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1. vs., Loose, separated, untied, unfastened, open, satisfied (see ex., hemahema #2), discharged, divorced, opened, weaned; taken off, as clothes.

• Examples:
  • Kuli hemo, dislocated knee.
  • Hemo ka hale kūʻai i ka pō, the store is open in the evening.
  • Ua hemo akula ke kāmaʻa, the shoes are off.
  • Ua hemo nā kāmaʻa a Pua iā Kū, Kū took off Pua's shoes.
• Related:
  • hoʻohemo Caus/sim.; To loosen, undo, unfasten, disconnect, take off, set at liberty, liberate, free, abort.
    • Hoʻohemo i ka ʻono o ka lama, freed of taste for liquor.
• References:
  • Cf. puhemo #1, Puk. 19.21.
  • PCP femo, semo.

2. vs., Variant of ʻōhemo #1, weak, feeble.

• Examples:
  • Nā kuli e hemo ana (Ioba 4.4), feeble knees.
• References:
  • Cf. puhemo #2.
  • PCP femo, semo.

1. Weak; feeble: he kanaka mai loa a hiki ole ke hele mawaho, ua unihipili ka leo, a person very ill and unable to walk, having a feeble voice, unable to speak. Leo unihipili is equivalent to leoiki.

2. The qualities of some gods: na akua unihipili, ame na akua mano.

nvs. Feeble; feebleness. See pē 1. He ʻōpē wale nō kō ʻolua hele ʻana, your walk is quite feeble.

Feeble, as applied to natural motion: Hookoene no hoi kau hele, your walking is feeble.

s. The act of shooting an arrow.

2. The act of the arrow in flying from the bow to the object.

3. A bow to shoot with; a cross bow; kanaka pana pua, an archer. 1 Sam. 31:3. He mau mea pana, hunting instruments. Kin. 27:3.

4. A portion of land less than an aina. See APANA, a piece.

5. The pulse; nawaliwali ka pana, the pulse is feeble.

1. v., See loeloe, feeble. To be faint; to be weary; to relax, as the joints of animals. Anat. 1.

2. To breathe hard; to puff from hard exercise, as traveling, or by hard labor.

3. Hoomaloeloe. To weary one's self in doing evil. Ier. 9:5.

v., [Loeloe, feeble.] To be faint; to be weary; to be relaxed.

1. v., To rub gently with the thumb and finger.

2. To comb, as the hair. NOTE— The idea is from the motion of rubbing, polishing, sawing, &c.

3. To cut; to shave, as the beard. 2 Sam. 10:4.

4. To cut, that is, to tear; to lacerate. Lunk. 8:7. See KAHE, to cut, &c. Mea kahi umiumi, a barber.

5. To cut, as the hair. Lunk. 16:17. From the old manner of sawing off the hair with bamboo knives.

6. To slit open, i. e., cut longitudinally; kahi i ka opu, kahe i ka omaka. See kahe. NOTE.—The feeble sound of e and i so much resemble each other that both orthographies are used, i.e., kahe and kahi, to cut, though the latter is preferable.

1. Indistinct or ill-defined in color or sound; lacking in brightness or in distinctness of tone, outline, etc.; feeble; faint.

2. Not clearly seen or apprehended; indistinct; dim: He ula aweawea, a faint red; he a aweawea, a dim burning.

adj. Weak; feeble, as a person sick; dry; without sweetness, as sugarcane; applied also to kalo; kapae ke kea upepe o ka hei—e.

1. adj., Flat; fallen down flatly.

2. adj., Weak; feeble, as a person sick.

3. adj., Dry; without sweetness, as sugar-cane; applied also to taro; kapae ke kea, upepe o ka hei—e.

1. vi., To stall; to move slowly and with difficulty, as a canoe or invalid; to remain near; stuck, blocked.

• Examples:
  • Pupū ke kaʻa, the car is stalled.
  • Aʻo pupū, to learn slowly.
  • Kō lākou mau kaʻa kaua, i hele pupū ai lākou (Puk. 14.25), their war chariots, so that they drove heavily.
  • Pupū ke kai i ka ʻalalauā, blocked is the sea by the fish ʻalalauā [of any difficulty; an omen of the death of royalty].
• Related:
  • hoʻopupū, hōpupū Caus/sim.; To stall; cause to get stuck (transitive); to balk, resist, hold back; bumpy, rough, as a road.
    • Also: haʻapupū.

