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1. n., The demigod and trickster who snared the sun.

2. n., Name of a star near the Pleiades.

3. (Not cap.) nvs. Sprain, bruise; sprained, bruised; pit-ripened, of bananas.

• Examples:
  • Māui ka pua, uē ʻeha i ke anu, bruised is the flower which weeps, hurt by the cold.
• Related:
  • hoʻomāui Caus/sim.; To bruise, sprain, beat down, as by heavy rain or sea; to crush, as a leaf for a poultice; to cause a sprain; to ripen bananas by burying in a leaf-lined pit.
• References:
  • See prayer, nūpolupolu.
  • PNP maaui.

iʻoa, Māui, the demigod.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• References:
  • Cf. Maui.

Famous demigod who was a trickster. There are various stories about him. As he bathed, one relates, he trod with his feet in the depths of the ocean while his hair was moistened with the vapor of the clouds. According to another, he made the sun move more slowly so his mother, Hina, could dry her kapa. Folklorists credit seven great and even more minor deeds to Maui. (KILO.)