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mū
1. n., General name for destructive insects that eat wood, cloth, or plants; cane borer, weevil, tamarind borer, moth (Mat. 6.19); caterpillar in the cocoon stage; germ, bug.
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2. vs., Silent; to shut the lips and make no sound.
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3. vi., Gather together, of crowds of people.
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- Kahi e mū ʻia ana e nā kānaka, place where the people gathered.
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4. n., A crab (Dynomene hispida).
5. (Cap.) n., Legendary people of Lāʻauhaelemai, Kauaʻi, often called Mū ʻai maiʻa, banana-eating Mu.
6. n., Bigeye emperor fish (Monotaxis grandoculis), perhaps named for the Mū people.
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7. n., Public executioner; he procured victims for sacrifice and executed taboo breakers; children were frightened by being told that the mū would get them.
8. Variant name for the kōnane game.
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- See papamū.
9. n., Name of a small, yellow bird (no data).
10. n., The letter “m”.
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pākuʻina kaumua ｜ prefixmū
kikino Checkers. Dic. Mū Pākē. Chinese checkers. Mū kākela. Chess.
MU
v. To shut the lips and hold the mouth full of water. See MUMU.
2. To be silent; not to answer. See MUMULE.
MU
s. A little black bug that eats most kinds of wood; it also eats through and through all kinds of clothing; he mea e popopo ai ka lole; a destroyer of many kinds of property. Mat. 6:19. The mu bores a hole about as large as a gimlet; a moth. Isa. 51:8.
2. The name of a man who lived in the country above Lauhaele and ate bananas.
3. Name of a small bird with yellow feathers; he mu kekahi manu, he lena kona hulu.
4. A person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be dedicated or a new house built.
Mu (mū), n.
/ mū /1. A little black bug that eats most kinds of wood and all lands of clothing: he mea e popopo ai ka lole; a destroyer of many kinds of property; a moth.
2. An order that lived in the mountains above Lauhaele and subsisted on the banana. Also called namu.
3. A person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be dedicated or a new house built.
4. Small bird belonging to the class Loxops. Same as iwipolena.
5. A species of fish, called also mamamu and mamamo (Monotaxis grandoculis).
Mu (mū), v.
/ mū /1. To shut the lips and hold the mouth full of water. Same as mumu.
2. [Contraction of mumule.] To be silent.
mu
Small bird with yellow feathers. (MALO 39.)
mu
General name for insects that eat cloth, wood, plants. (Mat. 6:19.)
Mū
Legendary people who lived in the country above Lāʻau- haele-mai, Kauaʻi. They were sometimes called banana eaters, Mū-ʻai-maiʻa. Public executioners were also called mū but were in no sense legendary people. Public executioners were used to procure victims for sacrifice and execution; kapu breakers were sacrificed when a new heiau was dedicated or a house was built.
mū
To shut the lips and make no answer; silent.
mū
Weevils that attack the stems, roots, and tubers of the sweet potato. (NP 133.)
mū
Public executioner; person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be built. His duties included carrying out the execution.
MU
I. Ua pau ka lole huluhulu i keia mea ino. He wahi mea kolo ma ka lole, a i hoomaluleia oia a lilo i mea lele, me he lepelepeohina. Lelele no ia i ka po wale no, aole i ke ao. Ua olelo pinepine ia ka mu ma ka Baibala, Iob. 4:19; 13:28; 27:18; Is.50:9; Hos. 5:12; Mat. 6:19, 20.
mu
clothes moth, and other small bugs.
Mu
s. a little black bag that sats through most kinds of wood and plastering, it bores about as large as a gimblet; a moth.
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