2. vi., Same as kolopupū.

• Examples:
  • Kuʻu wahi pupū ʻelemakule (For. 5:121), my poor feeble old man.
  • Kahi pupū (For. 5:133), an old man.

adj. Tardy; lingering; slow; feeble.

Tardy; lingering; slow; feeble.

1. vi., Humble, timid and cringing, crushed; to walk in a feeble, wobbly manner, as a sick or aged person.

2. vt., To put forward, of a paddle.

• Examples:
  • E kaupē aku nō i ka hoe, e kō mai i ka hoe, o hoe, put forward the paddle, draw the paddle toward you, paddle!

adj. Tottering; weak; feeble. See LANA.

2. Loose; pulling up easily, as weeds from soft ground.

[Lana, to float.]

1. Tottering; weak; feeble.

2. Loose; pulling up easily, as weeds from soft ground.

s. Name of a kind of potato.

2. That which is tottering, weak or feeble. See MALANA.

3. That which is buoyed up; hikike, hapai

tottering, weak or feeble. Land section. Name applied to several localities.

nvs., Faint, feeble, exhausted; nauseous dizziness.

• References:
  • Cf. puaaneane.

adj., See ane. Faint; feeble; low; weak, as a sick person.

1. adj., Faint; feeble; low; weak: he leo aneane; a faint voice.

2. adj., Uttered at the time of dying; ending; closing; expiring.

vs., Weak, feeble, infirm, limp, frail; weakness, feebleness.

• Related:
  • hoʻonāwali Caus/sim.; To cause weakness; to enfeeble; to feign weakness.
    • ʻO ke anu ka mea hoʻonāwali i ke kino, cold is what weakens the body.
• References:
  • Cf. hāwali.
  • PPN ngawari, PCP ngaawali.

v. Na and wali, fine; soft. To be weakly; to be sickly; to be feeble; to be flexible; to be yielding. Hoo. The same.

adj. Sickly; weak; feeble.

Sickly; weak; feeble.

[Na and wali. fine; soft.] To be weakly; to be sickly; to be feeble; to be flexible; to be yielding.

1. v., To be loose, i.e., weak; to be unstrung, as a feeble person.

2. Hoo. To be sad; to be sorrowful, as one desponding. See omino. NOTE.— Mino and mimino is an expression made use of to children, as much as to say, "cover up your nakedness."

v., To be loose, that is, weak; to be unstrung, as a feeble person.

adj. Weak; want of strength; feeble; sick.

Weak; want of strength; feeble; sick.

s. The leg and arm bones of a person. See UHINIPILI. He kanaka mai loa a hiki ole ke hele mawaho; ua unihipili leo, aole hiki ke pane mai, having a feeble voice, not able to speak; ua uuku ka leo. Unihipili was one name of the class of gods called akuanoho; aumakua was another; they were the departed spirits of deceased persons.

1. n. Same as ʻunihipili.

2. vs. Thin, tapering, feeble, weak.

3. vs. Flexed position in which Hawaiians were often buried.

n.v., Steadfast, firm, constant, immovable; loyal, faithful; determined; loyalty, allegiance, firmness.

• Examples:
  • Kūpaʻa ka manaʻo, faithful in thought; settled in the mind.
  • Kūpaʻa kākou mahope o ke aliʻi, we are loyal to the chief.
• Related:
  • hoʻokūpaʻa Caus/sim.; To remain loyal, firm, etc.; to persist, perform, make fast, strengthen, fortify, establish.
    • Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻoe i nā kuli e hemo ana (Ioba 4.4), you have strengthened feeble knees.
    • Hoʻokūpaʻa i ka ʻōlelo o kēia pelika (2 Nal. 23.3), perform the words of this covenant.
• References:
  • See ex., -hiki.

adj. Poor in flesh; slender; feeble. Kin. 41:6. Opposite to ohaha.

Poor flesh; slender; feeble. Opposite to ohaha.

v. To make a noise, as any young feeble animal; e kani me he mea liilii la. See IOIO.

