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hoʻokuʻu

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

To release, let go, put down, dismiss, send away, abandon, disperse, adjourn; to expel, as from school; to discharge, as from work; to free, acquit, let, permit, excuse, exempt, liberate; to settle, clear up; slope of a hill (rare).

  • Examples:
    • Hīmeni hoʻokuʻu, closing hymn.
    • Kī hoʻokuʻu, slack key.
    • Hihia ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia, case [of law] settled.
    • Hoʻokuʻu kāua, let's stop [as a meeting].
    • Hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hopu ʻia ʻana, exemption from arrest.
    • Hoʻokuʻu maikaʻi, honorable discharge.
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hoʻokuʻu

hamani ｜ transitive verb / hoʻo•kuʻu / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, To flush a toilet.

  • Source:
    • Niʻihau.
  • Examples:
    • Mai poina i ka hoʻokuʻu i ka wai o ka lua. Donʻt forget to flush the toilet.
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hoʻokuʻu

hamani ｜ transitive verb / hoʻo•kuʻu / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, As from a gland, in biology. To secrete.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • Na ke kahu lōkuʻu e hoʻokuʻu aku i nā hōmona, he mau ʻelele kemikala no nā lōkuʻu ʻē aʻe o ke kino. It is the pituitary gland that secretes the hormones which act as chemical messengers for the other glands on the body.

hookuu

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

v., See kuu, to loosen. To let go; to dismiss; to send away; to release; to let down.

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hookuu

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / HOO-KUU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Let down; loosened; dismissed.

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hookuu

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ho'o-ku'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Let down; loosened; dismissed.

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hookuu

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

[Hoo and kuu, to loosen.]

1. v., To let go; to dismiss; to send away; to release; to let down.

2. v., To set free or release from obligation; to absolve, as from the consequences of breaking a tabu, etc.

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ho‘oku‘u

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

dismiss, release, absolve, free.

hoʻokuʻu

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. To release; to relinquish. 2. A place that slopes gradually downward (SMK). 3. To release, let go, dismiss, send away, abandon, adjourn; to free, acquit, let, permit, exempt; to settle, clear up; slope of a hill (PE). 4. To dismiss; to let go; to absolve; to release; to set free or release from obligation (AP).

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