hulu
1. n. feather, quill, plumage.
2. s. A feather of a bird. Oihk. 1:16. A quill.
3. nvs. esteemed, choice, precious; esteemed older relative, as of parents or grandparents' generations. (This meaning may be connected with the value attached to featherwork.)
4. n. fur, wool, fleece, human body hair (contrasting with lauoho, head hair).
5. n. wool.
6. A bristle of a hog; the hair of the body; hulu kuemaka, the eyebrows. Oihk. 14:9.
7. Wool; a fleece from a sheep. Kanl. 18:4.
8. n. kind, nature, color.
9. n. hackle; fishhook with barb on the outside.
10. Name of a kind of fish-hook.
11. n. brush.
12. n. muscle attaching a bivalve to rocks.
13. n. seal, named for its valuable fur.
14. n. cloth.
15. a fine, red seaweed...; same as hulu ʻīlio...; seaweeds...
16. n. format, as of a computer file.
17. v. To be disobedient; to disregard one's commands; not to pay attention. see enuha.
18. adj. Sluggish, as the mind; disobedient.
19. placename. islet (1.5 acres, 80 feet elevation), Kahakuloa qd., Maui. lit.: feather. |
| 56 | Aia kēkē nā hulu o ka umauma hoʻi ke kōlea i Kahiki e hānau ai. | When the feathers on the breast darken [because of fatness] the plover goes back to Kahiki to breed. |
| | [A person comes here, grows prosperous, and goes away without a thought to the source of his prosperity.] |
| 565 | He hamo hulu puna ma waho. | A brushing on the outside with whitewash. |
| | [A friendly exterior only.] |
| 599 | He hulu aliʻi. | Royal feathers. |
| | [Said of the adornment of a chief, or of an elderly chief himself who is one of a few survivors of his generation and therefore precious.] |
| 601 | He hulu makua. | A feather parent. |
| | [When most of the relatives of the parents’ generation were gone, the few left were referred to as hulu mākua and considered as precious and choice as feathers. Hulu can refer to relatives as far back as three generations.] |
| 803 | He manu hulu. | A feathered bird. |
| | [A prosperous person.] |
| 1074 | Hoʻokahi no hulu like o ia poʻe. | Those people are all of the same feather. |
| 1279 | Kaʻapā ka manu hulu ʻole. | A bird without feathers is helpless. |
| | [Said of a weakling.] |
| 2414 | ʻŌkala ka hulu o Hilo i ka wai. | The fur of Hilo bristles in the water. |
| | [Sexual passion is rising.] |
| 2416 | ʻŌkalakala nā hulu ʻauwae. | The hairs on his chin bristle. |
| | [Said of an angry person who raves and rants.] |
| 2711 | Puehu ka hulu o ka manu. | The feathers of the bird are scattered. |
| | [The person has gone off with haste.] |
| 2822 | Ua lohaloha nā hulu ʻekekeu i pili paʻa i ke kēpau. | The wing feathers [of the bird] droop, because the bird is caught by [the snarer’s] gum. |
| | [Said of one who is caught in mischief.] |
| 2900 | Wāhine hulu pelehū. | Turkey-feathered women. |
| | [Prostitutes who carry on with sailors in order to obtain finery to adorn themselves.] |