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kuʻu
1. nvt., vs., To release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken; to pay out, as a line or cable; to settle, as earth; to diminish, as stream water; to fail to help (Kanl. 31.6); to finish, as a chant; to adjourn, put down, subside.
- Figuratively, to be at peace (see idioms that follow).
- Examples:
- Kuʻu aku ʻoe, relax.
- Kuʻu i ka ʻuhane (Kin. 35.29), to give up the ghost [die].
- Kuʻu ka hanu, breath is abandoned [death].
- Kuʻu ka luhi, to be freed from cares, to rest [die].
- Kuʻu ka nae, to get one's breath, rest.
- Kuʻu i ka luʻuluʻu, put down the burden.
- Ke kuʻu ākea ʻana i nā paʻahao, parole of prisoners.
- hoʻokuʻu Caus/sim.; To release, let go, put down, dismiss, send away, abandon, disperse, adjourn; to expel, as from school; to discharge, as from work; to free, acquit, let, permit, excuse, exempt, liberate; to settle, clear up; slope of a hill .
- Hīmeni hoʻokuʻu, closing hymn.
- Kī hoʻokuʻu, slack key.
- Hihia ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia, case [of law] settled.
- Hoʻokuʻu kāua, let's stop [as a meeting].
- Hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hopu ʻia ʻana, exemption from arrest.
- Hoʻokuʻu maikaʻi, honorable discharge.
- References:
- PPN tuku.
2. nvt., Type of net let down from a canoe; gill net; to set or lower a net or catch in a net.
- Examples:
- E kuʻu ana ka iʻa (FS 243), the fish were being netted.
- Kuʻu ka pua ʻamaʻama mai ka loko iʻa, net young mullets from the fish pond.
- References:
- Cf. kūpō.
3. possessive, My, mine (this form may replace both kaʻu and koʻu; it is frequently used before ipo and lei and kinship terms and expresses affection (see ex., kei #1).
- References:
- Gram. 8.4, 9.6.
kuʻu
hehele ｜ intransitive verbhehele, To land, as an airplane or bird.
- Source:
- Niʻihau.
kuu
/ KUU /adj. pron., It is used for ko, koʻu and kaʻu, my, mine, what belongs to me. NOTE.—Kuu is often synonymous with koʻu and kaʻu, but as these apply to different things, and the speaker was at a loss which to use, it was proper, i. e., grammatical to use kuu; thus, Hawaiians say kaʻu keiki, koʻu hale, but not koʻu keiki or kaʻu hale; but it is correct enough to say kuu keiki and kuu hale. Gram. § 150, 4.
kuu
/ KUU /v., To let go; to loosen; to release; to slacken, as a rope that is too tight; to let down, as by a rope; to let down from the shoulder. Kin. 24:18.
2. To dismiss or send away, as on an errand; to send away, as a messenger; to allow to come. Lunk. 13:8.
3. To put down, as one in authority; to dethrone.
4. To pay out, as a rope or cable in casting anchor.
5. To loose, i. e., to cast, as a net into the water for fish; to take fish in a net, i. e., to let down the net for them; to become calm, as the mind after intense anxiety; to be assuaged. Laieik. 77.
6. To give liberty; to suffer or permit to be done.
7. To cause to do; to suffer to be done. Kanl. 18:10.
8. E kuu i ka uhane, to give up the ghost; to die. Kin. 35:29.
9. To fail; to give up; to cease to help. Kanl. 31:6, 8.
10. Hookuu. To excuse; to let go; to send away, as a multitude. Puk. 3:18.
11. To lead out of an inclosure; to deliver from difficulty; to set free from; e hoomaha, pau ka nae make.
kuu
kikino ｜ noun / KUU /1. s., A releasing; a letting go.
2. s., The act of taking fish in a net. NOTE. This idea is more from letting down the net than from insnaring the fish. See the verb 5.
kuu
kikino ｜ noun / KUU /s., The name of a species of fish net; he upena kuu.
kuu
kikino ｜ noun / ku'u /1. n., A releasing; a letting go.
2. n., The act of taking fish in a net. (This idea is more from letting down the net than from insnaring the fish.)
3. n., Name in general of all nets for catching fish, except the scoop net called kioe.
kuʻu
papani ｜ pronoun / ku'u /poss. pron., My; mine; belonging to me; what belongs to me.
kuu
/ ku'u /1. v., To let go; to loosen; to release; to slacken, as a rope that is too tight; to let down, as by a rope; to let down from the shoulder.
2. v., To loose, that is, to cast, as a net into the water for fish; to take fish in a net, that is, to let down the net for them.
3. v., To become calm, as the mind after intense anxiety; to be assuaged. Laieik. p. 77.
4. v., To give liberty.
5. v., To cause to do; to suffer or permit to be done.
6. v., To dismiss: e kuu i ka uhane, to give up the ghost; to die.
7. v., To fail; to give up.
8. v., To cease to help.
kuʻu
To let down a net for fish.
kuʻu
To let a net down for fish.
ku‘u
my, mine: to release, let go.
Kuu
adj. my, mine, synonymous with ko’u and ka’u, kuu wahine and kua hale, but if ka’u and ka’u are used it would be ka’u uahine and ka’u hale.
Kuu
v. to let go, to loosen, to release to let down us by a rope, to slacken as a rope, to dismiss or send away, to put down as one in authority, to dethrone, to pay out as a rope or cable in casting anchor, to loose, to cast as a net into the water for fish, to give liberty, to suffer or permit to be done. Hoo-to excuse, to let go, to send away us a multitude, to lead out of an enclosure, to deliver, set free from.
kuʻu
1. Mine, my; to release, abandon, let go, free. 2. A releasing, a letting go, to release, to give liberty, to dismiss; my, mine, belonging to me (AP). Also, hoʻokuʻu.
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