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1. Deep blue or black.

2. Deep down; ocean-like; deep; bottomless: ka moana lipolipo, the deep blue sea.

adj. Deep, as a hole dug deep in the ground; a deep pit; poopoo hoi na maka iloko lilo, their eyes were set deep within; sunken, as the eyes of a person from disease.

adj. Deep blue or black.

2. Deep down; ocean like; deep; bottomless.

1. adj., Deep down, as a deep pit.

2. adj., A little deep; approaching depth.

v. To be deep, as water; deep down, as a pit.

2. To be full, i. e., deep, as the sea at full tide.

1. To be deep, as water; to be deep down, as a pit.

2. To be full, that is, deep, as the sea at full tide.

1. s., A slight hollow or cavity; poho lima, the hollow of the hand. Oihk. 14:15. Poho wawae, the hollow of the foot. See poli. 2 Nal. 19:24. Opposite to piko o ke poo, top of the head. Isa. 1:6.

2. The name of a chalky white earth; hence, chalk as imported; he hauone, he ano keokeo me he puna la.

3. A deep place; a deep pit.

4. A deep basket or container made of the ie to put fish in when caught.

5. Loss; damage by loss. Eset. 7:4.

6. A goal or base; any such place marked in a game; ke poho o ka moku.

Deep, as a hole dug in the ground; a deep pit; sunken, as the eyes of a sick person: poopoo hoi na maka iloko lilo. their eyes were set deep within.

1. v., To love strongly; to remember with deep and affectionate regret, as one dead; to mourn for; to love and long after the welfare of a friend or a beloved child; to express love strongly, as a wife for a husband: paiauma wale aku no i ke aloha i na kane; (the wives of the men who went with Boki) expressed unfeigned love for their husbands.

2. v., To express deep affection by gestures.

3. v., To wail from deep affection.

[Kai and hohonu, deep.] High tide; full sea; deep water; deep sea.

1. n., Nook, cranny, interior of a house opposite the door, inside corner of a house; gulf, bay, cove, indentation, cell (of a beehive).

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻohe mea koe ma kūʻono, nothing left in the corners [of a generous person].
• Related:
  • hoʻokūʻono Caus/sim.; To indent, form a bay, cranny, or corner.

2. vs., Deep, as a cave; deep down, profound.

v. To scoop up, as water; to dip down into the water; to stir up or trouble water, as in bathing, or as a hog in rooting under water.

2. To make a noise by putting the fingers in the mouth and snapping the lips.

3. Hoo. To add; to join on; e hookui.

4. To do with the head, i. e., as we say in English, to do head-work; e hanaia ka mea akamai e na mea poo noonoo.

5. To dig; to dig deep down; e hoopoopoo; to make a deep hole in the ground; e kohi, e eli.

6. To cause to be light; to swim; to press upon the ama of a canoe; e komi ma ke ama.

1. n., General name for turtle and tortoise, as Chelonia mydas 🌐.

• Examples:
  • Honu neʻepū ka ʻāina, the land moves like the turtle [land passes slowly but inexorably from owner to heir].
• Related:
  • Hula honu, an ancient dance imitating the movements of a turtle.
• References:
  • PPN fonu.

2. n., Name of a design for Niʻihau mats.

3. Variant of hohonu, deep.

• Rare
• Related:
  • hoʻohonu Caus/sim.; To deepen.
• References:
  • PPN fonu, full, as of liquid; PCP fofonu, deep.

nvs., Any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds; the black-and-blue of a bruise. Some song composers avoid this word because connotations of evil or misfortune are associated with darkness and because Uli is a goddess of sorcery (see uli #2).

• Examples:
  • Uli māhole ka ʻili (song), the skin is bruised black-and-blue.
• Related:
  • Also: uliuli.
  • Kai uli, the deep blue sea.
  • Nuku uli, dark lips.
  • Nā pali uli, the green cliffs.
  • Uli ka maka, a black eye.
  • hoʻouli Caus/sim.; To darken, to make blue, green, etc.; to make the skin black and blue; to bruise.
• References:
  • PPN ʻuli.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a goddess of sorcery, said to have come from Kahiki.

