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
Hawaiian Paaʔee To peel, as bark; a bunch of cleaned bark
Hawaiian Paʔewa Crooked, bent, misshapen, wrong, error
Hawaiian Paʔi, pa/paʔi Slap, spank, beat, hit, clap....
Hawaiian Paʔiaʔa Root system, rootlets, small branches
Hawaiian Paʔi/malau Portuguese Man-of-war (Physalia)
Hawaiian Paʔi-uma Chest-slapping hula
Hawaiian Paaʔouʔou Young of the hou, a fish
Hawaiian Paʔu Smudge, soot, to soil; ink
Hawaiian Pala Rotten, as taro corm; soft, as an infected boil
Hawaiian Pala Dab of excreta
Hawaiian Pala A tree fern (Marattia douglasii)
Hawaiian Pala Form of syphilis
Hawaiian Paala/ni Paint or daub lightly, especially to paint tapa in light shades
Hawaiian Paalaha Broad, extended, spread out
Hawaiian Palani A surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri)
Hawaiian Palai A fern (Microlepia setosa)
Hawaiian Palalee Speak imperfectly etc.
Hawaiian Palalii Any flutelike, high or shrill sound; sound of flatulency Problematic
Hawaiian Palaoa Whale
Hawaiian Palaheʔa Stained, smeared, bedaubed
Hawaiian Palaka A fish
Hawaiian Palakuu Ripe to perfection, as of bananas that drop when touched; ripen uniformly
Hawaiian Paalau Exaggerate, tell tall tales
Hawaiian Pale Ward off, thrust aside, parry, fend off...
Hawaiian Pale(pale) Gunwale lashed to a canoe
Hawaiian Pale Head-dress
Hawaiian Palemo Sink, vanish, slip away, drowned
Hawaiian Pale kai Taffrail, railing of a vessel; breakwater
Hawaiian Pali Cliff
Hawaiian Palili Small, weak taro shoot
Hawaiian Paaloa Long seine
Hawaiian Paalolo Clay, hard, sticky mud Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Palu Thresh, beat
Hawaiian Palu Food or bait made of fish head, stomach, pounded
Hawaiian Palu/palu Weak, soft, limber, flexible, supple, fragile, flimsy, feeble, frail, tender
Hawaiian Paalulu Curtain, screen, shield
Hawaiian Pana Shoot (as marbles)
Hawaiian Pana Throb
Hawaiian Pana Bow n
Hawaiian Paanaʔi Fit one on to another, splice, lengthen
Hawaiian Panau Move up and down, flip along
Hawaiian Pane Hind part of the head; top or summit (as of a mountain)
Hawaiian Poni Anoint, oil, daub Problematic
Hawaiian Pani Close, shut
Hawaiian Paanoʔo (Eleotridae) and (Gobiidae spp.), said to leap from pool to pool
Hawaiian Papa Board
Hawaiian Papa Flat hard surface
Hawaiian Papa Class, rank, grade, order...
Hawaiian Paapaʔi Crab Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian Paapaʔu Shallow, shoal