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vs., Out of breath, breathless, gasping for breath, panting, worn-out. Figuratively, discouraged, faint-hearted, despairing, desperate, weary, exhausted; to die.

• Examples:
  • Pauaho mai ʻo Mea i kēia ola ʻana, so-and-so has departed this life.
• Related:
  • hoʻopauaho Caus/sim.; to cause shortness of breath, panting, despair, etc.
    • Hoʻopauaho lākou iā lākou iho i ka ʻimi i ka puka (Kin. 19.11), they wearied themselves to find the door.

v. Pau and aho, breath. To be out of breath.

2. To be discouraged; to give up the pursuit of a thing; to forsake it.

3. To be faint-hearted; to be discouraged. 1 Oihl. 22:13. To be weary on account of trouble. Kin. 27:46.

4. Hoo. To labor in vain. Kin. 19:11. To despair of success. Kekah. 2:20.

adj. Breathless. FIG. Faint-hearted; giving up; yielding; wanting perseverance.

1. Breathless.

2. Fig. Faint-hearted; giving up; yielding; wanting perseverance.

[Pau, all, and aho, breath.]

1. To be out of breath.

2. To be discouraged; to give up the pursuit of a thing; to forsake it.

3. To be fainthearted; to be discouraged. To be weary on account of trouble.