1. nvs. Green, as plants.
2. n. A bundle wrapped in green leaves, as of ti, for carrying food. Rare.
3. n. Hawaiʻi thrush (Phaeornis obscurus obscurus). (PCP koomako.)
4. n. Greenish tapa.
5. Rare var. of ʻōmeʻo 2.
6. (Cap.) n. Star name (no data).
s. A bunch of food.
2. The cover or wrapper of the food.
3. A round bundle, as of food; sharp above and round below; ka omao ai, or ai omao.
s. Name of a species of small bird; it resembles the ou only; its feathers are dark colored.
adj. Green; greenish in color; he manu omao; he leho omao.
s. A child always crying; he omao la ka uwe o ke keiki, o ka omao wale no ia e uwe ai.
Green; greenish in color: he manu omao; he leho omao.
1. The color green.
2. A bundle of food prepared for conveyance.
3. The cover or wrapper of food so prepared.
4. A round bundle, as of food: sharp above and below: ka omao ai, or ai omao.
5. A species of thrush. (Phaeornis obscura.) A sweet singer; a small bird resembling the ou, feathers dark colored. Also called omau, olomau, kamau.
6. The continual crying of a child.
green; a small bird (Phaeornis obscura). Land section, Wailuku, Maui.
Valley, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Gulch, Puʻu-kapu qd., and stream, Mō-kapu qd., Oʻahu. Lit., green.
Hawaiian thrush, commonly called ʻāmaui or ʻomaʻo (Phaeornis obscura). Its original name was ʻāmaui. Manu o Maui and the different island names are corruptions. Still encountered on Hawaiʻi.
Greenish kapa. (PE.) See maʻo.
E huli iā “ʻōmaʻo” ma Ulukau.
Search for “ʻōmaʻo” on Ulukau.