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ʻaʻohe 1. interj. none; no, not; to have or be none; there is no one who (in subordinate phrases). ʻaʻohe is a contraction of the negative ʻaʻole and he, the indefinite article . It is often followed by zero possessives, as ʻAʻohe āna hana., he has no work; ʻaʻohe oʻu makemake i poi, I don't want any poi. Today a gesture is commonly used by all races to replace ʻaʻohe koena, there isn't any more, or ʻaʻole, no. The gesture, taken from Hawaiians, is a quick flick of the hand with the palm turned downward and away front the body, originally significant of an empty hand. |
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| 1. | ʻaʻohe ʻai ʻo ka maʻi. | The disease makes no advance. | ʻai₁ |
| 2. | ʻaʻohe āna hana, hana ʻole. | There is no work he won't do. | ʻole₁ |
| 3. | ʻaʻohe āna hana. | He has no work. | ʻaʻohe |
| 4. | ʻaʻohe ʻano o ia mea, he ʻōmilu. | This thing has no significance, it's a mere trifle. | ʻōmilu₂ |
| 5. | ʻaʻohe aʻu mea makemake o laila | there is nothing I want there | laila |
| 6. | ʻaʻohe e loaʻa, he uhu pakelo. | Not to be caught, a slippery parrot fish. [a wily person] | uhu₁ |
| 7. | ʻaʻohe e moe kuʻu maka ā kō kuʻu makemake. | My eyes shall not sleep until my desire is obtained. | moe₁ |
| 8. | ʻaʻohe ʻekeʻekemu wale ʻo kēlā kanaka. | That person hardly answers at all. | ʻekeʻekemu |
| 9. | ʻaʻohe hana a Kauhikoa. | Kauhikoa has no work. [of a lazy person] | Kauhikoa |
| 10. | ʻaʻohe hana a koe aku! | No work is left! Oh, what doings! | koe₁ |
| 11. | ʻaʻohe hie o kēnā pāpale iāʻoe. | That hat is not becoming to you. | hie |
| 12. | ʻaʻohe hoʻi au i lohe. | I certainly did not hear. | hoʻi₅ |
| 13. | ʻaʻohe huhū a koe aku! | [He] couldn't have been more angry! | koe₁ |
| 14. | ʻaʻohe huli. | No trumps. | huli₅ |
| 15. | ʻaʻohe i ʻaʻe i ka wela a ka lā | not oppressed by the heat of the sun | ʻaʻe |
| 16. | ʻaʻohe i ana iho koʻu makemake i nā ʻiwaʻiwa o ka ua o Hāʻao. | My desire is not satisfied for the maidenhair ferns in the Hāʻao rain. | ʻiwaʻiwa₁ |
| 17. | ʻaʻohe i ʻemo, hiki ana ke kaʻa. | In hardly any time at all, the car arrived. | ʻemo |
| 18. | ʻaʻohe i kana mai ka nui. | Ever so huge. | kana₂ |
| 19. | ʻaʻohe i laua aku kā kāua hana. | There's a great deal for us both to do. | laua |
| 20. | ʻaʻohe i liʻu iho kona hiki ʻana mai a hiki maila ʻoe. | He hadn't been here long when you arrived. | liʻu₁ |
| 21. | ʻaʻohe ia he kāne naʻu i makemake, nāna ka ʻōnoʻonou. | He was not the husband I wanted, she forced him on me. | ʻōnoʻonou |
| 22. | ʻaʻohe ikaika kēia lima, he lima ʻōhaʻi. | This arm isn't strong, it's imperfectly healed. | ʻōhaʻi |
| 23. | ʻaʻohe ikaika ʻo kēia lama, he kāwai wale nō. | This rum has no strength; it is nearly all water. | kāwai₁ |
| 24. | ʻaʻohe ʻiʻo hoʻi? | Not really? | ʻiʻo₂ |
| 25. | ʻaʻohe kaʻaʻike ma waena o ke kamepiula a me ka mīkini paʻi. | There's no communication between the computer and the printer. | kaʻaʻike |
| 26. | ʻaʻohe kaʻawale o kēia keiki i ka makua kāne. | This boy is the exact image of his father. [nothing independent or different]. | kaʻawale |
| 27. | ʻaʻohe kani leo o nā manu o Olaʻa, ua laʻahia au me ke kuhi hewa. | The voices of the Olaʻa birds sing no more, I am cursed by illusion [or: I have held myself apart for an illusion]. | laʻahia |
