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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

māʻona

māʻona
1. v. Ma and ona, drunk. To be stuffed, as in eating; to be filled, as with food. Kanl. 31:20. To eat to satiety; to be satisfied with food.
2. To have one's desire upon an enemy. Puk. 15:9.
3. Hoo. To fill with food; to satisfy one's self by eating. Hal. 103:5.
4. s. Fullness; satiety.
5. adj. Filled; satisfied; distended, as the stomach with food.
6. vs. (usually pronounced but not written māʻana). Satisfied after eating, full, satisfying; to have eaten, to eat one's fill. fig., intoxicated. For a rare use of māʻona as a noun, see kuenenuʻu.

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362E noho ma lalo o ka lāʻau maka, iho mai ka huihui, māʻona ka ʻōpū.Sit under a green tree. When the cluster comes down, the stomach is filled.
 [Serve a worthy person. When your reward comes you will never be hungry.]
758He lepo ka ʻai a Oʻahu, a māʻona nō i ka lepo.Earth is the food of Oʻahu, and it is satisfied with its earth.
 [Said in derision of Oʻahu, which was said to be an earth-eating land. In olden times, an edible mud like gelatine was said to fill Kawainui Pond. The mud, which was brought hither from Kahiki in ancient days, was once served to the warriors and servants of Kamehameha as a replacement for poi.]
806He māʻona ʻai a he māʻona iʻa ko ka noanoa.The commoner is satisfed with food and fish.
 [The commoner has no greater ambition than success in farming and fishing.]
807He māʻona moku.A satisfaction with the land.
 [Said of a person contented with what he has, as a chief is satisfied with his domain.]
1187I kani koʻaka i ka leʻaleʻa; i puʻu ko nuku i ka huhū; i leʻa ka nohona i ka māʻona.One laughs when joyous; sulks when angry; [is] at peace with all when the stomach is satisfed with food.
1246I ola nō ke kino i ka māʻona o ka ʻōpū.The body enjoys health when the stomach is well filled.
1343Ka iʻa i māʻona ai ka menehune.The fish that satisfied the menehune.
 [Shrimp. A man once rewarded some menehune friends with shrimp after they had made him a canoe.]

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