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1. nvs., Far, distant, remote, high in rank; distance.

• Examples:
  • Kū mamao, far away, aloof.
  • KaʻĪimamao (name), the very highest ʻĪ.
• Related:
  • hoʻomamao Caus/sim.; To keep away, keep one's distance; to go far; to remove someone to a distance.
    • Hoʻomamao lani, taboo of unapproachability, of some very high chiefs.
• PPN mamaʻo.

2. n., Third or highest platform of the lananuʻu mamao (oracle tower), where the high priest conducted services.

adv. Ma and mao (see O), compound preposition. LIT. At there, i.e., at a distance, but not far off; out of hearing. Puk. 18:24.

adj. Further; distant; far off; palena mamao loa, the utmost bounds.Nah. 22:35. E ku mamao aku, keep at a distance. Tit. 3:9.

s. A distance of time or space; a long distance; afar off. Mat. 8:30. A space between one place and another; something existing or done at a great distance off, or a long time ago.

2. A sticky substance, as tar, pitch, pilali, &c.

3. Name of a species of fish.

v. To remove to a distance; to go afar off; to be far from locally and morally.

2. To make clear, explicit or plain.

3.Hoo. To remain at a distance; to separate widely from a person or place. Ezek. 11:15.

Far away; distant; far off; palena mamao loa, the utmost bounds.

[Ma and mao. (see o), compound preposition, literally, at there.] At a distance, but not far off; out of hearing.

1. A distance of time or space.

2. Something existing or done at a great distance off, or a long time ago.

3. Same as maomao, a species of fish.

MAM 415 MAX

Any dye substance. Syn: Pipilia.

To be removed to a distance; to be afar off; to be far from locally and morally. Imp., keep at a distance.

Top platform of the oracle tower, most sacred level of this three-level structure. Only the king and high priest stood on that platform to conduct services. (MALO 176.)

far away, distant.

Far away; distant; far off.