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pohu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs. Calm, quiet; calmed, quieted, soothed; to calm down, become quiet. Cf. For. 5:93. Lilo i ka pohu, becalmed, of a ship. Pohu loa ka makani, the wind has calmed. hoʻo.pohu To calm, quiet; to bring into a calm, as a ship. Hoʻokō i nā kuko haumia apau a kona naʻau e hoʻopohu ai (Kep. 67), satisfy all the filthy lusts of his heart so they are calmed.

2. (Cap.) n. A wind associated with Kona, Hawaiʻi, (Nak. 55.)

pohu

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

ʻaʻano Calm, as the wind; smoke rises vertically, and direction of wind is shown by smoke drift rather than wind vanes, in meteorology. Dic., ext. mng. See makani.

pohu

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

hamani To push. Niʻihau. Also pahu.

pohu

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

hamani To volley, i.e. keep the ball in play, in volleyball. Niʻihau. Also paʻi manamana. Cf. lelekīkē.

PO-HU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See KUPOHU. To be calm; to lull, as the wind; pohu loa ka makani, the wind lulled greatly; to be or become calm after a storm at sea. Mar. 4:39.

PO-HU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A calm after a storm. Hal. 107:29.

2. A calm still place in the sea; aia kekahi wahi pohu ma Lanai, ua kapaia o Kaholo mahope o ka hanee ana o ka pali; calm still water out of the wind; makemake nui ko Hilo poe alii ia Kona, no ka pohu, the Hilo chiefs greatly desired Kona for the calm water (of the sea.)

PO-HU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Calm; still; quiet, as the wind or sea after a storm.

Pohu (pō'-hu), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Calm; still: quiet. as the wind or sea after a storm.

Pohu (pō'-hu), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A calm after a storm.

2. A calm place in the sea: aia kekahi wahi pohu ma Lanai. ua kapaia o Kaholo mahope o ka hanee ana o ka pali; calm still water out of the wind: Makemake nui ko Hilo poe alii ia Kona, no ka pohu, the Hilo chiefs greatly desired Kona for the calm water (of the sea). Syn: Kupohu.

Pohu (pō'-hu), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be calm: to lull, as the wind; pohu loa ka makani, the wind lulled greatly; to be or become calm after a storm at sea.

pohu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Calm, quiet, as the sea after a storm; calm, still water out of the wind. Makemake nui ko Hilo poʻe aliʻi is Kona, no ka pohu, the Hilo chiefs greatly desired for the calm water of the sea.

pohu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Calm, still, as the sea or wind after a storm; the wind lulled greatly.

pohu

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

calm after storm.

Po-hu

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

s. a calm

Po-hu

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

v. to be or become calm as a storm at sea

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