makua
1. nvs.
• parent, any relative of the parents' generation, as uncle, aunt, cousin;
• progenitor;
• Catholic father;
• main stalk of a plant;
• adult;
• full-grown, mature, older, senior.
• fig., benefactor, provider, anyone who cares for one;
• the Lord (God).
2. s. see maku, full grown. A parent; a begetter, either a father or mother, i. e., a mature person; applied also to an uncle or aunt.
3. fig. A benefactor; a provider; o ko kakou makua ma keia wahi, o ka naauao no ia. Aloha ka naauao, ka makua hoi o kahi makua ole.
4. adj. Full grown; of full age; mature; kanaka makua, a full grown man.
5. v. see maku above, to be large. To enlarge; to grow. Hoo. To increase; to be full; to be thick set.
6. To strengthen; to sustain. Hal. 18:35.
7. To call one father or master; to honor. Mat. 23:9.
8. n. senior, as in Keola Kaloa Sr. Abb. Mk. |
| 262 | E aʻo i ka hana o pā i ka leo o ka makua hūnōai. | Learn to work lest you be struck by the voice of the parent-in-law. |
| | [Advice to a son or daughter before marriage.] |
| 457 | Hana ka iwi a kanaka makua, hoʻohoa. | First get some maturity into the bones before challenging. |
| 601 | He hulu makua. | A feather parent. |
| | [When most of the relatives of the parents’ generation were gone, the few left were referred to as hulu mākua and considered as precious and choice as feathers. Hulu can refer to relatives as far back as three generations.] |
| 719 | He lani ke keiki, he milimili na ka makua. | The child is a chief to be fondled by the parents. |
| | [A child requires as much care as a chief.] |
| 730 | Hele akula a ahu, hoʻi mai nō e omo i ka waiū o ka makua. | He goes away and, gaining nothing by it, returns to nurse at his mother’s breast. |
| | [Said of a grown son or daughter who, after going away, returns home for support.] |
| 1042 | Hoʻi no ka pono i ka makua. | Returns to the parent for benefts. |
| | [Said of a grown person who returns to his parents for support or help, thus becoming a dependent once again.] |
| 1062 | Hoʻohoihoi makua hūnōai. | A pleasing of a parent-in-law. |
| | [Said of one who begins with much enthusiasm but soon loses interest.] |
| 1397 | Ka ʻike a ka makua he hei na ke keiki. | The knowledge of the parent is [unconsciously] absorbed by the child. |
| 2065 | Mai kāpae i ke aʻo a ka makua, aia he ola ma laila. | Do not set aside the teachings of one’s parents for there is life there. |
| 2083 | Mai pale i ke aʻo a ka makua. | Do not set aside the teachings of a parent. |
| 2115 | Makua keiki i ka poli. | The child in the heart has grown up to be a man. |
| | [Said of one who loved as a child and finds his love reawakened in manhood. First uttered by Lohiʻau, whose love reawakened upon meeting his old sweetheart, Peleʻula.] |
| 2228 | Na ka makua e komo i ka ʻāwelu o keiki, ʻaʻole na ke keiki e komo i ka ʻāwelu o ka makua. | Let the parent wear out his children s old clothes, but do not let the children wear their parent’s old clothes. |
| | [Some Hawaiians would wear the partly worn clothing of their children. However, wearing the old clothing of one’s parents was kapu.] |
| 2424 | ʻO ka makua ke koʻo o ka hale e paʻa ai. | The parent is the support that holds the household together. |
| 2622 | Peʻe kua o Kaʻulahaimalama; o Kekūhaupiʻo ka makua; hilinaʻi aʻe i ka pale kai, kālele moku aʻe ma hope. | Kaʻulahaimalama is secretive; Kekūhaupiʻo (Stands-leaning) is her father; she leans against the canoe side and rests against the back of the canoe. |
| | [Said of one who tries to conceal the true offender by pretending to know nothing.] |
| 2743 | Pumehana ka hale i ka noho ʻia e ka makua. | Warm is the home in which a parent lives. |