| Hau
Hau = Thread,
line, string, ribbon; this is the name of the fibres of
the hauhau tree formerly used to make twine,
cloth, etc.; hau kahi, fishing line for tuna;
hau here, line for eel trap; hau moroki,
strong, tough line, thread; hau paka, fibres of
the hauhau tree, which were first soaked in
water, then dried to produce a strong thread.
Ha'u = Hat.
Vanaga.
Hat, cord; the tree Triumfetta
semitriloba. Van Tilburg. Ta.: The tree Hibiscus
tiliaceus. Henry.
Hau. 1 a. Hibiscus. b. Wick. P
Pau.: fau, hibiscus. Mgv.: hau, id. Mq.:
fau, hau, id. Ta.: fau, id. 2. To
contribute. Ta.: aufau, to pay, to contribute, to
subscribe. 3. Hat, cap, helmet; hakarere ki te hau,
to take off the hat. Ta.: fauurumaa, war bonnet.
4. Dew; hakaritorito ki te hau, to bleach in the
dew. P Mgv., Mq.,Ta.: hau, dew. 5. To blow
freshly, coolness, zephyr, salubrious, breeze, wind (hahau,
ahau); kona hauhau, kona hahau, a
breezy spot; ahau ora, agreeable breeze;
hakahahau, to hang out in the air; hakaahau,
to blow. T Mgv.: hau, to blow, blusterous, to
breathe. Haua, hoarse. (Hauha); araha
hauha, to wait for, to look forward to. Hauhau,
1. dog (onomatopoetic). 2 a. To scratch, to scrape, to
rub. b. Wood used in plowing fire. 3. (hau 5).
Haumaru (hau 5 - marumaru) cool, cold.
Hauł, to replace. Hauva, twin, cut T.
Hauvaero (hau 3 - vaero) plume,
aigrette, head ornament. Hauvarikapau (hau
3 - varikapau) plume, aigrette, head ornament.
Churchill.
Pau.: Hau, superior, kingdom,
to rule. Mgv.: hau, respect. Ta.: hau,
government. Mq.: hau, id. Sa.: sauā,
despotic. Ma.: hau,
superior. Hauhau,
to attack. Ma.: hau,
to chop. Churchill.
Sa.:
fau,
to tie together, to fasten by tying, the tree (Hibiscus
tiliaceus)
whose bast is used for cord, the kava strainer made
therefrom, strings in various uses;
fafau,
to lash on, to fasten with sennit;
faufau,
to fasten on, to tie together. To.:
fau,
to fasten up the hair, the name of the hibiscus, the
kava strainer made therefrom;
faufau,
to fasten the outriggers of small canoes;
hau,
to fasten to; fehauaki,
to tie. Fu.: fau,
the hibiscus, the kava strainer;
fał,
fafał,
fałfał,
to attach, to tie. Niuē: fau,
fafau,
to make by tying. Fotuna:
no-fausia,
to tie, to fasten. Ta.: fau,
the hibiscus; fafau,
to tie together. Pau.: fau,
the hibiscus. Nuguria: hau,
id. Ma.: hau,
to bind, to fasten together;
whau, a
shrub; whauwhau,
to tie. Ha.: hau,
name of a tree with a practicable bark. Mq.:
hau,
the hibiscus. Mgv.: hau,
id.; hahau,
to join or tie with cords. Nukuoro:
hau,
the hibiscus, a garland. Mg.:
au, the
hibiscus. Vi.: vau,
the hibiscus; vautha,
to bind together. Churchill 2. |
