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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.
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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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kikinonoun / hū / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003),

kikino, Yeast; baking powder.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
    • Mānaleo.
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Nā LepiliTags: flora foods

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kikinonoun / hū / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003),

kikino, Overflow error, as on a calculator display.

  • Literally, overflow.

Nā LepiliTags: math

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1. v., To rise or swell up, as leaven or new poi; to effervesce.

2. To swell and rise up, as water in a pot.

3. To rise up, as a thought; hu mai keia manao iloko o'u, this thought swelled up in me.

4. To overflow; to run over the banks, as a river. Isa. 8:7.

5. To burst out, spoken of affection. 1 Nal. 3:26. Or a flow of passion (hence huhu.)

6. To shed or pour out, as tears. Iob. 16:20. Hu ka uhane, to have compassion. Isa. 58:10.

7. To ooze out silently.

8. To circulate, as the story of a murder.

9. To miss one's way; to deviate from a direct path.

10. To come, i. e., to heave in sight; to make its appearance, as a ship at a distance.

11. To be unstable; to be inconstant. Kin. 49:4.

12. To whistle, as the wind through the rigging of a ship.

13. Hoohu. To meditate; to indite, as a song. Hal. 45:1.

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hu

kikinonoun / HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., That which causes rising, leaven.

2. A class of the common people, nearly SYN. with makaainana; e ka hu, e na makaainana, &c. Laieik. 21. O ka poe hemahema a naaupo, ua kapaia lakou he hu ka inoa, he makaainana kahi inoa.

3. A noise; a rustling, as the wind among trees. Laieik. 104.

4. A top; hu kani, a humming-top.

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hu

ʻaʻanostative verb / HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. adj., Fermenting, as beer or new wine.

2. Leavened, as bread; mea hu, anything leavened. Puk. 34:25. Berena hu ole, unleavened bread. Ios. 5:11.

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hu

ʻaʻanostative verb / hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Fermentable.

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hu

kikinonoun / hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., That which causes rising, leaven.

2. n., A class of the common people, nearly syn. with makaainana: e ka hu, e na maka-ainana, etc. (Laieik. p. 21.) O ka poe hemahema a naaupo, ua kapaia lakou he hu ka inoa, he makaainana kahi inoa.

3. n., A noise; a rustling, as the wind among trees. (Laieik. p. 104.)

4. n., A top; hu kani, a humming-top.

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1. v., To rise or swell up as, leaven or new poi; to effervesce.

2. v., To run over, as water overflows.

3. v., To burst forth, as lava, or water from the rock.

4. v., To percolate as moisture through rock, sand or earth.

5. v., To break forth in mental agitation.

6. v., To depart from a proper course; to miss one's way.

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