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1. s., Night; the time after the going down of the sun; the time of the twenty-four hours opposite to ao, day.

2. Darkness; the time when the sun gives no light.

3. Chaos; the time before there was light; mai ka po mai, from chaos (darkness) hitherto, that is, from the beginning, from eternity.

4. The place of departed spirits; the place of torment. NOTE.—Hawaiians reckon time by nights rather than by days; as, Po akahi, first night, i. e., Monday; Po alua, second night, Tuesday. Po was counted as a god among the poe akuanoho.

1. v., To be dark; to darken; to become night; to be out of sight; to vanish; hence, to be slain; to be lost; e po i ke kaua, to be lost in war.

2. FIG. To be ignorant; to be wild; to be rude; to be uncultivated.

3. To overshadow, as the foliage of trees.

4. To assemble thickly together, as people; to come together in multitudes.

5. To emit an odoriferous smell. See puia.

1. adj., Dark; dark colored; obscure.

2. FIG. Ignorant; rude; wild; savage.

3. Unsocial; sour; unfriendly; crabbed.

is prefixed to a good many words, and seems to denote an intensive, thus: maikai, pomaikai; ino, poino; eleele, poeleele; pilikia, popilikia, &c.

prefix, It seems to have an intensive force, thus: maikai, pomaikai; ino, poino; eleele, poeleele; pilikia, popilikia, etc.

1. adj., Dark; dark colored; obscure.

2. adj., Fig. Ignorant; rude; wild; savage.

3. adj., Unsocial; sour; unfriendly; crabbed.

1. n., Night; the time after the going down of the sun; the time of the twentytour hours opposite to ao, day.

2. n., Darkness; the time when the sun gives no light.

3. n., Chaos; the time before there was light: mai ka po mai, from chaos (darkness) hitherto, that is, from the beginning, from eternity.

4. n., The place of departed spirits; the place of torment. (Hawaiians reckon time by nights rather than by days; as, po akahi, first night, that is, Monday; po alua, second night, Tuesday. Po was counted as a god among the poe akuanoho or the deified spirits of the deceased.)

1. v., To be dark; to darken; to become night; to be out of sight; to vanish; hence, to be slain; to be lost; e po i ke kaua, to be lost in war.

2. v., Fig. To be ignorant; to be wild; to be rude; to be uncultivated.

3. v., To overshadow, as the foliage of trees.

I. O ka po a me ke ao, o ka la okoa ia. Hoomaka iho la ka poe Hebera i ko lakou la i ke ahiahi, e like me kela olelo ma Kin. 1:5, 8, 13, 'O ke ahiahi a me ke kakahiaka, o ka la mua ia.' Ua heluia e na Hebera he 12 hora i ka po, he 12 i ke ao, aka, ioihi iho la na hora i kekahi manawa, pokole i kekahi manawa, pela hoi na hora o ke ao. E nana HORA.

II. ma ka Hebera, SHEOL, ma ka Helene, HADES, oia kahi e noho ai ka poe make, Hal. 16:10; Is. 14:9; Ez. 31:16. Maanei ke kanaka waiwai mahope o kona kanuia'i, Luk. 16:23. Ma keia mau pauku a me na pauku e ae, maopopo no ua ike na Iudaio i ka mau loa ana o ka uhane. O kekahi ano o keia olelo, he wahi pilikia kahi e noho ai ka poe hewa i kela ao; ua kapaia ma ke Kauoha Hou, o Gehena, ke awawa o Hinoma. E nana HINOMA. Ma 2 Pet. 2:4, ua oleloia, ua kiolaia na anela hewa ilalo i ka po. Ua hoikeia mai he wahi eha nui; ua kapaia, 'pouli ma waho,' 'lua ahi,' 'ahi pio ole,' apela aku, Mat. 8:12; 13:42; 22:13; 25:30, 41; Mar. 9:43-48 ; Iuda 13; Hoik. 20:14. He mau olelo nani paha keia e akaka ai ka poino o ka poe hewa. O ka hoahewa mai o ko lakou lunamanao, oia paha ko lakou eha nui, a me na mea e poino ai e pili ana i ka hewa. E like me ka nui o ka hewa, pela ka nui o ka poino, Mat. 10:15; 23:14; Luk. 12:47, 48. A ua mau loa ka poino, e like me ka mau loa o ka pomaikai o ka lani.

night, dark. obscure.