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POU-O-MA-NU
s. Pou, post, o, of, and manu, an ancient god. The post of a chief’s house, into the hole of which a man was first put as a sacrifice, and then the post set in. (This was a work of former times.)
Pouomanu (pŏ'u-ō'-mă'-nu), n.
/ pŏ'u-ō'-mă'-nu /1. Name of an ancient deity.
2. Post set to designate the place of a human sacrifice.
pouomanu
Chiefʻs post placed in a hole, which in ancient times received a human sacrifice. Lit., post of an ancient god.
pouomanu
House post readied for a previously dug hole in which the body of a man was to be placed as a sacrifice before the post was set in.
pouomanu
Post hole of the chiefʻs house into which first a man was placed as a sacrifice, followed by a post, an ancient custom.
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