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1. v., To flow, as blood from a vein; as water from a fountain.

2. To proceed from one; to fall from one, as an expression, an idea, or as something said. Mar. 7:15. To flow from the mouth, as the words of an orator; a puai mai la ka leo ku e.

3. To gag; to heave; to throw up from the stomach; to vomit.

4. To blow water out of the mouth.

5. To cast up; to boil up, as water from a spring. Ier. 6:7. FIG. To throw out, as sin from the heart.

1. s., The gullet.

2. A vomiting; a spitting; a heaving from sickness of the stomach.

n., [Contraction of puu, a bunch, and ai, neck.] The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the inside of the neck; the Adam's apple.

v., 1. To invite to eat with another or with others: Mai kakou e puai, Come and eat with us.

1. v., To flow out of, as blood from a vein; as water from a fountain.

2. v., To proceed from one; to fall from one, as an expression, an idea, or as something said. To flow from the mouth, as the words of an orator: a puai mai la ka leo ku e.

3. v., To gag; to heave; to vomit.

4. v., To cast up; to boil up, as water from a spring.

5. v., Fig. To throw out, as sin from the heart.