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ʻumeke

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Bowl, calabash, circular vessel, as of wood or gourd.

  • Examples:
    • ʻUmeke kāʻeo, a well-filled calabash [a well-filled mind].
    • ʻUmeke pala ʻole, calabash without a dab [empty bowl, empty mind].
  • Related:
    • hoʻoʻumeke, hōʻumeke Caus/sim.; To assume the shape of a bowl; to assume the shape of fruit, to bear fruit. Figuratively, to hav enough to eat.
      • E pua ana ka ʻōhiʻa ʻai a hōʻumeke i ka malama o Hinaiaʻeleʻele (Kep. 93), the mountain apple blooms and fruits form in the month of Hinaiaʻeleʻele.
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U-ME-KE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A poi calabash; full form, umekepoi. See next.

Umeke (ū-mě'-ke), n.

/ ū-mě'-ke / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A poi calabash. (The full form is umekepoi.)

2. A circular vessel for holding anything.

Umeke (ū'-mē'-ke), n.

/ ū'-mē'-ke / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A large gourd, also the plant; a calabash.

ʻumeke

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Poi calabash.

‘umeke

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

bowl.

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