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kāwaʻu

/ kā.waʻu / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. Same as waʻu, to scrape.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

3. Same as heaʻe, a variety of Zanthoxylum dipetalum 🌐, the wood of which was used for tapa-beating anvils.

4. Same as pūkiawe.

  • Source:
    • Lānaʻi, Maui.

5. Same as uhiuhi, a tree.

  • Source:
    • Maui.

6. n., A native holly (Ilex anomala 🌐), a rather common shrub or tree, with shiny, oval leaves and panicles of small, white flowers and small, round, black fruits.

  • Related:
    • Also: ʻaiea.
  • References:
    • Neal 528.

7. To detain, delay, keep back.

  • References:
    • AP

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kāwaʻu

/ kā'-wa'u / Parker Haw to Eng,

v., To keep back; to detain; to stay; to delay.

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