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Examples
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"I think it's going to be increasingly difficult to ship our opala at this point," acting
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They were indeed on the road side, on a holiday, picking up somebody's opala
Homespun Honolulu Evelyn 2009
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A 2009-2010 bulky item collection schedule is available online at www.opala. org.
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A company's contract for sending opala to the mainland has been canceled in a dispute
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Add to these an occasional use, for emphasis, of the belittling question, whose answer, although generally left to be understood, may be given; for example: _A heaha la o Haua-i-liki ia Laie-i-ka-wai? he opala paha_, "What was Hauailiki to Laieikawai?
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
john commented on the word opala
“At first glance, it does not look much like garbage. More than 20,000 tons of it have been shrink-wrapped into green bales that are neatly stacked, ready to ship about 2,300 miles across the Pacific to the mainland as an another export — “opala,” as garbage is called in Hawaiian.”
The New York Times, Ready to Ship in Hawaii: 20,000 Tons of Garbage, by Michael Cooper, May 21, 2010
May 24, 2010