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1. n., Face of a clock or watch.

2. n., Level pavement beside a heiau.

• References:
  • Malo 162.

3. n., Priests who prohibited noise during taboo.

4. n., Division of spoils among the victors.

• Rare

s. Papa and hola, spread out. The front of a heiau, in other cases called a kahua, i. e., mostly an artificial level place on which the heiau was built, but containing a greater surface than the building; hence, a court; a yard in front of a temple. 2 Nal. 1:2.

[Papa, a flat surface, and hola, spread out.]

1. The front of a heiau or temple, a kahua, that is, an artificial level place on which the heiau was built, but containing a greater surface than the building; hence, a court; a yard in front of a temple.

2. A place of entering.

3. Division of the spoils among the victors.

Court or yard on the same platform on which a heiau was built but in front. (2 Nal. 1:2.)

Artificial, level space on which the heiau was built, but containing a greater surface area than the building; hence, a court or yard in front of a temple. (2 Nal. 1:2.)