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1. nvs., Distance, length, height; distant, long, tall, far, permanent.

• Examples:
  • Mauna Loa (name), long mountain.
  • Mea ʻole ia loa, this distance was nothing.
  • E loa ke ola, may life be long.
  • Noho loa, to stay permanently (cf. noho lōʻihi, to stay a long time).
  • He aha ka loa o kēia pākaukau? What's the length of this table?
  • Pau kukui pua i ka loa i lalo, candlenut flowers blooming far down below.
• Related:
  • hoʻoloa Caus/sim.; To stretch, extend, prolong, lengthen.
• References:
  • Cf. loloa, Gram. 8.7.5.
  • PPN loa.

2. particle, Very, very much, too, excessive, most.

• Examples:
  • Maikaʻi loa, very good.
  • Wela loa, too hot.
  • Ma ke kūkala ākea i nā mea koho kiʻekiʻe loa, at public auction to the highest bidders.
• References:
  • See ʻaʻole, Gram. 8.7.5.
  • PCP loa.

3. conjunction, As soon as.

• Examples:
  • I loa no iāia e hala aku, ʻōʻili ana ka makua kāne, no sooner had he gone, than the father appeared.

4. n., Head tax officer; government tax as contrasting with king's taxes.

5. n., A district (And.) or large section of it, contrasting with poko.

ʻaʻano, Long.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Manamana loa. Middle finger. Also: manamana waena.

ʻaʻano, Length, in math. No abbreviation.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Also: ana loa.
• References:
  • See lōʻihi.
  • Cf. ākea, laulā, hohonu, kiʻekiʻe.

Extra, i.e. beyond the usual size, extent, or degree.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Pākā loa. Extra lean, as meat.

• Related:
  • Ao loa. Stratus cloud.

v., To extend; to be long; to be indefinitely long as to time, measure or distance.

1. s., Length. 1 Nal. 6:2. The whole of any district of land; long space from one place to another; a length of time.

2. A bank; a raised place; he ahua a.

3. A receptacle of filth; he nenelu inoino.

4. An officer who has universal charge of the taxes.

5. The name of the general tax itself.

adj. Long; spoken of time, of space or measure.

adv., An intensive word of general application; much; very; exceedingly; it is connected with nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Long; spoken of time, of space or measure.

adv., An intensive word of general application; much; very; exceedingly; it is connected with nouns, adjectives and verbs.

1. Length, in time or space; the whole of any district of land; long space from one place to another.

2. A receptacle of filth; he nenelu inoino.

To extend; to be long; to be indefinitely long as to time, measure or distance.

Earwig.

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.