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Maui

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. n., Name of one of the Hawaiian islands.

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    • Cf. Māui, the demigod.

2. (Not cap.) n., A variety of sweet potato.

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Māui

/ Mā.ui / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. n., The demigod and trickster who snared the sun.

2. n., Name of a star near the Pleiades.

3. (Not cap.) nvs. Sprain, bruise; sprained, bruised; pit-ripened, of bananas.

  • Examples:
    • Māui ka pua, uē ʻeha i ke anu, bruised is the flower which weeps, hurt by the cold.
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    • hoʻomāui Caus/sim.; To bruise, sprain, beat down, as by heavy rain or sea; to crush, as a leaf for a poultice; to cause a sprain; to ripen bananas by burying in a leaf-lined pit.
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Maui

Pukui-Elbert Eng to Haw,

1. The island. Maui.

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    • Epithets: Maui is the best, Maui nō ka ʻoi. Great Maui of Kama, Maui nui a Kama (short for Kamalālāwalu, a famous chief). Nā Hono-a-Piʻi-lani (see Hono-). The hunchback island, ka mokupuni kuapaʻa.

2. Name of a demigod. Māui.

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Maui

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

iʻoa, Maui, the island.

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Māui

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

iʻoa, Māui, the demigod.

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Maui

Māmaka Kaiao Eng to Haw,

Name of the island. Maui.

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Māui

Māmaka Kaiao Eng to Haw,

Name of the demigod. Māui.

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Maui

Place Names of Hawaiʻi Wahi ｜ Location,

Second largest island in the Hawaiian group, 48 miles long, 26 miles wide, with an area of 728 square miles and a population in 1970 of 38,691. Wai-luku is the major town and county seat. Maui High School is in Ka-hului. The county includes Maui, Lā-naʻi, Ka-hoʻolawe, and Molokaʻi islands. Epithet: Maui o Kama, Maui of Kama (a famous ancient chief, also called Kama-lālā-walu). The island was named for the demigod Māui (see Appendix 3).

Maui

Hawaiʻi Place Names Wahi ｜ Location,

Maui is the second largest (727.3 square miles) of the eight major Hawaiian islands and one of four islands in Maui County. It has a population of 117,644. The highest mountain on the island is Haleakalā, with an elevation of 10,023 feet, and the pua lokelani, or rose, is the emblem of the island. Maui's nickname is the Valley Isle. The County of Maui includes four islands: Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Kahoʻolawe. Named for the demigod Māui.

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