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1. nvi., Hook; to hook, to fasten with a hook; to hook off, as with the lou pole.

• Examples:
  • Lou me ke alapiʻi, hook and ladder.
  • Lou ka iʻa, the fish is hooked.
  • Lou ka manaʻo, thoughts are hooked, as of two persons thinking of each other.
• Related:
  • hoʻolou Caus/sim.; To hook, catch with a hook; to put on a hook, as bait.
    • ʻO ka limu kala ka maunu e hoʻolou ai i ka makau (FS 143), kala (seaweed) was the bait placed on the hook.

2. nvi., Very long fruit-plucking pole, with short sticks lashed obliquely near the end for plucking, as for breadfruit; to pluck.

• References:
  • PPN lohu .

3. n., Pain in the side, stitch.

4. Same as louulu.

5. n., Tache, clasp.

• References:
  • Puk. 26.6.

kikino, Hook, as for hanging things.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Lou kau lole. Clothes hook.

kikino, Bond.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Lou ʻātoma. Bond between atoms or ions as a result of gaining, losing or sharing electrons.
• References:
  • See ʻūlou.

hamani, To save, in volleyball.

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.
• Related:
  • Also: hoʻihoʻi.

v. To bend, as a hook; to bend around (hence kulou, to stand bent, i. e., bowing down.)

2. To hook; to pull with a hook; to come up with a hook; to come up with a hook, as a fish.

3. To insert; to fit on, as a ring on the finger. Kin. 24:47.

4. Hoo. To hook; to pull with a hook. 2 Oihl. 33:11. I hoolouia i ka makau kekahi poe i holo ilalo, some who had sunk down were hooked up with fish-hooks.

s. A hook. Isa. 37:29. Lou io, a flesh hook. Puk. 27:3. Lou hao, an iron hook; a joining. 1 Oihl. 22:3.

2. A pain in the side; a stitch.

3. A perpendicular descent.

A hook. Lou io, a flesh hook; lou hao, an iron hook; a joining.

2. A pain in the side; a stitch.

An overhanging cliff. Same as loupali.

1. To bend, as a hook; to bend around, hence kulou, to stand bent, that is, bowing down.

2. To hook; to fasten with a hook; to come up with a hook, as a fish.

3. To insert; to fit on, as a ring on the finger.

Pain in the side; stitch.

To come up on a hook, as a fish; fishhook. (Puk. 27:3.)

I. he wahi mea gula a he keleawe kekahi, he mea e hui ai i na paku o ka halelewa, Puk. 26:6, 11.

hook, pain in side: to bend as hook.

s. a pain in the side, a stitch.

s. a hook.

s. a perpendicular descent.

v. to hook, to pull with a hook, to come up with a hook as a fish.

v. to insert, to fit on as a ring on the finger,