• Examples:
  • E Uli ē, ē Uli nānā pono, ē Uli nānā hewa, ē Uli i uka, ē Uli i kai (prayer), O Uli, O Uli observe good, O Uli observe evil, O Uli inland, O Uli seaward.
  • ʻO ʻoe kā ia, ē ka lāuli pali o Uli (chant by Hiʻiaka), it is you then, O cliff darkness of Uli.
• References:
  • See HM 574, PH 144–7.

3. n., Early stage in the development of a foetus, as the body begins to form.

4. n., Name given by Malo for subjects of the chief; Emerson says they are black-haired persons.

• References:
  • Malo 194, 201.

5. nvt., To steer; steersman.

• Examples:
  • Uli hou ʻo ʻIwa (For. 5:287), ʻIwa again steered.
• References:
  • PPN ʻuli.

6. n., Short for ʻōuli, omen.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka nānā uli, ʻo ka nānā ʻana nō ia i nā uli o ke kanaka, inā he kanaka waiwai, a inā he kanaka ʻilihune (For. 6:85), the study of omens, is a study of the omens regarding a person, whether [he will become] a person of wealth or a poor person.

7. n., Crowing of a cock.

• Rare

8. n., Type of sweet potato (no data).

• References:
  • For. 5:664–5.

adv., A word expressive of deep affection for another; as, aloha hoi hae, from the deep yearning, breaking or tearing of the heart. See haehae.

n., Stone used as a landmark, as of a land boundary, or for locating a fishing ground; stone with a knob at the top, used as a weight for deep-sea fishing; fishing grounds about 260 m deep.

• References:
  • Kam. 76:75, 90

1. v., To be deep blue; to be black; to have black stripes.

2. To be thick, as leaves; to be deep shaded.

3. Hoowehiwehi. To braid; to twist, as a wreath for the neck; he launahele i hoowehiwehiia, e kaei ana ma ka a i.

1. v., To be deep blue; to be black; to have black stripes.

2. v., To be thick; as leaves; to be deep shaded.

3. v., To be artistically decorated.

vs. Deep. I loko nōkī o ka ʻōpū, wāwahi hua o ka lani (chant), though deep within the womb, a high chief would break forth. Kau nōkī ka manaʻo, concentrate deeply.

adj. Deep down, as a cavern or pit; deep, as a hole in the earth.

2. Slightly lighted; light of twilight.

1. Deep down, as a cavern or pit; deep. as a hole in the earth.

2. Slightly lighted; light of twilight. Syn: Nahonaho.

1. n., Sky, atmosphere, space, air, upper heavens; aerial.

• Related:
  • Kaʻaahi kau i ka lewa, elevated train.
  • He wai kau i ka lewa: he niu (riddle), water perched in the sky: a coconut.
  • Mahele kaua lewa, air force.

2. vi., To float, dangle, swing, hang, oscillate; swinging, dangling, pendulous, afloat, unstable; limber-jointed, of admired hula dancers.

• Examples:
  • E ola ana ʻoia nei a lewa ke kanahiku, he will live on to past seventy.
• Halelewa, tabernacle.
• Hōkū lewa, moving star, planet.
• One lewa, shifting sand.
• Kai lewa, deep sea out of sight of land.
• Ka moana lewa loa, the deep ocean.
• Waiū lewa, long, pendulous breasts.
• hoʻolewa Caus/sim.
  • a. To float, as a cloud; to lift up and carry, as on a stretcher; to suspend. Moe hoʻolewa, stretcher, hammock. Nā mea hoʻolewa, peddlers [they carried their goods swinging on a carrying pole; cf. kālewa #1].
  • b. To rotate the hips in dancing, sway. See song under Hopoe. He aha ē ka hana a ʻAnapau lā? Hoʻolewa ka hana a ʻAnapau lā (song), what is the work of ʻAnapau there? Rotating the hips is the work of ʻAna-pau there. PNP lewa.
• Cf. akalewa, haʻalewa.

3. nvs., Homeless vagabond, wanderer; landless, homeless.

• Examples:
  • He lewa hele, ʻaʻohe kahua paʻa, a wandering traveler without fixed residence.
  • Poʻe lewa (1 Pet. 2.11), pilgrims.

