hū
1. nvi. To rise or swell, as yeast or souring poi; to ferment, leaven, overflow (Isa. 8.7), percolate, effervesce, boil over; to surge or rise to the surface, as emotion; to gush forth; rising, swelling, outburst. Cf. huaʻi. Perena hū ʻole, unleavened bread. Hū ka ʻaka, to burst into laughter, guffaw. Hū ka pele, to pour forth lava, erupt. Inā hū aku kou ʻuhane i ka po ʻe pōloli (Isa. 58.10), if your soul has compassion for the hungry people. Hū mai ke aloha no ka ʻāina, love for the homeland swells forth. He hū wale mehe wai lā (Kin. 49.4), unstable as water. hoʻo.hū To leaven, cause to rise, inflate, swell, overflow; yeast, baking powder.
2. vi. and interj. To roar, grunt, hum, whistle; huh (interj.)! Hū ka makani, the wind whistles or roars [of things going at great speed]. Hū wawā ka nahele, din roaring in the forest [gossip]. (PPN fuu.)
3. n. A spinning top. Hū oeoe, humming top. Kaula hū, cord used to spin a top, Ho ʻoniniu i ka hū, to spin a top.
4. vi. To depart from the proper course, miss the way. Hū ā puaʻa, off the course like a pig [of one who does not follow a straight and narrow path, as of a drunkard]. hoʻo.hū To cause someone to deviate from the path; to shoo, drive away, rout.
5. n. Gum, as of the ʻōlapa tree.
6. n. Commoners as a mass. Ē ka hū, ē ka makaʻāinana, aloha ʻoukou (chant by Ka-māmalu bidding farewell to Hawaiʻi), O commoners, O citizenry, farewell to you.
7. Var. of hui 2, to unite, join. Ē Lono, e hū ʻia mai ka lani me ka honua (prayer), O Lono, join heaven and earth.