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1. vi., Springy, pliable, resilient, as a mattress; to sway, as palm fronds; to ripple, as waves; to play back and forth; bumpy, as an airplane ride.

• Examples:
  • Ke one holu, the sand carried back and forth [by the sea].
  • Ua holu mai ke kai i kō lāua mau kino, the sea lapped upon their bodies.
• Related:
  • hoʻoholu Caus/sim.; to bend, move up and down, sway.
• References:
  • Cf. hoholu, holu nape, nolu.
  • PPN soru .

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

3. (Cap.) n., Name of a fish god.

4. See koʻi holu.

v., To bend, as an elastic stick; to arch over.

1. s., A broad axe; a hoe; an adze; koiholu, an adze.

2. The depth of the sea; the deep ocean; the flood tide.

adj., Arch-like; concave.

1. n., A rising and sinking, as waves.

2. n., A playing to and fro, as of flexible material.

1. v., To bend, as a limber stick; to arch over.

2. v., To spring back by elastic force.

3. v., To rise and sink as waves; to play to and fro; to seesaw.

to bend over. Land section, Wailuku, Maui.

Depth of the sea; the deep ocean; flood tide. (A.) Ripple, as waves. (PE.)

spring: flexible.