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1. nvi., To dive into the water, feet first, without making a splash, an ancient sport (used only with lele or lele a); one so skilled.

2. Rare variant of ʻupu.

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ʻōpū

/ ʻō.pū / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n., Belly, stomach, abdomen, tripe, giblet; bag, as of a net (see ex., mahola); gizzard, bladder, crop of a bird (Oihk. 1.16), maw of an animal, womb; disposition.

  • Examples:
    • Kai ʻōpū, giblet gravy.
    • ʻO kuʻu ʻōpū, ʻo kuʻu ʻōpū! Ua hoʻokaʻawili ʻia au ma kuʻu naʻau (Ier. 4.19), my bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my heart.
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kikino, Body, as of an ʻukulele, guitar, etc.

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kikino, Ventricle, of the mammalian heart.

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