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meʻomeʻo

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

1. Reduplication of meʻo #1.

  • Examples:
    • Wahine momona waiū lewa, too muchee meʻomeʻo i kaʻu sikaliki (old hula song), fat woman with hanging breasts, always hanging around for my cigarette.

2. Reduplication of meʻo #2; swelling as of finger; to poke through, as body hairs through a hole in clothes.

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ME-O-ME-O

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Reddish, as the bud of a plant; as a feverish swelling on one's finger; ulaula, omeomeo.

Meomeo (me'o-me'o), adj.

/ me'o-me'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Reddish, as the bud of a plant; as a feverish swelling on one's finger; ulaula, omeomeo.

meʻomeʻo

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Reddish, as a feverish swelling on oneʻs finger.

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