Entries from Pukui & Elbert 1986 in Pollex-Online
Pukui, M. K. and S. H. Elbert (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press.
Language | Item | Description |
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Hawaiian | Make | Fainting |
Hawaiian | Ma/maki/ | A tree (Pipturus sp.) |
Hawaiian | Maakilo | Eye wistfully, look longingly at, to beg thus |
Hawaiian | Maakoo | Rough, rocky, large Problematic |
Hawaiian | Maakohi | To split (as breadfruit); splitter |
Hawaiian | Maakolu | Thick |
Hawaiian | Maakou | We pl. (exc.) |
Hawaiian | Maakuu | Thick, (as molasses), jellied, solidified, to thicken, as cream |
Hawaiian | Makua | Main stalk of a plant |
Hawaiian | Wao akua | A distant mountain region, believed inhabited only by spirits; desert, wilderness Problematic |
Hawaiian | Makua | Parent |
Hawaiian | Maakua | Parents |
Hawaiian | Maakuʔe | Dark brown; any dark colour |
Hawaiian | Mau | Steady, constant; frequently, commonly; continue; stopped, snagged, caught, stuck |
Hawaiian | Maaua | We two (exc) |
Hawaiian | Mauna | Mountain |
Hawaiian | Maaui/ui | Bruise |
Hawaiian | Maaui | Legendary hero |
Hawaiian | Maau/na | Waste, wasteful Problematic |
Hawaiian | Mauli | Night of the moon, twenty-ninth night |
Hawaiian | Mauli | Life |
Hawaiian | Mauli | Heart, seat of life; ghost, spirit |
Hawaiian | Maunu | Bait |
Hawaiian | Maaunu | Moult, change skin, emerge from chrysalis |
Hawaiian | Maawae | To separate, sort, select; cleft, fissure, crevice, crack; to crack, split, cleave |
Hawaiian | Maaweke | Open, loose, separate, undone |
Hawaiian | Mea | Reddish |
Hawaiian | Mea | Thing |
Hawaiian | Meʔo | To tease |
Hawaiian | Mele/mele | Star name: Melemele and Polapola were said to be twin stars, the former male and the latter female |
Hawaiian | Mene | Shrink back |
Hawaiian | Mehameha | Lonely, solitary, silent |
Hawaiian | Mino | Dimpled, wrinkled, shrivelled |
Hawaiian | Minoi | Pucker the lips, suck |
Hawaiian | Mili | Handle, fondle, caress |
Hawaiian | Milo | (Thespesia populnea) |
Hawaiian | Milo | Curl, twist (as sennit strands) |
Hawaiian | Mii | Urine, urinate |
Hawaiian | Mina(mina) | Regret, be sorry, deplore; prize greatly, value greatly |
Hawaiian | Mio | Disappear swiftly; to wilt; steal |
Hawaiian | Mio | To move swiftly, as a stream of water; current Problematic |
Hawaiian | Miha | Silent, quiet Problematic |
Hawaiian | Mihi | Regret |
Hawaiian | Miki | Suck in |
Hawaiian | Moa | Fowl |
Hawaiian | Moa/moa | Sharp point at the stern of a canoe |
Hawaiian | Moa | A native banana fruit with large and plump skin; a dart game |
Hawaiian | Moano | A fish (Parupeneus sp.) |
Hawaiian | Moa(moa) | Trunkfish sp |
Hawaiian | Moana | Ocean, open sea, lake |