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makuʻu
1. n., Topknot of hair; pommel, horn, of a saddle; end pieces of a canoe; neck cut on the stern end of a canoe hull hewn in the mountains, to which a rope was fastened for dragging the canoe to the sea.
2. n., Bundle, as of white tapa fastened to ridgepole during certain ceremonies.
- References:
- Malo 171.
3. nvi., Uncontrollable bowel discharge, as after eating great quantities of wolu (walu), a fish; to have such discharge.
MA-KUU
s. A crease around the end of a canoe to hold a rope for dragging it; alaila hoopualiia ke kauwahi mahope o ka waa: ua kapaia kela wahi he makuu.
MA-KUU
adj. Ma and kuu, to let go. Discharging stools involuntarily; lepo makuu, involuntary alvine discharges.
Makuu (mă'-ku'u), adj.
/ mă'-ku'u /[Ma and kuu, to let go.] Discharging stools involuntarily; lepo makuu, involuntary alvine discharges.
Makuu (mă'-ku'u), n.
/ mă'-ku'u /A crease around the end of a canoe to hold a rope for dragging it; alaila hoopualiia ke kauwahi mahope o ka waa: ua kapaia kela wahi he makuu.
Makuu (mā-ku'u):
/ mā-ku'u /a crease around the end of a canoe to drag it by. Village, Puna, Hawaii.
Makuʻu
Land sections, Hōnaunau, Kalapana, Makuʻu, and Puna qds.;Quadrangle, Puna district, Hawaiʻi. Probably literally, canoe end-pieces.
- References:
- For. Sel. 256.
makuʻu
Crease around each end of a canoe log to hold a rope for dragging and restraining the log down the mountain.
makuʻu
Involuntary bowel or stool discharges, as after eating great quantities of walu, a fish.
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