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hauā - crippled, lame

Hauā. 1. a. Crippled, lame. Ka haua te waewae.

2. Cowardly, without spirit. He iwi haua matou; kahore i rapua he utu.

3. Angry without cause.

4. n. Cripple. Ka matakina te pa kaore he tangata o roto, kua horo nga tane nga wahine, he haua te mea i mahue ra.

hauhauā, a. 1. Cowardly. Katahi te tangata hauhaua ko koe!

2. Plebeian.

Williams Dictionary

Kua kuia mārika au, engari kāore anō kia hauā!
I am indeed old, but not yet disabled!
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

#171: Is it really, really red or is it reddish.
#7: I'm good
#65: Brian is a father, Brian is my father
#85: Which is the right road?
#42: I am eating your apple, you are eating my apple
#141: In the time of the ancestors
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