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māhoe

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

1. n., Twins.

2. n., Two native trees (Alectryon macrococcum and A. mahoe), related to the soapberry and the litchi; they have compound leaves and globose, brown, twinned or single fruits.

  • Related:
    • Also: ʻalaʻala hua.
  • References:
    • Neal 531.

3. (Cap.) n., Names of months and stars.

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māhoe

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Double, as when throwing dice.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Related:
    • Helu māhoe. Double number, i.e. the same number used twice, in math.

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MA-HO-E

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Two of men or animals born at the same time of one makua; twins. Mel. Sol. 7:3; Kin. 25:24. See MAHANA 2.

Mahoe (mā'-hō'-e), n.

/ mā'-hō'-e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Two of men or animals born at the same time of one makua; twins. Syn: Mahana.

2. A rare tree twenty to thirty feet high (Alectryon macrococcus, order Sapindaceae).

māhoe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Twins.

mahoe

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

twins; name of tree.

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