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1. nvt., Tax, assessment, levy, charge, tariff, toll, tribute, price; to levy a tax, pay tribute, tax.

• Examples:
  • He aha kāu ʻauhau no ka pāpale loulu? What is your price for the loulu hat?
• Related:
  • ʻAuhau kino, ʻauhau poʻo, poll tax.
  • Kū i ka ʻauhau, taxable.
  • ʻAuhau helu waiwai, excise tax.
  • Hale ʻauhau, building where taxes are collected.
  • Kou ʻauhau, your tax (that you pay).
  • Kāu ʻauhau, your tax (that you impose).
  • Luna ʻauhau, tax collector.
  • Nā poʻe hoʻokaʻa ʻauhau, taxpayers.

2. n., Femur and humerus bones of the human skeleton.

3. n., Stems of plants whose bark can be stripped, such as wauke and olonā, but not maile.

• Examples:
  • Inā e kua ʻia ka wauke, ā hohole ʻia ka ʻauhau, … if the wauke is cut and the stems stripped, …