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puaʻi

heheleintransitive verb Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., To flow out, as water; to bubble or gurgle, boil; to vomit; to appear, as a color; to utter, as speech (probably pua #2 + -aʻi, Gram. 6.6.4).

  • Examples:
    • (Mar. 7.15; Ier. 6.7.) Puai wai, fountain.
    • ʻAʻohe puaʻi leo mai, no word uttered.
    • Puaʻi mai ka ʻula mai loko mai o ka ʻeleʻele, the red shows through the black.
  • References:
    • PPN puʻaki.

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pūʻai

/ pū.ʻai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

v., To share a little food, take potluck.

Nā LepiliTags: food

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pūʻāʻī

/ pū.ʻā.ʻī / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Adam's apple (probably from puʻu ʻāʻī, neck lump).

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy

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pūʻai

/ pū.ʻai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

v. To eat pūpū; to eat a little.

  • Examples:
    • E pūpū ʻai kākou, let's eat a little.

Nā LepiliTags: food

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pūai

ʻaʻanostative verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

ʻaʻano, To be suspended, as particles which are mixed but not dissolved in a fluid, solid, or gas.

Nā LepiliTags: chemistry

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1. v., To flow, as blood from a vein; as water from a fountain.

2. To proceed from one; to fall from one, as an expression, an idea, or as something said. Mar. 7:15. To flow from the mouth, as the words of an orator; a puai mai la ka leo ku e.

3. To gag; to heave; to throw up from the stomach; to vomit.

4. To blow water out of the mouth.

5. To cast up; to boil up, as water from a spring. Ier. 6:7. FIG. To throw out, as sin from the heart.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors

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puai

kikinonoun / PU-AI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The gullet.

2. A vomiting; a spitting; a heaving from sickness of the stomach.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy health

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puai

kikinonoun / pū'-ā'-ī / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Contraction of puu, a bunch, and ai, neck.] The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the inside of the neck; the Adam's apple.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy

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v., 1. To invite to eat with another or with others: Mai kakou e puai, Come and eat with us.

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1. v., To flow out of, as blood from a vein; as water from a fountain.

2. v., To proceed from one; to fall from one, as an expression, an idea, or as something said. To flow from the mouth, as the words of an orator: a puai mai la ka leo ku e.

3. v., To gag; to heave; to vomit.

4. v., To cast up; to boil up, as water from a spring.

5. v., Fig. To throw out, as sin from the heart.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors

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Projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the inside of the neck; Adamʻs apple.

A vomiting, spitting, heaving from stomach sickness.

to flow out as blood, or as a fountain.

to flow out as blood or as a fountain.

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