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-heu
See hoʻoheu.
heʻu
heu
nvs., Down or fine hair, fuzz, loose fibers on certain fruits or leaves, quicksilver or mercury on back of a mirror, hairlike growths or spines on sugar cane stalks or cactus; fuzzy, downy; to begin to grow, as a youth's beard or pubic hair; to sprout, of seedlings.
- Examples:
- Kū ka heu, piʻi ka heu, the fuzz bristles [anger].
- Kuʻu keiki o ka lā heu ʻole, child of my beardless youth [Ka-mehameha's term for his first child, Ka-ōlei-o-Kū].
- ʻŌkalakala heu pānini, bristling with fine cactus spines.
- References:
- PEP feu .
heu
/ heu /kikino, Dust.
heu
kikino ｜ noun / HE-U /1. s., Down or fine hair.
2. A youngster; a young man, from his down or first beard; kuu kane o ka wa heu ole, my husband from the time of youth (without a beard.) Laieik. 204.
3. The quicksilver on the back of a looking-glass; holoi lakou i ka heu o ka aniani, they washed off the quicksilver of the glass.
4. The work first done, the speech first made, the first movement in an affair.
heu
/ HE-U /v., To begin to grow, as the beard; he kanaka opiopio wale no, akahi no a heu.
heu
/ HE-U /adj., The first shooting of beards in boys; he keiki heu, a child bearded.
heʻu
/ HEʻU /v., With a sharp break in pronouncing, to sing, as birds; to sound, as the voice of birds; to sound, as the voice of spirits with sweet sounds.
heu
kikino ｜ noun / hē'-u /1. n., Down or fine hair.
2. n., The quicksilver on the back of a looking-glass: holoi lakou i ka heu o ka aniani, they washed the quicksilver off the glass.
3. n., Fuzz, the loose coating or fibers upon certain fruits or leaves.
heu
hehele ｜ intransitive verb / he'u /v., (Written also heu-heu.) To croak; to make a hoarse sound in the throat.
heu
hehele ｜ intransitive verb / hē'-u /v., To begin to grow; to sprout; to germinate: he kanaka opiopio wale no, akahi no a heu. Pehea kau mau wahi hehu? Akahi no a heu ae. How are your plants? Only just commenced to sprout.
heu
kikino ｜ noun / he'u /1. n., The hoot of an owl.
2. n., The guttural sounds made by those skilled in Hawaiian oli (mele) and prayers.
heu
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / hē'-u /adj., Fuzzy, downy, as fine hair or the soft coating of a leaf.
heu
To sprout, as seedlings.
heu
heuheu, fuzz, down or fine hair.
He-u
adj. the first shooting of beards in boys; hence
He-u
s. a young man, a youngster; also, down or fine hair
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