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kāmau

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

1. vt., To keep on, continue, persevere, last, add a little more.

  • Examples:
    • Kahi pono e kāmau ai ke aho, some goods to keep life going.
    • E kāmau iho i ka hoe, keep paddling.
  • Related:
    • hoʻokāmau Caus/sim.
  • References:

2. vt., and interjection, To drink, especially intoxicants, to eat (rare) to your health (something like prosit).

  • Examples:
    • Kāmau kīʻaha i ʻolu, i paheʻe i kō puʻu ke moni (song), tip the glass and enjoy it, let it glide down your throat as you swallow.
  • hoʻokāmau Caus/sim.;
  • to eat, as ʻinamona relish (For. 5:715).
    • E hoʻokāmau mai ʻoe, add a little more.

3. n., Small taro or sweet potato that serves as food until the major crop matures.

4. nvt., Whist (card game), trumps; to trump.

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KA-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To remain a long time; to persevere in any state or business in which one is.

2. To hold on or continue in a business with no certainty as to the result.

3. To hang by a trifle, as a heavy body by a small string; to be long sick and eat but little.

4. To be unfixed; to be insecure; paa pono ole.

5. To strain; to persevere; to take a long breath.

6. To trump, as with a trump card; kamau i kela ai, trump that trick.

KA-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Endurance; perseverance, especially in uncertainty.

2. Name of a kind of kalo.

KA-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A friend of one on account of relationship, i. e., a friend as well as a relation.

KA-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Fast adhering; constant, as a friend or beloved relative.

Kamau (kā'-mă'u), adj.

/ kā'-mă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Fast adhering; constant, as a friend or beloved relative.

kamau

/ kā'-mă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Endurance; perseverance, especially in uncertainty.

2. n., The small and worthless tubers of the taro that remain in the hill after the harvest. See palili.

3. n., A remote family relationship.

4. n., A friend on account of relationship, that is, a friend as well as a relative.

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Kamau (kā'-mă'u), v.

/ kā'-mă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To stop ip any action; to wait or delay for a time.

2. To hold on or continue in spite of.

3. To fix or fasten temporarily.

4. To play down, as a trump card.

kāmau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Endurance, perseverance, especially in uncertainty; constant, as a friend or relative. (A.)

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