- set
- 1. To place. Kau; ho'onoho (as table, bones, type); ho'omoe, ho'omoemoe, ku'u, au (as line or net); 'ōniu, ulele (as type); mau (as a wager); napo'o, welo (of sun); kōkō (bones by applying pressure); pa'ihi, hao ā pa'ihi (as sails); kāpili (as precious stones).♦ To set on fire, hō'ā, puhi ahi.♦ To set firmly, pa'akūkū, ho'opa'a.♦ To set apart, ho'oka'awale, hō'oko'a, kai'okia; mōlia (for gods).♦ To set aside, kāpae, waiho.♦ To set up, kūkulu, ho'okū.♦ To set off, explode, ho'opahū.♦ To set free, ho'oku'u, makala, mokala, puhemo.♦ To set apart for sacred purposes, ho'ola'a, ho'okapu.♦ To set a table, ho'onoho i ka pākaukau.2. Assortment. Nā mea kohu like o ke 'ano ho'okahi, kaina.♦ Tea set, kaina ho'okahi o nā mea inu kī.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.