kuamoʻo

Hawaiian

Etymology

kua (“back”) +‎ moʻo (“lizard”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.aˈmo.ʔo/, [ku.wəˈmo.ʔo]

Noun

kuamoʻo

1. alternative form of iwi kuamoʻo (“backbone, genealogy”)
2. 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^[1], 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^[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN