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vt., To move, as an object; to push aside; to move from place to place, as a tethered animal; sliding, as a door; opening and shutting; to be dislocated, as a joint.

• Examples:
  • Uai ka mana, to lie down to sleep in security; literally, the mana is set aside.
• Related:
  • Also: uwai.
  • hoʻouai Caus/sim.
• References:
  • Cf. pākaukau uai i ka loa, puka uai.
  • PCP uai.

hehele, To slide, as a door.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Laka uai. Sliding latch.
  • Puka uai. Sliding door.
  • Also: ʻīpuka uai.

v., See uwai. To open or shut, as a door.

2. To extend; hoʻoneʻe. See huai.

s., A door for stopping an entrance. See uwai.

n., A door or any barrier that opens and shuts by a horizontal movement. Also written uwai.

1. v., To open or shut. as a door.

2. v., To move anything sideways; to displace by pushing or shoving on a surface.