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Hawaiian
Etymology
kua (“back”) + moʻo (“lizard”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kuamoʻo
- Alternative form of iwi kuamoʻo (“backbone, genealogy”)
- clamp used in making and repairing canoes
References
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kuamoʻo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
- Hawaiian Language Committee, compilers (2003), Māmaka Kaiao: A Modern Hawaiian Vocabulary, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press
- Paul Nahoa Lucas, editor, compiled by Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and University of Hawaiʻi Committee for the Preservation and Study of Hawaiian Language, Art, and Culture (1995), A Dictionary of Hawaiian Legal-Land Terms, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN