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pouo.manu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. House post; post designating place of human sacrifice, said to be named for an ancient deity.

POU-O-MA-NU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Pou, post, o, of, and manu, an ancient god. The post of a chief’s house, into the hole of which a man was first put as a sacrifice, and then the post set in. (This was a work of former times.)

Pouomanu (pŏ'u-ō'-mă'-nu), n.

/ pŏ'u-ō'-mă'-nu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Name of an ancient deity.

2. Post set to designate the place of a human sacrifice.

pouomanu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Chiefʻs post placed in a hole, which in ancient times received a human sacrifice. Lit., post of an ancient god.

pouomanu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

House post readied for a previously dug hole in which the body of a man was to be placed as a sacrifice before the post was set in.

pouomanu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Post hole of the chiefʻs house into which first a man was placed as a sacrifice, followed by a post, an ancient custom.

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