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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.

Punee (pū-ne'e), n.

/ pū-ne'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A drawing toward one; a riding; a moving.

2. A table. Mar. 7:4.

3. A couch; a settee.

Punee (pū'-ne'e), v.

/ pū'-ne'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[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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