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pūlima

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

1. n., Wrist, cuff.

2. vt., To clasp the hands.

  • Examples:
    • Pūlima aʻe ia i kona mau lima, he clasped his hands.

3. n., Handwriting, signature.

4. A fire to cure the sick.

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kikino/hamani, Signature; to sign one's name.

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s. Pu for puu, and lima, hand. The wrist bones; the wrist; pulima palule, wristbands of a shirt.

2. The name of a fire kindled for the benefit of a sick person in the practice of the ancient physicians; a ma ke ao ana o ua po la, alaila hoaia ke ahi, he pulima ka inoa oia ahi.

adj. Pertaining to the wrist; iwi pulima, the wrist bones. Anat. 19.

Pulima (pŭ'-lī'-ma), adj.

/ pŭ'-lī'-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Pertaining to the wrist; iwi pulima, the wrist bones.

Pulima (pū'-lī'-ma), n.

/ pū'-lī'-ma / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Pu for puu, and lima, hand.]

1. The wrist bones; the wrist: pulima palule, wristbands of a shirt.

2. A folding or bringing of the palms of the hands together in front of a fire in the act of prayer, a practice of the ancient physicians in the treatment of their patients: Ma ke ao ana o ua po la, alaila hoaia ke ahi, he pulima ka inoa o ia ahi, In the early dawn following that night, then the fire was kindled. That fire was called pulima.

Wrist; wristbones and knuckles.

Fire kindled for the benefit of a sick person, a practice of ancient physicians. (A.)

wrist.

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