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  • I-ANC Constituency Office izobalekelela uku-register i co-orp ukuze sibe ne-works projects yase Eshowe, bangabe besahlala emakhaya kodwa babe osomabhizinisi abancane.

    Speech by Samuel Nxumalo During the Public Works Budget Vote Debate 2007

  • Since then, the county has started going to automated collection, but the uku pau guys cannot be dismissed.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Nothing Sacred?: 2007

  • "Auhea oukou, mai walaau oukou iloko o kuu wa hiamoe, mai hamumumu, a ina e walaau, he alii aimoku, e pau kona aimoku ana; ina lie alii aiahupuaa, e pau la; a ina he konohiki, a lopa paha ka mea nana i hahai kuu olelo paa, alaila, o ka make ka uku."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no kela olelo a Aiwohikupua, pane mai la o Hauailiki, "Aole e loaa ia oe, no ka mea, ua ike aku la wau i ke kapu o ke Alii wahine, a kapukapu no hoi me ou mau kaikuahine, hookahi nae kaikuahine huhu loa, o kahi mea uuku, nolaila ko'u manao paa aole e loaa ia oe, a he uku no kou kokoke aku."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia olelo, i aku ka Makaula, "Ina e holo ana oukou i Kauai, alaila, aia ia'u ka waa, he waa uku ole."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Since the coming in of the Portuguese and their importation of the _uku-lele_, the _taro-patch-fiddle_, and other cheap stringed instruments, the niau-kani has left the field to them and disappeared.

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • The instruments generally used in the musical accompaniment of the hula ku'i are the guitar, the _uku-lele_, [501] the taro-patch fiddle, [501] or the mandolin; the piano also lends itself effectively for this purpose; or a combination of these may be used.

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • Ka uku o Ke Komo ana (reserved seats, dress circle), $2.50; Nohi mua (Parquette), $1;

    A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858

  • Advanced students can sign up to head to deeper waters to hunt for a massive ulua (jack) or uku (deep-sea snapper.)

    SFGate: Top News Stories Jeanne Cooper 2010

  • Kana ukadya zvinonaka seyi uku jende rakadzvanywa nepinchisi hauzvinzwe kunaka kwazvo.

    Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums 2009

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  • A Hawaiian fish.

    According to Chris Cole in Wordplay, the shortest (with two others, utu & ulu) "uncommon word" beginning and ending with letter 'u'.

    June 2, 2008

  • Swims forwards and backwards.

    June 2, 2008