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 Kuni Burn, blaze, kindle, scorch, sear
Hawaiian Kulou Bow the head, bend
Hawaiian Kunou Bow the head, bend
Hawaiian Kuunounou A kind of sea-cucumber
Hawaiian Kunu Cough
Hawaiian Kui Thread
Hawaiian Kukui Candlenut
Hawaiian Kuuʔau Stem, stick, mallet, shank of hook
Hawaiian Kuʔe Deformed, malformed
Hawaiian Kuʔe/kuʔe Elbow, joint, knuckle
Hawaiian Kuʔemaka Eyebrow
Hawaiian Kuʔi Pound, punch, strike
Hawaiian Kuʔukuʔu Spider sp.
Hawaiian Kula Container; basket-like fish trap
Hawaiian Kuulana Station, rank, title, condition, position, place, quality, grade, rating.....
Hawaiian Kuana Position, attitude, standing Problematic
Hawaiian Kulaʔi Push over, overthrow
Hawaiian Ku(ku)le Inactive, listless
Hawaiian Kuli Deaf
Hawaiian Ku/kulu/aaeʔo (Himantopus himantopus)
Hawaiian Kuli Knee
Hawaiian Kuuloli Having no wife, children or relatives Problematic
Hawaiian Kulu Drip
Hawaiian Kulu Timber used in a house, as sticks, posts
Hawaiian Kuu lua Fourth day of the old lunar month; also the name of the seventeenth day and second after the full moon
Hawaiian Kulu au moe Late night, midnight Problematic
Hawaiian Kuluma Accustomed to, intimate with; usual, customary Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Kuukulu Pillar, post; to build a house
Hawaiian Kuumaa Prefix to numbers, as `umi kuumaakaahi "eleven"
Hawaiian Kuumaakena Lament, bewail, mourn loudly for the dead, grieve
Hawaiian Kuumau Customary, usual, regular
Hawaiian Kumu Origin, base
Hawaiian Kumulani Base of the sky, horizon
Hawaiian Kuna Eel (freshwater spp.)
Hawaiian Kunu Cook on open fire
Hawaiian Kuolo Tremble, as the voice; vibrate, resonate
Hawaiian Kupa Dark-red cowrie shell Problematic
Hawaiian Kupapaʔu Corpse, cadaver
Hawaiian Kuupono Upright, perpendicular, honest, decent, proper, appropriate, satisfactory, rightful, reliable, right, just, fair, suitable, advisable etc.
Hawaiian Kuupou(pou) Sharp-nosed Wrasse (Cheilio inermis)
Hawaiian Kupu Sprout, grow, increase
Hawaiian Kupua Supernatural being, being with magic powers
Hawaiian Kupuna Grandparent, ancestor...
Hawaiian Kuupuna Plural of kupuna
Hawaiian Kuhi Point
Hawaiian Kuukae Excrement
Hawaiian Kuukaʔi Rope fastening fish nets together
Hawaiian Kuukala Proclaim publicly, tell abroad, announce
Hawaiian Kuke Push
Hawaiian Kuku Hoop (used as net spreader)