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amaumau

/ amau.mau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Similar to maumau #1.

  • Examples:
    • Ke amaumau aʻela i nā kīkīao, (chant) gusts blow steadily.

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ʻamaʻumaʻu

/ ʻamaʻu.maʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Young ʻamaʻu ferns; many ʻamaʻu ferns, ferny, abounding in ʻamaʻu ferns; a covering of ʻamaʻu ferns (preceded by ke).

  • References:
    • FS 215.

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A-MAU-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. A god growing among the ferns on the mountains; i na ’kua amaumau o ke kula.

A-MAU-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The fern; the brake.

Amaumau (ā-ma'u-ma'u), adj.

/ ā-ma'u-ma'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Abounding in or resembling ferns; of or belonging to ferns; ferny: na akua amaumau, the ferny gods.

Amaumau (ā'-ma'u-ma'u), n.

/ ā'-ma'u-ma'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A fern (Sadleria cyatheoides) used as sizing or as a reddish dye.

2. A covering made of amau fronds.

3. A god that inhabits a certain species of ferns, the amaumau being the preferred species; a fern-god. Applied especially to the god Kupulupulu.

ʻĀmaʻumaʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

God growing among the ferns on the mountains.

ʻāmaumau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Tree fern, ʻamau in a group called āmaʻumaʻu, found on all the Hawaiian islands. (NEAL 22.)

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