1. nvs. Female who has produced young, as of horse, cow, pig, chicken; to have produced young, female; root with many sprouts, propagating plant (rare); major source. See ex. ʻihīʻihī. Lio kumulau, brood mare. He kumulau hōʻilihune, a major source of poverty.
2. n. Providers of ti leaves for hukilau seining.
s. Kumu and lau, a leaf. That which propagates or brings forth often; a producer; a breeder.
1. A vegetable that produces much, as the stump of a tree that throws out many sprouts; so of other vegetables producing their own kind.
2. A female, man or beast that produces many offspring. LIT. The bringers forth, as a hen that has hatched more that once, a sow that produces pigs often, &c.
3. FIG. Applied to chiefs, because they nourished or fed men.
4. Also, figuratively, a fruitful source of evil or good, generally the former; ua lilo kekahi o ua mau hewa la i kumulau hoolaha no ka hewa, some of those vices became the principal source of spreading evil.
5. The leaf or sprout that grows out of the root or stump.
[Kumu, the producing cause, and lau, a leaf.]
1. That which propagates or brings forth often; a producer; a breeder.
2. A vegetable that produces much, as the stump of a tree that throws out many sprouts; so of other vegetables producing their own kind.
3. A female, human or animal, that produces many offspring. Lit. The bringers forth, as a hen that has hatched more than once, a sow that produces pigs often, etc.
4. Fig. Applied to chiefs, because they nourished or fed men.
5. Also, figuratively, a fruitful source of evil or good, generally the former: ua lilo kekahi o ua mau hewa la i kumulau hoolaha no ka hewa; some of those vices became the principal source of spreading evil.
6. The leaf or sprout that grows out of the root or stump.
Vegetable that produces much; tree trunk with sprouts; hen that lays eggs; sow that gives life to piglets; generally a prolific producer.
a producer, breeder; female with many offspring.
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