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 | Poʔea | A native purslane (Portulaca sclerocarpa) |
| Hawaiian | Pooʔele | Black, dark; dark night |
| Hawaiian | Poʔi(a) | Cover, lid; to cover; catch between cupped hands, pounce, snatch |
| Hawaiian | Poʔia | Catch between cupped hands, to pounce, to snatch |
| Hawaiian | Poʔo | Cavity, depression |
| Hawaiian | Poʔo | Slap water |
| Hawaiian | Poʔohiwi | Shoulder |
| Hawaiian | Poolani | Handsome, beautiful, clean, pure Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Puuleho | An elongated type of Cowrie (Luria isabella) Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Poli | Bosom, breast; depression |
| Hawaiian | Poo/polo/ | Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) |
| Hawaiian | Polo | Special prayer offered to spirits of the dead |
| Hawaiian | Poloʔai | Summon, command to appear, invite, proclaim publicly |
| Hawaiian | Poololi | Hunger, hungry |
| Hawaiian | Pooluku | Pound to pieces; destroy, slaughter |
| Hawaiian | Pona | Joint of sugarcane or bamboo stem |
| Hawaiian | Pooniu | (Cardiospermum halicacabum) |
| Hawaiian | Pono | Correct procedure, correctness |
| Hawaiian | Popo(po) | Decay |
| Hawaiian | Poopoo | Ball, round mass, wad; to shape or was up into a ball or bundle |
| Hawaiian | Poho | To belly out (as a sail) |
| Hawaiian | Pookano | Very dark |
| Hawaiian | Pookaʔa | Ball, coil, roll, reel; to wind, roll, coil; to revolve... |
| Hawaiian | Poki/poki | Sow bug, Pill bug (Isopoda) |
| Hawaiian | Pookiʔi | Younger sibling |
| Hawaiian | Pou | Post |
| Hawaiian | Pouli | Dark; darkness, dark night; ignorance |
| Hawaiian | Puu | Trumpet |
| Hawaiian | Puu | Tree |
| Hawaiian | Pua | Flower, blossom |
| Hawaiian | Puana-kau | Rigel |
| Hawaiian | Puaʔa | Pig |
| Hawaiian | Puaʔi | Vomit; flow out, as water; bubble, gurgle, boil; utter (as speech) |
| Hawaiian | Puapua | Rump, as of a chicken |
| Hawaiian | Puahiohio | Whirlwind |
| Hawaiian | Puehu | Crumbling |
| Hawaiian | Puuhaa | A brown seaweed (Colpomenia sinuosa). Not eaten Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Puna | Coral |
| Hawaiian | Puna | Section between joints or nodes, as of bamboo or sugar cane |
| Hawaiian | Puunaawelewele | Cobweb, spinning spider |
| Hawaiian | Pui/ia | Sweet-smelling |
| Hawaiian | Puuʔawa | Bitter |
| Hawaiian | Puʔe | Mound, hill, heap |
| Hawaiian | Puʔe | Hill |
| Hawaiian | Poʔe | People...; plural marker Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Puuʔolo | Bundle, bag, container |
| Hawaiian | Puʔu | Protuberance, lump, swelling, hill |
| Hawaiian | Puʔu | Method of catching plover (in which a bone becomes lodged in the bird's throat) |
| Hawaiian | Pula | Kindle, kindling Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Pula | Have something in the eye |
