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maumau

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

1. Reduplication of mau #1, frequent, often.

  • Examples:
    • Maumau ʻole kāna ʻōlelo, his words are inconsistent.
  • Related:
    • Kai maumau, neap tide.
    • hoʻomaumau Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hoʻomau.
      • E hoʻomaumau i ka ʻikena (song), continue seeing [one another].

2. vs., Not sticky, not tenacious; of poi of medium texture, neither hard nor watery.

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maʻumaʻu

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

Same as ʻāmaʻumaʻu, ferns.

  • Examples:
    • Halemaʻumaʻu (name of the pit at Kīlauea Crater), ʻāmaʻu fern house.

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maʻūmaʻū

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

Reduplication of maʻū, moist.

  • Related:
    • hoʻomaʻūmaʻū Caus/sim.
  • References:

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MAU-MAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See MAU, to be constant. To be firm; to be fixed; to be constant; to be enduring; e maumau ole, to be inconstant; ua maumau ka hana, the work endures; ua maumau ka ai, aole he hehee, the food is hard, not flowing.

Maumau (mă'u-mă'u), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Mau, to be constant.] To be firm; to be fixed; to be constant; to be enduring; he maumau ole, to be inconstant; ua maumau ka hana, the work endures; ua maumau ka ai, aole he hehee, the food is hard, not flowing.

Maumau (mā'u-mā'u):

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

firm, perpetual. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.

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