Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Hawaiian name of the mahoe, Pariti tiliaceum, which occurs in nearly all tropical countries and is abundant in all Pacific islands.
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The word hau´ is a term of approbation, ēⁿ signifying yes, or affirmation, the two thus used together serving to intensify the expression.
The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 Walter James Hoffman 1872
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The word hau´ is a term of approbation, ēⁿ signifying yes, or affirmation, the two thus used together serving to intensify the expression.
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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For an hour he strolled about, his right hand never far from the butt of the automatic that lay along his groin, his eyes never too far from the unwilling Nau-hau beside him.
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Van Horn motioned the old man in and on board, beckoned Borckman to take charge of the deck and of Nau-hau, and went below to get the money from his strong-box.
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“Maybe too much trouble along you,” Nau-hau challenged back.
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“Plenty work him fella Sati, long time,” Nau-hau drove to the point.
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She was cutting the many sections or nut-envelopes of the fruit into fluted bell-shapes preparatory to stringing them on the twisted and tough inner bark of the hau tree.
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Nau-hau demanded, his tongue, but not his brain, encompassing so prodigious
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I mean was she prodding the the poor wee rubber thing with that junior sized spear to wake it up and move it along ...? hau
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For Nau-hau, in sullen volcanic rage, was ripe to erupt at the slightest opportunity.
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aujourdui commented on the word hau
peace in polynesian, i think.
April 26, 2008