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ʻekemu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi. To answer briefly, speak but little; taciturn. (Kin. 24.21.) ʻAʻole i hiki ke ʻekemu iki mai kona poʻe hoahānau (Kin. 45.3), and his brethren could not answer. ʻEkemu ʻole, tacit.

E-KE-MU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To open, as the mouth.

2. To utter by the organs of speech. 2 Kor. 12:4.

3. To speak audibly or intelligibly. Kin. 24:21.

4. To speak out; to reply to a question. Kin. 45:3.

5. To answer in reply. Ios. 22:21.

6. To come forth in any way.

7. To operate as a cathartic.

Ekemu (ĕ-kĕ'-mŭ), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To give out or send forth, with audible sound, whether articulately or not; to utter.

2. To reply or respond to a question or person; to answer.

ʻekemu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To act as a cathartic.

‘ekemu

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

to speak; to respond.

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