| 28. | ʻaʻohe kapu o kaʻu pā hula, he ʻai kū, he ʻai hele. | There are no taboos in my | ʻai₁ |
| 29. | ʻaʻohe kau e make ai. | No reason or cause to die. | kau₈ |
| 30. | ʻaʻohe kio pōhaku nalo i ke alo pali. | On the face of a cliff, not one jutting rock is hidden from sight. [no use being secretive] | kio₂ |
| 31. | ʻaʻohe koe i ka hoʻonaikola ʻia e ka makani. | Nothing survived the contemptuous destruction by the wind. | naikola |
| 32. | ʻaʻohe koe i ka hoʻonaikola ʻia e ka makani. | Nothing survived the contemptuous destruction by the wind. | hoʻonaikola |
| 33. | ʻaʻohe koena. | There isn't any more. | ʻaʻohe |
| 34. | ʻaʻohe kohu iki | most inappropriate, unsuitable, in very bad taste, absurd | kohu₁ |
| 35. | ʻaʻohe kona he maʻi maoli, he maʻi hana ʻia. | His is not a natural sickness, it is induced by sorcery. | hana₁ |
| 36. | ʻaʻohe kūliukolu ke ʻole ka paʻa o ke kinipōpō i ka lima. | In order to be in a triple-threat position, one must be in possession of the ball. | kūliukolu |
| 37. | ʻaʻohe laulauna wale mai | not at all sociable | laulauna |
| 38. | ʻaʻohe launa ka makaʻu. | Terrible fear; there's no limit to the fear; lit., no meeting the fear. | launa₁ |
| 39. | ʻaʻohe lokomaikaʻi i nele i ka pānaʻi. | No kind heart lacks a reward. | pānaʻi₁ |
| 40. | ʻaʻohe lolena i ka wai ʻōpae. | No slackers in water full of shrimps. [there must be no slackers when work is to be done] | lolena₂ |
| 41. | ʻaʻohe māʻalo kanaka o Hoʻokū ano, kuaehu, mehameha i ka wahine. | No one passes at Hoʻokū, awesome, silent, lonely because of the woman. | kuaehu |
| 42. | ʻaʻohe maʻi luku ʻē aʻe nāna e melu a nome aku, ʻo ka rama, moekolohe, like pū. | No other destructive disease is as weakening and continuing as liquor, adultery, [and] such. | melu₁ |
| 43. | ʻaʻohe maikaʻi kānaka o kēia wahi, he auakua. | The people of this place are not good, they are most unkind. | auakua |
| 44. | ʻaʻohe make hele. | You better not go. | make₂ |
| 45. | ʻaʻohe manu noho i ka lipo e pakele i ke kāpiʻo. | No bird of the deep forest can escape the snare. [of an expert lover] | kāpiʻo₁ |
| 46. | ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka lole wale nō i ka ʻili. | There was nothing else except the clothing on the back. | ʻili₁ |
| 47. | ʻaʻohe mea e mānalo ai ka huhū. | Nothing will assuage the anger. | mānalo₂ |
| 48. | ʻaʻohe mea i hāmama ka waha ā ʻioʻio. | None opened the mouth or peeped. | ʻioʻio₁ |
| 49. | ʻaʻohe mea koe ma kūʻono. | Nothing left in the corners. [of a generous person] | kūʻono₁ |
| 50. | ʻaʻohe mea nāna e hoʻopūhili, he moho no ka lā makani. | There is none to blow [him] aside, for he is a wingless rail [or candidate] of a windy day. [admiration for one who lets nothing stop him from carrying out a task] | pūhili₁ |
| 51. | ʻaʻohe mea nāna e hoʻopūhili, he moho no ka lā makani. | There is none to blow [him] aside, for he is a wingless rail [or candidate] of a windy day. [admiration for one who lets nothing stop him from carrying out a task] | hoʻopūhili₁ |
| 52. | ʻaʻohe mea nāna e māwehe aʻe ka hīpuʻu i paʻa. | No one can undo the securely fastened knot. | māwehe |
| 53. | ʻaʻohe mea nāna e paʻi i ke poʻo. | No one can slap his head. [he has no superior, especially in knowledge] | poʻo₁ |
| 54. | ʻaʻohe mea o loko. | Nothing inside. | o₁ |
