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1. nvt., Unintelligible muttering, gibberish; any foreign language, especially English; to speak gibberish or a foreign language, to mumble.

• Examples:
  • Namu haole, English.
  • He aha ka namu? What's the foreign term [What's the price]? Ka mea namu liʻiliʻi (Isa. 8.19), those that mutter.
• Related:
  • hoʻonamu Caus/sim.; To pretend to speak in a foreign language, to mutter, mumble, speak gibberish.
• References:
  • PNP nanu.

2. vt., To nibble; to chew with closed mouth.

• Examples:
  • Ua namu ā pāhoehoe ʻia, nibbled at and changed to pāhoehoe lava.
• References:
  • PPN lamu.

3. n., Name of a fish. (no data).

To chew with the mouth closed.