vi. To bare, as the teeth; to expose, as the sea floor; to bristle, as sea urchins; thorny, as cactus, Pōniho ʻino ka lae o Pipa, ahuwale ka ʻina uli, ka ʻina ʻeleʻele, Pipa point is bristling with sea urchin [or is greatly exposed], plainly seen is the dark sea urchin, the black sea urchin.
v. Po and niho, a tooth. To turn up; to turn off, i. e., to uncover; to lay open what has been covered up; to skin or separate the lips from the teeth.
Poniho ino ka lae o Pipa,
Ahu wale ka ina uli ka ina eleele,
Ka wana ku ka wana uhalula,
Ka hakakae akau kihi malama
O na kakaka i hauli poia e ke kai.
[Po and niho, a tooth.]
1. To turn up; to turn off, that is, to uncover; to lay open what has been covered up; to separate the lips from the teeth.
Poniho lno Ka lae o Pipa,
Ahu wale ka ina ull, ka ina clecle.
Ka wana-ku ka wina-uhalula,
Ka hakakae akau kihi malama
O na-kakaka, t haull pola e ke kai.
2. To bristle in a stiff manner, like cactus or the sea urchin. wana.
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