| 55. | ʻaʻohe mohala pono ka manaʻo. | A thought not clearly stated or brought out. | mohala |
| 56. | ʻaʻohe nao ʻai i ka pāpaʻa. | What a calamity to eat the burned food. [a calamity] | pāpaʻa₁ |
| 57. | ʻaʻohe nao i ka ʻeha! | Terrible pain! | nao₃ |
| 58. | ʻaʻohe nao i ka ua! | What didn't the rain do! | nao₃ |
| 59. | ʻaʻohe nao ka pilikia! | How very much trouble! | nao₃ |
| 60. | ʻaʻohe neʻeu mai ke kāhea ʻia aku. | Doesn't budge when called. | neʻeu |
| 61. | ʻaʻohe noho paʻa ka poʻe kīhoe ma kahi hoʻokahi no ka wā lōʻihi, no ka mea, pono lākou e huli mau i kahi kūpono e lako ai ka noho ʻana. | Nomads do not stay very long in one place since they must constantly search for places with enough to sustain themselves. | kīhoe |
| 62. | ʻaʻohe nohoʻi he wā, hoʻokuʻi ʻia e ke kaʻa. | In no time at all, hit by the car; almost hit by the car. | wā₁ |
| 63. | ʻaʻohe o ʻoneʻi wahine e like me ʻoe, ā inā nohoʻi no ʻaneʻi aku nei, ʻaʻole nō e hele, mai i ʻaneʻi; he kapu o ʻaneʻi, he make. | None of the local women are like you, and had [you] been of this place, [you] would not have come here; it is taboo here, death. | ʻaneʻi₁ |
| 64. | ʻaʻohe ʻoe e pakele aku, ua lino ʻia i ka lino pāwalu. | You won't escape, you are bound with an eight-strand tie. | lino₂ |
| 65. | ʻaʻohe ʻoe i ʻike i koʻu poʻopoʻo. | You did not know my nooks and crannies. [about my family and background] | poʻopoʻo₁ |
| 66. | ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo ʻana | not worth mentioning | ʻōlelo |
| 67. | ʻaʻohe ōna ʻike i ke kūkulu hale, akā, ua hai ʻia ʻo ia, no laila, ma ke aʻoahana ʻo ia e aʻo ai. | He has no knowledge of homebuilding; however, he was hired, so he will learn through on-the-job training. | aʻoahana |
| 68. | ʻaʻohe ona lihi hoʻomaopopo iki. | He didn't in the least understand. | lihi₂ |
| 69. | ʻaʻohe ona makemake e ʻōʻili mai ma ke ʻano numinumi e like me nā pua pope. | She did not wish to go out into the world all rumpled, like the field poppies. | numinumi |
| 70. | ʻaʻohe ōna wahi ulu, koe wale nō ma nā ʻāina kopikala. | It only grows in tropic lands. | kopikala |
| 71. | ʻaʻohe oʻu lihi hoihoi. | I haven't a particle of interest, not the slightest interest. | lihi₂ |
| 72. | ʻaʻohe oʻu makemake i poi. | I don't want any poi. | ʻaʻohe |
| 73. | ʻaʻohe ou pikineki malaila. | You have no business there. | pikineki |
| 74. | ʻaʻohe pau pono o kāna pūlumi ʻana, o kēlā me kēia pau. | She did not sweep thoroughly, just here and there and finished, just a lick and a promise. | kēlā…kēia |
| 75. | ʻaʻohe pilipili ʻaina mai | not anywhere near land [far off] | pilipili ʻāina |
| 76. | ʻaʻohe pilo ʻōʻō. | Any kind of digging stick. | pilo₅ |
| 77. | ʻaʻohe pilo uku. | Any pay at all is all right; any pay whatsoever. | pilo₅ |
| 78. | ʻaʻohe pono ka nohona o nā keiki ʻoā makua ʻole. | The life of forsaken, parentless children is not good. | ʻoā₁ |
| 79. | ʻaʻohe pū kō momona | there is no clump of sugar cane that can sweeten him [said of a great warrior who has no worthy foe, of one in great anger, or of a dreadful situation] | pū kō |
| 80. | ʻaʻohe puaʻi leo mai. | No word uttered. | puaʻi |
| 81. | ʻaʻohe puʻu, ʻaʻohe keʻe | no physical defects, no flaws [common description of a handsome person] | keʻe₁ |
