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1. nvt., vs., To release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken; to pay out, as a line or cable; to settle, as earth; to diminish, as stream water; to fail to help (Kanl. 31.6); to finish, as a chant; to adjourn, put down, subside. Figuratively, to be at peace (see idioms that follow).

  • Examples:
    • Kuʻu aku ʻoe, relax.
    • Kuʻu i ka ʻuhane (Kin. 35.29), to give up the ghost [die].
    • Kuʻu ka hanu, breath is abandoned [death].
    • Kuʻu ka luhi, to be freed from cares, to rest [die].
    • Kuʻu ka nae, to get one's breath, rest.
    • Kuʻu i ka luʻuluʻu, put down the burden.
    • Ke kuʻu ākea ʻana i nā paʻahao, parole of prisoners.
  • hoʻokuʻu Caus/sim.; To release, let go, put down, dismiss, send away, abandon, disperse, adjourn; to expel, as from school; to discharge, as from work; to free, acquit, let, permit, excuse, exempt, liberate; to settle, clear up; slope of a hill rare.
    • Hīmeni hoʻokuʻu, closing hymn.
    • Kī hoʻokuʻu, slack key.
    • Hihia ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia, case [of law] settled.
    • Hoʻokuʻu kāua, let's stop [as a meeting].
    • Hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka hopu ʻia ʻana, exemption from arrest.
    • Hoʻokuʻu maikaʻi, honorable discharge.
  • References:
    • PPN tuku.

2. nvt., Type of net let down from a canoe; gill net; to set or lower a net or catch in a net.

  • Examples:
    • E kuʻu ana ka iʻa (FS 243), the fish were being netted.
    • Kuʻu ka pua ʻamaʻama mai ka loko iʻa, net young mullets from the fish pond.
  • References:

3. possessive, My, mine (this form may replace both kaʻu and koʻu; it is frequently used before ipo and lei and kinship terms and expresses affection (see ex., kei #1).

  • References:
    • Gram. 8.4, 9.6.

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