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Reduplication and plural of kau, to place; to leave imprints; to stand out, as veins.

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kākau

/ kā.kau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt., To write, sign; to print on tapa; to mark out for distribution, as land (Ios. 18:6, 8); writing.

  • Source:
    • Probably kā-, causative + kau, to place.
  • References:

2. nvt., To tattoo; tattooing.

3. n., Young but fully marked and fully developed fish.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna

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hamani, To take, as a test.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • References:
    • Cf. haku i ka hōʻike.

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v. See KAU. To write; to mark with a pen or pencil; to make letters.

2. To write upon; to print or paint on kapa, as in former times; to put down for remembrance. Nah. 33:2.

3. To describe; to mark out; to designate; to divide out into parcels, as land.Ios. 18:6, 8.

s. A writing, i. e., anything written.

2. The act of writing; hence,

3. A taking, i.e., writing down the names of persons who are to pay tribute. Luk. 2:1.

Kakau (kă'-kă'u), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Anything written.

2. The act of writing; hence,

3. The writing down of the names of persons who are to pay tribute.

Kakau (kā'-kā'u), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To write; to mark with a pen or pencil; to make letters.

2. To write upon; to print or paint on tapa, as in former times; to put down for remembrance.

3. To describe; to mark out; to designate; to divide out into parcels, as land.

4. To tattoo.

To print or paint upon kapa, as in former times.

to write; to tattoo.

1. To inscribe. In re Estate of His Majesty Kamehameha IV, 2 Haw. 715, 722-723 (1864). 2. Sign. 3. Recording, registration (HRH). 4. To write, sign (PE). 5. To write; to mark with a pen or pencil; to describe; to mark out; to designate; to divide out into parcels, as land (AP).

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