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mū

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., General name for destructive insects that eat wood, cloth, or plants; cane borer, weevil, tamarind borer, moth (Mat. 6.19); caterpillar in the cocoon stage; germ, bug.

2. vs., Silent; to shut the lips and make no sound.

  • Related:
    • hoʻomū Caus/sim.; To sit in silence, to refuse to answer; speechless.
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3. vi., Gather together, of crowds of people.

  • Examples:
    • Kahi e mū ʻia ana e nā kānaka, place where the people gathered.
  • Related:
    • hoʻomū Caus/sim.; Same as above; multitude, crowd; to cause a gathering.
      • A pae aʻe i Kai-mū, hoʻomū nā kānaka (chant), landing at Kaimū, people gathered.
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4. n., A crab (Dynomene hispida).

5. (Cap.) n., Legendary people of Lāʻauhaelemai, Kauaʻi, often called Mū ʻai maiʻa, banana-eating Mu.

6. n., Bigeye emperor fish (Monotaxis grandoculis 🌐), perhaps named for the Mū people.

7. n., Public executioner; he procured victims for sacrifice and executed taboo breakers; children were frightened by being told that the mū would get them.

8. Variant name for the kōnane game.

9. n., Name of a small, yellow bird (no data).

10. n., The letter “m”.

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mū-

pākuʻina kaumua ｜ prefix Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Variant of mā- #4, prefix indicating quality or state, but less common.

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mū

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino Checkers. Dic. Mū Pākē. Chinese checkers. Mū kākela. Chess.

MU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To shut the lips and hold the mouth full of water. See MUMU.

2. To be silent; not to answer. See MUMULE.

MU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A little black bug that eats most kinds of wood; it also eats through and through all kinds of clothing; he mea e popopo ai ka lole; a destroyer of many kinds of property. Mat. 6:19. The mu bores a hole about as large as a gimlet; a moth. Isa. 51:8.

2. The name of a man who lived in the country above Lauhaele and ate bananas.

3. Name of a small bird with yellow feathers; he mu kekahi manu, he lena kona hulu.

4. A person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be dedicated or a new house built.

Mu (mū), n.

/ mū / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A little black bug that eats most kinds of wood and all lands of clothing: he mea e popopo ai ka lole; a destroyer of many kinds of property; a moth.

2. An order that lived in the mountains above Lauhaele and subsisted on the banana. Also called namu.

3. A person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be dedicated or a new house built.

4. Small bird belonging to the class Loxops. Same as iwipolena.

5. A species of fish, called also mamamu and mamamo (Monotaxis grandoculis).

Mu (mū), v.

/ mū / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To shut the lips and hold the mouth full of water. Same as mumu.

2. [Contraction of mumule.] To be silent.

mu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Small bird with yellow feathers. (MALO 39.)

mu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

General name for insects that eat cloth, wood, plants. (Mat. 6:19.)

Mū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Legendary people who lived in the country above Lāʻau- haele-mai, Kauaʻi. They were sometimes called banana eaters, Mū-ʻai-maiʻa. Public executioners were also called mū but were in no sense legendary people. Public executioners were used to procure victims for sacrifice and execution; kapu breakers were sacrificed when a new heiau was dedicated or a house was built.

mū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To shut the lips and make no answer; silent.

mū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Weevils that attack the stems, roots, and tubers of the sweet potato. (NP 133.)

mū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Public executioner; person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be built. His duties included carrying out the execution.

MU

Haw to Eng, Wehiwehi Baibala (1872),

I. Ua pau ka lole huluhulu i keia mea ino. He wahi mea kolo ma ka lole, a i hoomaluleia oia a lilo i mea lele, me he lepelepeohina. Lelele no ia i ka po wale no, aole i ke ao. Ua olelo pinepine ia ka mu ma ka Baibala, Iob. 4:19; 13:28; 27:18; Is.50:9; Hos. 5:12; Mat. 6:19, 20.

mu

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

clothes moth, and other small bugs.

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