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ōpū

/ ō.pū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Clump, as of sugar cane, bananas, kava; cluster.

2. vi., To open, as a flower; to rise, as water; to swell, as waves; to grow, as a foetus; to sit with knees gathered up.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO Kaʻala, kuahiwi mauna kēhau, ke ōpū maila lā i Kamaoha (PH 100), Kaʻala, mountain hill with cool rain, rising there perhaps at Kamaoha.

3. nvi., To rest, hover, live idly or lazily, exist; existence, rest.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO ke ōpū wale iho nō kā mākou (For. 4:171), ours is a bare existence.

4. n., A tower in a heiau.

  • References:
    • See drawing, Ii 57.

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ʻōpū

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

n., Belly, stomach, abdomen, tripe, giblet; bag, as of a net (see ex., mahola); gizzard, bladder, crop of a bird (Oihk. 1.16), maw of an animal, womb; disposition.

  • Examples:
    • Kai ʻōpū, giblet gravy.
    • ʻO kuʻu ʻōpū, ʻo kuʻu ʻōpū! Ua hoʻokaʻawili ʻia au ma kuʻu naʻau (Ier. 4.19), my bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my heart.
  • References:

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ʻopu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., To dive into the water, feet first, without making a splash, an ancient sport (used only with lele or lele a); one so skilled.

2. Rare variant of ʻupu.

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ʻōpū

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Body, as of an ʻukulele, guitar, etc.

  • Niʻihau
  • Related:
    • Mākala ʻōpū. Abdominal muscle.
  • References:

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ʻōpū

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Ventricle, of the mammalian heart.

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O-PU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To expand, as an opening flower. See OPUU.

2. To grow, as a fetus. Hal. 139:16.

3. To swell up; to be full, as the belly of a fat person; opu mai ka opu.

4. To rise up, as water; opu ka wai.

5. To live idly; lazily; ke opu wale ae nei no, ka noho wale; noho wale iho no, loaa ole.

6. To sit with the knees gathered up.

7. To leap off or over, as a horse; e opu aku mao.

O-PU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A protuberance with an enclo- sure, as the belly, stomach, bladder, &c.; as, opu o ke kai, the heart, belly (midst) of the sea; the crop of a bird. Oihk. 1:16. The maw of animals. Kanl. 18:3. The womb. Lunk. 16:17. A round, liver-like substance in the hog and other animals.

2. The name of a heap upon which a god stands; a bunch or bundle of small wood, grass, weeds, &c.; a hill or bunch of kalo growing together. See OPUU.

3. The disposition of a person; state of mind. See the compounds OPUAO, OPUINO, OPUKOPEKOPE, &c. Opu is here SYN. with naau. NOTE.—The Hawaiians suppose the seat of thought, intelligence, &c., and also the seat of moral powers, as the choice and practice of good and evil, to be seated in the small intestines; hence, naau or opu (the small intestines) is used for what we should call the heart, i. e., the seat of the moral powers. See NAAUAO, NAAUPO, NAAUINO, compared with opuao, opuino, &c. See NAAU.

O-PU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Skillful at diving into the water, so as not to spatter; opu ia wahi kanaka; opu i na kea ka pan ai ole, fisherman's phrase.

opu

/ o-pu' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A protuberance with an enclosure, as the belly, stomach, bladder; the crop of a bird; the maw of animals; the womb; a round, liver-like body in the hog and other animals: Opu o ke kai, the rising of the sea

2. n., A heap upon which a god stands; a bunch or bundle of small wood, grass, weeds, etc.; a hill or bunch of taro growing together.

3. n., The disposition of a person; state of mind. Syn: Naau. (The Hawaiians supposed the seat of thought and intelligence, etc., and also the seat of moral powers, as the choice and practice of good and evil, to be in the small intestines; hence, naau or opu is used for what we should call the heart, that is, the seat of the moral powers.)

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Opu (o-pu'), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To expand, as an opening flower. Syn: Opuu.

2. To grow, as a fetus.

3. To swell up; to be full, as the abdomen of a fat person: opu mai ka opu.

4. To rise up, as water: opu ka wai.

5. To live idly; lazily: ke opu wale ae nei no, ka noho wale; noho wale iho no, loaa ole.

6. To sit with the knees gathered up.

Opu (o'-pu), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Skillful at leaping from a cliff or bank into deep water; the skill consists in going down under water in a straight line so as not to spatter: opu ia wahi kanaka.

2. Resting; hovering.

opu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

No data. (CMH.)

ʻōpū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Stomach, abdomen, bladder.

ʻōpū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Abdomen, the seat of thought. See naʻau.

ōpū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To expand, as a flower opening from a bud.

ōpū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To live idly, lazily; to sit bunched up with the knees drawn close.

ōpū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Name of a heap of stone or other materials on which the image or figure of a god stood.

‘opu

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

the belly.

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