holo
1. vi. • to run, sail, ride, go;
• to flow, as water;
• to run, as for political office;
• to slide, as an avalanche; landslide;
• fleet, fast; double time;
• to fare, progress. cf.
holoholo, to go for a walk, ride, or sail; to go out for pleasure, stroll, promenade
holo i mua, to progress, advance, surpass, go ahead; progress, advancement; successful
holo lio, to ride horseback; horseman, rider
holomoku, sailor, passenger, anyone who sails; to sail, take a sail or ocean trip
2. n. see: • māmā holo, speed, velocity
• ʻai holo, touchdown, in football 3. v. To go fast; to move generally, like hele. 4. To travel in any way, i. e., to run or ride or sail. 5. To flee away; to go swiftly. 6. To run, as the thought, i. e., to decree; to decide. Ioan. 9:22. 7. Hoo. To ride on horseback, or on a camel. 1 Sam. 30:17. 8. To cause to ride, i. e., to carry in any vehicle, as a carriage. 1 Oihl. 13:7. 9. To slip; to cause to slide down, as an avalanche. 10. s. A running; a racing; a going; a moving. 11. adj. Running; moving; sailing; racing; he lio holo, he moku holo. 12. vs. decided, determined, agreed upon, settled, approved, passed, enacted. 13. Hooholo manao, to take council; to consult. Isa. 30:1. see No. 4. 14. To promise; to agree with; to pass, as the sentence of a judge. 15. To decide by vote of a deliberate body; ua hooholo, it was voted; it passed; it was decreed. NOTE.—The common formula is, ua holo ka manao, the thought goes, or a shorter form is, ua holo, it runs, i. e., the vote is carried. 16. n. noose. 17. n. running hula step to the side; similar to kāholo except that the feet are not necessarily brought together 18. n. a long bundle, as of hard poi. 19. A bundle; holo ai, a bundle of food. 20. vt. to sew, as a break in a gourd calabash. 21. n. holes in edge of a canoe, through which lashings were passed to hold a canoe cover in place. 22. n. diagonal pole or strut attached to the inner side of the roof framework and extending obliquely from the upper end of a rafter at one corner to the lower end of the rafter at the other corner; diagonal brace. seeillus. 1, illus. 4 23. n. loss of a pebble in the kōnane game. 24. n. hall. 25. To put or thrust in, as the hand into the bosom. 26. To stretch out, as the hand for taking anything; to reach forth, as the hand. Lunk. 3:21.
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98
A Keaʻau holo ka ʻōlohelohe.
At Keaʻau ran the naked one.
[Said of a state of destitution; to have nothing. A play on ʻau (swim) and ʻōlohelohe (naked).]
162
ʻAʻohe kana mai o ka holo o ka lio ia Hanalē; pākahi a ka lio, pālua a ka lio.
How Henry made the horses run; one on a horse or two on a horse.
[How hunger (Henry) made the fingers work in conveying poi to the mouth — with one fmger and with two.]
219
Aʻo i ke koa, e aʻo nō i ka holo.
When one learns to be a warrior, one must also learn to run.
[It is no disgrace to run when there is danger of being destroyed; perhaps there may be another day when one can fight and win.]
549
He au holo a ka ʻōlohelohe.
A running place for the naked one.
[Used when one is disappointed in an undertaking. To dream of nakedness is an omen of bad luck.]
619
He ikaika nō nā ʻehu kakahiaka no nā ʻōpio, a piʻi aʻe ka lā heha mai a holo.
The morning is full of strength for youth, but when the sun is high they become tired and run.
[Said of the young who do not work as persistently as their parents — they start well but soon quit.]
799
He manō holo ʻāina ke aliʻi.
The chief is a shark that travels on land.
[The chief, like a shark, is not to be tampered with.]
966
He waʻa holo honua.
A land-sailing canoe.
[A horse, mule, or donkey used for transportation.]
967
He waʻa holo nō ka hoʻi, kālai kāpulu ʻia iho.
After all, it is a worthy canoe, but you hewed it so carelessly.
[He is a good worker but you have treated him with such thoughtlessness.]
1046
Hōkai ʻo Wawaia ke kūkini holo lalau.
The runner, Wawaia, who ran out of his course, caused hindrance and delay.
[Said of one who does not concentrate and wastes considerable time. Wawaia was a runner who, instead of running on the errand assigned to him by his chief, went on a visit before completing the errand, thus causing delay and rousing the ire of his chief.]
1052
Holo iʻa ka papa, kau ʻia e ka manu.
When the shoals are full of fish, birds gather over them.
[Where there is food, people gather.]
1180
I ka holo nō i ke alahao a piʻi i ka lani.
While going along the railroad one suddenly goes up to the sky.
[A drinker soon finds himself “up in the clouds.” An expression used by the sweet-potato beer drinkers of Lahaina, Maui.]
1240
I nanea nō ka holo o ka waʻa i ke akamai o ke kū hoe.
One can enjoy a canoe ride when the paddler is skilled.
[A sexual union is successful when the man knows how it is done.]
1380
Ka iʻa uahi a holo i ka pali.
The fish pursued by running after them on the hills.
[Goats.]
1478
Ka manu kāhea i ka waʻa e holo.
The bird that calls to the canoe - to sail.
[Said of the kioea (stilt), whose early morning call was often a signal to canoemen to be ready to fish or travel.]
1496
Kani ka pahu, holo ke kao.
The drum is sounded, the goat flees.
[A humorous expression applied to a bald-headed man whose bare head is likened to a drum.]
1615
Kau ka peʻa, holo ka waʻa!
Up go the sails; away goes the canoe!
[Said humorously of one who dresses up and goes out for a gay time.]
1883
Kuʻikuʻi, hana pele; holo i uka, holo i kai, holo i kahi e peʻe ai a nalo.
Pound, pound, pulverize; run mountainward, run seaward, run till you find a hiding place and hide.
[The chant used in hide-and-go-seek. One child gently pounds the back of the “master” and repeats this chant while the other children run and hide.]
1977
Lele kāhili, holo ka uhaʻi, uhi kapa.
Kāhili sway, the door covering is closed, the tapa is drawn up.
[The chief sleeps.]
2185
Moku holo honua.
A land-sailing ship.
[Any animal used for transportation.]
2394
ʻO ka ʻaʻama holo pali pōhaku, e paʻa ana ia i ka ʻahele pulu niu.
The crab that runs about on a rocky cliff will surely be caught with a snare of coconut fibers.
[He who goes where he tempts trouble is bound to suffer.]
2430
ʻO ka mūheʻe ka iʻa holo lua.
The cuttlefish is the sea creature that travels two ways.
[Said of a two-faced person.]
2658
Pīpī holo kaʻao.
It is sprinkled, the tale has fled.
[This is used at the end of a tale to indicate that it is finished.]
2865
Uliuli kai holo ka manō.
Where the sea is dark, sharks swim.
[Sharks are found in the deep sea. Also applied to men out seeking the society of the opposite sex.]