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1. vi., To throw or fling violently; to haul energetically with ropes; to get into action, as play or sport; to pursue with energy, as love-making.

• Examples:
  • Hiu ā wela, ardent and persistent love-making; to take by storm.
  • Hiu aku nei ʻoia i ka puʻupuʻu, he swung into action with his fists.
  • E kū i ka malo ā hiu (Malo 146), stand up with [your] malo and go to it.
  • Hiu nō au ā naʻu ʻoe, Iʻll sweep you off your feet.
• Related:
  • hoʻohiu Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PCP fiu.

2. vt., To elevate, hoist, as by block and tackle.

• Related:
  • hoʻohiu Caus/sim.
    • Ua hoʻohiu ʻia ka moku i luna o ke alahukimoku, the ship was lifted onto the marine railway.

3. n., Stones used in games of kōnane, kinepeki, and āneo, usually polished and flat.

v. To seize; to grasp hold of, as a rope.

2. To throw a stone with violence.

3. To be wild; untamed, as an animal.

4. To cry, as a sailor does in pulling a rope; hence,

5. To haul down a ship for repairs.

6. To practice sorcery.

7. To move the hiu (see the s.) in playing konane, a game.

1. v., To fling; to throw with violence.

2. v., To lift or haul with ropes.

Stream, Waiʻanae Valley, Oʻahu. Literally, throw violently.

Pebbles or small stones, polished and flat, used as counters in playing kōnane and other games. Also called ʻiliʻʻili.

To practice sorcery. (A.)

to fling, throw violently.