puehu
1. vs., Scattered, dispersed, routed, gone, tousled; fine, crumbling; every which way, as hair in the wind.
- Examples:
- ʻAi ā lawa, inu ā kena, puehu ʻoe, eat until satisfied, drink until replete, all gone!
- Ua puehu ka hulu o ka manu, the feathers of the bird have scattered [said of one who has left in a hurry].
- No Hanamāʻulu ka ipu puehu, an empty calabash at Hanamāʻulu [no hospitality at Hanamāʻulu, probably a play on māʻulu, tired].
- References:
- PCP puefu, puuefu.
2. vi., Peeling, as sunburn.
3. nvi., Remainder, remnant; to remain.
- Examples:
- ʻElua ā puehu, two and a little over.
- Ā ʻo ka puehu ka mea i puehu aku a nā pale a ua uhi lā, ā ka hapalua a ka pale puehu, e kau nō ia ma ke kua o ka halelewa (Puk. 26.12), and the remnant that remained of the curtains of the tent, the half of the remaining curtain, it shall hang at the back of the tabernacle.
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