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1. vi., To sleep, lie down; to lie in wait, ambush; to prostrate oneself, as before a chief; to lay down, as cards; to sit on eggs; horizontal, prone.

• Examples:
  • Kapu moe, prostration taboo.
  • Hale moe, sleeping house.
  • Moe kau a hoʻoilo, sleep summer to winter [the sleep of death].
  • Moe ka ihu o ka puaʻa, the nose of the pig is down [a pig has been killed for ceremony].
  • ʻAʻohe e moe kuʻu maka ā kō kuʻu makemake, my eyes shall not sleep until my desire is obtained.
  • Moe ke kanaka, a human sacrifice was made.
  • Moe ʻia ka iwi ʻaoʻao e ke kanaka ʻē (For. 4:47), the rib bones will be laid to rest by strangers.
• Related:
  • hoʻomoe Caus/sim.; To put to sleep, to lay down; to set, as a hen (Isa. 59.5) or fish net; to offer, as a sacrifice; to deposit, as in banks; to bring down, as a club (FS 241); to “drop” a matter; to defer, postpone, rest a while; to table, as a motion; to lay, as bricks or cement; to subscribe, as to a newspaper.
    • Cf. hoʻomoemoe.
    • Hoʻomoe kimeki, to pave.
    • Koa hoʻomoe, reserve militia (term used in 1845).
  • As an epithet for Kalākaua, moe probably refers to the kapu moe.
• References:
  • See ex., ʻoni, death.
  • PPN mohe.

2. nvt., To marry, mate with, sleep with, cohabit; marriage.

• Examples:
  • Moe i kā haʻi, to sleep with the mate of another.
• Related:
  • hoʻomoe Caus/sim.; To arrange a match.
    • Huakaʻi hoʻomoe wahine (FS 157), trip to arrange for a bride.
    • Hoʻomoe ā ipo, to cause to take as a sweetheart or lover.

3. n., Bed, sleeping place.

4. n., Dream.

• Examples:
  • Ka mea nāna nā moe (Kin. 37.19), dreamer.
  • He aha ka puana o ka moe? What is the answer of the dream [what will the result be]?

5. vs., Calm, as the sea.

6. Same as moea #2.

• Related:
  • hoʻomoe Caus/sim.
• References:
  • Cf. kāmoe.
  • See ex., kāoʻo.

See entries below and lumi moe.

v. To lie down; to fall prostrate, as in ancient worship. Ioan. 11:32.

2. To lean forward on the hands and knees, as the people in coming into the presence of a chief.

3. To lie down, as in sleep. 1 Sam. 26:7. To lie down for the purpose of taking sleep; e moe no kaua, a momoe iho la; hence,

4. To sleep; to take rest in sleep.

5. To dream; to dream a dream; e moe ka uhane; e moe i ka moe.

6. To stretch one's self on a bed; e moe hoolei. Amos 6:4.

7. Hoo. To lay one's self down to sleep; to cause to sleep.

8. To sit upon, as eggs to hatch. Isa. 59:5.

9. To bow down in humble solemn adoration. NOTE.—Hoomoe signifies the observance of that silence, awe and respectful behavior proper for the highest degree of adoration.

10. E hoomoe kolohe, to go a whoring after one. Puk.34:16.

s. A bed; a sleeping place; moe hilinai, a couch.

2. A dream. Dan. 2:3, 4. Ma ka moe, in a dream. Mat. 1:20. Hoakaka no hoi ke alii i ka moe ia ia, the king explained the dream to him; ua moe ia ma ka moe, he lay on a bed.

s. The name of one of the six houses of a Hawaiian establishment; eono hale o na kanaka, he hale moe kekahi. See HALE.

1. A bed; a sleeping place: moe hilinai. a couch.

2. A dream: ma ka moe, in a dream: Hoakaka no hoi ke alii i ka moe ia ia. The king explained the dream to him; Ua moe ia ma ka moe, He lay on a bed.

3. One of the six houses of an ancient Hawaiian establishment; the sleeping house: eono hale o na kanaka, he hale moe kekahi. Syn: Halemoe.

1. To lie down; to fall prostrate, as in ancient worship.

2. To lean forward on the hands and knees, as the people in coming into the presence of a chief.

3. To lie down, as in sleep; to lie down for the purpose of taking sleep; e moe no kaua. a momoe iho la: hence,

4. To sleep; to take rest in sleep.

5. To dream; e moe ka uhane; e moe i ka moe.

6. To stretch one's self on a bed; e moe hoolei.

Marriage.

I. Ma ka Hikina, he noho loihi kahi moe, he hiki-e kahi moe; malaila e noho ai i ke ao, a e moe ai i ka po, Puk. 8:3; 2 Sam. 4:5-7. Ua kiekie ae kekahi moe, 2 Nalii 1:4; Hal. 132:3, 4. He wahi lole halii ma kahi moe, he moena kahi, he ili kekahi, Puk..22:27; Kan. 24:13. Nolaila e hiki no i ka mea i hoolaia e Iesu e kaikai i kona wahi moe, Ioa. 5:8. He wahi moe hao, kekahi, laau kekahi, niho elepani kekahi, Kan. 3:11; 1 Sam. 19:15. Am. 6:4. Waiho iho la na Iudaio i ko lakou aahu wale no, a me na kamaa i ka po.

bed: to sleep; lie down; dream.