1. vt.
• to understand, cause to understand, pay attention in order to understand;
• make plain or clear, tell clearly, to certify, inform,
• remember, recollect, recall, remind,
• realize, ascertain, recognize, discover
• think about,
• believe in,
• take care of...
(Depending on context, many translations are possible; for substitution of maopopo for hoʻomaopopo see Gram. 4.4)... |
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| Ch.1 p.5 para.2 sent.2 | Akā, ʻaʻole naʻe i hoʻomaopopo nā mea a pau i ke ʻano o kēia ānuenue, akā, ua hoʻomau ʻia kēia mau hailona aliʻi ma nā wahi i mālama ʻia ai ua mau māhoe nei. | yet no one understood the nature of this rainbow, but such signs as attend a chief were always present wherever the twins were guarded. |
| Ch.3 p.13 para.1 sent.2 | Nānā akula ʻo ia, e piʻo ana ke ānuenue i kahi a ua wahi kanaka nei i ʻōlelo ai iā ia, a laila, hoʻomaopopo leʻa ihola ka makāula, ʻo kāna mea nō e ukali nei. | there he saw the rainbow arching over the place which the man had described to him; so he was sure that this was the person he was following. |
| Ch.3 p.18 para.3 sent.5 | I loko o kēia ʻōlelo ʻana a Kauakahialiʻi, hoʻomaopopo loa maila ʻo ʻAiwohikupua i ka helehelena maikaʻi o ua wahine nei. | During this speech Aiwohikupua seemed to see before him the lovely form of that woman. |
| Ch.4 p.23 para.8 sent.1 | Iā lāua e kamaʻilio ana no kēia mau mea, a laila, hoʻomaopopo loa aʻela ke aliʻi e holo i Hawaiʻi e ʻike iā Lāʻieikawai. | After talking over all these things, then the chief fully decided to go to Hawaii to see Laieikawai. |
| Ch.12 p.64 para.7 sent.1 | A laila, hoʻomaopopo ihola ʻo Lāʻieikawai, ʻo lākou nō ka poʻe i hiki i kēlā pō mua. | Then Laieikawai understood that these were the persons who came that first night. |
| Ch.17 p.88 para.8 sent.2 | A laila, hoʻomaopopo akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua, “Pehea kā ʻolua lele ʻana aku nei?” | then Aiwohikupua asked to make sure, "How did you two fly?" |
| Ch.25 p.132 para.2 sent.3 | Hoʻomau maila ka makāula i kona hele ʻana a hiki i luna pono o Pālalahuakiʻi, a laila, ʻike maopopo akula ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ke ānuenue, me ka hoʻomaopopo i loko ona a ʻike leʻa i kāna mea e ʻimi nei. | The seer kept right on up to the summit of Palalahuakii. There he saw the rainbow plainly and recognized it, and knew it was the sign he was seeking. |
| Ch.26 p.135 para.1 sent.1 | A lohe ka makāula i kēia mea, a laila, hoʻomaopopo leʻa aʻela ka makāula, ʻo ka mea nō kēia āna e ʻimi nei. | When the seer heard this story the seer saw plainly that this was the very one he sought. |
| Ch.33 p.177 para.2 sent.3 | A laila, hoʻomaopopo ʻia maila ka lohe mua o lākou i Honuaʻula, a ma laila aku lākou a kau nā waʻa ma Kapōhue. | There was substantiated the news they heard first at Honuaula, and there they beached the canoe at Kapohue, |
| Ch.33 p.181 para.3 sent.6 | Hoʻi aʻe kuʻu kāne, a ʻōlelo iaʻu, ʻaʻole naʻe wau i hoʻomaopopo. | my husband returned and told me, but I was not sure. |
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