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1. nvi. Particle, as dust; particle in the eye, mote, speck; to have something in the eye. Cf. pulakaumaka. E ʻau mālie i ke kai papaʻu, o pakī ka wai ā pula ka maka, swim quietly in a shallow sea, lest it splash into the eye (be careful!]. (PCP pula.)

2. n. Leafy branch, as of coconut, pandanus, or ʻilima, used as a broom to drive fish into a net and to poke into reef crevices in order to frighten out the fish.

3. nvt. Kindling; to start a fire with kindling.

4. n. A fish, perhaps Pempheris mangula.

5. Also pura n. Pur (see M. S. Miller and J. L. Miller, Harper's Bible Dictionary). (Eset. 3.7.)

Leafy branch of coconut, pandanus, or ilima, used as a broom to drive fish into a net or to flush them out of rock crevices. (PE.)

Mote or particle in the eye; mucus in the corner of the eye.

Eye affected by a small bit of foreign matter.

I. ke alii o Asuria, 765 mamua o Kristo, i ka wa i olelo mua ia mai o Asuria ma ka Baibala, mahope o ka wa o Nimeroda. I ka nohoalii ana o Menahema, kaua mai ia i ka Iseraela; a no ka loaa mai hookahi tausani talena kala,-ua like ia me na dala 1,500,000,- hoi aku no ia, 2 Nahi 15:19, 20; 1 Oihlii. 5:26. II Is. 66:19, he aina ma kahi loihi aku mai Iudea aku; ua hui pu ia me Luda; a ua manaoia, aia ma kekahi mokupuni o ka Nile, ma ka mokuna o Aigupita a me Aitiopa.
Is. 66:19, he aina ma kahi loihi aku mai Iudea aku; ua hui pu ia me Luda; a ua manaoia, aia ma kekahi mokupuni o ka Nile, ma ka mokuna o Aigupita a me Aitiopa.

small particle, as dust; mote in eye.