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hoʻokū

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

See kū, to stand, and kū, in a state of.

HOO-KU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See KU, to stand. To cause to stand; to stand erect; to stick up in a perpendicular position.

2. To decline; to withhold; to refuse; to be unwilling.

3. To hold water with the paddles when the canoe is sailing.

Hooku (ho'o-kū'), v.

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

[Hoo and ku, to stand.]

1. To cause to stand; to stand erect; to stick up in a perpendicular position.

2. To hold water with the paddle's when the canoe is sailing.

3. To put off from one's self; to decline to support or help; to refuse assistance.

4. To direct the course of: Ke hooku la o Kahanamoku i kona waa no Kalehuawehe, Kahanamoku directs the course of his canoe to Kalehuawehe.

hoʻokū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To hold water with the paddle when sailing a canoe.

hoʻoku

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

The top of a steep ascent (SMK).

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