Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective All done or gone; finished.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hawaiian, from Proto-Polynesian *pau.]

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  • "Finished" in Hawaiian.

    February 6, 2007