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1. nvt., To throw, pelt, cast, pitch, hurl; buffeting, throwing; pitcher.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka hoʻoili i ka ihu o ka waʻa a nou i ke kai (chant), to conduct the prow of the canoe until it beats into the sea.
  • Lehua maka nou i ke ahi (chant by Hiʻiaka), Lehua face pelted by the fire.
• Related:
  • hoʻonou Caus/sim.; To throw, pelt; to put forth physical effort; to strain; to pretend or cause to throw.
• References:
  • Cf. haʻanou.

2. n.-poss. For you, yours, in your honor (o-form, singular; Gram. 9.11).

• References:
  • PCP no(o)u.

hamani, To throw overhand; baseball pass, in basketball; to throw such a pass.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Nou ʻia ke kinipōpō ma luna o ka poʻohiwi. A baseball pass is thrown over the shoulder.
• References:
  • Cf. kiola.

v. To blow hard, as a gale of wind; nou mai ka makani.

2. To puff; to fill with wind. See HAANOU.

3. To send out or abroad, as thunder. Iob. 37:3.

4. To throw or cast a stone; nou aku la i ka pohaku, a pa i ka auwae, he threw a stone and it struck the chin; to throw stones. 2 Sam. 16:6. Pohaku nouia, a stone thrown. Nah. 35:17.

5. To strike, as the rays of the sun; to be very hot, as the rays of the sun; e wela nui mai ka la, e ko nui mai; nou iho ka la o keia aina o Lahaina, the sun of this land of Lahaina strikes down.

6. Haa. To be puffed up; to be self-important. 1 Kor. 4:18.

7. To boast. Ezek. 35:13.

s. A puff or blast of wind.

pers. pron., second person. An oblique case of oe, thou. Thy; thine; of thee; for thee, &c. Gram.§ 132. Nou ka nou, or nau, yours is the fault; none to blame but yourself.

adj. Epithet of a servant born of a common person and a kauwa aumakua; a hanau mai ke keiki, he nou ka inoa o ia keiki.