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kakau

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

Reduplication and plural of kau, to place; to leave imprints; to stand out, as veins.

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kākau

/ kā.kau / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. nvt., To write, sign; to print on tapa; to mark out for distribution, as land (Ios. 18:6, 8); writing.

  • Source:
    • Probably kā-, causative + kau, to place.
  • Related:
    • Kākau wale, to write carelessly, scribble.
    • Mea kākau, writer, author.
    • Kākau ʻia mai, written to us (as a report submitted).
    • Kākau ʻole, unwritten.
    • Kākau ʻāpuka, forgery.
  • References:

2. nvt., To tattoo; tattooing.

3. n., Young but fully marked and fully developed fish.

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kākau

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

hamani, To take, as a test.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Related:
    • Also: hana.
    • Kākau i ka hōʻike. To take a test.
  • References:
    • Cf. haku i ka hōʻike.

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