pula.kau.maka
n. A person one thinks of constantly, either because of affection or from a desire to injure or take revenge on; obsession, fixation. Lit., mote resting eye [one is as conscious of the individual as of a mote in the eye]. ʻO ka pulakaumaka ia, walania ke kiʻi ʻōnohi, that is the one constantly in mind like a particle in the eye, smarting the eyeballs. Kēia kumuhana pili hoʻōla lāhui, ke kumuhana i lilo i pulakaumaka mamina nui ʻia i ka ʻelele, this topic concerned with the nation's welfare, a topic that became the desired ever-present goal to the delegate. hoʻo.pula.kau.maka To cherish.