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1. nvs. To die, perish; defeated, beaten, dead, killed, unfortunate; to faint (cf. make loa, definitely “to die”); death, fainting, danger of death, peril, destruction, misfortune; to kill, beat, execute; deathly, deadly, faint, deceased, extinct, late, obsolete, poisonous, venomous. (Gram. 4.5.) A pre-Christian concept was that make signified entry into the spirit world, and that make loa was the utter annihilation of the spirit, a kind of second death (cf. For. 5:581).

• Examples:
  • Make anu, to die from the cold, freeze.
  • Make ʻole, deathless, immortal.
  • Kona make, his [own] death.
  • Kāna make, his murder [of someone else].
  • ʻAʻole kona he make maoli, he make na waho, his was not a natural death, [but] a death by outsiders [sorcery].
  • Nā-ʻehu i make aku nei, the late Nā-ʻehu.
  • Makamaka make, unresponsive friend.
  • Lawe i ka wā make, taking at the time of death [a deceased might by his death remove taboos, curses, and sources of family discord: Na_na_ 137–8].
  • Hele i ka make, to pass away in death [common statement in wills].
  • Emi maila ʻo Ka-malama, ā ʻaneʻane nō e make i nā wahi koa (FS 85), Ka-malama fell behind and was almost killed by the warriors.
• Related:
  • hoʻomake Caus/sim.; To kill deliberately, execute; to pretend to be dead; to let die; to let diminish, grow faint.
    • Mai hoʻopae ʻoe, e hoʻomake ʻoe i kou nalu, don't catch [the wave], let your wave get smaller.
• References:
  • PPN mate .

2. nvs. Desire, want; to want.

• After ʻaʻole, make expresses a weak command, as “you better not.”
  • ʻI mai nei ke aliʻi, ʻaʻole make kaha ka ʻōpū o ka puaʻa (FS 205), the chief said, better not cut open the pig's stomach.
  • ʻAʻole make hana, better not do it.
• Examples:
  • Mai make hele ʻoe! Don't get the notion of going.
• References:
  • Cf. make ʻai, -mākeʻaka, make wai.
  • PCP mate .

3. n. Price, barter, exchange.

• Examples:
  • ʻEhia hua moa make ka hapalua, how many eggs for fifty cents?
  • Ā make na ʻIwa, na ke keiki ʻaihue a Kukui, ʻo ka waiwai o kuʻu waʻa (FS 21), the reward for ʻIwa, Kukui's thieving son, is the value of my canoe.
• References:
  • Cf. makehewa, makepono.

See lāʻau make. Pūnuku ea make. Gas mask, as used during World War II.

v. To die; to perish; to be killed; to suffer, as a calamity.

2. Hoo. To put to death; to deaden; to cause to die; to be slain. Ezek. 11:6. To mortify; to kill. Oihk. 20:4.

v. To desire; to wish for; to wish; e manao nui, to think much upon; to desire often; to love.

v. Used impersonally. To need; to have necessity; it is necessary; generally a negative; aole make kukui, there is no need of a lamp.

2. To be proper; to be fit; to be right; aole make hookuke ia Kalaiwahi, it is not proper to banish Kalaiwahi.

3. To be; to exist; to be present; aole make hau maluna iho ou, let there be no dew upon thee.

4. To permit; to allow; aole make au e haule i ka lima o kanaka, let me not fall into the hands of men. 1 Oihl. 21:13. Aole make hakaka kaua kekahi i kekahi. let us two not contend, one with the other. NOTE. In all the examples the meaning of make seems to be, to wish or will, and it may be the obsolete root of makemake.

is also used impersonally in the sense, it is agreed, it is a bargain, &c.; ehia huamoa make ka hapawalu? how many hen's eggs will buy (will pay for, will be equal to) a rial? Hookahi puu wahie make ka pahu aila, one pile of wood paid for a cask of oil. Make hewa, a bad bargain; no profit; in vain, &c.

s. Death; the dissolution of soul and body; the state of being dead; as an agent it triumphs over the bodies of men. Rom. 6:9. Na make wahahee. Ier. 2:14.

adj. Dead; hurt; injured; wounded.

adv. E hina make, to fall dead; i hina make ai, he fell down dead.

2. Even; nor; besides; neither.

Dead; hurt; injured; wounded; deadly: he hina make, a deadly fall.

1. [Make, death.] To die: to perish; to be killed.

2. To suffer, as a calamity.

3. [Primitive form of makemake.] To desire: generally preceded by the adverb aole; to need; to lack: aole make kukui. no need of a lamp; aole make wai, no need of water, no thirst.

4. (Used in barter.) (a) To be exchanged; to be bought or sold in exchange, as in traffic by barter, (b) Also used impersonally in the sense, it is agreed, it is a bargain, etc.; ehia huamoa make ka hapawalu? How many hen's eggs will buy (will pay for, will be equal to) a real (or shilling)? Hookahi puu wahie make ka pahu aila. One pile of wood paid for a cask of oil. Make hewa, a bad bargain; no profit; in vain, etc.

Death; the dissolution of soul and body; the state of being dead.

Deadly.

Killed, dead.

Desire, want.

I. Ekolu ano o keia huaolelo ma ka Baibala, o ka make o ke kino, oia kekahi, Kin. 25:11; o ka haalele ana i ke Akua, o ka make iloko o ka hewa, 1 Ioa. 3:14, oia kekahi ; o ka make mau, o ka make o ka uhane, oia kekahi, ua kapaia oia ka make alua, Hoik. 20.14. O ka make oia ka uku o ko Adamu hewa, Kin. 2:17; 3:19; hewa kona mau mamo a pau, a ia lakou hoi ka uku o ka hewa. O KRISTOK no 'ko kakou ola.' Ma ona la ke ola ana o ka poe manaoio a pau. Koe no nae ka hewa a me ka eha o ke kino, aka, ua laweia'ku ka huelo awa o ka make, a i ka alahouana o ke kino, e hehiia keia enemi malalo o ka wawae, Rom. 5:12-21; 1 Kor. 15. O ka make o ke kino, oia ka laweia'ku o ke ea, pau ka hanu, Hal. 104:29; o ka hoi hou i ka lepo, Kin. 3:19; Kek. 12:7; o ka hemo aku i ka halelewa, 2 Kor. 5; 1 Pet. 1:13, 14. O ka make ana o ka mea manaoio, oia ka hele ana i kona home, o ka hiamoe ana iloko o Iesu, Pil. 1:23; Mat. 26:24; Ioa. 11:11. Ua kapaia ma keia inoa kekahi mea pilikia nui, 2 Kor. 1:10. 'Na puka o ka make,' oia na puka o kela ao ike ole ia, Iob. 38:17. O ka makemake ole a me ka manao ole o ko Iesu poe i ka lealea hewa o keia ao, oia kekahi ano o keia olelo, Kol. 3:3.

dead: to die.

1. Deceased. McCandless v. Waiahole Water Co., Ltd., 35 Haw. 314, 317-318 (1940). 2. Dead (AP).