oki
- Examples:
- He iʻa anei kō ka mākeke? ʻAʻole, he oki loa! Is there fish at the market? No, all gone.
- Ua oki nā ʻōlelo a kāua no ka mea ke oki mai nei ka ʻona o ka ʻawa iaʻu (Laie 377), our talk stopped because the intoxication of the kava for me became extraordinary.
- References:
2. vs. Extraordinary, wondrous, superlative, much (usually but not always in an unfavorable sense, sometimes with idea: not at all, none, all gone).
- Examples:
- Oki pau, extraordinary.
- Pehea kou makua kāne? Ua oki loa! How's your father? Much worse! Ua hele ke kino ā oki, his body is wasted [by disease].
- Ua hele ʻoe ā oki loa i ka lepo! Youʻre filthy with dirt! Kāhiko ā oki a pāʻihiʻihi, dressed in best finery, so attractive.
- Oki nohoʻi ka hana a ka Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa, wondrous indeed are the deeds of deep-seeking Hawaiʻi.
- Oki pau ka hana a ka huila, wondrous the doings of the wheel.
- References:
3. vi. To take effect, as ʻawa intoxication.
- References:
- See ex., oki #1.
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