.
    • Backed up against the wall (hard-pressed), pili pū i ka paia.

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Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Of seat. Kua noho. Of tongue. Kūʻau alelo. See tongue. ~ vowel. Woela kauhope. See vowel.

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Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Defensive corner ~, in football. ʻĀʻiwa. Running ~, general term. Mea holo.

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Eng to Haw, Andrews (1865),

kua, mahope ae.

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Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Channel, Hanalei, Kauaʻi. Small sand-bottomed channel into Hanalei Bay through the reef off Puʻu Poa Beach. This is a secondary or "back" channel in deference to the nearby primary channel into the bay at the Hanalei River mouth.

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/ Back / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h ke kua, ka aoao hope. hl mahope.

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Eng to Haw, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

ku’ă: to back, e‘mĭ ku’ă: at the back, mā- ho’pě a‘ě.

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/ Bāєk / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Bāєk, n. Kua

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/ Bāєk / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Bāєk, adv. Ma ke kua. SYN. behind. Back of the house, ma ke kua o ka hale. 2. Mahope ae.

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/ Bāєk / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Bāєk, v. 1. E haawe; e waha. 2. E ee maluna. To back a horse, e ee maluna o ka lio. 3. E hooemi hope; e emikua.

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