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nvi., To explode, burst; explosive, blast, thud; outburst.

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1. n., Box, drum, cask, chest, barrel, trunk, tank, case, ship binnacle, collection box, keg, ark, coffin, dresser, bureau, cabinet; bald heads were sometimes ridiculed as drums.

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2. n., Stake, staff, stick, post, pole.

3. vt., To push, shove; to thrust or hurl, as a spear or javelin; to pierce with a sharp instrument, as in letting blood; to fall overboard (For. 5:123).

  • Figuratively, to bruise the feeling of others.
  • References:
    • PPN pasu.

4. vt., To cut off short; odd-numbered.

  • Examples:
    • I pahu kō ʻoukou ʻaoʻao (For. 6:53), if your side is odd-numbered.
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5. n., Trunkfishes, boxfishes, cowfishes (Ostracion 🌐).

6. n., Name of a region below the ʻilima and above the kula.

7. n., Gill net used in shallow water.

  • References:
    • Malo 213, Emerson note.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors fauna fish

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pahu

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003),

kikino, Case.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
  • Examples:
    • Pahu koloaka. Case of soda.
    • Pahu pia. Case of beer.
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pahu

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003),

kikino, Base or plate, as on a baseball diamond.

  • Source:
    • Mānaleo.
  • Examples:
    • Pahu eo. Home plate.
    • Pahu ʻekahi. First base.
    • Pahu ʻelua. Second base.
    • Pahu ʻekolu. Third base.

Nā LepiliTags: sports baseball

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pahu

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003),

kikino, Court, as for volleyball.

Nā LepiliTags: sports volleyball Niʻihau

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pahu

hamanitransitive verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003),

hamani, To push.

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    • Existing dictionary word

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pahu

kikinonoun / PA-HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Small kalo stinted with weeds.

2. The name of a fish.

3. The name of a species of fish net; he upena pahu.

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pahu

ʻaʻanostative verb / PA-HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Round and smooth, as a bald head; applied to a kula, hula pahu.

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1. v., To push or shove on end.

2. To push over; to push down. FIG. To overthrow, as an enemy. 2 Oihl. 18:10. To overpower; to tread down, as opposition. Hal. 44:5.

3. To burst forth; to run out, as a liquid; to gush or flow out.

4. To burst forth with a noise; to break suddenly; to burst, as a boil.

5. To dig holes for planting.

6. To fall down.

7. To strike or pound. See paopao.

8. To cut, as in bleeding.

9. To blunt; to cut off the end of a thing; to cut into.

10. To throw, as a spear.

11. To stuff food into a person's mouth.

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pahu

kikinonoun / PA-HU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., A barrel, cask, box, chest, &c. NOTE—A pahu was originally a hollow cocoanut or other tree with a shark skin drawn over one end and used for a drum: hence anything hollow and giving a sound when struck is a pahu.

2. A coffin. Kin. 50:26.

3. A hole dug as a landmark. See the compounds.

4. The name of a species of fish forbidden to women to eat under the kapu system.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

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pahu

ʻaʻanostative verb / pā'-hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Round and smooth, as a bald head.

2. adj., Pertaining to the pahu or large drum. Hula pahu, a kind of dance.

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pahu

kikinonoun / pa'-hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Wild taro.

2. n., A particular kind of net used in fishing around coral reefs.

3. n., The catch taken in a pahu net.

Nā LepiliTags: kalo

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Pahu

kikinonoun / pā'-hu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A barrel, cask, box, chest, etc. (A pahu was originally a hollow coconut or other tree with a shark skin drawn over one end and used for a drum: hence anything hollow and giving a sound when struck is a pahu.)

2. n., A coffin.

3. n., Stake, stick or post set in the ground for a land mark.

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1. v., To push; to drive forward.

2. v., To pierce with a pointed instrument.

3. v., To hurl the spear; to strike with a pushing force.

4. v., To cut in short pieces. Syn: Apahu.

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1. v., To burst; to explode.

2. v., To fall suddenly with a thud.

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Pahu

iʻoaproper noun / pā'-hu / WahiLocation, Parker (1922),

drum. Land section, Lanai.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Lānaʻi

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Pahu

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Point.

  • References:
    • See Lae-o-ka-pahu.

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