pā-

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Hawaiian

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Prefix

pā-

  1. prefix to many bases, with general meaning of “in the nature of, having the quality of.”
    pā- + ‎wela (be hot) → ‎pāwela (scorched)
    pā- + ‎heu (fine hair, dust) → ‎pāheu (allergy)
  2. distributive prefix affixed to numbers
    pā- + ‎lua (two) → ‎pālua (two-by-two, two-at-a-time, twofold)

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