Hawaiian noun · Land
ʻAmaʻu
Pronunciation: /ah-MAH-oo/
Meaning
Native fern
Example sentences
Ua ʻike ʻoe i ka lehulehu o ka ʻAmaʻu ma luna o ka pali?
Did you see the abundance of ʻAmaʻu ferns on the cliff?
Kū ka ʻAmaʻu ma ka pā hale o koʻu kupuna wahine.
The ʻAmaʻu fern grows at my grandmother's house enclosure.
Pono kāua e mālama i ka ʻAmaʻu no ka mea, he mea nui ia i ko mākou kaiapuni.
We must take care of the ʻAmaʻu fern because it is important to our environment.
About this word
“ʻAmaʻu” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Native fern. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Land. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.