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1. n.v. To ask, question, appeal, turn to for help or advice, query; question, catechism.

• Examples:
  • He ui, a he nīnau kēia (chant), a query, a question this.
• Related:
  • hoʻoui Caus/sim.; To cause a question to be asked, to ask.
• References:
  • PPN ʻui.

2. v. To stir up, activate.

• Rare
• Related:
  • hoʻoui Caus/sim.; To bestir, hurry, surge. Rare

3. Variant of uhi #1.

• Rare

v., To ask a question; ui iho la au penei, ahea ka nui o na haumana? to inquire of; ua uiia mai oe e ke alii e olelo aku, thou art asked by the chief to speak.

2. To milk; to squeeze out milk. See KOWI.

3. To wring out, as washed clothes.

4. To creak or squeak, as new shoes in walking.

5. To grate, as the teeth.

s., A question; a series of questions; a catechism; an interrogation; he ui no na haumana o ke kulanui, a question for the scholars of the high school.

s., A youth; a young person; youth generally; strength. Kin. 49:3.

adj., Young; strong; well proportioned; applied to young and vigorous men. Rut. 2:9.

adj., Young; strong; well proportioned; applied to young and vigorous men and women.

1. n., Youthfulness accompanied with comeliness or strength.

2. n., Beauty; the beautiful; a beautiful person; youth generally.

3. n., Symmetry.

n., A question; a series of questions; a catechism; an interrogation: he ui no na haumana o ke kulanui, a question for the scholars of the high school.

v., To ask a question: Ui iho la au penei, Thus I questioned; to inquire of: Ua uiia mai oe e ke alii e olelo aku, Thou art asked by the chief to speak.

To ask one or a series of questions; to inquire; to interrogate.