moa
1. n. chicken, red jungle chicken (Gallus gallus), fowl, as brought to Hawaiʻi by Polynesians; for some people, an ʻaumakua.
2. s. A fowl of the hen species; moa kane, a cock; moa wahine, a hen.
3. n. a native banana fruit with large and plump skin and flesh yellow, edible raw or cooked, growing in a small bunch.
4. A kind of banana or plantain.
5. n. tufted, green, leafless plants (Psilotum nudum and P. complanatum), about 30 cm long, with many slender branches, growing in most tropical countries, both on trees and on the ground. Hawaiians used them medicinally (the spore powder as a purge), and their children played a game with them.Sometimes called moa nahele, pipi.
6. Name of a plant, the leaves of which made into a tea are cathartic.
7. Name of a moss-like plant growing in the forests.
8. n. children's game played with moa twigs; the tiny branches were interlocked, and the players pulled on the ends; the loser's twigs broke and the winner crowed like a rooster (moa).
9. The name of a stick used in play.
10. n. a dart, tapering at one end, usually 25 to 60 cm long, used in a sliding game on which bets were made.
11. Name of a piece of wood made to slide down hill on; so called perhaps from its shape; the practice of using it was attended with gambling; ka hooholo moa, he mea pili waiwai ia.
12. trunkfish (Ostracion meleagris).
13. n. stone fastened to rope, used as a war weapon, said to be triangular in shape.
14. n. a small gastropod mollusk.
15. v. To dry; to roast; i mai la kela, aole i moa ka baka, that person said, the tobacco leaf is not dry; to bake. Oihk. 6:17. To be cooked in an oven or pan. Oihk. 7:9. Hoo. To be thoroughly cooked or baked. Oihk. 23:17. To cook food generally, vegetable or animal.
16. adj. Done, that is, cooked thoroughly in any way; ai moa, cooked vegetable food; ia moa, cooked flesh. &c.; moa lea, fully cooked; berena moa ole, dough. |
| 34 | Aia a wini kākala, a ʻula ka lepe o ka moa, a laila kau i ka haka. | When the spur is sharp and the comb red, then shall the cock rest on a perch. |
| | [When a boy becomes a man, then shall he take a mate.] |
| 222 | ʻAʻole e ʻike ʻia ke kākala o ka moa ma kāna ʻoʻō ʻana. | One cannot tell by his crowing what the cock’s spur can do. |
| | [One cannot judge by his bragging what a person can really do.] |
| 494 | Hauna ke kai o ka moa liʻiliʻi. | Unsavory is the soup made of little chickens. |
| | [Said of or to a boy or girl who desires to make love when too young to know anything about it.] |
| 535 | He aliʻi ka moa. | The rooster is a chief. |
| | [His feathers are used in kāhili, which are the symbols of chiefs.] |
| 641 | He ʻio poʻi moa. | Chicken-catching hawk. |
| | [Said of a clever thief or of one who steals the sweetheart of another.] |
| 819 | He moa kani ao ia, a pō kau i ka haka. | He is a cock that crows in the daytime, but when night comes he sits on a perch. |
| | [Said of a person who brags of what he can do, but when difficulties come he is the first to remove himself from the scene.] |
| 849 | He ʻohana kiko moa. | Family that hatches like chickens. |
| | [An expression of derision. Inter-marriage was encouraged only among high chiefs. When commoners inter-married, they were declared to be like chickens, mating with no regard to relationship.] |
| 1289 | Ka haka o ka moa kāne, ua kau ʻia e ka moa wahine. | The perch of the cock is now occupied by a hen. |
| | [Said by Puna, whom Kalaniʻōpuʻu placed as governor in Hāna, Maui. Mahihelelima wanted Puna out of the way and lied that Kalaniʻōpuʻu had sent word for Puna to meet him in Hawaiʻi at once. When Puna arrived in Hawaiʻi, he discovered that he had been duped and that Kaʻuiki hill in Hāna had been taken by the Maui chiefs in the meantime. The saying was later used to mean that a superior worker had been replaced by another who was not as good.] |
| 1411 | Ka ʻiole ʻaihue moa o Keauhou. | The chicken-stealing rat of Keauhou. |
| | [One who steals another’s sweetheart or mate. Any place name may be used, depending on where the “rat” is from.] |
| 1484 | Ka moa i hānai ʻia i ka lā, ua ʻoi ia i ka moa i hānai ʻia i ka malu. | A cock fed in the sunlight is stronger than one fed in the shade. |
| | [If you want a strong son, raise him with plenty of sunlight.] |
| 1495 | Kani ka moa i ka ʻīpuka, he malihini kipa. | When a cock crows at the door, a guest is to he expected. |
| 1782 | Ke pau ka moa, kākā i ka nuku; ke pau ka ʻiole, ahu kūkae; ke pau ka manō, lanaō i ke kai. | When a chicken finishes [eating] he cleans his beak; when a rat finishes, he leaves a heap of excreta; when a shark finishes, he rises to the surface of the sea. |
| | [A description of the table manners of people. Some are clean like the chicken; others are unclean and careless, like the rat; and still others, like the shark, loll around without offering to help.] |
| 1946 | Lānaʻi poʻo kūkae moa. | Lānaʻi, with head smeared with chicken dung. |
| | [Said of the kauā of Lānaʻi.] |
| 2161 | Moa kākala ʻole. | A spurless cock. |
| | [A weakling.] |
| 2162 | Moa kani ao. | A chicken that cackles in the daytime. |
| | [A woman who talks all day.] |
| 2163 | Moa kani hewa. | A cock that crows too soon. |
| | [One who speaks out of turn.] |
| 2410 | ʻO ka ʻīlio i paoa ka waha i ka hua moa ʻaʻole e pau ia hana iā ia. | A dog whose mouth likes the taste of eggs will not stop taking them. |
| | [Said of one who cannot be cured of a bad habit.] |
| 2503 | Olowalu ka moa. | Roosters all crowing. |
| | [Much talk.] |
| 2641 | Piʻipiʻi hahai moa. | Curly head followed by chickens. |
| | [Kahahana was a handsome, curly-haired man who was compared to a fine cock who attracts the attention of the hens. Said of any curly-haired man who has a way with women.] |
| 2931 | Welawela ke kai o ka moa. | Hot is the broth of the chicken. |
| | [Said of a person who is potent in love. He is like hot chicken broth — very tasty, but not to be gulped too quickly. There is always a desire for more.] |