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wau

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Var. of au, I. (PPN au.)

WAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

pers. pron., first person. I. Gram. § 122, 124. NOTE.—The w in this word seems unnecessary; it is formed by the coalescence of the emphatic o and au, the pronoun proper; thus the simple form au, emphatic o au, pronounced quickly becomes wau. The several forms are au, o au, wau and owau.

WAU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To say I; to answer I to a question; wau aku la no hoi au, owau, I answered to him, I.

wau

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

I.

wau

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1836),

adj. fine, soft, like

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