ʻā.ʻume.ʻume
nvt. Opposition, struggle, contention, strife; to struggle, oppose. Also ʻāʻuʻume. Ola ʻāʻumeʻume, struggle between life and death.
A-U-ME-U-ME
v. A and ume, to pull, draw out. To contend, to strive for a thing, in order to obtain it from another; to pull from one to another; aumeume na kanaka i ka ia, the people contended for the fish; aumeume na kanaka i ka lole, the people contended for the cloth.
A-U-ME-U-ME
s. A pulling from one person to another in contention; an acting with opposition and force; he huki aku, huki mai, a puepue, there was pulling this way and that with force; he ola nae, he ola aumeume, there was life, however, but life with contention.
Aumeume (ā-ū'-me-ū'-me), n.
/ ā-ū'-me-ū'-me /Effort; exertion of strength., physical or mental; a contention; acting with opposition and force: he huki aku, huki mai, a puepue, there was pulling this way and that with force; he ola nae, he ola aumeume, there was life, however, but life with contention.
Aumeume (ā-ū'-me-ū'-me), v.
/ ā-ū'-me-ū'-me /[A and ume, to pull, draw out.] To contend, to strive for a thing, in order to obtain it from another; to pull from one to another: aumeume na kanaka i ka ia, the people contended for the fish; aumeume na kanaka i ka lole, the people contended for the cloth.
ʻāʻumeʻume
To act with opposition; to pull away in contention. ʻāʻumeʻume na kānaka i ka ia, the people contended for the fish.
‘a‘ume‘ume
contention, strife: to pull back and forth.
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