Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Lizard, reptile of any kind, dragon, serpent; water spirit.

• Related:
  • Mea nānā moʻo (Kanl. 18.10), enchanter.
• References:
  • PPN moko .

2. n., Succession, series, especially a genealogical line, lineage.

• Examples:
  • Moʻo hihia (For. 5:303), series of difficulties, troubles.
• Related:
  • hoʻomoʻo Caus/sim.; To follow a course, continue a procedure.
• References:
  • Cf. moʻo aliʻi.

3. n., Story, tradition, legend (less common than moʻolelo).

4. n., Narrow strip of land, smaller than an ʻili.

• Related:
  • Also: moʻo ʻāina.

5. n., Small fragment, as of tapa, not attached to a large piece.

• References:
  • Cf. moʻomoʻo.

6. n., Narrow path, track; raised surface extending lengthwise between irrigation streamlets.

7. n., Ridge, as of a mountain.

• Examples:
  • Moʻo muku, ridge that is cut off.

8. n., Young, as of pigs, dogs; grandchild.

• Examples:
  • Kuʻu moʻo lei, my beloved grandchild.

9. vs., Brindled, as a dog, favored for sacrifice to the moʻo spirits; streaked, tawny, as cattle; color of a tabby cat.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻīlio moʻo, brindled dog, and moʻo ʻīlio, puppy dog.

10. n., Side planks fitted to the middle section on each side of a canoe hull, technically termed gunwale strakes.

Grandchild.

and the lizard (moʻo), which figures in Hawai- ian legends much as does the dragon in Chinaʻs fables.

Narrow strip of land, less than an ʻili. Also called moʻo ʻāina.

1. See lapa (SMK). 2. Narrow strip of land, smaller than an ʻili. Also mo ʻo ʻāina (PE). 3. Narrow strip of land; a division of land next less than an ʻili; name given to any long, narrow piece of land; a narrow path; a ridge (AP).