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1. n., Small stone, pebble, stone chip; wedge, prop.

• Examples:
  • Kohala i ka unu paʻa, Kohala with the solid stone [firmness].
• Related:
  • hoʻounu Caus/sim.; To place stones; to pave, macadamize.
• References:
  • Cf. unu pehi ʻiole.

2. n., Altar, heiau, especially a crude one for fishermen or for the god Lono.

• Examples:
  • Unu kupukupu (PH 31, 202), an agricultural heiau.

3. Rare variant of inu, to drink.

• References:
  • PNP unu; cf. Nukuoro.

4. Rare variant of ulu #1, ulu #2.

• Examples:
  • E ka unu me ka ua Kīpuʻupuʻu (song), by the stirring [of the wind] and the Kīpuʻupuʻu rain.

5. n., Name given for a section of canoe endpiece.

• References:
  • For. 5:612–3.
  • Cf. ulu #7.

kikino, Chip, as in computer hardware.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See unu lawelawe.

s., A place of worship; a temple; he heiau, he luakini.

1. s., A coward.

2. Small stones or chips of stones for propping up and sustaining large ones.

3. A prop or wedge. See makia.

4. The small stones used to fasten the posts of a house when erected in the ground.

5. Any small stones.

v., To drink; same as inu; unu awa, to drink awa.

v., To make up into a round heap; to shorten.

adj., Made round; heaped up, &c.

v., To prop up; to help hold up; e unu iki ae paha ka pono, to help a little perhaps will be well; to shove back or retract, as the skin in amputation.

adj., Made round; heaped up, etc.

1. n., A place of worship within a heiau or temple.

2. n., A coward; a poltroon; a lazy, dissolute person; an outcast.

3. n., Small stones or chips of stones for propping up and sustaining large ones.

4. n., A prop or wedge. Syn: Makia.

5. n., The small stones used to fasten the posts of a house when erected in the ground.

6. n., Any small stones.

1. v., To drink: unu awa, to drink awa. Syn: Inu

2. v., To draw up; to shorten; to bring together; to collect or assemble in little heaps.

3. v., To rush or force forward or backward; to shove. The direction is indicated by the adverbs aku, ae and mai: unu aku, push forward; unu mai, push back; unu ae, push aside.

4. v., To thrust; to shove with force: unuia aku ka pahi a papani iloko.

Small stones used to fix the posts firmly in the ground before raising a house.

Small stones between ʻiliʻili and makaliʻi in size; small chips or stones for propping up and sustaining large ones or wedging posts in the ground.

Place of worship, a small heiau; rude altar for fishermen or the god Lono, patron of agriculture.

to wedge, prop; to draw up a dress.

Small stone; altar, heiau (PE).