oha
1. vs. Spreading, as vines; thriving; to grow lush.
2. nvt. Affection, love, greeting; to greet, show joyous affection or friendship, joy. Cf. aloha. (PPN ʻofa.)
1. vs. Spreading, as vines; thriving; to grow lush.
2. nvt. Affection, love, greeting; to greet, show joyous affection or friendship, joy. Cf. aloha. (PPN ʻofa.)
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s. The small sprigs of kalo that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.
2. A branch from a stock. Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree. Isa. 11:1. FIG. Ier. 23:5.
3. A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.
s. A salutation between the sexes; rather a call, as halloo! to attract attention, and when the person looks round, then beckons.
v. To salute, as a man a woman, or vice versa; to call to one at some distance, and when he looks, then beckons to him.
adj. Sick from grief or care.
Lovesick; languishing with amorous desire. Kuoha is the more familiar word.
1. The small sprigs of taro that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.
2. A branch from a stock. Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree. Isa. 11:1.
3. Fig. A branch, a scion. Ier. 23:5.
4. A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.
A salutation between the sexes, as when one attracts attention and beckons.
OHA 473 OHA
To salute, as a man to a woman, or vice versa.
E huli iā “oha” ma Ulukau.
Search for “oha” on Ulukau.