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1. Reduplication of nau; to munch one's words and speak indistinctly, mumble.

• Examples:
  • Naunau lepo, dirt muncher [insulting term for lōpā, tenant farmers].
• References:
  • PPN ngaungau.

2. Same as ʻānaunau #2.

3. n., Shellfish such as Cymatium muricinum, C. gemmatum, C. pileare, Bursa granularis.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻānaunau.

s. See NAU, to bite. The name of several acrid plants, as wild horseradish, cresses, pepper-grass, &c.

2. Ka papala ke lele mai.

v. See NAU, to chew. To chew; to mince in the mouth.

2. To move, as the mouth in the act of eating.

3. To move, as the lips in talking secretly to one’s self. Sol. 16:30.

[Nau, to bite.] The name of several acrid plants, as wild horseradish, cresses, pepper-grass, etc.

[Nau, to bite.]

1. To chew; to mince in the mouth.

2. To move the jaws as in the act of eating.

3. To move, as the lips in talking secretly to one's self.

Name of several acrid plants such as wild horseradish, cresses, and peppergrass. All are used medicinally.

to chew, munch.