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1. vi. To roll, turn, twist, wallow, wind, braid, revolve; to scud or move along, as clouds; to wield, as a club; rolling, twisting, turning, sloping.

• Related:
  • Puʻu kaʻa, sloping, rolling hill.
  • Kaʻa i ka lepo, to wallow in the mud or dirt.
  • Kaʻa ka lolo, the brain spins; dizziness; perturbation; figuratively, destitution, poverty.
  • hoʻokaʻa Caus/sim.; To cause a rolling, turning.
• References:
  • See ex., pōhaku #1.
  • PPN taka .

2. n. Vehicle, carriage, wagon, automobile, car, cart, coach, buggy.

• Related:
  • Uku kaʻa, carfare, transportation charge.
  • Nui nā kaʻa, many cars, heavy traffic.

3. vi. To go past, pass by, reach; to be in a state of; to be located at; to take effect, as medicine; gone, absent, past, turned over, transferred, delivered.

• Examples:
  • Kaʻa loa lākou i waena o ka waha o ua moʻo nei (For. 5:413), they went straight into the middle of the mouth of this lizard.
  • Ua kaʻa ʻoia i ka maʻi, he is confined with illness.
  • Kaʻa iho nō ā kaʻa iho nō i ka maʻi, sick again and again.
  • Kaʻa i ka lawa, it's enough, sufficient.
  • He mau lā e kaʻa aʻe, several days gone by.
  • Kaʻa ka pilikia mahope, the trouble is gone.

4. vi. To pay; paid.

• Examples:
  • Ua kaʻa kuʻu ʻaiʻē, my debt is paid.
• Related:
  • hoʻokaʻa Caus/sim.; To pay a debt, disburse, avenge (FS 85).
    • Hoʻokaʻa hapa, partial payment.

5. vi. To manage, run, be in charge of; given, as work to a person; well versed, skilled (used very broadly to indicate custom, nature, character, habit.

• Examples:
  • Ka poʻe i kaʻa aku ka mālama ʻana i nā mea ana ua, the people charged with taking care of the rain instruments.
  • Ua kaʻa ka hana iāʻoe, the work has passed on to you.
• References:
  • See kaʻa hele, kaʻa kaua, kaʻa lolohi, kaʻa maʻi, kaʻa moena, kaʻa nema, kaʻa nemo).
  • Probably PPN taka .

6. n. Resin.

• References:
  • Cf. hūkaʻa, lāʻau-kaʻa, kēpau kaʻa.

7. vt. To wipe dry with a cloth, as dishes. Kaʻū.

8. n. Pulley.

9. See hoana kaʻa.

10. n. Tale, legend (now replaced by kaʻao).

nvt., Thread, line, as of olonā fiber; snell of a fishline, snood; ply, twist, strand; to make thread, as of olonā.

• References:
  • Nak. 62.
  • Cf. kaʻa kolu, kaʻā lua.