Usually means: Traditional Hawaiian third-gender role.
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  1. Mahu, mahu: Wordnik
  2. Mahu (person), Mahu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Mahu: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  4. mahu: Wiktionary

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  1. MAHU: Acronym Finder

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mahu)

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

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muxe, muxhe, Maorian, muu-muu, mo'i, maha, Namaka, maphrodite, moo-moo, mihi, more...



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