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 Puna/hele A favorite or pet
Hawaiian Hele Go, come, walk, move
Hawaiian Helu-a To scratch the earth, as a hen; to dig with the fingers; to paw the earth, as an angry bull
Hawaiian Hema Left (Side)
Hawaiian Hemo Weak, exhausted; loose, separated, untied, unfastened, divorced
Hawaiian Hemo ʔee Faint, scanty, feeble, gasping (as when near death)
Hawaiian Hewa Mistake, fault, error, sin
Hawaiian Hii Fish with line
Hawaiian Hii Dysentery, diarrhoea
Hawaiian Hina To fall from an upright position
Hawaiian Hina Throw down (as in wrestling)
Hawaiian Hiinano Male pandanus blossom
Hawaiian Hiʔa Net needle
Hawaiian Hiʔa Action of firemaking
Hawaiian Hiʔi Carry in the arms
Hawaiian Hiʔu Tail of fish
Hawaiian Hila/hila Bashful, shameful, ashamed
Hawaiian Hina Grey-haired, white-haired
Hawaiian Hina/-ʔai-kamalama Legendary polynesian goddess
Hawaiian Hinahina Various plant spp.. (Heliotropium anomalum) (Whistler 1992)
Hawaiian Hinu Oil, grease, ointment
Hawaiian Hinuhinu Bright, glossy, shining, lustrous...splendid
Hawaiian Hii(hii) Hiss
Hawaiian Hiwa/hiwa Precious, beloved, esteemed Problematic
Hawaiian Hiwa Black
Hawaiian Hiwi Ridge of hill
Hawaiian Hoo- Give, transfer, go
Hawaiian Hoo Go
Hawaiian Hoa Friend
Hawaiian Hoaka Second day of month; crescent (shape)
Hawaiian Hoaka Bright, shiny, glittering
Hawaiian Honi Touch noses, smell
Hawaiian Ho/hono/ Odour of perspiration
Hawaiian Hoi (Dioscorea bulbifera), (Dioscorea sativa)
Hawaiian Hola (Tephrosia purpurea), a slender shrubby legume used for poisoning fish
Hawaiian Holo Landslide
Hawaiian Holo Run; sail, ride, go
Hawaiian Holo A long bundle, as of hard poi
Hawaiian Holoi Wash, clean, scour
Hawaiian Holu Ripple (as waves)
Hawaiian Hope Buttocks, behind, after, posterior
Hawaiian Hopo(hopo) Anxiety, uncertainty, doubt, fright, uncertain, anxious, in doubt
Hawaiian Hopu Seize
Hawaiian ʔOpu Jump into water feet first without making a splash Problematic
Hawaiian Hoohaa Cowardly, coward, cowardice
Hawaiian Hua Word, letter, figure, watchword, speak Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Huaʔi To disclose, reveal, uncover, as an oven; to disinter, dig up; pour forth, break forth; to churn water, as a ship propellor
Hawaiian ʔOʔopu-hue Swellfishes, Puffers, Globefishes
Hawaiian Huelo Tail (as of dog, cat, pig) Problematic
Hawaiian Hulali A kind of Beche-de-mer