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1. n., Hollow or palm of the hand, hollow of the foot, depression, hollow; container, receptacle, pouch, as for tobacco; box, as for matches; hollow of a canoe, divided into three parts (mua, waena, hope).

• Examples:
  • Poho kai, hollow where sea remains at low tide.
• References:
  • PCP po(f,s)o.

2. nvt., Mortar; to knead, as bread or poi (Kep. 165).

• Examples:
  • Poho ʻinamona, stone mortar for grinding cooked kukui nuts and salt into a relish; to mix the relish.
• Related:
  • hoʻopoho Caus/sim.

3. nvt., Patch, as in clothes; a wooden patch inserted into a calabash, as to mend a break; to patch, mend.

4. vt., To belly out, puff out, as clothes on a line or a sail; to hollow or dub out, as a wooden container.

• Examples:
  • Poho pono nā peʻa i ka makani (song), the sails are well filled with wind.

5. n., Chalk, chalky white earth, as of limestone.

6. n., A unit of measure equal to half a span (kīkoʻo).

• Rare

7. n., A bundle of tapa pieces (moʻomoʻo).

• Rare

1. vs., Loss, damage; out of luck; vain.

• Examples:
  • Koipohō, to sue for damages.
  • ʻO ka puka a me ka pohō ma nā hana kālepa, profit and loss in merchandising affairs.
  • Pohō ka manaʻolana, hopes in vain, lost, blasted.
  • Pohō wale, useless, in vain, without profit.
• Related:
  • hoʻopohō Caus/sim.; To cause a loss, fail; to sell at a loss.
• References:
  • See ex., keakea.

2. n., Bog, swamp, mire, slough; sunken, sinking; to settle, as earth.

• Examples:
  • Lepo pohō, marshy earth, swamp, bog.
• References:
  • Cf. onepohō.