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nvt., To quarrel, argue, fight; combat, argument, conflict, strife, battle, struggle; to contend, as conflicting winds.

  • Examples:
    • Haʻa nā makani, pā e paio nei, paio i ke alo o makani pā lua (For. 6:299), moving low are the winds, striking as they contend here, blustering before the strong-blowing winds.
  • References:
    • For. 6:487.

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paiō

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

kikino, Fixed swing, as with two or more ropes or chains.

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1. v., To speak back and forth like persons in a dialogue. See kike.

2. To scold back and forth, as two persons.

3. To strive together; to contend; to disagree in opinion. Kin. 45:24.

4. To quarrel; to fight with.

5. To turn topsy-turvy; to toss up and down like the sea current.

6. To bend round like a fish-hook.

7. To throw stones back and forth.

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paio

kikinonoun / PAI-O / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A striving; a quarrel; a strife. 2 Sam. 22:14. A combat; a controversy. Ier. 25:31.

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paio

ʻaʻanostative verb / PAI-O / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Contentious; disputatious; quarreling.

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paio

ʻaʻanostative verb / pā'i-o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Contentious; disputatious; quarreling.

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paio

kikinonoun / pā'i-o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A striving; a quarrel; a strife; a combat: a controversy.

2. n., A game.

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paio

kikinonoun / pā'-i'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A special form of fish-hook with two barbs.

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1. v., To speak back and forth like persons in a dialogue. Syn: Kike.

2. v., To strive with another.

3. v., To play the game of paio.

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debate; combat; quarrel.

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