4. vi., To know thoroughly, as a type of work; to be thoroughly familiar with, as a place.

• Examples:
  • Ua lewa iaʻu ka hana o ke kuiki kapa, I'm thoroughly familiar with the work of quilting.
  • Ua hele au i kēia mau kuahiwi ā lewa, I've gone to these mountains until I know every nook and corner.

5. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

adj., Deep down, as a deep pit.

nvs., High, towering, as a housetop, cliff, or waves; cavernous.

• Figuratively, emptiness, hunger.
• Examples:
  • Poʻi halehale ka nalu, the waves break high as a house.
  • Pali e halehale mai ana (FS 21), cliffs towering up, Halehale ke aloha (song), deep, deep love.
• Related:
  • hoʻohalehale Caus/sim.

s., A place deep down; a pit; halehale poipu, deep under the surf. Laieik. 133.

adj., Deep down, as a pit dug; deep, as a cavern.

adj., Deep down, as a pit; deep, as a cavern.

1. n., A deep place: halehale poipu, deep under the surf. (Laieik. p. 133.)

2. n., A pit.

nvs., Deep, profound; depth, soundings.

• Examples:
  • He kanaka hohonu o ka ʻike, a man with profound knowledge.
• Related:
  • hoʻohohonu Caus/sim.; To deepen.
• References:
  • Probably PPN fonu, full, as of liquid; PCP fofonu, deep.

The deep, that is, the deep sea; the depth.

v. To loosen or break up earth; to dig in the ground, as a pit, hole or ditch; e kohi; e eli oukou i ka lua a poopoo, dig the pit until it is deep; alaila, e kanu aku i ka laau, then plant the tree; ua eli lakou i ka auwaha a hohonu, they dug a ditch very deep.

s. A deep shady forest.

2. Deep water in the sea; moana lipo loa; hence

Darkness; lack of clearness, said of the gloom of a forest or the obscurity of that which is deep, as deep water.

n. The dark, invisible beyond, as on beyond the horizon or in the upper stratum. (KL. line 263.) Lit., back bosom. Polikua puhohō, wind-blown deep beyond. Hala aʻela ua makahiki nei a kapoʻo akula ʻoia i loko o ka polikua o nā manawa hiki ʻole ke hoʻi hou mai i hope nei, this year has passed and descended within the deep beyond of times that cannot return back here. E unaue kokoʻolua ana i ke ala hele polikua a Kāne (Kel. 61), sadly move as two on the road to Kane's invisible beyond.

adj. Deep; capacious; deep down; poopoo.

Same as nahonaho. Deep; capacious; deep down; poopoo.

s. See LUA, a pit. A deep place; a pit; a deep ravine.

2. A descending or down-hill road. See KAOLO and IHONA.

Practice of fishing in deep waters where the fishermen find the largest specimen of the deep sea fishes, as the ulaula, kahala, opakapaka, etc.

adj. Black; deep blue; deep dark colored, as heavy clouds; dark, as the appearance of a fathomless abyss.

Black; deep blue; deep dark colored, as heavy clouds; dark, as the appearance of a fathomless abyss.

v. See NANAHO, deep down. To be deep.

2. To be strong; to be tight.

Redup. of poʻo 3; sunken, as eyes of a sick person; indented, deep (as a bay penetrating the coastline); nook, cranny. ʻAʻohe ʻoe i ʻike i koʻu poʻopoʻo, you did not know my nooks and crannies [about my family and background]. Ua ʻeli ihola ʻoia i ka lua a poʻopoʻo (Hal. 7.15), he dug the pit deep. hoʻo.poʻo.poʻo Redup. of hoʻopoʻo. (PPN pokopoko.)

v To be deep; to be lower down; to be sunk in. Oihk. 24:37.

2. To be deep down, as a pit dug deeply. Hal. 7:15. E hoea aku ai i ka lua nui, i poopoo nahonaho.

1. To be deep; to be. lower down; to be sunk in.

2. To be deep down, as a pit dug deeply; E hoea aku ai i ka lua nui, i poopoo nahonaho.

s. A deep pit; a deep, dark pit; a softening, as of the ground by rain; i ka nupa ae lepo a ka ka ua.

