Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective All done or gone; finished.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I saw his lips shape, but not utter aloud, the single word pau (finish).
ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010
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She could not divorce Castner, unthinkable in those days, so the Prince and she were covert lovers and when he had to return to Honolulu he tore his lei across as his lips shaped the word pau (finish).
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I saw his lips shape, but not utter aloud, the single word pau (finish).
ON THE MAKALOA MAT 1993
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I saw his lips shape, but not utter aloud, the single word pau (finish).
On the Makaloa Mat 1919
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A nolaila la, e na makamaka a pau o ka naauao a me na keiki kupa no hoi o Hawaii nei, mai ka la hiki a ka la kau, eia mai Kawahineokaliula, ke hele aku la imua o oukou me ke aloha, a e pono hoi ke hookipa ia ia me ka aloha makamae o ka puuwai Hawaii.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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I ka lima o ka makahiki, ma ka pau ana o ka hapaha mua o ua makahiki la, iho hou mai la o Kaonohiokala i kana hana mau ilalo nei.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Kekalukaluokewa, a hooponopono aku la oia i ka aina, a me na kanaka a pau malalo o kona noho Alii.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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The pau is a short skirt, made of bark cloth or of the ki leaves, which reaches from the waist half down to the knees.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Charles Nordhoff 1865
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The pau is another drefs very frequently worn by the youngpr part of the fex.
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Friday May 7th 2010 when you are 'pau' celebrating First Friday in the Arts
vmarinelli commented on the word pau
"Finished" in Hawaiian.
February 6, 2007