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hū

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., To rise or swell, as yeast or souring poi; to ferment, leaven, overflow (Isa. 8.7), percolate, effervesce, boil over; to surge or rise to the surface, as emotion; to gush forth; rising, swelling, outburst.

  • Examples:
    • Perena hū ʻole, unleavened bread.
    • Hū ka ʻaka, to burst into laughter, guffaw.
    • Hū ka pele, to pour forth lava, erupt.
    • Inā hū aku kou ʻuhane i ka po ʻe pōloli (Isa. 58.10), if your soul has compassion for the hungry people.
    • Hū mai ke aloha no ka ʻāina, love for the homeland swells forth.
    • He hū wale mehe wai lā (Kin. 49.4), unstable as water.
  • Related:
    • hoʻohū Caus/sim.; To leaven, cause to rise, inflate, swell, overflow; yeast, baking powder.
  • References:

2. vi. and interjection, To roar, grunt, hum, whistle; huh (interj.)!

  • Examples:
    • Hū ka makani, the wind whistles or roars [of things going at great speed].
    • Hū wawā ka nahele, din roaring in the forest [gossip].
  • References:
    • PPN fuu.

3. n., A spinning top.

  • Examples:
    • Hū oeoe, humming top.
    • Kaula hū, cord used to spin a top, Ho ʻoniniu i ka hū, to spin a top.

4. vi., To depart from the proper course, miss the way.

  • Examples:
    • Hū ā puaʻa, off the course like a pig [of one who does not follow a straight and narrow path, as of a drunkard].
  • Related:
    • hoʻohū Caus/sim.; To cause someone to deviate from the path; to shoo, drive away, rout.

5. n., Gum, as of the ʻōlapa tree.

6. n., Commoners as a mass.

  • Examples:
    • Ē ka hū, ē ka makaʻāinana, aloha ʻoukou (chant by Kamāmalu bidding farewell to Hawaiʻi), O commoners, O citizenry, farewell to you.

7. Variant of hui #2, to unite, join.

  • Examples:
    • Ē Lono, e hū ʻia mai ka lani me ka honua (prayer), O Lono, join heaven and earth.

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hū

kikino ｜ noun / hū / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Yeast; baking powder.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
    • Mānaleo.
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hū

kikino ｜ noun / hū / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Overflow error, as on a calculator display.

  • Literally, overflow.

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hū

/ hū / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

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hu

/ HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To rise or swell up, as leaven or new poi; to effervesce.

2. To swell and rise up, as water in a pot.

3. To rise up, as a thought; hu mai keia manao iloko o'u, this thought swelled up in me.

4. To overflow; to run over the banks, as a river. Isa. 8:7.

5. To burst out, spoken of affection. 1 Nal. 3:26. Or a flow of passion (hence huhu.)

6. To shed or pour out, as tears. Iob. 16:20. Hu ka uhane, to have compassion. Isa. 58:10.

7. To ooze out silently.

8. To circulate, as the story of a murder.

9. To miss one's way; to deviate from a direct path.

10. To come, i. e., to heave in sight; to make its appearance, as a ship at a distance.

11. To be unstable; to be inconstant. Kin. 49:4.

12. To whistle, as the wind through the rigging of a ship.

13. Hoohu. To meditate; to indite, as a song. Hal. 45:1.

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hu

kikino ｜ noun / HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., That which causes rising, leaven.

2. A class of the common people, nearly SYN. with makaainana; e ka hu, e na makaainana, &c. Laieik. 21. O ka poe hemahema a naaupo, ua kapaia lakou he hu ka inoa, he makaainana kahi inoa.

3. A noise; a rustling, as the wind among trees. Laieik. 104.

4. A top; hu kani, a humming-top.

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hu

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. adj., Fermenting, as beer or new wine.

2. Leavened, as bread; mea hu, anything leavened. Puk. 34:25. Berena hu ole, unleavened bread. Ios. 5:11.

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hu

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Fermentable.

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hu

kikino ｜ noun / hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., That which causes rising, leaven.

2. n., A class of the common people, nearly syn. with makaainana: e ka hu, e na maka-ainana, etc. (Laieik. p. 21.) O ka poe hemahema a naaupo, ua kapaia lakou he hu ka inoa, he makaainana kahi inoa.

3. n., A noise; a rustling, as the wind among trees. (Laieik. p. 104.)

4. n., A top; hu kani, a humming-top.

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hu

/ hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To rise or swell up as, leaven or new poi; to effervesce.

2. v., To run over, as water overflows.

3. v., To burst forth, as lava, or water from the rock.

4. v., To percolate as moisture through rock, sand or earth.

5. v., To break forth in mental agitation.

6. v., To depart from a proper course; to miss one's way.

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hū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

A top. Hū kani, a humming top.

hū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

The grunt of the hog is hū (hoggish men are called ʻukā).

hu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Class of common people. Closely synonymous with makaʻai nana. Lit., people that cultivate the soil.

HU

Haw to Eng, Wehiwehi Baibala (1872),

I. he wahi mea awaawa ia e hu ai ka berena. A puka aku ka poe Hebera mai Aigupita, no ka wikiwiki, lawe lakou i ka berena maka, hu ole, Puk. 12:34, nolaila ua papaia ka berena hu i na la ehiku o ka ahaaina Moliaola, i mea e hoomanao ai i kela hana kahiko o ko lakou poe kupuna, Puk. 12:15, 19. Ua hookaawale aku lakou i na mea hu a pau mai loko aku o ko lakou mau hale, mamua o ka la ahaaina, 1 Kor. 5:6. Ua papa mai ke Akua, aole he hu ma ka mohaiai iloko o ka luakini, aole hoi he meli, Oihk. 2:11. Ua hoohalikeia ke aupuni o Kristo me ka hu, he mea uuku a mahuahua a nui, Mat. 13:33; pela hoi kahi hewa uuku, ua laha ae me he hu a nui, Mat. 16:6-12; 1 Kor. 5:6-8.

hu

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

ferment, yeast, leaven: to swell up as leaven; whistle as wind.

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