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akepau

/ ake.pau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Tuberculosis, consumption. Literally, finished liver.

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akepau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Consumption, an obsolete term for tuberculosis used before the causative germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, was discovered by R. Koch in 1882. Lit., liver finished. Tuberculosis rarely involves the liver.

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