[Maka and hakahaka, open, full of holes.]

1. A deep pit or hole; ka poopoo.

2. Open space, as a clearing in a forest or clear land in a lava flow.

3. Deep-set eyeballs.

MAK 401 MAK

s. Ha and nupa, deep mud. A deep muddy pit; a dark hole.

adj. Deep water, as in pools on the mountains; dark, as deep water. See NIPONIPO.

s. Lua, pit, and hohonu, deep. A deep pit or ditch; the bottomless pit, hell. Hoik. 9:1.

[Lua, pit, and hohonu, deep.] A deep pit or ditch.

s. Lua and meki, so deep as not to see the bottom. A very deep pit; a concealed hole in the ground. Zek. 9:11.

[Lua, pit, and meki, so deep as not to see the bottom.] A very deep pit; a concealed hole in the ground.

[Lipo, darkness, gloom, and lolohuamea, the appearance of the verge of the ocean.]

1. n., The appearance on looking into very deep water or a deep pit where no bottom is visible; blackness; darkness.

2. n., The darkness involved in the worship of the gods; the mystery of worship.

nvs., Deep ravine; deep.

That which is deep; a deep ravine.

[Aho, a cord, and loa, long.]

1. A long string for fishing or sounding in deep water: he aholoa loa i ka mio; he aholoa i ka luu ilalo o ka moana.

2. The power to hold one's breath a noteworthy time. Applied to deep sea divers.

adj. Flat; not deep, as a flat dish; flat, as a vessel or ship which is not deep.

Flat; not deep, as a flat dish; flat, as a vessel or ship which is not deep.

nvs. Shady; deep, dark shade. Hoʻokakaʻa ʻia mai e ke ahe ka lau mālipolipo, moved by the breezes are the leaves that cast deep shade.

s. Kai and hohonu, deep. High tide; full sea; deep water.

s. A deep place of earth and water; deep mud, but partially hardened or covered with grass so as to be shaky; unstable land. See NAKA

A deep place of earth and water; deep mud, but partly hardened or covered with grass so as to be shaky; unstable land, where the ground sags under weight. See naka.

A deep sea crustacean, resembling the ina. Found only in deep sea.

adj., See naho. Deep or fistulous, as a sore; deep, as a pit; far down in the earth.

1. Deep coral bed with overlapping ledges where fishes hide (PE). 2. A definite locality or spot far out at sea, usually a coral bed with overlapping ledges where fishes abound; a fishing ground in deep sea (AP).

Deep blue-black, as ocean depths; black, as a fathomless abyss; deep, dark colored, as heavy clouds.

Two snappers: 1. Etelis carbunculus. Red in color above, pale yellowish below. Lives in deep water and grows to 36 inches. 2. Marshʻs snapper (Etelis marshi). A reddish body above, silvery below. Lives in deep waters outside the reef.

Net used in deep-sea fishing; a deep water surround-net.

Small, red seaweed (Amansia glomerata). The deep rosettes of this alga are found in deep, shady holes and crevices in the coral reefs. Edible.

Cane named after the bird wrasse fish (Gomphasus varius) for its coloration. Striped green and deep purplish-red when young, yellow and deep red on older exposed stalks. Leaf sheath striped with purple.

A deep claret-red cane of medium size when young, changing to black-purple on exposure. Has a purple leaf sheath and leaves with a strong purple cast. Pith is deep orange-brown.

Ancient variety of sweet potato. Reddish tuber, deep-purple stem, deep-purple leaves. Raised at Kalaupapa, Molokai. (HP 141.)

1. vs., Well salted.

• Figuratively, seasoned with wisdom.

2. n., Depth of tone; deep tone or sound, of the human voice.

1. s., A chief deified and become an aumakua.

2. A deep sound, as of an ancient deeptoned instrument (shell), like the bellowing of a bull.

n., A peculiar property of the voice; depth of tone; a deep sound.

Reduplication of lipo #1.

• Examples:
  • Ka moana nui lipolipo, the great blue ocean.
  • Ka uliuli lipolipo o nā lau nāhelehele, the deep green of the forest leaves.
• See ex., lūlana.

1. n. A surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri), famous for a strong odor. (PPN palangi.)

