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1. nvi., to burst, crack, break forth, crash, pop, bang; to ferment (of poi); bursting, cracking, as of explosives or of a whip; flashing of light, breaking of bubbles.

• Examples:
  • Ua pohā ka ʻai, poi is bubbly [in fermentation].
  • Ua pohā ka male, the phlegm has come up into the mouth.
  • Mālama o pohā ka lae, watch out or [you] will crack [your] forehead [get into trouble; be shocked at the high prices].
• Related:
  • hoʻopohā Caus/sim.; To cause to break, burst; to crack, as a whip.
    • Hoʻopohā maila hoʻi ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa i kona leo (2 Sam. 22.14), the most high uttered his voice.
• References:
  • Probably PCP pofa(a).

2. n., The cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana 🌐), a South American perennial herb in the tomato family, growing wild. Flowers are yellow; round, orange, many-seeded fruits develop singly within the heart-shaped, papery, enlarged calyxes; they are edible raw and are also cooked for jam.

• Related:
  • Called paʻina on Hawaiʻi.
• References:
  • Neal 740–1.

3. Same as pohāpohā, a seaweed.

Short for pōhaku, stone.

kikino, Stop, in linguistics.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

v. To burst; to burst forth, as a sound; to thunder; poha ka nanu (nalu), ke wewe o wahulu mai. See WEWE.

2. To rush upon; to make an irruption, as an enemy. 1 Oihl. 14:11.

3. To come upon suddenly, as in anger; to punish. Puk. 19:22.

4. To burst or break forth, as a boil or sore. Puk. 9:9.

5. To unstop, as the ear of a deaf person.

6. To burst forth suddenly, as light in a dark place.

7. To appear; to come in sight, as the moon; to appear; to flow out, as the menstrual flux; ua poha ua wahine la.

8. To appear in sight, as the leprosy under the skin. 2 Oihl. 26:19.

9. To burst forth; to overflow, as tears. Ier. 9:18.

10. Hoo. To burst suddenly, as the sound of thunder. 2 Sam. 22:14.

11. To burst or break through opposition, as a torrent. Iob. 28:10.

s. The crack of a whip.

2. The noise of thunder; the noise of any explosive substance.

3. The bursting or breaking of a boil.

4. The bursting or flashing of light.

5. The name of the Cape gooseberry; article ke.

adj. Bursting; cracking; sparkling.

Bursting; cracking; sparkling.

1. The crack of a whip.

2. The noise of thunder; the noise of any explosive substance.

3. The bursting or breaking of a boil.

4. The bursting or flashing of light.

5. The Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana).

To burst; to break forth; to appear suddenly.