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 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)
Hawaiian Kuku/ku A shrub (Colubrina asiatica)
Hawaiian Kuku To beat, as tapa
Hawaiian Kuukuuau Large crab (Metapograpsus thukuhar)
Hawaiian Aa/u, o/u Second person singular ∅-possessive (≠ definite singular possessed item) Problematic
Hawaiian Noni Troubled, agitated, perplexed, confused; to mix
Hawaiian Ua/ua Sinewy, tough, glutinous, viscid
Hawaiian U(w)a/i To move (as an object), push aside; move from place to place (as a tethered animal), sliding (as a door); opening and shutting
Hawaiian Ua/naoa lack of appetite, sick at the sight of food. Problematic
Hawaiian Ue Jerk, pull, twist, pry, turn, sway
Hawaiian Uhi Yam
Hawaiian Uhi Mother of pearl bivalve
Hawaiian Uhi Covering, cover, veil, lid
Hawaiian Uhu Parrot-fish spp
Hawaiian Hoʔo/una Send, transmit, send on an errand, command, put to work