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mamo

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Black Hawaiian honey creeper (Drepanis pacifica 🌐): its yellow feathers above and below the tail were used in choicest featherwork. Formerly found only on Hawaiʻi, not seen since the 1880s.

  • Related:
    • A Molokaʻi species was Drepanis funerea, not seen since the 1890s.
    • Also: hoa and ʻōʻō nuku mū.

2. n., Safflower or false saffron (Carthamus tinctorius 🌐), a branching annual, 30 to 120 cm high, from Asia, grown for its flowers, which are yellow, like the feathers of the mamo bird.

  • References:
    • Neal 858.

3. n., A sergeant fish (Abudefduf abdominalis 🌐), to about 163 mm long.

4. n., Descendant, posterity.

  • Examples:
    • Nā mamo o ʻIkeraʻela (Puk. 1.13), the children of Israel.
    • Nā mamo pihaʻā o Kaʻaluʻalu, the driftwood descendants of Kaʻaluʻalu [said derisively of a Kaʻū person with many children, because of the abundance of driftwood at Ka-ʻaluʻalu, Kaʻū].

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MA-MO

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A descendant; posterity below the third generation. Kin. 26:24. Children; descendants generally. Kanl. 32:52.

2. A species of bird with yellow feathers and much valued for its feathers.

3. A yellow war cloak covered with the yellow feathers of the mamo.

4. The name of a species of fish.

5. The name of a tree with beautiful blossoms; he pua nani, he laau.

MA-MO

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Yellow, from the yellow bird called mamo; aahu mamo, a yellow garment; ua aahuia i ka lole ula ame ka aahu mamo, he was clothed in a red coat and a yellow robe.

Mamo (mā'-mo), adj.

/ mā'-mo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Yellow, from the yellow bird called mamo; aahu mamo, a yellow garment; Ua aahuia i ka lole ula ame kaaahu mamo. He was clothed in a red coat and a yellow robe.

Mamo (mā'-mo), n.

/ mā'-mo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A descendant; posterity below the third generation.

2. Children; descendants generally.

3. A bird (Drepanis pacifica).

4. A yellow war cloak covered with the feathers of the mamo.

5. Same as mamamo, a species of fish.

mamo

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Black honeycreeper (Drepanis pacifica.) Bird with a black, slightly glossy body with feathers of a beautiful yellow on the sides, undersides, and thighs. Now extinct. It was native to Hawaiʻi island and easily caught with lime or noose. It supplied the best feathers for Hawaiian featherwork.

mamo

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Endemic honeycreeper, now extinct. It was the source of the black and yellow feathers used in the choicest featherwork, including the all-yellow cloak of Kamehameha I made around 1800 from some half million of these feathers. (KILO.)

mamo

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

descendent; war cloak of the mamo feather.

mamo

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Descendant; lineal descendants, but can include both adopted children and collateral heirs. In re Trust Estate of Kanoa, 47 Haw. 610, 623 (1964). 2. Offspring (HRH). 3. A descendant; posterity below the third generation; children; descendants generally (AP).

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