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mahus

mahus is the plural of mahu.

Meaning of mahu

Noun

mahu (plural mahus or mahu)

  1. (Hawaii) A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti.
  2. (Hawaii, derogatory, slang) A gay person; homosexual.

Questions about mahus

What is mahus the plural of?
Mahus is the plural of mahu.

Words near mahus in the dictionary

  1. Mahumett
  2. mahurat
  3. mahurats
  4. Mahurin
  5. Mahurins
  6. mahus
  7. mahusive
  8. mahwa
  9. Mahwah
  10. mahwas
  11. mahzor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mahus (page history and authors); mahu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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