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Pūliki
—To embrace with arms, as in a hug, or holding an infant.
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“Pūliki wau i kaʻu mau keiki i kēlā me kēia lā. (I embrace my children every day.)”
—LaurieAnn Takeno, he haumāna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language student), Ke Kulanui Kaiāulu o Honolulu (Honolulu Community College)
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