2. To peep, as a chicken.

3. To pray, as with the pule anaana.

4. Hoo. To use curious arts; to practice jugglery. Oih. 19:19. To practice witchcraft. Gal. 5:20. See the substantive.

1. To make a noise, as any young, feeble animal; e kani me he mea liilii la. Syn: loio.

2. To peep, as a chicken.

3. To pray, as with the pule anaana. Syn: Hoopiopio.

4. Same as hoopoi or hoopoipoi.

nvi. Feeble with age; aged person.

To be feeble from age.

v., Po and wehi, darkly. To see indistinctly. FIG. To have a feeble or indistinct knowledge of a thing.

[Po and wehi, darkly.]

1. v., To see indistinctly.

2. v., Fig. To have a feeble or indistinct knowledge of a thing.

adj., Ugly; poor; thin in flesh; lean; feeble; not good; shabby.

1. vs. To float back and forth; unstable, varying, changeable; swinging, as a ship at anchor. He pūlewa ka ʻāina (chant) the land is unstable (PCP puulewa.)

2. vs. Weak, hungry, feeble.

3. Same as hālili, sun-dial shell.

4. n. A kind of stone from which sinkers were made for octopus hooks. (PEP puurewa.)

v., See nawali, weak; feeble. To be weakly; to be sickly; to have little strength.

2. To totter when one walks; to be thin; to be flexible.

[Hoo and nawali, weak.]

1. To cause to be weak; to make feeble; to make sickly.

2. To cause to totter.

3. To make thin and hence flexible, not stiff.

4. To feign weakness; to act as if deficient in strength. See hoonawaliwali.

vs., Weak, soft, limber, flexible, supple, fragile, flimsy, feeble, frail, tender.

• Examples:
  • Naʻau palupalu, soft hearted.
  • Maka palupalu, tender-eyed (as pretty girls).
  • ʻŌlelo palupalu, soft-spoken, gentle in speech, easy to understand.
  • Ka ʻaoʻao palupalu (Kel. 85), the weaker sex.
• Related:
  • hoʻopalupalu Caus/sim.; To soften, weaken, mollify, make pliant or flexible; to feign softness.
• References:
  • PCP palupalu.

v. See PALU. To be tender; to be soft; to be weak; to be flexible.

2. To be tender either physically or morally; to be enfeebled, as the body. 2 Sam. 4:1. Ua palupalu ke keiki, the child is feeble; ua palupalu kona naau, he is tender hearted.

3. Hoo. To soften; to fatten; to make weak.

adj. Weak; feeble; soft. Kin. 33:13. Pliable; limber; tender. Kanl. 28:54. Large, fat and weak. See POLUPOLU.

Weak; feeble; soft. Pliable; limber; tender.

1. To be tender; to be soft; to he weak; to be flexible.

2. To be tender either physically or morally; to be enfeebled, as the body: Ua palupalu ke keiki, the child is feeble; ua palupalu kona naau, he is tender hearted.

vi., Withered, stunted, puny, feeble; to wither, dry or shrivel up.

(See omi.) Withered; sick; unfruitful, as a plant; sick, as a person; of feeble growth.

vs. Frail, feeble, blighted Cf. mīmī, ʻōmīmī.

Feeble; frail; not vigorous.

adj. See NIPO. Sick; weak; languid; feeble.

[Nipo, sleepy.] Fatigued; languid; feeble.

vs. Thin, weak, feeble, slow. Cf. hāpauea.

v. To be poor or thin in flesh; to be very lean.

2. To be feeble in walking about.

3. To go slowly or carefully.

1. To be poor or thin in flesh; to be very lean.

2. To be feeble in walking about.

3. To go slowly or carefully.

v. To make a reeling motion, as a feeble person attempting to lean on a staff; to reel.

1. To sway, as a feeble person attempting to lean on a staff; to reel.

2. To move unsteadily in walking, as one affected with palsy or dizziness.

vi. To edge away, back away, creep, move cautiously and carefully, as a frightened or feeble person. hoʻo.koene Caus/sim.; to endeavor to walk in spite of weakness; mentally at rest after mental agitation, calmed. Hoʻokoene kāna hele ʻana, he goes slowly, cautiously.

v. See MINO. To wrinkle; to curl up; to ruffle, as paper or cloth, in opposition to smooth.

