mua
1. loc.n., Before, ahead, forward, in advance, future, front, first, former, foremost, primary, principal; previously, beforehand; oldest, older brother or sister; senior branch of a family; leader, senior partner, senior; more than.
- Examples:
- I mua! Mamua! Forward! Holo i mua, to progress, go forward.
- Kēia mua iho, the near future.
- Kēia mua aʻe, fairly near in the future.
- Kēia mua aku, distant future.
- Mamua aku nei, some time ago.
- Ua noho ʻoia i mua o ke aliʻi, he stayed in the presence of the chief.
- I mua ou, before you.
- I mua i hope, back and forth.
- ʻAʻole i … mamua, never before.
- ʻAʻole au i ʻike iāia mamua, I've never seen him before.
- ʻO kō mākou mua loa ia, he is our eldest.
- Na ka mua, na ka muli, belonging to the older [sibling], belonging to the younger [sibling] [a way of describing the parentage of first cousins].
- Hele mua, older brother or sister, senior branch of a family; to go ahead or first.
- ʻOi kēia mamua o kēlā, this is better than that; literally, superior this before that.
- References:
- Gram. 8.6.
- PPN muʻa .
2. n., Men's eating house.
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mua
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- References:
- See ʻōlelo mua.
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MU-A
v. To mumble food, as for a child; to eat with the lips.
MU-A
adv. and comp. prep. Of place, before; in front of; of time, first; previous to; before; usually prefixed with some of the simple prepositions. Gram. § 161.
MU-A
s. The name of a house for men only in ancient times; the house was kapu to women.
2. The distinguishing name of one of the six houses constituting a family arrangement. See HALE. Eono hale o na kanaka—he mua, oia kekahi, men had six houses—a mua was one; the mua was the eating house for the husband; ai no ke kane ma ka mua, the husband ate in the mua. See Mooolelo Hawaii 59. Holo kiki aku la o Papa a komo i mua e paio me Wakea. Papa ran hastily and entered the eating house or husband’s house to quarrel with Wakea.
2. The front part of a house or room. 1 Nal. 6:20.
3. A poor looking calabash.
4. A person with pouting or large lips.
5. The first born of a family.
6. The first; the beginning; the commencement. Mar. 1:1.
Mua (mū'-a), n.
1. A house for men only in ancient times; the house was tabu to women. The women's houses were nua and pea.
2. The distinguishing name of one of the six houses constituting a family arrangement. See hale. Eoho hale o na kanaka—he mua, oia kekahi, men had six houses—a mua was one; the mua was the eating house for the husband; ai no ke kane ma ka mua, the husband ate in the mua. D. Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Chap. 59; Holo kiki aku la o Papa a komo i ka mua e paio me Wakea. Papa ran hastily and entered the eating house or husband's house to quarrel with Wakea.
3. The front; front part; frontage.
4. A preceding all else.
Mua (mŭ-ā'), v.
To feed from mouth to mouth, an old custom among Hawaiians; that is, to chew food and feed it to small children.
Mua (mŭ-ā'), n.
A bottle-necked calabash, such as were used to drink out of.
Mua (mū'-a), adv.
Previously; beforehand.
Mua (mū'-a), adj.
Foremost; preceding all others in a series; first.
mua
Older brother or sister.
mua
Eating house of the men.
mūʻā
Poor looking calabash. (A.) Bottle-necked gourd, as used for drinking. (PE.)
mua
Older sister or brother.
mua
first; previously; foremost.
mua
Future; first; former; previously.
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