hao
1. n. • iron,
• general name for metal tools,
• a bit;
• brand, as on a horse.
• See sayings, wela₁.
2. n. rim of basket, in basketball. alsokuku. 3. s. Name of any hard substance, as iron, the horn or hoof of a beast. 4. adj. Strained tightly; hence, hard, &c.; in the phrases hao na kepa, the spurs are iron, applied to a horse running swiftly; also, hao na polena, the bowlines are iron, applied to a swift sailing ship; hao ka lima, applied to one working hard. 5. n. all native species of a genus of small trees (Rauvolfia) related to the maile and the hōlei, four or five narrow branches are borne together at joints of branches; many small, yellowish flowers develop, and then small, black, flattened, twinned, inverted, heart-shaped fruits. 6. The name of a species of wood; name of a tree. 7. nvt. • to scoop, dish, or pick up;
• to grasp,
• gouge, 8. v. To rob; to despoil. Mat. 12:29. To strip one of property; to plunder. Lunk. 2:14. 9. To kill and plunder. 1 Sam. 27:10. 10. To strip one of his garment. Kin. 37:23. To take by little and little; to collect together. 11. Hao ka Koolau, pau na mea aloha, 12. Koolau was robbed of all endeared things. 13. Ahu iho ka pua wahawaha i Wailua, 14. The despised blossoms were collected together at Wailua. 15. NOTES.—It was formerly the practice of the chiefs to punish offenders for all offenses less than death, by stripping them entirely of their property; this practice continued until the people had a written code of laws. 16. v. To put less things into a greater; to put into; to take up and put into; to take up by handfuls. 17. To shovel dirt. seehaohao below. 18. s. A robber; a plunderer. Lunk. 2:14. 19. vt. • to come with force, as wind or rain; • to do with force and energy.
20. a variety of banana.
21. n. horn, as of a goat. 22. soft meat of young coconuts...
23. nvt. • pillage, plunder, loot;
• robber
24. placename. place and street, ʻĀina Haina, Honolulu, named for the Hind property on Hawaiʻi. TM. lit.: to gather up. 25. v. To wonder at; to be astonished; mostly haohao. 26. adj. Thin; poor in flesh; wiwi, emi iho ke kino a olala.
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475
Hao ka Inuwai, maloʻo ka lau lāʻau.
The Inuwai breeze blew, withering the leaves of the trees.
[Along he came and nothing was left. The Inuwai (Drink-water) breeze is very drying.]
476
Hao kōʻala ka makani lā, pau loa.
With one great sweep of wind, all is gone.
478
Hao mai ka makani kuakea ka moana; hao mai ke kai kū ke koʻa i uka.
When the gales blow, the sea is white-backed; when the sea rises, corals are washed ashore.
[Said of the rise of temper.]
479
Hao nā kēpā o Līhuʻe i ke anu.
The spurs of Līhue dig in with cold.
[Lihuʻe, Oʻahu, often gets very cold.]
837
He nani hulali ka hao.
A beauty like the shine of steel.
[Not applied to persons. From the chorus of a song of the 1800s.]
1179
I Kahiki nō ka hao, ʻo ke kiʻo ʻana i Hawaiʻi nei.
In Kahiki was the iron; in Hawaiʻi, the rusting.
[Perhaps the foreigner was a good person while he was at home, but here he grows careless with his behavior.]
1298
Ka hao a ka makani Kona, ʻaʻohe manu koe o ke kuahiwi.
When the Kona wind does its worst, no birds remain in the mountains.
[When someone goes into a towering rage, everyone flees his presence.]
1299
Ka hao a ka wai nui, pihaʻā o kai.
When a great flood washes down, the shore is littered with stones and debris from the upland.
[When one is careless in speech, trouble results.]
2504
ʻO luna, ʻo lalo; ʻo kai,ʻo uka — ʻo ka hao pae ko ke aliʻi ia.
Above, below; seaward, inland — the iron that washes ashore belongs to the chief.
[Said by Kamehameha. All iron that was found belonged to him.]
2766
Puʻuwai hao kila.
Heart of steel.
[Fearless.]
2929
Wela ka hao!
(Strike while) the iron is hot!
[Hurray! This expression, first used by the workers at Honolulu Iron Works, is translated from the English saying.]