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1. n. Breast, teat, udder. Cf. waiū. (PPN huhu.)

2. vs. Moist, soaked; to drip, drizzle, ooze; impregnated, as with salt. Cf. kawaū, koʻū, maʻū. Ū ke kapa i ka ua, the tapa was wet by the rain. hoʻo.ū, hō.ʻū To moisten, soak, wet.

the fifth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. It represents generally the sound of the English oo, as in too, coo, fool, &c.; but when preceded by i, it sometimes has the sound of the English u or yu; as, waiu, waiyu; iuka, yuka.

v. To protrude; to rise on the toes; to prepare to stand up; to draw out, as a pencil from a case.

2. To weep. Mat. 5:4. To grieve; to mourn. Hal. 38:6. E u hele, to go about mourning; to mourn for, i. e., desire earnestly; i kekahi manao o'u e u nei, e ao kakou i ka leo o ka himeni.

3. To drip or drizzle, as water; to ooze or leak slowly, as water from a kalo patch or from the crevices of a rock; e kahe ae.

v. To be tinctured or impregnated with anything; as, ua u ka pipi i ka paakai; ua u ke kapa i ka mea hooluu; u ke kapa i ka ua.

s. The breast of a female. Ezek. 23:8.

s. Grief; sorrow; expression of affection; like me ke aloha, ame ka u, ame ka uwe ana.

2. The breast. Luk. 23:29. The pap; the udder; hence, with wai, milk, i. e., waiu. LIT. Breast water.

3. Unwillingness; not disposed to do.

The eleventh letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. All common nouns beginning with u take the article ka.

1. n., Grief; sorrow; expression of affection; like me ke aloha, ame ka u, ame ka uwe ana.

2 The breast; the pap; the udder.

3. n., A labial which represents the sound of the English oo; it signifies either acquiescence or denial.