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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.

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.

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