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1. n., Polished coconut shell or bowl.

• Examples:
  • ʻUmeke pūniu, coconut-shell calabash, as for poi.

2. n., Small knee drum made of a coconut shell with fishskin cover, as of kala.

3. n., Human skull.

• Examples:
  • I holo mua nō i ka pūniu, to go ahead indeed because of one's skull [intelligence].
• References:
  • See also nīnau.

4. n., Small fontanel of an infant.

5. vi., To spin, as a top; dizzy.

• References:
  • See ʻukulele pūniu.

s., Pu and niu, a cocoanut. The shell of a cocoanut; ka iwi o ka niu; hence, a small calabash for food; wehe ae la i ua puniu la.

2. The skull of man from some resemblance to a cocoanut. 2 Nal. 9:35.

3. A knave; a cheat; one who refuses to give up what he has lost in a game; a dishonest gambler.

1. v., To spin round; to turn, as a top; to be dizzy; to have a vertigo.

2. To be hot; to have a fever. See poniu.

[Pu and niu, a coconut.]

1. n., The shell of a coconut; hence.

2. n., A small calabash for food.

3. n., The skull of a man, from some resemblance to a coconut.

4. n., One who achieves distinction.

v., To spin round; to turn, as a top; to be dizzy; to have a vertigo. Syn: Oniu.