1. Same as au #1; to walk lightly and swiftly.
2. Reduplication of au #3.
3. Reduplication of au #10.
4. Same as au #11.
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v. Conj. 6 of au, to swim. To bathe in water, as a person. Puk. 2:5.
2. To wash; cleanse with water. Oihk.15:5.
3. To take out wrinkles from a piece of cloth. Hoo., conj. 3. To wash; cleanse, &c.
4. Used imperatively, to excite; hasten; e auau aku kakou, e wikiwiki: e auau mai oe, come quickly, e wikiwiki mai oe; used also with ho. See HOAUAU.
s. A bathing; washing; ua hele i ka auau, he is gone to bathe.
adj. Of, or belonging to bathing; as, he wai auau; wahi auau.
s. Name of a certain aho (a small stick) to be thatched first in the process of building a heiau.
s. Name of a long slim fish; the guard-fish that swims near the surface of the water.
s. A snare for catching and killing birds; he pahele e make ai ka manu; he auau manu.
s. The stalk of loulu made into a spear; he ihe.
Bathing; washing: He wahi auau, a bathing place.
1. The small stick that is thatched to the rafters, to which the roof-covering is secured in the process of building a heiau or temple.
2. The act of bathing or the state of being bathed.
3. A bath; a wash; an immersion: Ua hele i ka auau, he has gone for a bath.
A species, of fish (Tylosurus giganteus) with long, powerful toothed jaws, the lower one being a trifle longer than the upper; a belonoid fish; a garfish or guardfish. Also known as ahaaha.
1. A spear made from the stalk of the loulu palm (Pritchardia arecina), and mounted with shark's teeth on its pointed end.
2. A snare; a trap; a device for catching and killing birds. He, auau, he pahele e make ai ka manu; a trap, a device for killing birds. See pahele.
1. To bathe; to immerse or wash in water.
2. To wet; to lave or suffuse. Aleale ka waimaka, auau i ka lihilihi.
To accelerate the movement or action of; to expedite; to hasten; to hurry.
bathing. Channel between Lanai and Maui.
E huli iā “auau” ma Ulukau.
Search for “auau” on Ulukau.