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plural paus
Alternative form of pa (“Maori fort”) examples
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(Hawaii) done; over; finished quotations examples
I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]
1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs, page 122
When the county truck was pau hauling rubbish for the day, […]
2004, Mike Ashman, Kauaʻi Historical Society, Kauai as it was in the 1940s and '50s
(historical) A unit of volume used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak, equivalent to 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 litres or 0.6 US pints).
(Malaysia and Singapore) baozi; Chinese steamed buns with filling examples