mā.kua.kua
1. Redup. of makua; aged, old. Ua mākua-kua kēlā kanaka, that person is old.
2. vs. Coarse, thick, as cloth; furrowed, as plowed land.
3. n. A variety of grass.
4. n. Young of mākua, a fish.
1. Redup. of makua; aged, old. Ua mākua-kua kēlā kanaka, that person is old.
2. vs. Coarse, thick, as cloth; furrowed, as plowed land.
3. n. A variety of grass.
4. n. Young of mākua, a fish.
Same as mākuʻekuʻe 1.
heh/ʻaʻ To age, as a person; aged. Dic., ext. mng. Ka mākuakua ʻana. Aging.
s. A species of grass growing in bunches; a bunch of grass.
Grass assembled and tied up in bunches. Pupu mauu.
Species of grass growing in bunches; bunch grass. (A.)
E huli iā “mākuakua” ma Ulukau.
Search for “mākuakua” on Ulukau.