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[Hawaiian Dictionary (1986) (Hawaiian)]

koa 1. nvs. Brave, bold, fearless, valiant; bravery, courage. Cf. hoʻonakoa, puʻipuʻi. Aʻo nō i ke koa, aʻo nō i ka holo (saying, Kel. 45), learn bravery, learn to run [be brave but prudent in war]. hoʻo.koa Brave; to cause bravery. (PPN toʻa.) 2. nvs. Soldier, warrior, fighter; military, hero, martial. Kānāwai koa, martial law. hoʻo.koa To act as a soldier; to cause to be a soldier. 3. n. The largest of native forest trees (Acacia koa), with light-gray bark, crescent-shaped leaves, and white flowers in small, round heads. A legume with fine, red wood, a valuable lumber tree, formerly used for canoes, surfboards, calabashes, now for furniture and ukuleles. A small koa was sometimes added to the hula altar to Laka, goddess of the hula, to make the dancer fearless. (Neal 408–11.) The name koa may be qualified by the terms kā, kū ma kua, kū mauna. E ola koa, live like a koa tree [i.e. long]. (PPN toa.) 4. (Cap.) n. Name of a wind at Mālei, Molokaʻi. (For. 5:103.) 5. n. Land crocodile (RSV), chameleon (KJV). (Oihk. 11.) (Pronunciation uncertain.)

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