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pūhiʻu

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

1. vi., To break wind audibly (cf. hio #3), considered rude; to cause failure by audible flatulency; a term of contempt for show-offs.

  • Examples:
    • Ua pūhiʻu ʻia ka hālāwai, the meeting failed because of [a member's] flatulency (a belief).
    • Puʻu pūhiʻu, flatulency difficult to suppress.
  • Related:
    • hoʻopūhiʻu Caus/sim.
      • Lāʻau hoʻopūhiʻu, a medicine for relief of gas pains by flatulency.

2. vi., Irreverence; rude.

  • Examples:
    • ʻAi pūhiʻu (Malo 30), to eat without observance of taboos, especially of men who prepared food for chiefesses and who were allowed to eat in their presence.

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PU-HI-U

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Contraction for puhi hihiu. To go wrong; to get out of the right path; to go far off.

2. To break wind.

Puhiu (pū'-hi'u), v.

/ pū'-hi'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Contraction of puhi hihiu.]

1. To go wrong; to get out of the right path; to go far off.

2. To break wind.

pūhiʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To break wind, audibly. (PE.) To break wind. (A.)

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