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1. s., The action of a person vomiting.

2. A kind of fish-hook.

1. s., The name of a bird; me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua, as an aukuu, lights on a bank; ua hoolikeia ke kanaka hana hewa me ka aukuu, a bad man is likened to an aukuu; no ka mea, he ahua kahi e kau ai ka aukuu, because the aukuu sits on a bank; nolaila i olelo mai ka poe kahiko; hence the ancients say:

Me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua,
As the aukuu sits upon a sand bank,
Alaalawa na maka me he pueo la,
Its eyes looking about like an owl.

1. n., A fish-hook with a long, slender shaft, resembling the neck of the aukuu.

2. n., The action of a person vomiting.

3. n., A species of bird. The heron (Ardea sacra).

Me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua,
As a heron that sits upon a bank,
Alaalawa na maka me he pueo la,
Its eyes looking about like an owl.