| 82. | ʻaʻohe puʻu, ʻaʻohe keʻe | no physical defects, no flaws [common description of a handsome person] | keʻe₁ |
| 83. | ʻaʻohe puʻu, ʻaʻohe keʻe. | No pimples, no crooks. [commonly said in tales of flawless persons] | puʻu₂ |
| 84. | ʻaʻohe puʻu, ʻaʻohe keʻe. | No pimples, no crooks. [commonly said in tales of flawless persons] | puʻu₂ |
| 85. | ʻaʻohe uʻi hele wale o Kohala. | No youth of Kohala goes empty-handed. [a saying complimenting Kohala on the industry of its youth, who are well supplied with goods as result] | hele wale |
| 86. | ʻaʻohe ʻuku lele nāna i ʻaki. | Not a flea to bite. [perfect comfort] | ʻuku lele |
| 87. | ʻaʻohe wā | almost, no time | wā₁ |
| 88. | ʻaʻohe waʻa hoʻonahoa o ka lā ʻino. | No canoe defies a storm; lit., no canoe defiant of a stormy day. [do not venture in the face of danger] | nahoa₁ |
| 89. | ʻaʻohe waʻa hoʻonahoa o ka lā ʻino. | No canoe defies a storm; lit., no canoe defiant of a stormy day. [do not venture in the face of danger] | hoʻonahoa |
| 90. | ʻaʻohe wahi ā neʻeneʻeu mai | does not bestir at all | wahi₂ |
| 91. | ʻaʻohe wahi ā neʻeneʻeu mai | does not bestir at all | neʻeneʻeu₁ |
| 92. | ʻaʻohe wahi kaʻawale o kēia pahu. | There's no room left in this box. | kaʻawale |
| 93. | ʻaʻohe wahi lilo o ke aliʻi iāʻoe. | You are the perfect image of the chief;. lit., there is nothing in the chief that does not accrue to you. | lilo₁ |
| 94. | ʻaʻohe waiwai o ka hele ʻana, he hoʻomāluhiluhi. | There's no use going, it wears one out. | māluhiluhi |
| 95. | ʻaʻohe waiwai o ka hele ʻana, he hoʻomāluhiluhi. | There's no use going, it wears one out. | hoʻomāluhiluhi |
| 96. | ʻaʻohe wehena iki aku ʻo ke aliʻi iāʻoe. | There is no difference between you and the chief. | wehena₂ |
| 97. | E uē nō anei, he keiki makua ʻole, ʻaʻohe mākua, uē hoʻi ē! | Weeping for an orphan child, no parents, woe! | uē hoʻi ē |
| 98. | He ʻaʻaliʻi au, ʻaʻohe makani e hina ai | I am an | ʻaʻaliʻi |
| 99. | He lawa ke kino, ʻaʻohe hakahaka. | A strong body, not emaciated. | hakahaka₁ |
| 100. | He lewa hele, ʻaʻohe kahua paʻa. | A wandering traveler without fixed residence. | lewa₃ |
| 101. | He lohe pepeiao mai koʻu, ʻaʻohe he ʻike maka. | I've just heard [about it], but have not seen for myself. | lohe pepeiao |
| 102. | He maiʻa līlā, ʻaʻohe ʻiʻo. | A thin banana without substance [either fruit or plant]. | līlā |
| 103. | He meaola ʻonina mākala ʻole ke kumulāʻau; ʻaʻohe ona neʻe nui ʻana nona iho. | A tree is a living thing without motor skill; it is not able to move on its own. | ʻonina mākala |
| 104. | He ʻoi kēlā ʻo ke kanaka huhū … ʻaʻohe pū kō momona iāia. | He's a very angry man … no clump of sugar cane will sweeten him up. [i.e., you can't mollify his anger]. | kō₁ |
| 105. | He wahi wai ʻaʻohe i kaʻeʻe i ka lā. | A little water not evaporated by the sun. | kaʻeʻe |
| 106. | Hoʻopiʻi paʻalula ʻia ke kanaka ma ka ʻaha pane hoʻopiʻi, a pane akula ʻo ia ʻaʻohe ōna kū i ka hewa. | The man was formally charged in the arraignment wherein he entered a plea of not guilty. | ʻaha pane hoʻopiʻi |
| 107. | I lei paha no kākou, ʻaʻohe pilo lei. | Let's wear leis, any kind of leis. | pilo₅ |
| 108. | Inā e mimi, ʻaʻohe koe ʻāina i ka lilo i ka wai. | If [he] urinates, there is no land that is not carried off by the water [i.e., all the land becomes water]. | koe₁ |
