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 |
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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 | 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 |
Hawaiian | Unaʔoa | A mollusk (Vermetidae sp.) |
Hawaiian | Kaunaʔoa | A mollusk (Vermetidae sp.) |
Hawaiian | Ua | Rain |
Hawaiian | Uhi | Solid tattooing |
Hawaiian | Ui | Ask, question, appeal |
Hawaiian | Uʔi | Youthful, pretty, vigorous Problematic |
Hawaiian | Uila | Lightning |
Hawaiian | Ula | Flame, to flame |
Hawaiian | Ula | Lobster |
Hawaiian | Ule | Penis |
Hawaiian | Uli | Steer v |
Hawaiian | Uli | Dark colour |
Hawaiian | Ulu | An increase or rising of the wind |
Hawaiian | Ulu/mano | A strong wind from a given direction in each locality |
Hawaiian | Ulu | Stick used in spreading hot oven stones; to spread the stones |
Hawaiian | Ulu | Grove |
Hawaiian | Ulua | Crevalli/jack sp |
Hawaiian | Uluna | Pillow |
Hawaiian | Ulukuu | Disturbed, nervous, agitated, perturbed |
Hawaiian | Uma/uma | Chest, breast |
Hawaiian | Uma | Hand-wrestling |
Hawaiian | ʔUme | Surgeon-fish |
Hawaiian | Mele | Sing song, chant Problematic |
Hawaiian | ʔUmoki | Cork, stopper, bung |
Hawaiian | Umu | Oven, furnace |
Hawaiian | Imu | Underground oven, food cooked in such |
Hawaiian | Una | Turtle shell |
Hawaiian | Unahi | Scales of a fish; scaly; to scale |
Hawaiian | Unoʔo | Scorched, inflamed |
Hawaiian | Unu/hi | Take out; withdraw; unsheath |
Hawaiian | (Uo)uoa | A fish (Neomyxus chaptalii) known as the false mullet |
Hawaiian | Uhi/uhi | Endemic tree sp. (Mezoneuron kauaiense). Weedy herb sp. (Phaseolus lathyroides) (Ni'ihau) (StJ). |
Hawaiian | Uhi | Large bluish-brown birthmark |
Hawaiian | Hoʔo/uka/ | Load as Cargo |
Hawaiian | Uka | Inland (from shore), shore, land (from sea) |
Hawaiian | Ukana | Cargo, freight (of canoe) |
Hawaiian | Uki(uki) | Angry, annoyed, offended...irritated...to hate; fierce (as wind); petulant Uncertain Semantic Connection |