pū.neʻe
1. n. Movable couch; pew (rare), table (Mar. 7.4). Cf. the immovable hikieʻe.
2. vi. To crawl or move humbly, as formerly towards a high chief; to move along, as fine rain.
1. n. Movable couch; pew (rare), table (Mar. 7.4). Cf. the immovable hikieʻe.
2. vi. To crawl or move humbly, as formerly towards a high chief; to move along, as fine rain.
v. Pu and nee, to move along. To come to one; to approach one for the purpose of asking a favor. NOTE.—This was done in ancient times, in the case of a common person approaching a chief, on the hands and knees, in a slow, hitching manner.
s. A drawing towards one; a riding; a moving; he hukihee, he holopapa; a table. Mar. 7:4.
1. A drawing toward one; a riding; a moving.
2. A table. Mar. 7:4.
3. A couch; a settee.
[Pu and nee, to move along.] To come to one; to approach one for the purpose of asking a favor. (This was done in ancient times, in the case of a common person approaching a chief, on the hands and knees, in a slow, hitching manner.)
Movable divan or couch. This one contrasts with hikieʻe, which is not movable.
To hitch along on hands and knees and kneel to a chief.
To crawl or move humbly, as in the presence of a chief in earlier times.
couch, settee.
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