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1. vs., Scattered, dispersed, routed, gone, tousled; fine, crumbling; every which way, as hair in the wind.

• Examples:
  • ʻAi ā lawa, inu ā kena, puehu ʻoe, eat until satisfied, drink until replete, all gone!
  • Ua puehu ka hulu o ka manu, the feathers of the bird have scattered [said of one who has left in a hurry].
  • No Hanamāʻulu ka ipu puehu, an empty calabash at Hanamāʻulu [no hospitality at Hanamāʻulu, probably a play on māʻulu, tired].
• Related:
  • hoʻopuehu Caus/sim.; To scatter, disperse, rout, blow away, whisk, crumble; blown away, fluff; gone.
• References:
  • PCP puefu, puuefu.

2. vi., Peeling, as sunburn.

3. nvi., Remainder, remnant; to remain.

• Examples:
  • ʻElua ā puehu, two and a little over.
  • Ā ʻo ka puehu ka mea i puehu aku a nā pale a ua uhi lā, ā ka hapalua a ka pale puehu, e kau nō ia ma ke kua o ka halelewa (Puk. 26.12), and the remnant that remained of the curtains of the tent, the half of the remaining curtain, it shall hang at the back of the tabernacle.

1. v., To blow away; to scatter; to disperse. PASS. To be scattered, as dust or light substances by the wind. Hal. 1:4.

2. To be routed and scattered, as an army. Oihk. 26:36.

3. To be scattered or separated from each other, as a fleet of canoes in a storm.

4. Hoopuehu. To scatter or drive out, as a people. Nah. 33:5.

5. To remain; to be over and above. Puk. 26:12.

1. s., A dispersion; a scattering; a flurry of wind when it strikes suddenly anything and puts in motion whatever cannot resist it, as small dust or bits of paper before the shake of a fan.

2. The remainder; the remnant of a thing; what is over and above. Puk. 26:12.

1. n., A dispersion; a scattering; a flurry of wind when it strikes suddenly anything and puts in motion whatever cannot resist it, as small dust or bits of paper before the shake of a fan.

2. n., The remainder; the remnant of a thing; what is over and above.

1. v., To blow-away: to scatter; to disperse.

2. v., To bo scattered, as dust or light substances by the wind.

2. v., To be routed, as an army.

3. v., To be scattered or separated, as a fleet of canoes in a storm.

a scattering. Point. Hamakualoa. Maui.

Flurry of wind which scatters whatever cannot resist it, as small dust particles or bits of paper.

dispersion, scattering.