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1. vt., To singe, as the feathers of a chicken before dressing it, or the hairs of a pig or dog by rolling it over hot oven stones; to pluck, as feathers from a fowl.

• Related:
  • Also: uluulu.
• References:
  • PCP ngunu, unguunu.

2. Variant of uluulu #3, tangled.

3. Stick erected as a taboo sign.

• References:
  • AP

4. Young ʻōhiʻa timber, as used in making images.

• References:
  • AP

v. To prop up. See unu. Hoounuunu. E hoounuunuia.

s., Something gathered into heaps; applied to soldiers who are cowardly and shrink from fighting; alaila, o aku imua me he unuuna la ke ano.

adj., Piled up, as several ohias in one hand; ame ka ohia unuunu ma ka lima.

adj., Same as unu, heaped up.

n., Same as unu, a coward.

1. v., Same as unu, to draw up.

2. v., To remove the hair of a dog or hog preparatory to cooking.

To pull, scrape off, or roll over hot stones the hair of dog or hog.

Stick erected as a sign of kapu.

Young ʻōhiʻa timber as used in making images. (AP.)