nvi. To flow in spurts, ebb, fluctuate; fluctuation, ebb. Ka pali mākō i hāneʻe, i hanuʻu (chant), the rock cliff that slid, that moved in spurts. Kaha i ka hanuʻu, to mark fluctuation, as the high water mark of the tide.
2. vs. Short, stunted, thick. Cf. hananuʻu.
hehele To fluctuate, as the tide. Dic.
s. Stairs; steps for ascending; uneven places. See NUU.
adj. Rising by steps; ala hanuuu. Puk. 20:23.
Low, referring to tides and other currents of water.
The flowing back of the tide; the going down of the waters.
To recede, as water; to ebb; to flow back.
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