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vt. To beat, as tapa. (Kep. 99.)

nvi. Tossing about, agitated; jolting, as a vehicle on a rough road. He ʻakūkū nalu lā i poʻi, an agitation of waves that broke.

s. The standing up of water when wind and current are opposite; me he akuku nalu la i poi iloko o ka malama o Kaulua. Laieik. 167.

Akuku (ā-kŭ'-kŭ'), n.

/ ā-kŭ'-kŭ' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

The standing up of water when wind and current are opposite: Me he akuku nalu la i poi iloko o ka malama o Kaulua.

Rising of water when wind and current meet.

E huli iā “ʻakuku” ma Ulukau.

Search for “ʻakuku” on Ulukau.

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