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ʻōkuʻu

/ ʻō.kuʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vi., To squat on the haunches, crouch, sit hunched up: to perch, as a bird; to settle, as mist. ho.ʻō.kuʻu To cause to squat, crouch, perch; to crouch, perch.

2. n., Disease at time of Ka-mehameha I, perhaps cholera, and perhaps so called because it was dysenteric, and people were squatting (ʻōkuʻu) much at stool.

3. vt., To swing in aku (fish) on a line so they fall from the lure directly into the canoe.

4. n., A method of catching birds by gumming artificial lehua blossoms made of leʻie to a tree.

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O-KUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To sit up because one has no place or conveniences for lying down; to sit up, as one on the deck of a vessel when the water dashes over, because it is better than to lie down; the idea is to keep the head up.

2. To sit in a meditating posture with the head reclined.

3. To sit with a covering over the shoulders, and arms across the breast, as if cold.

O-KUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Name of a great pestilence which swept over the islands while Kamehameha I. was living on Oahu about 1807. Great multitudes were swept off. The name okuu was given to it because the people okuu, wale aku no i ka uhane, i. e., dismissed freely their souls and died. See Kuu, to let go.

Okuu (ō'-ku'u), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Kuu, to let go; okuu, to sit up.] A pestilence which swept over the islands while Kamehameha I. was living on Oahu about 1807. Multitudes perished. Okuu wale aku no i ka uhane; the people dismissed freely their souls and died.

OKU 483 OLA

Okuu (ō'-ku'u), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To sit up because one has no place or conveniences for lying down; as one on the deck of a vessel when the water dashes over.

2. To sit in a meditating posture with the head reclined.

3. To sit in a stooping or crouching manner, with arms across the hreast, as if cold.

ʻOkuʻu

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Hanauma Bay side of Sandy Beach, Oʻahu. Lit., crouch (people crouched by a healing stone).

ʻōkuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Method of catching birds by gumming artificial lehua blossoms made of ieʻie vines and attaching them to a tree. (PE.)

ʻōkuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Great pestilence on Oʻahu in 1807. It was called ʻōkuʻu because the people squatted to relieve themselves anywhere they happened to be in their misery and because they freely dismissed their souls and died, ʻokuʻu wale aku no i ka ʻuhane.

okuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To sit hunched up with a covering over the shoulder, arms across the breast, as if cold; to sit in any position to keep the head up; to squat.

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