u-
1. Prefix to some words to denote plural, as uhaele, ulawaiʻa, unoho, unonoho. (This u- is sometimes written as though forming a word with a preceding o, imperative marker, as ou haele oukou (Mat. 2.8), you go. (Gram. 6.3.3.) E uhaele ʻolua, you two go. O uʻai like, eat together.
2. Prefix to many words with meanings ‘quality or state’; there is variation in some words of u-, ʻu-, and ʻū, especially in rare words. See uahi, uhaki, uhemo, ʻuhene, uhinu, ʻūlika, ʻuwaʻa, and, others; see also Gram. 6.3.2.