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1. n., Hole, pit, grave, den, cave, mine, crater. Lua is a hole that has a bottom, contrasting with puka, perforation.

  • Examples:
    • Hoʻopiha i ka lua o ko inaina, fill the pit of wrath [eat heartily].
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2. n., Toilet, outhouse, bathroom, cellar.

3. num., Two, second, secondary, twice, deuce, double; doubly, much, a great deal.

  • Examples:
    • Ka lua kēia o koʻu hele ʻana mai, this is the second of my trips here.
    • ʻO ka lua ia o nā keiki, this is the second of the children.
    • Kaʻukaʻu lua, to delay much.
    • Kaumaha lua, extremely sad or heavy.
    • Konikoni lua i ka puʻuwai, throbbing, throbbing in the heart.
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4. n., Equal, likeness, duplicate copy, match.

  • Examples:
    • Ōlaʻi ikaika loa i ʻike ʻole ʻia kona lua, very strong earthquake, the like of which had never been seen before.
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5. n., Companion, mate.

6. n., A type of dangerous hand-to-hand fighting in which the, fighters broke bones, dislocated bones at the joints, and inflicted severe pain by pressing on nerve centers. There was much leaping, and (rarely) quick turns of spears. Many of the techniques were secret. Lua holds were named (see fight). Lua experts were bodyguards to chiefs.

Nā LepiliTags: math

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See fight.

kikino Bathroom; toilet. Dic. See lumi ʻauʻau, lumi hoʻopaupilikia.

lua

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

, a type of hand-to-hand fighting

lua

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

'Pit, crater, hole'.

To kill by breaking the bones; the art of noosing men in order to murder them.

General name for the early hand-to-hand fighting, which included possible death.

Watchword given by Hoapili prior to his last Kauaʻi battle; form of wrestling called kaialua.

I. he kiowai i hanaia, a he luawai maoli kekahi. He wahi paahao no kekahi lua, Kin. 37:20; Ier. 38:6; a he wahi panele kekahi he mea e paa ai na holoholona hihiu; he mea ia e hoohalike ai na hana kolohe a na kane kolohe a me na wahine kolohe, Hal. 119:85; Sol. 22:14; 26:27; Ez. 19:4. O ka luakupapau kekahi ano, Hal. 28:1; 30:3, 9; a o ka lua po kekahi ano, Hoik. 20:1.

a pit: two.

1. Pit or hole (T) (PE). 2. A pit; a hole; a grave; a den or cave (AP). 3. A pit within a cliff (SMK).

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