waiū
/ wai.ū /n., Milk; a wet nurse; breast. Literally, breast liquid.
- Examples:
- Kau ka waiū, breasts filled with milk.
- Keiki waiū, nursing child.
- Hoʻokau i ka waiū, to perform ceremonies to make the breasts fill with milk.
- Lele ka waiū, breast milk has ceased to flow.
- Hoʻolele i ka waiū, to perform ceremonies to make the breast cease flowing.
- He ʻāina e kahe ana ka waiū a me ia meli (Nah. 14.8), a land which flows with milk and honey.
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