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nvs., To understand, recognize, realize; clear; plainly, clearly; understanding.

• Examples:
  • Ua maopopo iāʻoe? Do you understand
  • Ua maopopo iaʻu kou manaʻo, I understand your idea.
  • Haʻi maopopo, to tell clearly.
  • Maopopo ka ʻikena, clearly seen or known.
  • Maopopo ʻole, unintelligible, unaware, unaccountable.
  • Maopopo loa, to understand clearly, definite, certain.
  • Maopopo maikaʻi, maopopo leʻa, obvious, evident, clearly understood.
• Related:
  • hoʻomaopopo Caus/sim.; To understand, make plain or clear, tell clearly, cause to understand, pay attention in order to understand; to certify, inform, remember, recollect, recall, think about, remind, believe in, realize, ascertain, take care of, recognize, discover.
    • (Depending on context, many translations are possible; for substitution of maopopo for hoʻomaopopo, Gram. 4.4.)
    • Hoʻomaopopo ʻē, to understand ahead, anticipate; inkling.
    • Hoʻomaopopo ʻole ʻia, misunderstood, unintelligible, uncared for, unclear.
    • E hoʻomaopopo aku ʻoe, i ka hola ʻehia kākou e hele ai, find out what hour we are going.
    • E hoʻomaopopo aku ʻoe e hele mai i kēlā ʻapōpō, remind [him] to come tomorrow.
    • E hoʻomaopopo mai ʻoe i kēia mea e aʻo ʻia aku nei, pay attention and comprehend these things being taught you.
• References:
  • Gram. 4.4.

I mea e maopopo ai iā ʻoe. For your information.

• Related:
  • Also: i maopopo iā ʻoe, he mea hoʻomaopopo kēia.

v., Ma and opo, clear; plain; even. To be plain; to be clear to the sight or senses.

2. To be clear and explicit to the understanding; to be not doubtful.

3. Hoʻomaopopo. To understand clearly; to comprehend the meaning of a word or expression; to have a clear understanding of a thing.

4. To credit; to trust.

5. To appoint, as an evil, i.e., to bring evil or a curse upon one. Oihk. 26:16.

6. To appoint or set, as a time; to appoint a concerted signal. Lunk. 20:38.

7. To set apart; to designate, as a place for doing a thing.

s., Clearness; that which is explicit, as a natural or moral truth; not liable to mistake.

2. Hoʻomaopopo. A clearing up of what is doubtful.

3. An interpretation or an explanation of a foreign language.

adj., Plain; clear to the senses or to the understanding; not doubtful; ready; in a state of preparedness to act.

2. Generous; friendly; obliging; mahamaha, launa.

adv., Clearly; evidently; plainly.

1. adj., Plain; clear; to the senses or to the understanding; not doubtful.

2. adj., Ready; in a state of preparedness to act.

adv., Clearly; evidently; plainly.

n., Clearness; that which is explicit, as a natural or moral truth; not liable to mistake.

[Ma and opo, clear; plain; even.]

1. v., To be plain; to be clear to the sight or senses.

2. v., To be clear and explicit to the understanding; to be not doubtful.