2. To languish; to be weak; to be feeble; to be infirm. Isa. 24:4.

3. To wither; to dry up, as grass. Isa. 40:7.

[Mino, to curl.]

1. To wrinkle; to curl up: to ruffle, as paper or cloth, in opposition to smooth.

2. To languish; to be weak; to be feeble; to be infirm.

3. To wither; to dry up, as grass.

adj. Thin; feeble; he pukapuka, he kunono.

Thin, feeble; weak; debilitated.

v. Intensive of mai, sick. To be sick; to be weak; to be feeble.

2. Hoo. To feign sickness; to pretend to be sick. 2 Sam. 13:5, 6.

adj. Feeble; languid; weak.

Feeble; languid; weak; somewhat ill; unwell.

v. See PUPU, a bunch, as of grass or leaves. To collect together; to heap up. See HOOPUU.

2. To be uncomfortably filled with food. See HOOKUKU.

3. To hinder; to be unwilling; to refuse; to hold fast.

4. To cleave to one's home when driven or invited away.

5. To breathe quick and short, as an aged person; hence,

6. To be feeble and tottering; to walk like an aged person.

7. To dispute; to converse roughly.

v. To be weak in body; to be pale; to be thin, as a sickly person; to be feeble in appearance. See LANAKEA.

To be weak in body; to be pale; to be thin, as a sickly person; to be feeble in appearance. Syn: Lanakea.

1. vi. To flap, as wings; to shake, tremble, as the earth. Fig., feeble.

2. n. A sea gull (very rarely seen).

1. vs. Feeble, of light, as firelight in the daytime; shy, wild, as a bird.

2. n. Stones that break in a fire, not desirable for the imu.

v. Kuli, knee, and pee, to run and hide. To be lame; to be fatigued; to be topsy-turvy; to be confused; to be sick; to be weak; to be feeble.

[Kuli, knee, and pee, to hide.]

1. To be lame.

2. To be fatigued.

3. To be topsy-turvy; to be confused; to be sick; to be weak; to be feeble.

4. Figuratively, to be out of sight, unnoticed, ignored.

vs. Thin, feeble, weak, spindling, slender, puny, debilitated.

1. Tall and thin; hence, feeble; debilitated.

2. Thin; spindling; slender. Syn: Unihi.

HIN 126 HIP

vs. Slow, feeble, hesitating.

Slow or feeble walking.

adj. Weak; feeble with sickness.

2. Unripe; wilted, as fruit; he ipu omali oo ole, an unripe, soft melon.

1. Weak; feeble with sickness.

2. Unripe; wilted, as fruit; he ipu omali oo ole, an unripe, wilted melon. Syn: Malili.

adj. Full of small holes, as a calabash that lets out the water.

2. Weak; feeble; without strength.

1. Full of small holes, as a calabash that leaks.

2. Weak; feeble; without strength.

3. Bright red.

Stinted; sickly, as a child: he keiki omino, uwe wale; withered; without flesh; small; uuku. io ole; unhealthy; feeble. Applies alike to animal and plant life.

vs. Weak, feeble, frail.

vs. Weak, feeble, delicate. (PCP (f,s)ini.)

v. To be small; thin; feeble.

Small; thin; feeble. Syn: Uhini.

adj. See POLU. Thick; fat; gross; heavy, as a very fleshy person; large, fat and weak, as a man; feeble, as one who has been sea-sick. See PALUPALU.

Thick: fat; gross; heavy, as a very fleshy person; large, fat and weak, as a man; feeble, as one who has been sea-sick. See palu-palu. weak.

Same as nanakea, thin; pale; weak; to be thin; to be feeble in appearance.

vs., Weak, tottering, feeble.

v. Pala, softness, and lauhala, a tree. To be weak; to be feeble; to be infirm.

2. To walk, to see or to move with feebleness.

3. To be old; to be in the last stages of life.

4. To swoon; to lie like one dead.

s. Weakness; infirmity; the feeble state and infirmities of old age; the last stage of life of an old person.

Weakness; infirmity; the feeble state and infirmities of old age; the last stage of life of an old person.