Hui - Hawaiian Dictionaries

hui

1. nvi. Club, association, society, corporation, company, institution, organization, band, league, firm, joint ownership, partnership, union, alliance, troupe, team; to form a society or organization; to meet, intermingle, associate, congregate. (Probably hū 7 + -i, transitivizer; cf. Gram. 6.6.4.) A hui hou aku, goodby; till [we] meet again. hoʻo.hui To form a society. Palapala hoʻohui, charter, as of an association. (PPN fuhi.)

2. nvi. To join, unite, combine, mix; combination See hui pū and saying, nāwao 1. Hui ʻia, united, joined, joint. Nā mahele i hui ʻia, combined precincts. Hui ka ʻaha, to press together, of a crowd; to mingle, as two sides at the conclusion of an athletic competition (For. 5:407). Ka hui ʻia o ka loa a me ka laulā, pēlā e loaʻa mai ai ka ʻalea, the multiplication of the length and the width, thus is obtained the area. hoʻo.hui To join, as two words; to add a prefix or suffix; to add on, annex, append, unite; to introduce one person to another; meeting of persons; binder. Hoʻohui ʻia, united, allied. Hoʻohui ā hoʻopaʻa, to bring together, consolidate. Hoʻohui ʻana, union, joining. Hoʻohui ʻāina, joining of lands, annexation. Hoʻohui helu, to connect, as telephone numbers by a telephone operator. Ka hoʻohui o ka mīkini humuhumu, sewing machine binder. (PPN fuhi.)

3. n. A plus sign.

4. n. Cluster, as of grapes or coconuts; bunch, as of bananas. Also huhui, huihui.

5. n. Chorus of a song.

6. n. Flippers of a turtle. Ua loha nā hui o Hāʻupu, the flippers of Hāʻupu droop [an aged person, a reference to the story of Kana and Niheu, in which a turtle lifted up Hāʻupu hill on Molokaʻi].

7. Var. of huli, to turn, seek. Hui iho nei ka waʻa a Ka-moho-aliʻi (chant) Ka-moho-aliʻi's canoe turned.

8. n. Small uniting stick in a thatched roof, supporting rod for purlins.

9. vi. To disperse, as a meeting.

10. A prayer on the morning after ʻanāʻanā sorcery. (For. 6:17.) (Pronunciation uncertain: perhaps huʻi.)