Makau

[BIGG_BUDD]

Aloha! I'm looking for some help with a Hawaiian word - Makau. I know it means 'hook' and I know the cultural and symbolic meaning of the word, but I don't know how to properly pronounce it.

I've searched the web and come up empty. I think it is pronounced "mah-kah-oo" but not really sure. I figured one of you local divers would know the proper way to say it...

Any help is appreciated. Mahalo!

 

[DiveWestOahu]

ma cow

 

[BIGG_BUDD]

that was easy! thanks, dude.

 

[olelomoana]

If the pronunciation is maka'u then the meaning is:

makaʻu

nvt. Fear; frightened, afraid, cowardly, timid, unsafe, dangerous. Makaʻu ʻoia i ke kaua, he is afraid of war. Cf. makaʻuhia, makaʻulia. hoʻo.makaʻu To frighten, scare, terrify, make afraid; fear; to pretend to fear. (PPN mataku.)