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1. n., Companion, friend, associate, colleague, comrade, partner, mate, peer, fellow, antagonist (if followed by a word such as kaua or paio).

• Examples:
  • Kona hoa, his friend.
  • Hoa a ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana, member of the House of Representatives.
• Related:
  • hoʻohoa Caus/sim.; To make friends.
• References:
  • Cf. hoahānau, hoa hele, hoaloha, hoa paio, and saying, cold #1.
  • PPN soa .

2. nvt., To tie, bind, secure, rig; rigging, lashing.

• References:
  • See hoa waʻa.

3. nvt., To strike with a stick or club; to club; a club.

• References:
  • PPN foa .

4. Same as mamo #1, the honey-creeper.

s. A companion; a fellow; a friend; an assistant. It is found in many compounds; as, hoapio, a fellow prisoner; hoamoe, a bed-fellow; hoahele, a traveling companion, &c.

v. To strike on the head with a stick.

2. To beat, as kapa with a stick on a stone.

3. To strike, as in fighting.

4. To drive, as cattle.

v. To tie; to secure by tying; to bind; to wind round, as a rope or string; to rig up, as a canoe; a ma ka wa e hoa ai ka waa, he kapu ka hoa ana. See A and HOHOA. Alaila, hoaia ka pou me ka lohelau:

v. Ho for hoo, and a, to burn.

1. To kindle a fire; to burn, i. e., to cause to blaze; to make a light. Laieik. 77. To rage, as a flame of love; ua hoaia ke ahi, enaena o ke aloha wela, the raging fire of hot love blazed forth. Laieik. 204.

2. To comb or dress the hair or the head.

3. To cast or throw away; e hookuke; hence,

4. To commit mischief, as a child.

s. A tying; a binding.

adj. Unsteady; movable. See HIA, adj.

Roving; unsteady; movable. See hia.

1. A tying; a binding.

2. A companion; a fellow; a friend; an assistant. It is found in many compounds; as, hoapio, a fellow prisoner; hoamoe, a bedfellow; hoahele, a traveling companion, etc.

1. To tie; to secure by tying.

2. To bind; to wind round, as a rope or string.

3. To rig up, as a canoe: a ma ka wa e hoa ai ka waa, he kapu ka hoa ana. Alaila, hoaia ka pou me ka lohelau.

4. To smite forcibly with a single stroke of a heavy rod or club.

1. To set on fire.

2. To inflame; to incite; to arouse.

To beat with a stick or stone, as on kapa.

To strike, as in fighting; to club with a stick or rod.

companion; club: to beat with a club.

Friend.