1. vs. To be cut, severed, amputated, broken in two, as a rope; broken loose, as a stream after heavy rains, or as a bound person; to punctuate. Moku ka pawa, dawn has broken. Kai moku ka noho ʻana, relations separated by the sea. hoʻo.moku To cut and divide; a cutting, division, separation. (PPN motu.)

2. n. District, island, islet, section, forest, grove, clump, severed portion, fragment, cut, laceration, scene in a play. Cf. mokupuni, momoku. Moku lehua, lehua forest. hoʻo.moku To place one over a moku, district. (For. 6:377.) (PPN motu.)

3. n. Ship, schooner, vessel, boat, said to be so called because the first European ships suggested islands. Many types are listed below.

4. n. A stage of pounded poi (such poi sticks together as a mass and can be separated cleanly (moku) from the pounding board). (Kep. 165.)