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kīauau

/ kī.au.au / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Reduplication of kīau.

2. Interjection encouraging workers, as in drawing an unfinished canoe hull from the forest to the shed at the seashore where it was to be completed.

  • Examples:
    • Pau kēia kīauau ʻana a ke keiki (Nak. 62), after the boy's chant urging fast action.
    • Kīauau, kīauau, kīauau! holo auau, holo auau, holo auau! (canoe-hauling chant), fast, fast, fast! run quick, run quick, run quick!

3. vt., To smooth out wrinkles from tapa or clothes with light, deft touches.

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kiauau

/ KI-AU-AU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To smooth; to smooth down; to take wrinkles out of kapa or clothes.

2. To walk lightly; e mama i ka hele ana; e mele pale waa.

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kiauau

/ kī'-ă'u-ă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To smooth; to smooth down; to take wrinkles out of tapa or clothes.

2. v., To walk or run lightly; e mama i ka hele ana; e mele pale waa.

3. v., To encourage with oli, or song, as was the custom when great numbers of workmen were drawing their canoes from the forests to the seashore.

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