au.kū
1. vi. To pitch and toss; to raise, lift.
2. n. Uphill path.
3. Shallow. (AP)
AU-KU
v. Au, to swim, and ku, to stand.
1. To swim or sail uprightly, as a vessel rising and pitching in a heavy sea; auku ka ihu i ka makani; to stand up, as the bow of a vessel by the wind, from the resemblance to a man's position in swimming uprightly in a rough sea.
2. To toss up the nose, as an expression of pride, anger or contempt for a thing; auku ka ihu o ka wahine huhu wale, the angry woman turns up her nose; auku iluna ka ihu o ke kanaka haaheo, the nose of the proud man is turned up.
3. To climb, as a man, up a precipice.
4. To rise up, as the end of the nose at a bad smell, or the end of a canoe in a surf.
AU-KU
s. Au and ku. A stream, so shallow that a person can wade through with his clothes on; a shallow stream, not deep.
2. Name of a road or path leading up hill.
Auku (ău-kū'), n.
/ ău-kū' /1. The heron. See aukuu.
2. A shallow stream.
3. A path or road leading uphill.
Auku (ău-kū'), v.
/ ău-kū' /1. To swim or sail uprightly, as a vessel rising and pitching in a heavy sea.
2. To turn up the nose, as an expression of pride, anger, or contempt.
3. To climb.
auku
Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax hoactli). A non-migratory bird inhabiting marshes and muddy shorelines. Its voice is a hoarse, croaking quack. It is common to most of the islands of the group. Also called ʻaukuʻu kahili.
aukū
Rise and pitch of a vessel; to stand up, as a canoe, its bow in the wind.
aukū
To swim uprightly. Lit., to swim standing.
aukū
1. A road or path leading uphill (HE) (T). 2. A shallow stream; a path or road leading uphill (AP). Also, piʻina (SAM) (DM) and āhua (SMK).
E huli iā “aukū” ma Ulukau.
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