He Aniani — Combined Hawaiian Dictionary Mirror

updated: 5/27/2020

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

mua

mua
1. loc.n.
• before, ahead, forward, in advance, front, first,
• future,
• former,
• foremost, primary, principal;
• previously, beforehand, already OO;
• oldest, older brother or sister;
• senior branch of a family;
• leader, senior partner, senior;
• more than.

2. adv. and comp. prep. Of place, before; in front of; of time, first; previous to; before; usually prefixed with some of the simple prepositions. Gram. § 161.
3. The front part of a house or room. 1 Nal. 6:20.
4. The first born of a family.
5. The first; the beginning; the commencement. Mar. 1:1.
6. n. men's eating house.
7. s. The name of a house for men only in ancient times; the house was kapu to women.
8. The distinguishing name of one of the six houses constituting a family arrangement. see hale. Eono hale o na kanaka—he mua, oia kekahi, men had six houses—a mua was one; the mua was the eating house for the husband; ai no ke kane ma ka mua, the husband ate in the mua. see Mooolelo Hawaii 59. Holo kiki aku la o Papa a komo i mua e paio me Wakea. Papa ran hastily and entered the eating house or husband's house to quarrel with Wakea.
9. v. To mumble food, as for a child; to eat with the lips.
10. A person with pouting or large lips.
11. A poor looking calabash.

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181	ʻAʻohe ma mua, ʻaʻohe ma hope, ʻaʻohe i ka ʻākau, ʻaʻohe i ka hema.	Nothing before, nothing behind, nothing at the right, nothing at the left.
	[Utter, absolute poverty.]
276	E hana mua a paʻa ke kahua ma mua o ke aʻo ana aku iā haʻi.	Build yourself a firm foundation before teaching others.
320	E keʻekeʻehi kūlana i paʻa. ʻO ʻoe hoʻokahi, ʻo wau hoʻokahi, kū mai i mua.	Take a firm stand. You, by yourself, and I, by myself, let us step forth.
	[A challenge to one to step out of a crowd and fight man to man.]
773	He lono ma mua, he kulina ma hope; kulikuli wale ka makani o Kaʻū!	Report went first, heedlessness followed; what a din the wind of Kaʻū raised!
	[From a chant for Kaumualiʻi of Kauaʻi.]
912	He pono ka pākiko ma mua o ka hoʻokelakela wale aku.	Better to be economical than too liberal.
1159	I hewa i ka lele mua, i ka hoʻoūlu i ka lā ʻino.	The fault lies in leaping first, in inspiring a bad day.
	[Said of a person who starts a fight or an argument, especially after he has been worsted.]
1237	I mua e nā pōkiʻi a inu i ka wai ʻawaʻawa.	Forward, my younger hrothers, until you drink the bitter water [of battle].
	[Uttered by Kamehameha as he rallied his forces in the battle of ʻĪao Valley.]
1250	I paʻa i ka hānau mua, ʻaʻole e puka nā pōkiʻi.	Had the mother died in bearing the oldest, all the others would not have been born.
	[Said in reminding brothers and sisters to respect the hiapo (eldest).]
1873	Kū i ka hāiki, ʻaʻole ma mua, ʻaʻole ma hope.	Stands in a narrnow space until nothing before and nothing behind.
	[Said of one who has nothing to fall back on and no one to help.]
2076	Mai lele mua o pā auaneʻi.	Do not leap first lest you be hurt.
	[Don’t be the first to start a fight.]
2230	Na ka mikimiki mua nō ka loaʻa.	The first on the spot is the one who receives.
	[The Hawaiian equivalent of “First come, first served.” Also expressed as Na ka ʻoiʻoi mua ka loaʻa.]
2231	Na ka mua, na ka muli.	Belonging to the older, belonging to the younger.
	[An explanation of the parentage of cousins.]
2265	Nāna i waele mua i ke ala, ma hope aku mākou, nā pōkiʻi.	He [or she] first cleared the path and then we younger ones followed.
	[Said with affection and respect for the oldest sibling (hiapo).]
2459	ʻO ke kahua ma mua, ma hope ke kūkulu.	The site first, and then the building.
	[Learn all you can, then practice.]
2574	Paʻihi ʻoe lā, lilo i ka wai, ʻaʻohe ʻike iho i ka hoa mua.	Well adorned are you, borne along by the water, no longer recognizing former friends.
	[Said of one who grows proud with prosperity and looks down on his friends of less prosperous days. There is a play on wai (water). When doubled — waiwai — it refers to prosperity.]

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