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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.