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n., Night of the full moon. When this moon set before daylight it was called Hoku Palemo, Hoku that slips away. When it set after daylight it was called Hoku Ili, grounded Hoku.

• Examples:
  • Ka mahina o Hoku, the full moon of the night Hoku.
• References:
  • Malo 32.
  • Cf. hōkū, star.
  • PEP Fotu , Sotu .

s., The asthma. See hokii.

adj., Thin in flesh; meager. See hokii.

s., The name of the fifteenth day of the month.

s., A star; hoku lele, a comet; ka poe hoku o ke kaei, the planets. 2 Nal. 33:5. The twinkling orbs of heaven.

s., A word; a thought; something rising in the mind; he wahi hoku iki ko'u no keia mea.

adj., Thin in flesh; meager. Syn: hokii.

1. n., [Ho, to breathe hard and ku, to stand.] A phase of asthma in which the patient seeks relief by standing or moving about.

2. n., A suggestion or intimation suddenly presented within one's mind.

n., The fifteenth day of the month, the fourteenth night, after hilo or the new moon; called, when the moon sets before daylight, hoku palemo, sinking star, otherwise hoku ili, stranded star.

• References:
  • D. Malo, chapter 12, section 16.

n., A star; hoku lele, a comet; ka poe hoku o ke kaei, the planets.