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ʻaukuʻu

/ ʻau.kuʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli), a non-migratory land bird, which feeds on small fish and the larvae of insects in water.

  • References:
    • See sayings, heron.
    • PCP kautuku.

2. n., Kind of fishhook with a long slender shaft, perhaps named for its resemblance to the heron's neck.

3. n., A long bamboo pole with two maile stalks across the top that were gummed with lime to catch birds.

4. vi., To vomit, retch.

5. n., Cords held by the fishermen (hoʻāu) who managed the net in kuʻu fishing.

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aukuu

/ AU-KUU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The action of a person vomiting.

2. A kind of fish-hook.

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aukuu

kikino ｜ noun / AU-KUU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The name of a bird; me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua, as an aukuu, lights on a bank; ua hoolikeia ke kanaka hana hewa me ka aukuu, a bad man is likened to an aukuu; no ka mea, he ahua kahi e kau ai ka aukuu, because the aukuu sits on a bank; nolaila i olelo mai ka poe kahiko; hence the ancients say:

Me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua,
As the aukuu sits upon a sand bank,
Alaalawa na maka me he pueo la,
Its eyes looking about like an owl.

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aukuu

kikino ｜ noun / ău-ku'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A fish-hook with a long, slender shaft, resembling the neck of the aukuu.

2. n., The action of a person vomiting.

3. n., A species of bird. The heron (Ardea sacra).

Me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua,
As a heron that sits upon a bank,
Alaalawa na maka me he pueo la,
Its eyes looking about like an owl.

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ʻaukuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

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.

ʻaukuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Long bamboo pole with two maile stalks across the top, gummed with lime to catch birds. See ʻalakō.

ʻaukuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Fishhook with a long slender shaft, shaped like a heronʻs neck.

‘auku‘u

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

the bittern, the heron.

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