paha
1. nvt., To improvise a chant; an improvised or conversation chant, as the kepakepa.
- References:
- PCP pa(f,s)a.
2. n., Uncooked young taro leaves.
3. Same as kūpala, a plant.
4. n., A kind of surfboard.
5. Short for pahāha.
6. Particle, Maybe, perhaps, probably, possibly, may, might (very common, used to make speech less blunt and more conciliatory, something like English use of the conditional mode; it frequently follows ʻaʻole and pēlā, and never occurs after a pause).
- Examples:
- ʻAʻole paha, maybe not, possibly not, likely not, probably not.
- Pēlā paha, maybe so.
- Ā … paha, or.
- ʻElua ā ʻekolu paha (For. 4:259), two or three.
- ʻO ka poʻe kōkua e hana i kekahi hewa ʻofeni, ā ua noho paha malaila, the people who help in the committing of an offense, or are present there.
- Hele paha, [I] may [or might] go.
- References:
- Gram. 7.5.
- PCP pa(f,s)a.
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