pā-

• pa-

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”)

• pā- in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.