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vt., Finished, of a pre-Christian prayer (said almost at the end of a prayer); to finish a prayer, to pray and sacrifice.

• Examples:
  • ʻAmama, ua noa, the prayer is said, the taboo is over.
  • Ua ʻāmama aku ʻo ʻUmi i ke kino o Hākau i mua o Kāʻili, kona akua, ʻUmi offered the body of Hākau in sacrifice to Kāʻili, his god.

Some of the old words with which prayers were closed—like or probably have a significance similar to the amen which is used in closing Christian prayers.

The kapu is lifted; it is flown away!

Offering of a sacrifice; to finish a prayer; to pray and sacrifice. The word is like the Christian “amen,” in effect ending a prayer.