ʻoi
1. vi. to move; to turn sideways, as contemptuously; to slouch along, gyrate along; to pull away, as in anger; motion of leisurely swaying (less common than oioi). 2. to remain, endure, survive, continue, go on, exist...; to keep doing, persevere, continue...
3. The name of a small tree. 4. To be sharp, as a knife, hatchet or spade. Hal. 45:5. 5. To sharpen; to set on edge, as the teeth. Ezek. 18:2. To sharpen, as a knife, on a steel or whetstone. seekepa. Oikepa, a sharp instrument. 6. The sharp edge or point of a weapon; hence, 7. Offensive or defensive weapons; arms.Luk. 11:22. The sharp points of broken glass bottles; ua maikai ka omole mawaho; aka, ina e naha ka omole, ua piha loa oloko i ka oi. 8. In music, a sharp. 9. Sharp; full of sharp points; sharp, as a knife; ka hoana oi, the sharp hone; ke apuapu oi, the sharp file. 10. Poor; thin in flesh, that is, having sharp features. 11. vs. acute, in math. 12. nvs. sharp, acute; sharpness; a sharp sign in music which raises the pitch of the following note a semitone. 13. v. To project out or over; to go beyond; exceed; generally with mamua. Ioan. 13:16. 14. To be more in any way; to be more excellent; to be greater naturally or morally; to be better. Puk. 1:9. To be excessive in some condition; as, ua oi paaloa, aole e hemo, it is very firmly fixed, it will not be moved. 15. To approach; to draw near to, as in speaking to one. Kin. 44:18. 16. Hoo. To go beyond a prescribed limit. Luk. 3:13. Opposed to hoemi. Kanl. 13:1. Ua hooi aku oe i ka lono, thou exceedest the report. 2 Oihl. 9:6. 17. s. Excess; superiority; greatness. Kanl. 7:7. 18. An uneven number; difference in numbers, as in substraction. 19. adj. First; most excellent; greater; the best. 20. nvs. • best, superior, superb,
• main,
• prominent,
• exceeding; to exceed,
• excel;
• left-over, extra, remaining, above, odd.
21. adv. While; whilst; during some time when a thing was doing; e hele i ka malamalama, oi kau ke ea i ke kino; oi huli wale lakou ia ia, while they sought for him in vain; while yet.2 Sam. 3:35. 22. while, although...
23. To limp; to walk stiffly.
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102
Akua lehe ʻoi.
Sharp-lipped goddess.
[An epithet for Pele, who devoured even the rocks and trees.]
316
E kanu i ka huli ʻoi hāʻule ka ua.
Plant the taro stalks while there is rain.
[Do your work when opportunity affords.]
328
E lawe i ke aʻo a mālama, a e ʻoi mau ka naʻauao.
He who takes his teachings and applies them increases his knowledge.
371
E paneʻe ka waʻa ʻoi moe ka ʻale.
Set the canoes moving while the billows are at rest.
[Said by Holowae, a kahuna, to suggest that Kalaniʻōpuʻu retum to Hawaiʻi while there was peace. Later used to stir one to action.]
700
He koholua ʻoi ke aliʻi.
A sharp-pointed piercing implement is the chief.
[A warning that one who tampers with a chief will be hurt.]
857
He ʻoi wale aku nō ʻo Huaʻā.
Great indeed was Huaʻā.
[A sarcasm. Huaʻā was a chief of Puna on Hawaiʻi. When the chief of another district threatened to war against him, he hastily sent word to Kamehameha for protection. The latter ordered the war-minded chief to cease his threats.]
1484
Ka moa i hānai ʻia i ka lā, ua ʻoi ia i ka moa i hānai ʻia i ka malu.
A cock fed in the sunlight is stronger than one fed in the shade.
[If you want a strong son, raise him with plenty of sunlight.]
2117
Mālama i ke kala ka iʻa hiʻu ʻoi.
Watch out for the kala, the fish with a sharp tail.
[A warning to beware of a person who is well equipped to defend himself. The kala, a surgeonfish, has a spike near the caudal fin which it uses in defense.]
2144
Maui nō ka ʻoi.
Maui excels.
[From the song of this title by the Reverend Samuel Kapū.]
2386
ʻOi hoʻi he hana hāʻawe o kaumaha.
It isn’t work to carry this heavy burden on the back. It’s no trouble at all.
2388
ʻOi kau ka lā, e hana i ola honua.
While the sun yet shines do all you can.
[While there is earthly life (ola honua), do all you can.]