2. nvi. To stink, smell sour or rancid; a detested person; a kauā, outcast. hoʻo.palani To cause to go sour, rancid.

3. n. A variety of sugar cane, short, purple with deep olive-green cast when young, changing to reddish-yellow on exposure, pith dark. Probably the parent of ʻakoki. Sometimes qualified by hao or ʻula (For. 5:585).

4. n. A variety of sweet potato

5. Also barani n. Brandy. Eng. ʻUla palani, brandy red.

6. (Cap.) Also Farani nvs. France; Frenchman; French; Frank. Eng. Hula Palani (UL 203), same as the paʻi umauma hula.

7. n. Bran. Eng.

1. v., To be in a deep sleep; to sleep soundly.

2. To close the eyes in sleep.

3. To be weary; to be fatigued. See newa.

s. Flat land; land of an even or level surface, in distinction from hills and mountains.

2. In geography, the earth generally, including sea and mountains.

3. A foundation; a resting place.

4. The bottom of a deep place, as of the sea or a pit; wahi honua ole, bottomless.

1. Flat land; land of an even or level surface, in distinction from hills and mountains.

2. In geography, the earth generally, including sea and mountains.

3. A foundation; a resting place.

4. The bottom of a deep place, as of the sea or a pit; bed, of a body of water.

v. See LOU. To bend over; to bend down.

2. To hold fast, as with a hook; to hook round the fingers and pull, a trial of strength. See LOULOULIMA.

2. Haa. To be bowed or bent over with grief; to be deeply affected. 2 Sam. 13:33.

3. To weep on account of deep repentance.

1. Variant of pākaʻa #1.

• Examples:
  • ʻIʻo pākā, lean meat.

2. vt., To cut in long slices, to hack, as pig or fish for salting; to cut back, as a plant.

3. vt., To scramble, as eggs.

• Related:
  • Hua pākā, scrambled eggs, omelet.

4. vi., To surf, as with canoe, board, or body; to skim, as a surfing canoe; to skip stones.

5. n., Sinker on a fish line for deep-sea fishing.

• References:
  • For. 4:293.

6. vt., To fish with hook and line but no pole, as ulua.

• Related:
  • Also: kākā.

7. Variant of pākākā #1.

8. vs., Wrinkled.

• Rare
• References:
  • Cf. pākāeaea, pakalua.

9. Same as hoka, to strain.

• Rare

s., The general name for dirt, dust or defilement of any kind.

1. The dirt; ground; dust; earth; ka honua malalo o na wawae.

2. Dung; excrements. Puk. 29:14.

3. Clay; lepo manoanoa. 1 Nal. 7:46.

4. Dust; anything pulverized to dust. 2 Nal. 23:6. Lepo poho, mud; mire. Iob. 8:11.

5. Name of that part of the ocean where it is deep. SYN. with moana. He moana kahi inoa, he lepo kahi inoa.

General name for dirt, dust or defilement of any kind.

1. n., The dirt; ground; dust; earth; ka honua malalo o na wawae.

2. n., Dung; excrements.

3. n., Clay; lepo manoanoa.

4. n., Dust; anything pulverized to dust. (II. Nal. 23:6.) Lepo poho, mud; mire.

5. n., That part of the ocean where it is deep. Syn: Moana. He moana kahi inoa, he lepo kahi inoa.

6. n., Where the sea appears dirty, not clear.

1. nvt., Pay, payment, wages, fee, fare, toll, commission, reward, recompense, compensation, remittance, tuition, prize, fine, tax, installment, tribute; to pay, remunerate, compensate, repay, revenge.

• Examples:
  • Naʻu e uku, I'll pay; my treat.
  • Kou uku, your pay, wages (paid to you).
  • Kāu uku, your pay, wages (paid to someone else).
  • Ka hilahila i kāna uku ʻole e uku ai iā ʻAikanaka (FS 103), shame for his lack of reward for recompensing ʻAikanaka.
• Related:
  • hoʻouku Caus/sim.; To make someone pay; to levy a tax, fine, assess, charge.
• References:
  • PPN utu .

2. n., A deep-sea snapper (Aprion virescens 🌐).

• References:
  • Probably PPN ʻutu .

