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1. v., To be holy; to be set apart for holy purposes; e hookaawale i na waiwai i hoanoia. Puk. 30:29.

2. To be devoted to any person; to be consecrated to a particular use or purpose, generally religious; to be under or bound by an oath. Laieik. 38. By a kiss. Laieik. 126.

3. To be devoted to destruction or death. Ios. 6:17. A ike mai la na ilamuku o Liloa ua laa keia keiki no ka ae ana ma kahi kapu, and the sheriffs of Liloa saw that the child was devoted (had forfeited his life) on account of his climbing over a kapu place (fence.)

4. To be defiled; to become impure by mixing one plant with another of a different kind. Kanl. 22:9.

5. Hoolaa. To sanctify; to be sanctified; to be devoted; to be set apart as sacred, or for sacred purposes. Puk. 13:2. To make sacred or holy; to revere; to dedicate, as a temple or image. Dan. 3:2. To devote. Oihl. 18:11.

1. adj., Sacred; devoted, i. e., given up or set apart to sacred purposes; hence, holy; mea laa, a consecrated or holy one. Puk. 16:23. He lahui kanaka laa, a consecrated nation. Puk. 19:6.

2. Accursed; devoted to destruction. Ios. 6:18. (See the verb in the same verse.)

adv., Also; together with others; so; like pela; besides all this; oia mea a pau e laa me keia, all that thing together with this; o ka launa nui aku i ka wahine e, e laa me ka wahine i ke kane e. See elaa.

s., Width; breadth. SYN. with laula.

1. adj., Sacred; devoted, that is, given up or set apart to sacred purposes; hence, holy: mea laa, a consecrated or holy one; he lahui kanaka laa, a consecrated nation.

2. adj., Devoted to; appropriated.

adv., Also; together with others; so; besides all this: oia mea a pau e laa me keia, all that thing together with this; o ka launa nui aku i ka wahine e, e laa me ka wahine i ke kane e. Syn: Elaa; pela.

n., Time of; season; period of time: Ka laa keia o ka malo; This is the dry season.

n., Width; breadth. Syn: Laula.

1. v., To be holy; to be set apart for holy purposes: e hookaawale i na waiwai i hoanoia.

2. v., To be devoted to any person.

3. v., To be consecrated to a particular use or purpose, generally religious. To be under or bound by an oath. (Laieik. p. 38.) To be bound by a kiss. (Laieik. p. 126.)

4. v., To be devoted to destruction or death: A ike mai la na ilamuku o Liloa ua laa keia keiki no ka ae ana ma kahi kapu; And the sheriffs of Liloa saw that the child was devoted (had forfeited his life) on account of his climbing over a tabu place.

5. v., To propagate plants by the process of inarching.