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1. n., People, persons, personnel, population, assemblage, group of, company of.

• Examples:
  • ʻEwalu ka poʻe kaua (FS 97), eight groups of warriors.
• References:
  • Gram. 10.4.

2. Plural marker.

• Examples:
  • Ka poʻe wāhine, the women.
  • Poʻe hale, houses.
  • Poʻe nalo meli (Lunk 14.8), swarm of bees.
• References:
  • Gram. 10.4.

3. Variant of poʻi #5.

• References:
  • Kep. 157.

4. n., A native purslane (Portulaca selerocarpa), with narrow, succulent leaves which have many hairs in their axes and white flowers.

hamani To remove, as an ʻopihi from its shell. Var. of poke. Also kuaʻi.

hamani To throw. E poʻe mai i ke kinipōpō! Throw me the ball! Niʻihau. Also huʻu, wiʻo.