NA-KU
v. To root, as a hog; to throw up ground in heaps or ridges.
2. To tread upon; to trample down; to destroy.
3. To seek; to hunt after; to search for; to look or inquire for; oi imi, oi naku, oi noke, oi huli wale a! aole he loaa.
4. To follow; to pursue; e naku aku ia ia a loaa.
5. To shake; to be in a tremor, as one dying; naku iho la a make.
NA-KU
s. Takes both ka and ke for articles. A rush. Isa. 9:13. The rush of which mats are made, akaakai.
2. A rooting; a throwing up dirt in ridges or hills.
3. A destroying; an overturning.
4. A pursuit after a thing; aia no i kau naku ia ia a loaa; no ka imi, ame ka naku, ame ka huli, ame ka noii ana; a search; a pursuit after.
Ami Nuuanu i ka wa waahila,
Lea ole no ia Lalanihuli,
Huli ka makani,
Naku i ke oho o ke kawelu.
Naku (nā'-ku), n.
1. The rush of which rush-mats are made.
2. A rooting; a turning upside down.
3. Violent pushing to and fro, as a crowd in exaggerated fright.
4. Strenuous endeavor.
Naku (nā'-ku), v.
1. To root, as a hog; to throw up ground in heaps or ridges.
2. To tread upon; to trample down; to destroy.
3. To seek; to hunt after; to search for; to look or inquire for; oi imi, oi naku, oi noke, oi huli wale a! Aole e loaa.
4. To follow; to pursue; e naku aku ia ia a loaa.
5. To tremble; to shake; to be in a tremor, as one dying; naku iho la a make.
naku
Great bulrush, ʻakaʻakai (Scirpus validus), growing at the edges of brackish-water marshes in Hawaiʻi. The erect stem grows to 9 feet. Formerly Hawaiians used stems of bulrushes like grass or ti leaves for house thatch, for plaited mats for lower layers of hikieʻe (beds), or for some temporary purposes as the material is not durable. (NEAL 88.)
naku
rushes.
naku
to root; to trample.
E huli iā “naku” ma Ulukau.
Search for “naku” on Ulukau.