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1. n., Light, month, moon.

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2. conjunction, Perhaps.

  • Examples:
    • Malama ulu mai ka ʻanoʻano, perhaps the seeds will grow.

Nā LepiliTags: time

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mālama

/ mā.lama / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt., To take care of, tend, attend, care for, preserve, protect, beware, save, maintain; to keep or observe, as a taboo; to conduct, as a service; to serve, honor, as God; care, preservation, support, fidelity, loyalty; custodian, caretaker, keeper.

  • Examples:
    • Mālama ʻana, custody.
    • Mālama pono ʻia, well cared for.
    • Mālama pono! Be careful! Watch out!
    • Mālama makua, one who cares for parents.
    • Mālama wahine, caring for one's wife.
    • Mālama i kou makua kāne, honor your father.
    • Mālama kauoha, obey orders.
    • Mālama Lā Kāpaki, keeping the Sabbath.
    • Ē kuʻu Akua, e mālama au iāʻoe ma ka noʻonoʻo, O my God, let me serve you in thought.
    • O ka hoʻolohe a me ka mālama pono i ke aupuni, obedience and fidelity due the government.
    • Ka mālama ʻole i kō haʻi ola, negligence of the lives of others.
  • hoʻomālama
    • a. Caus/sim.
    • b. (Cap.) Star name.
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2. n., Pancreas.

3. (Cap.) n., Stroke in lua fighting.

Nā LepiliTags: astronomy anatomy

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hamani, To save, as in a computer program.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

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1. v., Ma and lama, light. To keep; to preserve; to watch over. See kiai.

2. To serve as a servant; to take care of, as one who cares for another. Kin. 47:13.

3. To reverence; to obey, as a command. Kanl. 5:9.

4. To observe, as a festival; to attend to, as a duty.

5. To be awake to danger.

6. To put and keep things in order.

7. To swell; to be enlarged, as the belly. See mala.

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1. s., Light, as of the sun, moon or stars. See malamalama.

2. A solar month in distinction from mahina, a moon or lunar month.

3. A looking-glass; he aniani nana.

4. One who observes the heavenly bodies; a prophet; a star-gazer; an astrologer.

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adj., Taking care; giving heed; watching over.

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adv., A conditional term.

Perhaps; it may be, &c.; malama e kupu auanei ka hua i luluia, perhaps hereafter the seed sown may spring up; malama o huli mai, perhaps he will turn. Malama is often connected with paha, which only strengthens the possibility; as, malama paha e make ia, perhaps he will die; the same as malia or malia paha, perhaps.

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malama

/ mā'-lă'-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Taking care; giving heed; watching over.

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malama

/ mā'-lă'-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adv., A conditional term. Perhaps; it may be, etc.; malama e kupu auanei ka hua i luluia, perhaps hereafter the seed sown may spring up; malama o huli mai, perhaps he will turn. Malama is often connected with paha, which strengthens the possibility; as. malama paha e make ia. perhaps he will die. Syn: Malia or malia paha. perhaps.

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malama

/ mā'-lă-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The pancreas.

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malama

/ mā'-lā'-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Light, as of the sun, moon or stars. Syn: Malamalama.

2. n., A solar month in distinction from mahina, a lunar month or moon.

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malama

/ mā'-lă'-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To keep; to care for; to preserve.

2. v., To be careful; be not indifferent or reckless.

3. v., To keep; to preserve; to watch over. Syn: Kiai.

4. v., To serve as a servant; to take care of, as one who eares for another.

5. v., To reverence; to obey, as a command.

6. v., To observe, as a festival; to attend to, as a duty.

7. v., To be awake to danger.

8. v., To put and keep things in order.

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Malama

/ mā'-lămă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

month. Land section, Puna, Hawaii.

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Malama

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Inland crater, sea area, land section, and homesteads, Kalapana qd., Hawaiʻi.
  2. Name of Kamehameha V's home at Kaunakakai, Molokaʻi (see Kamehameha V).
  3. Place, Mānoa, Honolulu, Oʻahu.
  • Literally, month or moon.
  • References:
    • PH 20.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi Molokaʻi Oʻahu

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