Talk:Nāmākēhā

Nāmākēhā

 * nā - 3. Plural definite article. (Gram. 10.2) Nā lani, the chiefs. (PPN nga(a).)
 * https://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-10-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2ctextmamaka-0-1l--11-haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-na--00-4-1-00-0--40-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D13916#hero-bottom-banner
 * mākēhā [mā·kē·hā] nvi. shish, to shish, swish, especially accompanied by flash, as of skyrockets; flash, as of lightning; to flash.
 * https://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-10-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2Ctextmamaka-0-1l--11-haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-makehia--00-3-1-00-0--40-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D122733

Nāmakehā


KAVEBEAR (talk) 07:54, 20 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Might be worth explaining that there are two interpretations of his name in an end note within the article itself. Cielquiparle (talk) 03:59, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Head taboo
The description of the kapu on his head is contradictory. First it says that his head could be exposed to the sun only at dawn. Then it says that from sunrise to sunset he had to position his head to the sun. If the first statement is true, what he had to do was hide his head from the sun. Which is it?Bill (talk) 03:20, 3 September 2023 (UTC)