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Reduplication of lumi #1; crushed, crumpled, wrinkled.

• Examples:
  • E lulumi ana nā ʻale o Kaunā (chant), the billows of Kaunā rush pell-mell.
  • Huki i ke kalo nui, lulumi i ka lepo ā popoʻi i ka mauʻu, pull up the big taro, press the earth firmly and cover with grass.

hamani, To press, in basketball.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Lulumi nui akula nā kūpale iā Pila i loko o nā kekona hope loa o ka hoʻokūkū. The defense pressed hard on Pila in the last few seconds of the game.
  • Lulumi hapa. Half-court press.
  • Lulumi ʻekolu hapahā. Three-quarter-court press.
  • Lulumi piha. Full-court press.
• Related:
  • Pale lulumi. Press defense.

1. v., See lumi. To gather into small compass; to come together, as a rush of people; to press upon one, as in a crowd; to come together in multitudes. Luk. 20:33. To rush along irregularly; e uhauha ma ke alanui; to fold up; to press hard, as dirt around kalo; huki i ke kalo nui, lulumi i ka lepo, a popoi i ka mauu.

2. To hide; to conceal.

Lulumi malua i ke alo o ka umuloa,
Kuikui hilo l ke kai a halehua
I na 'ku no la i Peekoa.

s., A thick crowd of people; a great multitude, particularly if they have come together without order.

n., A thick crowd of people; a great multitude, particularly if they have come together without order.

[Lumi, to come together.]

1. v., To gather into small compass; to come together, as a rush of people; to press upon one, as in a crowd; to come together in multitudes.

2. v., To rush along irregularly; e uhauha ma ke alanui.

3. v., To fold up; to press hard, as dirt around taro; huki i ke kalo nui, lulumi i ka lepo, a popoi i ka mauu.

4. v., To hide; to conceal.
Lulumi malua i ke alo o ka umuloa,
Kuikui hilo i ke ka i a halehua
I na 'ku no la i Peekoa.

to crowd in.