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1. n. A fish (no data).

2. poss. Mine, my, of me (o-form, zero-class; Gram. 8.4). (PPN hoʻoku.)

1. nvs. Sharp, protruding, piercing; to protrude, project, jut out, pierce, puncture; to reach out for; to stretch out; to sound sharply; pinnacle, high peak; royal; sharp sound as of knee drum or of tapa anvil. Kāne-i-ka-ʻou-aliʻi (Kep. 15), Kāne-of-the-royal-supremacy [a name]. ʻOu ka leo o ka pahu, the voice of the drum sounds. (PCP kou.)

2. n. Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), a small sea bird; for some people, an ʻaumakua. Also ʻouʻou.

1. vt., To pinch or nip off, as a bud.

• Examples:
  • ʻAko poʻo ʻōʻū, to cut off all the hair at the back of the head and leave hair only in front.
  • E ʻōʻū i ka maka o ka wauke ʻoi ʻōpiopio, pinch off the bud of the wauke plant while it is young [nip it in the bud; teach while young].

2. vi., To perch, as on a tree.

• Figuratively, lazy.
• Examples:
  • ʻŌʻū ō loa nā manu o Kaupeʻa (chant), the birds of Kaupeʻa [sing] long as they perch.
• Related:
  • hōʻōʻū Caus/sim.; To cause to perch.

3. n., A finch-like Hawaiian honey creeper (Psittirostra psittacea 🌐), with an almost parrot-like bill, endemic to the main Hawaiian Islands, but becoming very rare. Its green feathers were used for making cloaks and leis.

• Examples:
  • ʻAuhea wale ʻoe, ē ka manu ʻōʻū ʻoe o ka nahele (song), listen, O bird, you honey creeper of the forest.
• References:
  • See ex., kuaola.
  • Cf. ʻōʻū lae oʻo, ʻōʻū poʻo lapalapa.

4. vi., To hump up, as an octopus out of its burrow.

1. n. Float, as on a net. Rare.

2. vs. To lean on something, hide. Rare.

3. poss. Your, yours (o-form, zero-class, singular; Gram. 8.4). (PPN (ʻ)oʻou.)