aole
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of aole
From Hawaiian ʿaʿole
Example Sentences
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A vote against taking a stronger stance was met with shouts of “aole!” or “no!” from a standing-room-only crowd.
From Science Magazine
You would say perhaps, "Aole au i ike."
From Project Gutenberg
In Judge Andrews's dictionary are found the following pertinent Hawaiian verses apropos of the word nihi: E hoopono ka hele i ka uka o Puna; E nihi ka hele, mai hoolawehala, Mai noho a ako i ka pua, o hewa, O inaina ke Akua, paa ke alanui, Aole ou ala e hiki aku ai.
From Project Gutenberg
The first mele here offered as an accompaniment to this hula can boast of no great antiquity; it belongs to the middle of the nineteenth century, and was the product of some gallant at a time when princes and princesses abounded in Hawaii: Mele Aole i manao ia.
From Project Gutenberg
Aole loa ke kula I ka pai-lani a Kane.
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