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eo

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

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). 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 (lit., you are defeated by me), your body is the pay, and if you defeat me (lit., 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. (PCP eo.)

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