hū
1. nvi., To rise or swell, as yeast or souring poi; to ferment, leaven, overflow (Isa. 8.7), percolate, effervesce, boil over; to surge or rise to the surface, as emotion; to gush forth; rising, swelling, outburst.
- Examples:
- Perena hū ʻole, unleavened bread.
- Hū ka ʻaka, to burst into laughter, guffaw.
- Hū ka pele, to pour forth lava, erupt.
- Inā hū aku kou ʻuhane i ka po ʻe pōloli (Isa. 58.10), if your soul has compassion for the hungry people.
- Hū mai ke aloha no ka ʻāina, love for the homeland swells forth.
- He hū wale mehe wai lā (Kin. 49.4), unstable as water.
- References:
- Cf. huaʻi.
2. vi. and interjection, To roar, grunt, hum, whistle; huh (interj.)!
- Examples:
- Hū ka makani, the wind whistles or roars [of things going at great speed].
- Hū wawā ka nahele, din roaring in the forest [gossip].
- References:
- PPN fuu.
3. n., A spinning top.
- Examples:
- Hū oeoe, humming top.
- Kaula hū, cord used to spin a top, Ho ʻoniniu i ka hū, to spin a top.
4. vi., To depart from the proper course, miss the way.
- Examples:
- Hū ā puaʻa, off the course like a pig [of one who does not follow a straight and narrow path, as of a drunkard].
5. n., Gum, as of the ʻōlapa tree.
6. n., Commoners as a mass.
- Examples:
- Ē ka hū, ē ka makaʻāinana, aloha ʻoukou (chant by Kamāmalu bidding farewell to Hawaiʻi), O commoners, O citizenry, farewell to you.
7. Variant of hui #2, to unite, join.
- Examples:
- Ē Lono, e hū ʻia mai ka lani me ka honua (prayer), O Lono, join heaven and earth.
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