| 109. | Inā e mimi, ʻaʻohe koe ʻāina i ka lilo i ka wai. | If [he] urinates, there is no land that does not turn into water [that is not flooded completely]. | lilo₁ |
| 110. | Inā ʻoe e makemake i ke kō, ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo ʻana, naʻu e kiʻi. | If you want some sugar cane, don't say anything about it; I'll get some. | ʻōlelo |
| 111. | Ke ano mai nei ka nahele, ʻaʻohe manu o ke kula. | The forest is silent, there are no birds in the plains. | ano₁ |
| 112. | Ke ui mai nei ʻoe, ʻaʻohe aʻu pono. | When you turn to me, I have no rights. | pono₁ |
| 113. | Keikei kūlana hale wili, ʻaʻohe mea hana o loko. | Nice-looking spot has the sugar mill, but nothing doing inside. | keikei |
| 114. | Lawe ʻia mai nei ka manakuke i Hawaiʻi nei no ke kāohi i ka ʻiole, akā, he ala ao ka manakuke a he ala pō ka ʻiole, no laila, ʻaʻohe i kō ka makemake. | The mongoose was brought to Hawaiʻi to control the rat population, but the mongoose is diurnal and the rat is nocturnal, so the objective was not achieved. | ala ao |
| 115. | Ma ka hīmeni, ʻaʻohe ʻoe e loaʻa. | In singing you have no equal. | loaʻa |
| 116. | No ka nui pupū o ka holo o ka pākulekele, ʻaʻohe puka o kaʻu noi i nā luna. | Because of bureaucratic stalling, my request to the administration was not approved. | pākulekele |
| 117. | ʻO ka poʻe kauā, he kīnākau ko ia poʻe; ʻaʻohe makaʻāinana e makemake ana e pili. | There was a stigma attached to the kauā people; no commoner wanted to be associated with them. | kīnākau |
| 118. | ʻO ke kanaka hoʻokae kanaka, ʻaʻohe ōna hilinaʻi a he inaina hoʻi i nā kānaka. | Someone who is misanthropic is distrustful and has malice toward mankind. | hoʻokae kanaka |
| 119. | ʻO ʻoe ka mea e loaʻa ai aʻu wāhine, no ka mea ua pau loa kuʻu waiwai iā lāua, ʻaʻohe naʻe he loaʻa iki. | You're the one who can win my wives, because my wealth is entirely spent on the two without any success at all. | loaʻa |
| 120. | ʻOia kamaʻilio aku a ʻea ka waha, ʻaʻohe lohe ʻia mai. | While talking on until the tongue is coated, yet no one pays any attention [a metaphor to show exasperation]. | ʻea₃ |
| 121. | ʻOia kamaʻilio aku ā ʻea ka waha, ʻaʻohe lohe ʻia mai. | While talking until the tongue is coated, [yet] no one is listened to. | ʻaʻohe |
| 122. | Paʻihi ʻoe lā, lilo i ka wai, ʻaʻohe ʻike iho i ka hoa mua. | Well-adorned are you, carried to water. [wealth], not knowing former friends | wai₁ |
| 123. | Puka kinikini, puka kinikini, ʻaʻohe ona puka e puka aku a. | Many many holes, many many holes, no hole to go out through [answer: a fish net]. | puka₂ |
| 124. | Pupule ka moa, ʻaʻohe puka mimi. | The chicken is crazy, it has no urine vent. [the vulgar latter part of this saying is sometimes omitted]. | pupule |
| 125. | Ua hana kēlā mea kēia mea o kou alo aliʻi a kīkīkoʻele, ʻaʻohe mea koe. | Every one of your royal retainers has done everything in proper order and to completion, nothing remains [undone]. | kīkīkoʻele |
| 126. | Ua hōʻeha ʻoia ʻoiai nō ʻaʻohe ona lima. | He was hurt, but not his hands. | ʻoiai₂ |
| 127. | Ua maholahune ke kinoea i loko o ke ea, a ʻaʻohe pilikia i kēia manawa. | The gas has diffused into the air, and now there's no danger. | maholahune |
| 128. | Waʻawaʻa kō kāua hale, ʻaʻohe kānaka. | Our house is desolate without people. | waʻawaʻa₆ |