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nvs. Softly fragrant; soft fragrance or perfume, aroma; gentle and sweet, as the eyes or disposition; inviting, attractive, alluring, lovely. Cf. maka onaona, friend. Kole maka onaona, sweet-eyed kole (a fish), [said of a person with alluring eyes]. hoʻō.naona To impart fragrance; attractive, sweet, alluring. Hoʻōnaona i ka iʻa, to attract fish, as with the melomelo, baited stick. Hoʻōnaona hoʻi nā maka o kēia keiki, what attractive, sweet eyes this boy has.

adj. Weary; fatigued; faint, as from traveling.

2. Faint; dizzy, from weakness or want of food; poniuniu.

3. Applied to food; unpalatable; ono ole; wai onaona, bad tasted water; huewai onaona, bad smelling calabash.

adj. Beautiful; graceful; pretty faced; he mau maka onaona, he maikai, he nani; ka wehiwehi i ka onaona i ke ala; beautiful; applied to the eyes and face; rosy cheeks.

s. A pleasant, odoriferous smell, as of a rose; aka e hai aku i ke ala ame ke onaona, ame ka pukue o ka naauao; onaona ala, a pleasant smell; me ka honi ala onaona, alaila hoi ka makani ala onaona, e nu ana ma ke kaena nei; maluna o ka onaona ala launa.

Onaona (o'-nă-o'-na), adj.

/ o'-nă-o'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. Weary; fatigued; faint, as from traveling.

2. Faint; dizzy, from weakness or want of food; poniuniu.

3. Applied to food; unpalatable; ono ole; wai onaona, water of bad taste; huewai onaona, bad smelling calabash.

4. Beautiful; graceful; neat, pretty faced: he mau maka onaona, he maikai, he nani; ka wehiwehi i ka onaona i ke ala; beautiful; applied to the eyes and face; rosy cheeks.

Onaona (o'-na-o'-na), n.

/ o'-na-o'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. A pleasant odor.

2. Any plant emitting an agreeable scent.

Onaona (o'-na-o'-na), v.

/ o'-na-o'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker,

To be attracted or drawn to by an alluring or inviting quality or property, as fishes when a baited hook is let down.

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