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ʻahamoa

/ ʻaha.moa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., An assembly watching a lua contest of the kind called hakakāamoa.

2. n., A cord made from the entrails of an enemy killed in a lua fight of the hakakāamoa type.

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A-HA-MO-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Name of the assembly collected at a cock-fight; he ahamoa o ka naau o ke kanaka; ua kau ia i ahamoa.

Ahamoa (ā'-hă-mō'-ă), n.

/ ā'-hă-mō'-ă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. An aha or cord made from the entrails of an enemy conquered and killed in fighting by the lua (method of killing by breaking the bones). This form of fighting was called "hakaka-a-amoa," hence the word ahamoa.

2. A number of persons assembled to watch the lua contest.

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