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n., Night of the full moon. When this moon set before daylight it was called Hoku Palemo, Hoku that slips away. When it set after daylight it was called Hoku Ili, grounded Hoku.

• Examples:
  • Ka mahina o Hoku, the full moon of the night Hoku.
• References:
  • Malo 32.
  • Cf. hōkū, star.
  • PEP Fotu , Sotu .

s., The asthma. See hokii.

adj., Thin in flesh; meager. See hokii.

s., The name of the fifteenth day of the month.

s., A star; hoku lele, a comet; ka poe hoku o ke kaei, the planets. 2 Nal. 33:5. The twinkling orbs of heaven.

s., A word; a thought; something rising in the mind; he wahi hoku iki ko'u no keia mea.

adj., Thin in flesh; meager. Syn: hokii.

1. n., [Ho, to breathe hard and ku, to stand.] A phase of asthma in which the patient seeks relief by standing or moving about.

2. n., A suggestion or intimation suddenly presented within one's mind.

n., The fifteenth day of the month, the fourteenth night, after hilo or the new moon; called, when the moon sets before daylight, hoku palemo, sinking star, otherwise hoku ili, stranded star.

• References:
  • D. Malo, chapter 12, section 16.

n., A star; hoku lele, a comet; ka poe hoku o ke kaei, the planets.

Thin in flesh; asthma.

Fifteenth night, a day that succeeds the night of the full moon. It is well liked by farmers.

I. Ma ka olelo Hebera, komo no ko ka lani mau mea a pau iloko o ka inoa hoku, o ka la a me ka mahina no i koe. Ua oleloia mai ma ka Halelu 147:4, 'Hoike mai no oia [ke Akua] i ka heluna o na hoku, hea ae no hoi oia ia lakou a pau ma ka inoa.' Ua kapaia no o Kristo, o 'ka Hokuao,' oia ka hoku nui wanaao a kokoke malamalama loa, Hoik. 22:16. E nana Nah. 24:17. Ina i hoike mai ka Baibala i ka lehulehu, kuhikuki mai no ia i na hoku o ka iani a me na one o ke kai, Kin. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4; Ex. 32:13. I ka wa popilikia, ua oleloia mai ma ka Baibala, he pouli na hoku, ua haule mai, mai ka lani mai, a nalowale. He mau olelonane keia i pili i na aupuni o keia ao. Ma ka aina o Iudea a me ka Hikina, he aiai loa na hoku, a e kau kokoke mai ma ke aouli ke nana aku. He mea kupaianaha na hoku, he nani, a he maikai, nolaila lilo no na hoku i mea i hoomanaia e na pegana ma kela aina keia aina. Ua paipai mai ke kaula i ka Iseraela, 'Mai ao oukou i ka aoao o ko na aina e; a mai makau hoi oukou i na ouli o ka lani; no ka mea, ua makau ko na aina e ia lakou,' Ier. 10:2. E nana HOOMANAKII.