1. n., Topknot of hair; pommel, horn, of a saddle; end pieces of a canoe; neck cut on the stern end of a canoe hull hewn in the mountains, to which a rope was fastened for dragging the canoe to the sea.
2. n., Bundle, as of white tapa fastened to ridgepole during certain ceremonies.
3. nvi., Uncontrollable bowel discharge, as after eating great quantities of wolu (walu), a fish; to have such discharge.
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s. A crease around the end of a canoe to hold a rope for dragging it; alaila hoopualiia ke kauwahi mahope o ka waa: ua kapaia kela wahi he makuu.
adj. Ma and kuu, to let go. Discharging stools involuntarily; lepo makuu, involuntary alvine discharges.
[Ma and kuu, to let go.] Discharging stools involuntarily; lepo makuu, involuntary alvine discharges.
A crease around the end of a canoe to hold a rope for dragging it; alaila hoopualiia ke kauwahi mahope o ka waa: ua kapaia kela wahi he makuu.
a crease around the end of a canoe to drag it by. Village, Puna, Hawaii.
Land sections, Hōnaunau, Kalapana, Makuʻu, and Puna qds.;Quadrangle, Puna district, Hawaiʻi. Probably literally, canoe end-pieces.
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Crease around each end of a canoe log to hold a rope for dragging and restraining the log down the mountain.
Involuntary bowel or stool discharges, as after eating great quantities of walu, a fish.
E huli iā “makuʻu” ma Ulukau.
Search for “makuʻu” on Ulukau.