1. nvi., To climb on, mount, get on, go aboard, board, embark; one who climbs, mounts, boards; step.

• Related:
  • Kai eʻe, tidal wave.
  • hoʻēʻe Caus/sim.; To rise or swell, as surf; to mount, as a surfer mounts a wave.
    • Kai hoʻēʻe, tidal wave, deep sea.
    • Hoʻēʻe akula ia i ka noho maluna o kona hoki (Kin. 22.3), he saddled his ass.
• References:
  • Cf. eʻe kuahiwi, eʻe moku, hikieʻe.
  • 2 Oihn. 35.24.
  • PPN heke.

2. Same as aʻa #2, to extend greetings.

1. n., Two kinds of trees: see ʻōhiʻa ʻai and ʻōhiʻa lehua.

• References:
  • PCP k(a,o)(f,s)ika.

2. n., Tomato. See ʻōhiʻa lomi.

3. n., A native variety of sugar cane: deep-red and green striped cane when young, becoming bronze-red and yellow-brown on exposure (like leaves and flowers of the ʻōhiʻa ʻai, the source of its name); leaves somewhat variegated.

• References:
  • HP 222, 225.

4. n., A variety of taro.

5. n., A red birthmark, said to be caused by the pregnant mother's longing for mountain apples (ʻohiʻa ʻai) and eating them.

6. vs., Tabooed, as food patches during famine, so-called because people did not eat from their taro patches, but from upland ʻōhiʻa ʻai, ti, and sweet potatoes (Ii 77).

1. vs., Deep, as a voice; penetrating, profound, as thoughts; late, remote, of the distant past.

• Examples:
  • Ipo kūliʻu, sweetheart of the distant past.
  • Kūliʻu kona ʻike lapaʻau, his medical knowledge is profound.

2. Same as liʻu #2.

1. nvi., Ear; to hear (rare).

• Examples:
  • Lohe pepeiao, hearsay, to have heard only.
  • Pepeiao manana, protruding ears.
  • Pepeiao pili, ears pressing close to the head.
  • Pepeiao pilau, infected ear.
  • E heluhelu ma nā pepeiao o nā kānaka (Puk. 24.7), read in the audience of the people.
• References:
  • Cf. līpepeiao.

2. n., Cotyledon, as of beans.

3. n., Stipule, as of noni, a tree.

4. n., Scallops in lace.

5. n., Lugs or blocks inside a canoe hull to which the ʻiako, booms, and perhaps the mast (For. 5:633) are fastened.

6. n., Comb cleats for canoe thwarts or seats.

7. n., Chinese cake stuffed with meat, named for a resemblance to an ear.

• References:
  • Cf. cup-shaped mea ʻono puaʻa.

8. n., Long nets 30 to 37 m deep, attached at each side of the ʻupena kolo, bag net.

9. n., Valve of the heart.

10. Same as pepeiao akua.

1. nvs. Slow, tardy, taking a long time; a long time. Ala liʻu ka lā o Wai-ʻanae, the Wai-ʻanae sun rises slowly. ʻAʻohe i liʻu iho kona hiki ʻana mai a hiki maila ʻoe, he hadn't been here long when you arrived.

2. vs. Well-salted, salty, seasoned.

3. vs. Deep, profound, as of skill or knowledge. Cf. kuliʻu, liliʻu, liʻua. Liʻu ka ʻike i ke kālai waʻa, he's skilled in canoe carving. Liʻu ka naʻauao i loko ona, wisdom within him is profound.

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.
• Related:
  • hoʻāhu Caus/sim.; To pile, gather, accumulate, heap up; to lay away, as goods for the future; collect; collection, mound. Figuratively, to resent, dislike.
    • Hale hoʻāhu, storehouse, warehouse.
    • Lumi hoʻāhu, storeroom.
    • E hoʻāhu anai kahuhūmaluna o kēlā poʻe, heaping up anger against those people.
• References:
  • Cf. ahu waiwai, ahuwale, Oʻahu.
  • PPN afu .

1. Skillful at leaping from a cliff or bank into deep water; the skill consists in going down under water in a straight line so as not to spatter: opu ia wahi kanaka.

2. Resting; hovering.