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1. vt., To jerk, pull, twist, pry, turn, sway.

• Examples:
  • Ka ue ʻana, ʻo ka ue ʻana ia o ka mahi kalo i nā ʻohā ulu mua (Kep. 157), the pulling away, this is a pulling away in the taro plantation of the first growing shoots.
• Related:
  • Also: uwe, ueue.
• References:
  • Cf. naue.
  • PPN ue.

2. nvi., A hula step: the caller announces the step to drummer (who changes the beat) and dancers by calling e ue (e imperative and ue). The right foot is extended forward with toes pointing, while both arms are brought forward to chest level with hands crossed and fingers tipped upward; the left hand stays up, while right arm and foot swing back in an outward arc. Then the right arm and foot are moved forward, and the step is repeated to the left. Then three short steps are taken forward. In the last step the left hand is forward, and the right foot and arm back. To do this step.

3. vs., Tall, far apart. Rare except in proper names.

• Examples:
  • Kapaliueloa (name of a chief), the very tall cliff.

4. A kind of mat made without stripping the pandanus leaves.

• References:
  • And.

v., To weep; to cry; to cry in an audible manner.

2. To sigh; to have inward anguish; to be afflicted.

3. To have pity upon.

4. To salute; to love.

5. To cry to one for relief in distress.

6. To enter a complaint. See uwē.

v., To hitch or shove along a little; to shake. See naue. Hooue. To cause a movement or shaking.

s., The wrenching of a stick; the turning of a screw.

s., A kind of mat made without trimming the lauhala.

n., A coarse lauhala mat, a mat made of the coarse leaves of the pandanus tree. Ua or moena ue is the correct term.

1. n., A wrenching or pulling with a twist.

2. n., A relative change in position or place.

3. n., The turning of a screw.

1. v., To hitch or move along a little.

2. v., To turn; to twist.

3. v., To pull with a twist.

Mat made with lau hala, untrimmed.

Hula step where the caller announces the dance to the drummer and dancers by calling e ue.

Mat made with no trimming, the lau hala, allowing the ends to stick out irregularly.

to shake.