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vs., Satisfied after eating, full, satisfying; to have eaten, to eat one's fill.

• Figuratively, intoxicated.
• Examples:
  • Ua māʻona ʻoe? Have you eaten? Have you had enough? Are you full?
  • Māʻona maikaʻi, to have had enough to eat, but not to have overeaten.
  • Māʻona piha, māʻona loa, completely full.
  • He lau māʻona (For. 4:43), a leaf that gives plenty to eat.
  • Inu mai nei a māʻona, a laila hoʻohakakā, drinking until drunk, then starting fights.
  • Māʻona ka ʻuhane i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua, the spirit is sustained by the word of God.
• Related:
  • Usually pronounced but not written māʻana.
  • For a rare use of māʻona as a noun, see kuenenuʻu.
  • hoʻomāʻona Caus/sim.; To eat all one wants, to feed all that is wanted.
• References:
  • PPN maakona .