Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

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.

• References:
  • PPN muu .

2. vs., Silent; to shut the lips and make no sound.

• Related:
  • hoʻomū Caus/sim.; To sit in silence, to refuse to answer; speechless.
• References:
  • PPN muhu .

3. vi., Gather together, of crowds of people.

• Examples:
  • Kahi e mū ʻia ana e nā kānaka, place where the people gathered.
• Related:
  • hoʻomū Caus/sim.; Same as above; multitude, crowd; to cause a gathering.
    • A pae aʻe i Kai-mū, hoʻomū nā kānaka (chant), landing at Kaimū, people gathered.
• References:
  • Cf. mui, mumulu.

4. n., A crab (Dynomene hispida).

5. (Cap.) n., Legendary people of Lāʻauhaelemai, Kauaʻi, often called Mū ʻai maiʻa, banana-eating Mu.

• References:
  • Cf. Nāmū, Nāwao.

6. n., Bigeye emperor fish (Monotaxis grandoculis 🌐), perhaps named for the Mū people.

• References:
  • PNP muu .

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.

• References:
  • See papamū.

9. n., Name of a small, yellow bird (no data).

10. n., The letter “m”.

kikino Checkers. Dic. Mū Pākē. Chinese checkers. Mū kākela. Chess.

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.

To shut the lips and make no answer; silent.

Weevils that attack the stems, roots, and tubers of the sweet potato. (NP 133.)

Public executioner; person employed to procure human victims when a heiau was to be built. His duties included carrying out the execution.