pauma
vt., Pump; to pump.
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- English.
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pāuma
/ pā.uma /1. n., Large curved needle, as used in sewing gunny sacks.
2. vs., Curved, bent, as a needle.
3. n., Breastbone, as of a chicken.
4. vi., To turn, move along, push; to turn into the wind, to face the wind, as a ship, bird.
- Examples:
- Pāuma wāwae, tread of feet. Kīkaha koaʻe, lele pāuma ka hulu māewaewa (PH 206), the tropic bird soars, the tousled feathers beat against the wind.
5. vi., To slosh a canoe back and forth, so as to empty it of water.
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pāuma
kikino/hamani, Pump; to pump, as air or water.
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- See peni pāuma.
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PAU-MA
s. Eng. A pump; he omowai, he omoliu.
PAU-MA
v. To draw; to move along; to push.
2. To turn, as a person turns a canoe to the wind to empty it of water.
Pauma (pā'u-ma), n.
/ pā'u-ma /[Eng.] A pump; he omowai, he omoliu.
Pauma (pā'u-ma), v.
/ pā'u-ma /1. To draw; to move along; to push.
2. To turn, as a person at sea turns a canoe to the wind to empty it of water.
3. To pump.
pāuma
To rock a canoe back and forth, so as to empty it of water. (PE.)
pauma
pump.
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