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māio

/ mā.io / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Furrowed, grooved, cut in ridges; very thin, wasted.

  • Related:
    • hoʻomāio Caus/sim.; To furrow, cut in ridges, cause thinness.
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māiʻo

/ mā.iʻo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Variant of māilo, thin.

  • Rare

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māʻiʻo

/ mā.ʻiʻo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To cut raggedly and unevenly, as cloth or hair; dented; chipped, as crockery.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

3. n., A variety of sweet potato.

4. n., A variety of taro.

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māio

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

ʻaʻano Calm, cool-headed, even-tempered. Mān. See kiʻi māio.

maʻiʻo

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Content.

  • Source:
    • Combination of ma- (Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning) + ʻiʻo.
  • Examples:
    • ʻIke maʻiʻo. Content knowledge.
    • Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻike maʻiʻo. Content-area exercise.
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MAI-O

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A sickness reducing the patient's flesh, like consumption; consumption; the phthisic; he mai e wiwi ai ke kino a olala.

MAI-O

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A toe or finger nail, &c. See MAIAO above.

MAI-O

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To scratch or mark with the nail or pointed instrument.

Maio (mā'-i-o), n.

/ mā'-i-o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A disease reducing the patient's flesh, like consumption; tuberculosis; he mai e wiwi ai ke kino a olala.

Maio (mă'i-o), n.

/ mă'i-o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Incorrect form of naiao. which see.

Maio (mā'-i'o), v.

/ mā'-i'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be blemished by scratching; defaced by marking.

Maio (mā'-ī'o), v.

/ mā'-ī'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To divide or cut lengthwise: to cut a furrow.

maio

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Disease reducing a personʻs flesh, like tuberculosis.

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