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Same as hemo.

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v. See HEMO. To break off; to separate into parts.

2. To divorce, as man and wife; alaila, kuha aku la o Wakea i ko Papa mau maka a uhemo iho la laua, then Wakea spat in Papa's face and they two were divorced.

Uhemo (u-he'-mo), v.

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

[Contraction of ua hemo, the perfect tense of the verb hemo.]

1. To be out of; to have escaped; cleared; set free.

2. To become untied or loosed; to be separated from. To be divorced, as man and wife; alaila kuha aku la o Wakea i ko Papa mau maka a uhemo iho la laua, Then Wakea spat in Papa's face and they two were divorced.

To divorce, as a man and wife. Wākea may have set the example when he spat in Papaʻs face. They were divorced! (A.)

E huli iā “uhemo” ma Ulukau.

Search for “uhemo” on Ulukau.