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1. nvt., A group of feathers tied together in a small bunch, to be made into a feather lei or cloak; to tie thus; to tie into a lei; to string on a needle; to splice, interweave, as strands of a rope; seizing turns in lashing.

  • Examples:
    • Ke ʻuo lā i ka mānai (PH 191), threading [flowers] on the needle.
    • ʻUo ʻia i ka mānai hoʻokahi, strung on the same lei needle [married].
  • References:
    • PCP kuo.

2. Same as ʻuoʻuo #1.

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vi., To bellow, roar, shout loudly, howl.

  • Examples:
    • Pule uō (Kep. 57), loudly chanted prayer.
  • References:

Nā LepiliTags: onomatopoeia

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v. Ka uo ana i ka lei, ke kui ana me ka manai, a uo aku i ke kaula; to fasten by tying or braiding for a certain purpose; to splice two ends of rope.

s. The jingling of money.

s. Ka uo, ka aeae, ka wali, ka uouo; the soft fluidity of poi mixed thin with water and clear of lumps.

adj. Ka poi uo, ka ai uouo; soft; paste like; fluid, as soft poi.

adj. Quality of a species of ohia; ka ohia uo, uouolea iuka.

v. To cry out; to bellow, as a bull; to roar, as a lion; e uo no ka liona i kona leo me ka ikaika loa.

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Uo (u'-o), adj.

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

1. Adhesive; sticky: ka poi uo, ka ai uouo; soft; pastelike; soft, as soft poi.

2. Tough; flexible; pliable; not brittle.

Uo (u'-o), n.

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

1. A species of ohia wood used in making the lananuu or frame for the idols in the heiau or temple.

2. [Contraction of uouo.] A quality distinguishing very glutinous poi; ka uo, ka aeae, ka wali, ka uouo; the soft fluidity of poi mixed thin with water and clear of lumps.

Uo (u-o'), n.

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

A loud outcry of man or beast. Uwo is a better form.

Uo (u-o'), v.

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

Same as uwo, to cry out; to bellow, as a bull; to roar, as a lion.

Uo (u'-o), v.

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

1. To string; to put on a string; to stitch together in the form of a wreath or lei.

2. To bunch, as feathers: uo hulu, to bunch feathers, as for the feather cloaks.

3. To unite the two ends of a rope, or fasten an end onto the body of a rope by interweaving the strands.

4. To interweave; to splice.

5. To unite timbers end on end.

6. To unite in marriage.

ʻUo

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Ancient surfing area, Lahaina qd., Maui. (Finney and Houston 28.)

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