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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

nalo

nalo
1. vs.
  • lost; to lose,
  • vanished; to disappear, to pass away,
  • concealed, hidden,
  • forgotten,
  • missing;
  (a loaʻa-type word, see pōnalo₂; see ex., ʻikena).
2. v. To be lost; to vanish. Luk. 24:31. To be concealed from one; aka, aole ia i nalo ia Papa, but he was not concealed from Papa.
3. To recede; to pass away; nalo e, to be missing. 2 Sam. 2:30. To disappear; to vanish in a distance; a nalo aku la ke kia o kona moku, o ka nalo pu ana aku no ia, and when the mast of his ship disappeared, he (Liholiho) vanished together with it.
4. To lie hidden; to lie concealed; to hide; to evade; to elude the sight of; e hiki no ia Iehova ke ike, aole no e nalo kona mau maka; to be done in secret. Mat. 6:4.
5. To pass away; to leave, as a disease; aole i nalo keia mai ia ia a hiki aku i ka make, this sickness did not leave him until he died.
6. Hoo. To hide one's self. Ioan. 12:36. To cause to disappear.
7. adj. Lost; obliterated; hidden; forgotten; vanished; passed away.
8. n. the common housefly and other two-winged insects.
9. s. The common house fly.
10. Any insect with wings; he mau mea eheu e lele ana.

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133ʻAʻohe e nalo, he haupeʻepeʻe na kamaliʻi.Not well hidden, for it is the hiding of little children.
134ʻAʻohe e nalo, he noʻa na kamaliʻi.It will not be hidden, for it is a noʻa hidden by children.
 [Said of a secret that cannot remain hidden. Noʻa is the hidden object in the game of pūhenehene.]
135ʻAʻohe e nalo ka iwi o ke aliʻi ʻino, o ko ke aliʻi maikaʻi ke nalo.The bones of an evil chief will not be concealed, but the bones of a good chief will.
 [When an evil chief died, the people did not take the trouble to conceal his bones.]
152ʻAʻohe i nalo ka ʻulaʻula o ka lepo, loaʻa hou nō ka wahine.The redness of the earth hasnt even vanished when a new wife is obtained.
 [Said in scorn of a person who takes a new mate shortly after the death of the old one.]
163ʻAʻohe kāne hānai nalo.No husband feeds his wife flies.
 [All husbands have some good qualities.]
164ʻAʻohe kio pōhaku nalo i ke alo pali.On the slope of a cliff, not one jutting rock is hidden from sight.
 [All is distinctly seen or known; there isn’t any use in being secretive or finding a place to hide.]
169ʻAʻohe lele ka nalo i kamaliʻi.A fly isn’t made to depart by children.
 [Said in derision of a person who has no more sense than a child.]
380E uhi wale nō ʻaʻole e nalo, he imu puhi.No matter how much one covers a steaming imu, the smoke will rise.
 [The secret will get out.]
1883Kuʻikuʻi, 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.]
2089Ma kahi maea ma laila ka nalo e wā ai.Where the odor is bad, there the flies hum.
 [Scandal-mongers delight in “dirt.”]
2466ʻOki loa ka ihu kau ʻia e ka nalo.It is worse to have a fly sit on the nose
 [A young woman from Kaʻū was teased about being carried ashore by a sailor who found it hard to resist kissing her. This was her laughing reply — there are worse things than being kissed.]
2524ʻO ʻoe, a ʻo wau, nalo ia mea.You and me; it is hidden.
 [Let the secret be with us alone.]

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