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paukū

/ pau.kū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Section, link, piece; stanza, verse, as in the Bible; canto; article, as of law; paragraph; to section off, cut in sections, slice in sections; to make a lei with sections of different colors, as feathers, or roses and begonias; land section smaller than a moʻo (Thrum's Annual, 1925, p. 68); a unit of measurement; a squad (military; see mokuna); jointed, linked.

  • Examples:
    • E paukū ana nō ka hala me ka lehua (PH 27), pandanus and lehua sections being made into a lei.

2. n., Root of the kāʻeʻe vine, used medicinally.

3. Same as ʻōpū ʻōhao, a disease.

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paukū

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Paragraph.

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paukū

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Term, in math.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Related:
    • Hoʻonui paukū pākahi. To multiply through.
  • References:

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pauku

/ PAU-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To curve, as the curve of a canoe.

2. To be divided into bits or small parts. Mel. Sol. 1:11.

3. To cut up into short pieces.

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pauku

/ PAU-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A bit of a thing; a piece cut off; a fraction; a portion.

2. Specifically, a verse or stanza of a hymn; a verse or small portion of Scripture; a section of a book. Laieik. 111.

3. A small lot of land next less in size than a moo.

4. An age; a period of time.

5. The length from the ends of the fingers of one hand to the elbow of the opposite arm when both are extended.

6. In geometry, a cylinder. Ana Hon. 29.

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pauku

/ pā'u-kū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The cleats which support the seats on a canoe. (The better word is pouku.)

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pauku

/ pā'u-kū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A bit of a thing; a piece cut off; a fraction; a portion.

2. n., Specifically, a verse or stanza of a hymn; a verse or small portion of Scripture; a section of a book. Laieik. p. 111.

3. n., A small lot of land next less in size than a moo.

4. n., An age; a period of time.

5. n., The length from the ends of the fingers of one hand to the elbow of the opposite arm when both are extended,

6. n., In geometry, a cylinder.

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paukū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To curve, as the curve of a canoe. (A.)

paukū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Distance from the ends of the fingers of one hand to the elbow of the opposite arm when both are extended. In geometry, a cylinder. See muku.

paukū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Small area of land next in size below the moʻo.

paukū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Distance from the fingertips of one hand to other elbow extended. See muku.

paukū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Paragraph.

pauku’

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

fraction, portion, piece cut off.

paukū

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Measurement used in early surveying documents, which equals 1 link or 7.92 inches. 2. Land division next smaller in size than a mo ʻo ʻāina (T) (DM). 3. Land division smaller than a moʻo ʻāina usually under wetland taro cultivation (ESH). 4. Land section smaller than a moʻo (PE). 5. Section, link, piece, stanza, verse; article, as of law; paragraph (PE).

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