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 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 Food or bait made of fish head, stomach, pounded; thresh, beat
Hawaiian Palu Food or bait made of fish head, stomach, pounded; thresh, beat
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
Hawaiian Papaalina Cheek
Hawaiian Paapuu Clear, unobstructed, plain n
Hawaiian Paahaʔa/aʔa A variety of gourd with a short fruit
Hawaiian Paheʔe Slide, slip, slippery
Hawaiian Pahelo To peel (as taro) Problematic
Hawaiian Pahele Snare, noose, trap; needle for stringing leis Problematic
Hawaiian Paahihi Stream, as water over a cliff; spread, as vines
Hawaiian Pahu Push, shove, hurt
Hawaiian Pahu Drum
Hawaiian Pahu Push, shove, thrust, impel, pierce; hurl
Hawaiian Paka Raindrops, patter of rain, esp. big drops
Hawaiian Paka/paka Wrinkled, scaly
Hawaiian Paakanaloa Young of the hou, a fish; a kind of banana
Hawaiian Paakai/kaawele A fish, perhaps an `oopakapaka
Hawaiian Paakali To decoy fish; a decoy
Hawaiian Pakee Brittle, weak Problematic
Hawaiian Pakelo Thrust (as a spear)
Hawaiian Pakii Spurt, splash, spatter, squirt
Hawaiian Paakiʔi Flatfish
Hawaiian Paakiko/kiko Scattered, dotted, spotted Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Paku Unite portions of tapa by beating
Hawaiian Paakuu Screen
Hawaiian Paakuʔi/kuʔi A Surgeonfish (Acanthurus achilles)
Hawaiian (Paa)paua Bivalve shellfish (Isognomen)
Hawaiian Pa/paua/ Mussel (Perna sp.)