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ahu 1. nvs. • heap, pile, collection, mound, mass; • altar, shrine, cairn; • a traplike stone enclosure made by fishermen for fish to enter; • laid, as the earth oven. [^^] [(OC) PPn *ʻafu, heap up; a heap or raised place] |
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| 1. | ahu ʻenaʻena | a red-hot heap [an oven] | ahu |
| 2. | ahu ili | a large inheritance or transfer [said of reward, vengeance] | ahu |
| 3. | ahu ka ʻalaʻala palu | a heap of octopus liver bait [not worth anything at all] | palu₂ |
| 4. | Ahu ka ʻalaʻala! | Just a pile of squid ink sac! [no use] | ʻalaʻala₁ |
| 5. | Ahu ka ʻalaʻala! | A heap of squid ink! Not worth much! | ahu |
| 6. | Ahu ka neo! | A heap of nothing! Nothing gained or worth anything at all. | neo |
| 7. | ahu ka pala kūkae | a heap of excreta daub [an expression of contempt] | pala kūkae |
| 8. | Ahu ka pula! | A heap of excreta! [hence worthless; sometimes shortened to | ahu |
| 9. | ahu kele | mud heap; muddy | ahu |
| 10. | Ahu kupanaha iā Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa. | A mass of wondrous things in deep-delving Hawaiʻi. | ahu |
| 11. | Ahu kupanaha iā Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa. | A heap of marvellous things in Hawaiʻi [and its] profound knowledge. | ʻimi loa |
| 12. | ahu ʻōpala | junk heap, garbage pile | ʻōpala |
| 13. | ahu wawā | a great din | ahu |
| 14. | ahu wawā ka nahele | a mass of sound in the forest [of rumor, gossip] | wawā |
| 15. | hale ahu waiwai | storehouse | ahu waiwai |
| 16. | Hoka ana lākou i ke ahu ʻawa | They were straining ( | ahu ʻawa |
| 17. | Hoka ana lākou i ke ahu ʻawa. | They were straining kava dregs [they were disappointed, a pun on hoka₁]. | hoka₂ |
| 18. | Ka ahu ʻai wale ʻana i ka nui o kona waiwai. | The senseless waste of most of his property. | ahu ʻai |
| 19. | Ke piʻi paʻa mau mai nei ka nui ahu kāloaʻa o ka pūʻoi hana a Kale ma ke kumuloaʻa a me ka lako. | Kaleʻs business has been steadily increasing its capital in profits as well as equipment. | ahu kāloaʻa |
| 20. | Mai ahu ʻai. | Donʻt overeat. | ahu ʻai |