paku
hamani To block (a shot), in basketball. Dic., ext. mng. See entries below. Paku ʻino. To roof. Ua paku ʻino ʻia kā ia nei e ia ala. He was roofed by that guy.
paku
hamani To block (the ball), in volleyball. Dic., ext. mng. Also pālulu. See ʻai hele wale. Mea paku. Blocker. Also paku.
paku
ʻaʻano Physical, as a scientific term relating to physical matter. Sh. pōhaku. Cf. kālaiaopaku. Nā ʻanopili paku. Physical properties.
PA-KU
v. Pa, a wall, and ku, to stand. To partition off; to guard; to defend; to shield one from harm; manao iho la au e haliu ae i ko kakou Haku me ka i aku, e paku mai oe ia'u; to parry off; to defend by some means; a paku aku la na kanaka i ka moena no ka pu, and the people put up their mats as a defense against the guns.
2. To cast away; to drive off; to tread or trample down; e hahi, e hehi, e peku.
PA-KU
v. See PAHU. To burst out, as grain from a bag, or as matter from a boil. NOTE.—This is perhaps a mistake for pahu, but the manuscript was very plain.
PA-KU
s. A partition, as of a house.
2. The wall of a small inclosure.
3. A defense; a place of security. Hal. 89:18.
4. A shield; a veil concealing something. Puk. 26:31. A hanging division; a curtain. Puk. 27:15. NOTE.—The partitions or pakus in the houses of former times, where the people had any at all, were nothing more than kapas or mats hung up.
5. A division; that which makes a place to be separated from another place.
6. A uniting or joining or sewing of two pieces of kapa.
7. A uniting of two pieces of wauke by beating to make one kapa.
Paku (pă'-kū'), n.
/ pă'-kū' /1. A partition, as of a house.
2. The wall of a small inclosure.
3. A defense; a place of security. Hal. 89:18.
4. A shield; a veil concealing something. Puk. 26:31. A hanging division; a curtain. Puk. 27:15. (The partitions or paku in the houses of former times, where the people had any at all, were nothing more than tapa or mats hung up.)
Paku (pā'-kū'), v.
/ pā'-kū' /[Pa, a wall, and ku, to stand.] To partition off, to guard; to defend; to shield one from harm: manao iho la au e haliu ae i ko kakou Haku me ka i aku, e paku mai oe ia'u; to parry off; to defend by some means; a paku aku la na kanaka i ka moena no ka pu, and the people put up their mats as a defense against the guns.
Paku (pā-kū'), v.
/ pā-kū' /To burst out, as grain from a bag, or as matter from a boil. Syn: Pahu.
paku
To unite two pieces of wauke by beating to make one kapa; to join or sew two pieces of kapa.
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