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vs., To lose, be defeated, beaten (if followed immediately by an animate subject and then by i-iā marking agent); to win, beat; winning, victory (in other environments).

• Examples:
  • Mea eo, winner, victor.
  • Inā kāua i kilu a i eo ʻoe iaʻu, alaila, ʻo kou kino ka uku, a i eo wau iā ʻoe, ʻo koʻu kino ka uku (FS 275), and if we play quoits, and I defeat you (literally, you are defeated by me), your body is the pay, and if you defeat me (literally, I am defeated by you), my body is the pay.
  • Eo iaʻu ka hākōkō, I won the wrestling match.
  • Nā ʻai eo (FS 283), the winning points.
  • Ua eo au, I won.
• References:
  • PCP eo.

adj., See Eo, v., to gain. Finished; made an end of; complete; puni eo, a full accomplishment.

s., A calabash or other vessel brimful of food; he aloha i ka. ipu ka eo.

wager won: winning