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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.)

pers. pron., second pers. sing., gen. of oe. Thine; yours; belonging to you. Sometimes it is used for kou, thy; thine; as, me ou poe kanaka, instead of me kou poe, &c.; ou mau kamalii, thy children. Gram.§ 132, 1.

is sometimes used for o in the imperative; as, ou hele oukou. Mat. 2:8; Neh. 8:5. See Gram.§ 192, last sentence. The o of this imperative is often written ou.

v. To lean the breast on a piece of wood in order to float; to ascend upon, as a float.

s. A float. See MOUO.

v. To steal.

2. To break off the top of a plant, bud or leaf.

3. To commit a small offense; e ou ka muou o ka wa iki; e ou ka muou o ka baka.

v. To hide away; to escape punishment for a crime; aole wahi e ou ai ka poe hewa i keia manawa, ua paa i ke kanawai; he ou nei ka poe hewa i kahi papa popo.

v. See O, verb, and HOU. To pierce or puncture, as with a sharp instrument; e ou, e hooeha i ka puupuu i ke poo, to lance or pierce the swelling on the head.

s. Name of a species of bird on the mountains; o ka ou, ua like ia me ka moa opiopio; he omaomao kona hulu.

A word expressing command or permission, oftener the latter. Ou is sometimes used for o in the imperative; as. ou hele oukou.

A parrot-billed bird, the green and yellow feathers of which were used in the making of feather cloaks and wreaths; a fine singer, suggestive of a canary; formerly worshipped as an aumakua or god. (Psittacirostra psittacea.) Also called ouou:

A float. Syn: Mouo.

second pers. sing. Yours; of you; belonging to you. Sometimes used for kou, thy; thine: me ou poe kanaka, instead of me kou poe; ou man kamalii, thy children.

1. v., To lean the breast on a piece of wood in order to float; to ascend upon, as a float; to lean on one's bosom or shoulder.

2. v., To pinch; to remove by pinching: E ou ka muo o ka paka, pinch off the bud of the tobacco.

3. v., To pilfer.

To hide away; to escape punishment for a crime: aole wahi e ou ai ka poe hewa i keia manawa, ua paa i ke kanawai; he ou nei ka poe hewa i kahi papa popopo.

[O, to puncture.] To pierce or puncture, as with a sharp instrument: e ou, e hooeha i ka puupuu o ke poo, to lance or pierce the swelling on the head.