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ʻōkū

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

1. nvt., To stand erect, protrude, emerge, hold upright (Nak. 79); to wield with vigor, as paddles.

  • Examples:
    • Ke kanaka ʻōkū mai i ka hoe (Kel. 46), the man working hard with the paddles.
    • Aia maʻō e ʻōkū maila, there it is, standing over there.

2. vs., Thunderstruck, taken aback, horrified, agitated.

  • Examples:
    • ʻŌkū hoʻi au i kō ia ala hōʻino, I was horrified by his cursing.

3. n., Young stage of kūmū, smaller than the ʻāhuluhulu stage.

4. n.v., Live bird used as decoy; to decoy.

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O-KU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To show a thing to one secretly, lest another should see it and demand it.

2. To set a bird near a snare to catch or tempt another; e hooku aku i ke poo, e oku aku i ka lima.

O-KU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A giving secretly that no one else may know.

Oku (o-kū'), n.

/ o-kū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A giving secretly.

2. A live bird used as a decoy.

Oku (o-kū'), v.

/ o-kū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To present a thing to one secretly with suggestion that the giving and accepting be a secret.

2. To decoy.

Oku

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

to show a thing. Point, Niʻihau.

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ʻŌkū

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Point, north Niʻihau. Lit., to protrude.

ʻōkū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To give secretly so that another may not know.

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