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Second person singular possessive suffix in kāu and kou, your.

• References:
  • Gram. 8.2.
  • PPN -u.

See u- 2.

First person singular possessive suffix in kaʻu, koʻu, and kuʻu, mine, my.

• References:
  • Gram. 8.2.
  • PPN -ku.

1. n. Breast, teat, udder. Cf. waiū. (PPN huhu.)

2. vs. Moist, soaked; to drip, drizzle, ooze; impregnated, as with salt. Cf. kawaū, koʻū, maʻū. Ū ke kapa i ka ua, the tapa was wet by the rain. hoʻo.ū, hō.ʻū To moisten, soak, wet.

Rare var. of u- 2. Cf. ūkō, ūpē. (Probably length of ū- was due to assimilation of the long vowel in the base.)

1. vi., interj. To grunt, groan, moan, sigh, hum, coo, mourn, grieve, complain; grief, sorrow; an exclamation of delight or assent; to exclaim thus; to grunt ‘yes, yes (saying that you are listening)!’ Noho ʻū, grief; grief-stricken.

• Examples:
  • Pā i ka ʻū lā (Kep. 71), touched by grief.
  • Pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe e ʻū ana (Mat. 5.4), blessed are the people that mourn.
  • ʻŪ ke kai o ʻEwa i ke ʻala o ka maile, the lowlands of ʻEwa exclaim over the perfume of the maile vine.
  • E ʻū hele ana (Hal. 38.6), to go mourning.
• Related:
  • hoʻoʻū, hōʻū Caus/sim.; To grunt and strain, as with physical exertion (Kep. 159); to mourn.
• References:
  • PCP kuu.

2. vi., To hold the breath.

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻole i ʻū, in no time at all; literally,, in not even time to take a breath.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻupu.

3. vs., Snub-nosed (used with ihu).

4. n., Short for ʻulu, breadfruit, as in the place name Kaʻūpūlehu.

5. n., The letter “u.”

See u- #2.

1. Prefix to some words to denote plural, as uhaele, ulawaiʻa, unoho, unonoho.

• Examples:
  • E uhaele ʻolua, you two go.
  • O uʻai like, eat together.
• Related:
  • This u- is sometimes written as though forming a word with a preceding o, imperative marker, as ou haele oukou (Mat. 2.8), you go.
• References:
  • Gram. 6.3.3.

2. Prefix to many words with meanings ‘quality or state’; there is variation in some words of u-, ʻu-, and ʻū, especially in rare words.

• References:
  • See uahi, uhaki, uhemo, ʻuhene, uhinu, ʻūlika, ʻuwaʻa, and, others; see also Gram. 6.3.2.