waiho
1. nvt. (coalescence of wai₄, to retain, place, leave, remain, earn, deposit, and the directional iho.)
• to leave, a leaving, lay or put down, remain;
• place before, present, refer, submit, place in nomination, file, deposit, depository, etc.
• set aside, exclude, to table, as a motion; omit, abandon,
• evacuate,
• abdicate, quit, resign,
• desist, cease, stop,
2. vt. to file, as files in a file cabinet. alsohoʻokomo. 3. vt. to leave as is, no change, as in a computer program. 4. n. spread, as data on a graph, in math. 5. v. To lay or set down a thing; to lay on, as one in striking. Laieik. 44, 45. 6. To place or set aside; to let remain. 7. To leave off doing a thing; to quit; to stop; to let alone; to leave unhurt. 8. To set aside or lay up for future use; e waiho wale, to set aside as void or useless. 9. To give up or offer up, as one's life; to trust or commit to another. 10. To carry away to a certain place. 11. To leave; to pass by. Puk. 12:13. 12. To give, afford or suggest an idea or expression to another; to put a word into another's mouth. Nah. 23:5. Ewaiho imua, to set before one. Kanl. 11:26.
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2
ʻAʻa i ka hula, waiho ka hilahila i ka hale.
When one wants to dance the hula, bashfulness should be left at home.
[Also expressed Aʻo i ka hula,....]
144
ʻAʻohe hua waiho i Kahiki.
Not even the eggs should be left in Kahiki.
[Used when inviting all to come — even the little children are welcome. Also, bring everything and leave nothing.]
680
He kā waiho hoʻohemahema.
A bail left unnoticed.
[Said of one who could be of help because of his skill and knowledge but is overlooked, like an unused canoe bail.]
981
Hewa kumu waiho i keiki.
Faults of the source are left to the children.
[Children suffer the consequences of the wrongs committed by their parents.]
2276
Nani ka waiho a Kohala i ka laʻi.
Beautiful lies Kohala in the calm.
[An expression of admiration for Kohala, Hawaiʻi, or for a person with poise and charm — especially a native of that district.]
2596
Pā mai, pā mai ka makani o Hilo; waiho aku i ka ipu iki, hō mai i ka ipu nui.
Blow, blow, O winds of Hilo, put away the small containers and give us the large one.
[Laʻamaomao, the god of wind, was said to have a wind container called Ipu-a-Laʻamaomao. When one desires more wind to make the surf roll high, or a kite sail aloft, he makes this appeal.]
2905
Waiho akāka ke kula o Kaiolohia.
The plain of Kaiolohia lies in full view.
[Said of something obvious.]
2906
Waiho i Kaea ka iwi o kamahele.
Left in Kaea, the bones of the traveler.
[The two sisters Kihalaninui and Kapapakuʻialiʻi went to Hawai’i to seek Konakaimehalaʻi, the husband of the former. They took with them a small daughter of Kihalaninui and a wooden image named Pili. They landed at Pololū in Kohala and went to Kahuwā, where the child died. There the child and the image were laid away together. īn lamenting, Kapapakuʻialiʻi cried these words. This saying is now applied to anyone who dies away from his homeland.]
2907
Waiho kāhelahela o Kalaupapa.
Kalaupapa lies in full view.
[Said of anything that is very obvious or lies exposed.]
2908
Waiho kāhela i ka laʻi a ahiahi ehuehu mai.
There he lies in the calm, but when evening comes he will he full of animation.
[He is quiet now, but by and by you’ll find him full of life.]