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maumau

/ mau.mau / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. Reduplication of mau #1, frequent, often.

  • Examples:
    • Maumau ʻole kāna ʻōlelo, his words are inconsistent.
  • Related:
    • Kai maumau, neap tide.
    • hoʻomaumau Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hoʻomau.
      • E hoʻomaumau i ka ʻikena (song), continue seeing [one another].

2. vs., Not sticky, not tenacious; of poi of medium texture, neither hard nor watery.

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