manō
n., Shark (general name).
- Figuratively, a passionate lover.
- Examples:
- Manō iʻa, ordinary shark.
- Manō hae, fierce shark or fighter.
- Manō kanaka, shark thought to be born of a human mother and sired by a shark god, or by a deified person whose spirit possesses a shark or turns into a shark.
- Manō ihu waʻa, shark traditionally said to rest its head on the outrigger of a canoe, beloved by fishermen and fed; literally, bow shark.
- Pau pele, pau manō, consumed by volcanic fire, consumed by shark [may I die if I don't keep my pledge].
- References:
- Cf. ʻai ā manō, hula manō, niuhi, pua #1.
- PNP mangoo .
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