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1. v., To collect together; to lay by, particularly in heaps.

2. To boll; to form a round seed, as flax; to swell and break, as a boil. Hoik. 16:2.

3. To cast or draw lots (a Hawaiian custom formerly in practice) by using a knotted string.

4. To gather or dip up water in the hands.

5. E puu paha auanei ka lae i ka ua o ka Kawaupuu.

6. Hoopuu. To heap or pile up, as stones.

7. To cast lots; to divide a country by lot. Ios. 7:26.

1. s., Any round protuberance belonging to a larger substance.

2. A small round hill; a peak; a pimple; a wart; the knuckles; the ankle joints; the Adam's apple of the throat; hence, the throat; a knop; an ornament of a candle-stick. Puk. 25:3.

3. The material heart. 2 Sam. 18:14.

4. A heap; he puu opala, a heap of rubbish; na puu huapalaoa, shocks of grain. Lunk. 15:5.

5. A tower; a citadel; a substance; a portion; a lot in casting lots. Nah. 34:18.

6. A quantity; part; property; destiny; appointment; fortune. Rut. 2:5.

7. Habit; custom; eia ko kakou wahi puu iki, o ka hoohaunaele i ka manawa kula.

8. Any act or thing causing ridicule, contempt, or perhaps anger, as an offense against good manners or morals; he ino, he mea e loiloi ai, a e hoowahawaha ai paha; he kina, no ka hilahila kona holo ana (o Poki), no ka mea, aole he puu nui ma ka puka o kona hale, out of shame, he (Poki) sailed away, because there was no — at the door of his house.

9. A hand, i. e., the cards held at a game.

adj., Dying with one for attachment’s sake; as when a chief dies some of his people, for love’s sake, wish to die also; ke olelo aku nei au ia oukou, o ka moe puu oia nei; a i moe ka moe puu ilaila; a hiki ae ilaila ka moe puu.

A sign of the plural number. Gram. § 86 and 92. It mostly has reference to a collection. Synonymous in some cases with poe or pae. He puu puaa; he puu kanaka; this last form is not often found.

1. n., Any round protuberance belonging to a larger substan

2. n., A small round hill; a bunch; a peak; a pimple; a wart; the knuckles; the ankle joints; the Adam's apple of the throat; hence, the throat; a knob; an ornament of a candle-stick.

3. n., The heart.

4. n., A heap; he puu opala, a heap of rubbish; na puu huapalaoa, shocks of grain.

5. n., A tower; a citadel; a substance; a portion; a lot in casting lots.

6. n., A quantity; part; property; destiny; appointment; fortune

7. n., Any defect, material, moral or mental; a blemish.

8. n., A hand, that is, the cards held at a game.

9. n., A bulk; a mass; an aggregation.

10. n., Same as moepuu.

1. v., To collect together; to lay by, particularly in heaps.

2. v., To boll; to form a round seed, as flax; to swell and break, as a boil.

3. v., To cast or draw lots (a Hawaiian custom formerly in practice) by using a knotted string.

4. v., To gather or dip up water in the hands.

5. v., To cast lots; to divide a country by lot.