- bend
- Pelu; pe'u (Moloka'i), ho'opi'o, ho'oke'e, ho'okeke'e.Also: 'alu, hō'alu, nīnole, 'a'apu, kāluli, ha'i, ho'oholu, nape, nolu pē, 'upa'i, ho'opepe'e, kīke'e, uake'e, kōke'e, 'opi;♦ bend down, 'aui, 'auina;♦ bend over, lo'u, 'ekepue, lōpi'o, ha'alo'u;♦ bend low, hālala;♦ bend forward, kimo, kūpou;♦ bend the neck, kūlou;♦ bend the head, kimo po'o, kikiwi, ha'inau, hakinau.♦ To bend, as a bow, lena.♦ To sit on bended knees, noho kukuli.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.