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kau.hua

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n. Desire. Hoʻokahi … kauhua a koʻu puʻuwai (Kel. 152), single desire of my heart.

2. n. State of pregnancy. hoʻo.kau.hua To cause pregnancy; gestation; pregnancy sickness; pregnancy craving [thought to indicate the character of the child in the womb]. Makemake ʻoia i ka heʻe, he hoʻokauhua paha, she craves octopus, probably because of her pregnancy. I hoʻokauhua i ke kōlea, no kahiki ana ke keiki, with a pregnancy craving for plover, the child will be a traveler.

3. nvt. Spelling, orthography; to write down, note. Lit., place word.

KAU-HUA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To conceive; to become pregnant.

2. To swell out, as one with child.

3. Hoo. To conceive; to be full of. Hal. 7:14. To be full morally of evil.

4. To put down in letters; to reduce to writing; na ko oukou kaikaina hanane mahoe i hookauhua ia (i keia manao) i ka malama o Augate : hookauhua paha auanei kakou iloko o ka hewa.

KAU-HUA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The swelling out of pregnant females.

2. The longing of pregnant women, especially the sickness of stomach.

3. The state of pregnancy; ua kauhua, ua ko, ua hapai.

4. The act of writing down words or thoughts.

Kauhua (kă'u-hū'a), n.

/ kă'u-hū'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Enlargement of the body due to pregnancy.

2. The state of pregnancy.

3. Tendency toward nausea which frequently accompanies the condition of pregnancy.

4. The act of writing words or thoughts.

Kauhua (kă'u-hū'a), v.

/ kă'u-hū'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To form in the mind; to originate.

2. To conceive; to become pregnant.

3. To swell out, as one with child. See hookauhua.

4. To put down in letters; to reduce to writing.

kauhua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

State of pregnancy; ua kauhua, ua kō, ua hāpai.

kauhua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

State of pregnancy; to conceive; to be full of child. (Hal. 7:14.)

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