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lamakū
/ lama.kū /1. n., Large torch, formerly 60 to 90 cm tall, with the light coming from burning kukui nuts strung on a coconut midrib and wrapped in dried ti leaves and placed at the tips of bamboo handles; signal fires; lantern (Lunk. 7.16); sparks, as of a torch (Isa. 50.11).
- Examples:
- Lamakū o ka naʻauao, torch of wisdom [said of great thinkers).
2. Name for a medicine applied to sores.
LA-MA-KU
s. Lama and ku, to stand. A large torch for giving light in darkness; a torch of kukui nuts; a lamp. Lunk. 7:16. Sparks of fire. Isa. 50:11. A fire-brand; momoku ahi. NOTE.—The lamakus were made by stringing the meats of roasted kukui nuts on a wiry stalk of grass and putting six, eight or ten of these strings together parallel, and binding the whole together with dry banana leaves, the whole forming a cylinder from three to six inches in diameter and from two to four feet in length, and on lighting one end, it produced a large and brilliant light, and also much smoke.
Lamaku (lă'-mă-kū'), n.
/ lă'-mă-kū' /[Lama, torch, and ku, to stand.]
1. A large torch for giving light in darkness; a torch of kukui nuts; a lamp.
2. Sparks of fire; a fire-brand; momoku ahi. [The lamakus were made by stringing the meats of roasted kukui nuts on a wiry stalk of grass, putting six, eight or ten of these strings together parallel, and binding the whole together with dry banana leaves, the whole forming a cylinder from three to six inches in diameter and from two to four feet in length. Lighted at one end, it produced a large and brilliant light, and also much smoke.
3. Stationary torch; a signal fire.
Lama-kū
Place, Pālolo, Honolulu. (TM.) Lit., standing torch.
lamakū
Large torch made by stringing the meats of roasted kukui nuts on a wiry stalk of grass and putting 6 to 10 of these strings together, parallel, and then binding the whole with dried banana leaves, 2 to 4 feet long. On lighting one end a large and brilliant light is produced.
lamakū
Torch with bamboo handle and the bundle of strings of roasted kukui nuts strung on a sliver or strip of bamboo or on a nīʻau (coco leaflet midrib). (KILO.)
La-ma-ku
s. a torch
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