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noa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. nvs., Freed of taboo, released from restrictions, profane; freedom.

  • Examples:
    • Lā noa, weekday.
    • He aliʻi noa au loa, a chief who frees [his people] from taboo for a long time.
    • Ua wehe ʻākea ʻia ka noa o nā wahi apau o ke kūlanakauhale, the restrictions on all parts of the city were opened up completely.
  • Related:
    • hoʻonoa Caus/sim.; To cause to cease, as a taboo; to free from taboo; to repeal, revoke; to adjourn, as a meeting; to prostitute, as one's daughter (Oihk. 19.29).
  • References:
    • PPN noa.

2. n., Commoner; formerly, the offspring of the marriage of a piʻo, naha, or nīaupiʻo aristocrat with a person without rank or possibly of papa rank.

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noa

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

See kī noa.

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