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Pō.ʻalima

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. nvs. Friday. Lit., fifth day.

2. nvi. Work on the chief's plantations, so called because this work was done on Fridays; the chiefs' plantation where the people worked on Fridays; to work thus (For. 5:709). ʻAʻole i Pōʻalima ʻia mamua, not used as a Pōʻalima before.

Poʻalima

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

kikino, Friday.

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    • Abbreviated as P5.

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PO-A-LI-MA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. Po and lima, five; the fifth. The name of the fifth day (night) of the week, Friday. Hawaiians counted by nights rather than by days. See Po. I ka 21 o Augate oia ka Poalima, the 21st of August, that was Friday.

2. The name of a religious meeting on Friday of each week, formerly very generally attended by the people throughout the Islands.

Poalima (pō'-ā-lī'-ma), n.

/ pō'-ā-lī'-ma / Parker Haw to Eng,

[Po. night, and lima, five; the fifth.] The fifth day (night) after Sunday; that is, Friday: 1 ka 21 Augate oia ka Poalima. the 21st of August, that was Friday.

2. A religious meeting on Friday of each week, formerly generally attended throughout the islands.

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