kūkulu

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tu(lu)tulu (“house post, wall post”), reduplication of *tulu (“post”).

Noun

kūkulu

  1. pillar, post
  2. border, edge
  3. horizon
  4. (geography) cardinal point, compass point
    nā kūkulu ʻehā ― the four cardinal points

Verb

kūkulu(transitive)

  1. to tether
  2. to park
Derived terms
  • wahi kūkulu kaʻa (“parking lot”)

Etymology 2

Either from the preceding or from kū (“to stand”) +‎ kulu (“post”).

Verb

kūkulu(transitive)

  1. to build, to construct
  2. to put up, to erect
  3. (figurative) to found, to establish
Derived terms
  • kūkulu ʻana (“construction; establishment”)
  • kūkulu hōʻoia (“mathematical proof”)
  • kūkulu hulahula (“choreograph”, verb)

Noun

kūkulu

  1. building

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