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1. nvi., To rise, as smoke, mist; to billow out, as a ship's sail; to spread out, as a shrub with low branches or as a cloud, to whiffle; such rising.

• Examples:
  • Pūnohu ʻula, i ke kai (song), red rising mist on the sea. (The connotation of redness is sometimes present even without ʻula. Cf. ua pūnohu.)
  • Nā ao ʻeleʻele, maluna aʻe o nā ao polohiwa i mau ao uli, a me nā pūnohu huna one, i mau ao ua (Kep. 175), black clouds above the solid black clouds to dark clouds, and small sandlike rising clouds to rain clouds.
• References:
  • Cf. also Lunk. 20.40.

2. n., Rainbow lying close to the earth.

• References:
  • UL 99.

3. n., Slate pencil sea urchin.

• Related:
  • Also: hāʻueʻue.

Ascend as smoke, mist, or cloud.