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vt., To chew, masticate (but not swallow; Cf. nau).

• Examples:
  • Kona mau mama ʻawa, his kava chewers.
• References:
  • PPN mama .

1. v., To be light, in opposition to heavy; to be unoppressed with a burden; to be relieved of a burden, of care or of labor; to be light, i. e., quick in making a journey.

2. To be active; to be nimble; to be affected with wine. Eset. 1:10. To revive from a fainting fit. Laieik. 165. A mama ae la ke alii.

3. Hoomama. To lighten what is heavy, i. e., to mitigate an affection. 1 Sam. 6:5.

4. To lighten or diminish, as a task or hard labor. 1 Nal. 12:4.

5. To finish; to have done with a thing; to set it afloat.

v., To chew with a view to spit out of the mouth; to chew or work over in the mouth; hoomakaukau iho la ia e mama i ke kukui; to chew or grind in the mouth, as the Hawaiian doctors do some of their medicines. NOTE.—When the substance chewed is to be swallowed, the action of chewing is nau. Hoolale koke ae la ke kuhina e mama i ka awa. Laieik. 34.

s., Lightness; swiftness in movement. 2 Sam. 1:23.

adj., Light; active; nimble.

adj., Chewed; masticated; kona mau mama awa, persons whose business it was to chew awa to make intoxicating drink. Laieik. 88.

adj., Chewed; masticated; kona man mama awa, persons whose business it was to chew awa to make intoxicating drink. (Laieik, p. 88.)

adj., Light; active; nimble.

n., Lightness; swiftness in movement.

1. v., To be light, in opposition to heavy; to be unoppressed with a burden; to be relieved of a burden of care or of labor; to be light, that is, free of weight.

2. v., To be active; to be nimble; to be enlivened.

3. v., To revive from a fainting fit: A mama ae la ke alii (Laieik. p. 165); to regain health after illness.

4. v., To be active; to be nimble; to be swift; fleet.

v., To chew with a view to spit out of the mouth; to chew or work over in the mouth; hoomakaukau iho la ia e mama i ke kukui; to chew or grind in the mouth, as the Hawaiian doctors chewed some of their medicines. (When the substance chewed is to be swallowed, the action of the chewing is nau.) Hoolale koke ae la ke kuhina e mama i ka awa.-Laieik. p. 34.

To chew without swallowing.

Food chewed by an adult or parent for a child; to feed a child pre-chewed food.

to chew and reject.