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ʻahu
nvt., Garment or covering for the upper part of the body and shoulders, as a cape, shirt, coat; to put on or wear such; fine soft mat, formerly often used as a cloak; mat used as a canoe cover; short for ʻahu ʻula.
- Examples:
- ʻAhu ʻili kanaka, commoner' skin cloak [commoner].
- References:
- Cf. ʻaʻahu, ʻahu ʻao, ʻahu hīnano, ʻahu moena, ʻahunā liʻi #1, ʻahu ʻoʻeno, ʻahu ua, ʻahu uhi waʻa, ʻahu ʻula.
- PPN kafu.
ahu
nvs., Heap, pile, collection, mound, mass; altar, shrine, cairn; a traplike stone enclosure made by fishermen for fish to enter; laid, as the earth oven.
- Examples:
- Ahu kele, mud heap; muddy.
- Ahu ka pula! A heap of excreta [hence worthless; sometimes shortened to ahu only or to e ahu ana]!
- Ahu ka ʻalaʻala! A heap of squid ink! Not worth much!
- Ahu wawā, a great din.
- Ahu ili, a large inheritance or transfer [said of reward, vengeance].
- Ahu ʻenaʻena, a red-hot heap [an oven].
- Ahu kapanaha iā Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa (Kep. 143), a mass of wondrous things in deep-delving Hawaiʻi.
- References:
- Cf. ahu waiwai, ahuwale, Oʻahu.
- PPN afu .
ahu
/ A-HU /1. v., To gather or collect together. Kin. 43:11. Ahu iho la i kahakai, hu ae la ka lolo, they gathered them together (dead bodies) on the sea shore, the brains flowed; to collect one's food where there is little.
Ahu iho ka hoka i ka pakai,
Ku i ka pakai ka mea haku ole,
Lele ae no ka manu i Houa,
Hapapa wale iho no ka hokahoka.
To collect but gain little; ahu wale iho no, aole wahi kapa; ahu wale iho, aole ai; ahu wale iho no i ka oneanea.
2. To lay up, as in a store-house; to lay up for future use, as goods. Mat. 6:19. To store in the memory.
3. To lie strewed over the ground. Puk. 16:3.
4. To cover one with a cloak; to be merely covered. Iob. 26:6. To clothe.
5. Hoʻoahu. To collect what is scattered.
6. To fall together, as men slain in battle.
7. To keep; treasure up, as anger; hoʻoahu iho la i ka huhu maluna o kela poe, he kept in reserve his anger for that company.
8. To pile up, as stones. Ios. 8:29. To gather up; glean, as a field. Rut. 2:7.
9. To bring condemnation upon.
10. To reply to; to object to something said. Rom. 9:20.
ahu
kikino ｜ noun / A-HU /1. s., See aha. An assemblage or collection of things; ahu ai, a place for storing food; a collection of provisions. 2 Oihl. 11:11. Wahi ahu, a place for something, Iob. 28:1. Ahu pohaku, a pavement; a heap, as of stones. Kin. 31:46.
2. A heap of stones as a way mark. Ier. 31:21.
3. As a memorial. Ios. 7:26.
ahu
/ A-HU /adj., Storing; collecting; hale ahu, a store-house. Iob. 38:22.
ahu
/ A-HU /s., A fine mat; a coarse one is moena; a mat for covering a canoe; o ka uhi ana i ka ahu, ea, oia ka mea e pale aku i kekahi ale, the spreading over a mat, that is what will keep off some of the waves; ahuao, ahu mokoloa.
ahu
/ ā'-hŭ /v., To be brought together; to be thrown into a heap; to be piled up indiscriminately.
ahu
/ ā'-hŭ /1. n., A place for storing things.
2. n., A heap of stones as a way mark or memorial.
3. n., A soft, fine mat often used as covering for the body. The ahu was used to protect the canoes at sea in rough weather: O ka uhi ana i ka ahu, ea, oia ka mea. e pale aku i kekahi ale; the spreading over a mat—that is what will keep off some of the waves; ahuao, ahu mokoloa.
ahu
/ ā'-hŭ /adj., Storing; collecting: hale ahu, a storehouse.
ʻahu
Fine mat used as a covering for the upper body, arms, and shoulders. See ahuhīnana.
ʻahu
Mat used as a canoe covering; fine mat used as a human cov- ering for the upper part of the body, as a shirt, coat, cape.
ʻahu
Upper body garment, shirt, cape, coat; fine, soft mat used as a cape or body covering; mat used as a cover for canoes.
ahu
(ke) ahu heap, storage.
‘ahu
clothing mat, canoe mat.
A-hu
v. to gather together, to lay up as in a store-house, also, to store in in the memory, to lie strewed over the ground, to cover one with a cloak, to clothe. Hoo-to collect what is scattered; to fall together as men slain in battle; to lay up, to treasure up, as anger, to bring condemnation upon; to reply to an objector.
A-hu
s. a fine mat, a coarse? one moena.
ahu
1. A pile of stones used as a marker (HE) (T). 2. Altar, shrine, cairn (PE). 3. To store or collect; a head of stones as a way mark or memorial (AP).
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