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1. n. outcast, pariah, slave, untouchable, menial; a caste which lived apart and was drawn on for human sacrifices (these traditional meanings carried great opprobrium). Later it was used in the Bible and in formal correspondence to translate servant. Lesser chiefs who served higher chiefs were called kauā maoli (see aliʻi poʻe kauā). see haʻalele loa₂, lauʻī pekepeke, makawela, and below for insulting names for kauā, and pejorative -a and Malo 68–72. |
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| Ch.6 p.34 para.5 sent.4 | Eia ka puaʻa, ka moa lawa, ka ʻawa, he makana, he mōhai, he kānaenae i ke aliʻi na kā ʻoukou kauā nei. | Here is a pig, a black cock, awa, a priest, a sacrifice, an offering to the chief from your servant here; |
| Ch.6 p.34 para.5 sent.5 | E ʻike i kā ʻoukou kauā iā Hulumāniani. | look upon your servant, Hulumaniani, |
| Ch.6 p.34 para.6 sent.2 | Ua mokumokuāhua ka manawa o ke aliʻi i ke aloha i kāna kauā, no ka mea, ua lōʻihi ka manawa o ka nalo ʻana, ʻaʻole nō hoʻi i ike ʻia ka manawa i nalo ai. | and his heart yearned with love toward him, for he had been gone a long while; he could not tell how long it was since he had seen him. |
| Ch.6 p.34 para.8 sent.2 | A ʻo ʻAiwohikupua hoʻi, apo akula ma nā poʻohiwi o kāna kauā a uē helu ihola. | and Aiwohikupua hugged his servant's shoulders and wailed out his virtues. |
| Ch.6 p.34 para.8 sent.3 | A pau ka uē ʻana, nīnau ihola ke aliʻi i kāna kauā, “He aha kou mea i hiki mai ai a noho i ʻaneʻi, a pehea ka lōʻihi o kou hele ʻana?” | After the wailing the chief asked his servant: "Why are you living here, and how long have you been gone?" |
| Ch.6 p.35 para.1 sent.1 | Haʻi akula ke kauā e like me kā kākou heluhelu ʻana ma nā mokuna mua. | The servant, told him all that we have read about in former chapters. |
| Ch.12 p.65 para.3 sent.5 | A no laila, ke noi mau aku nei kāu mau kauā mai ʻae ʻoe iā mākou e hoʻohaumia me kekahi mau kānaka e like me ka makemake o ke aliʻi. | and so we, your servants, beseech you not to defile us with any man, according to the princess's pleasure, |
| Ch.24 p.126 para.6 sent.3 | I ia manawa e kū ai ka mākaia o Lāʻieikawai, i ʻike ai ʻo ia i kona hilahila, a holo aku me he pio kauā lā.” | Then comes Laieikawai's disgrace, when she sees her shame and goes off afoot like a captive slave." |
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