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1. nvi., Wave, surf; full of waves; to form waves; wavy, as wood grain.

• Examples:
  • Ke nalu nei ka moana, the ocean is full of waves.
• Related:
  • hoʻonalu Caus/sim.; To form waves.
• References:
  • PPN ngalu.

2. vt., To ponder, meditate, reflect, mull over, speculate.

• Examples:
  • Nalu wale ihola nō ʻo Keawenui-a-ʻUmi i ka hope o kēia keiki (For. 4:261), Keawenui-a-ʻUmi pondered about the fate of this child.
• References:
  • Cf. Eset. 6.6.
  • PPN na(a)nunga.

3. n., Amnion, amniotic fluid.

• References:
  • PPN, PCP lanu; note Hawaiian metathesis.

kikino, Wave, as surf near the land.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Poʻina nalu. Where a wave breaks; surf break (preceded by ke).
• References:
  • Cf. ʻale.
  • See hokua, honua, kiʻekiʻena, kōā.

hamani, To reflect, ponder or think about.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Pau kāna hana, ua nalu ʻo Kimo i ka hopena a me ka waiwai i loaʻa mai iā ia. When his work was finished, Kimo reflected upon the results and what he got out of it.

v., To be in doubt or suspense; to suspend one’s judgment.

2. To wonder at; not to comprehend speech or language.

3. To speak secretly, or to speak to one’s self; to think within one’s self. Eset. 6:6.

4. To talk or confer together concerning a thing.

5. To think; to search after any truth or fact.

s., The surf as it rolls in upon the beach; a sea; a wave; a billow.

2. The slimy liquid on the face of a new born infant; o ka wai ma ka maka o ke keiki i hanauia ana.

adj., Roaring; surging; rolling in, as the surf of the sea.

adj., Roaring; surging; rolling in, as the surf of the sea.

1. n., The surf as it rolls in upon the beach; a sea; a wave; a billow.

2. n., The slimy liquid on the body of a new born infant; o ka wai ma ke kino o ke keiki i hanauia.

1. v., To be in doubt or suspense; to suspend one's judgment.

2. v., To speak secretly, or to speak to one's self; to think within one's self.

3. v., To talk or confer together concerning a thing.

4. v., To think; to search after any truth or fact.

To be in doubt or suspense; to wonder at; to search after any truth or fact.

wave, surf.