mamaka
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māmaka
/ mā.maka /1. nvi., Horizontal carrying stick, borne over the shoulders; to carry this stick.
- Examples:
- Ua māmaka lākou i ka huakaʻi a ke aliʻi, they bore carrying sticks on the chief's journey.
2. n., A game: one person grasps his own ankles from the back; others stick a māmaka pole between his arms and his back and carry him, as they would a bundle. A more difficult variant is that one person may attempt to carry two persons single-handed.
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māmaka
/ MA-MA-KA /v., To travel in company; to go in bands; e hele huakai.
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māmaka
/ MA-MA-KA /s., Name of the stick on which Hawaiians carry burdens across the shoulders. See also auamo and aumaka.
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mamaka
/ mā'-mă'-ka /adj., Horizontal.
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māmaka
/ mā'-mă'-ka /n., A stick on which burdens are carried across the shoulders, called also auamo and aumaka.
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māmaka
/ mā'-mă'-ka /1. v., To travel in company; to go in bands; e hele huakai.
2. v., To carry on a māmaka.
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māmaka
Stick on which Hawaiians carried burdens across their shoulders. Also called ʻauamo, ʻaumaka. E hele huakaʻi, to travel in company, to go in bands.
māmaka
Stick for carrying burdens placed as a yoke on the shoulders. See ʻauamo, ʻaumaka.
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