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 | Wii | (Spondias dulcis), Tamarind |
Hawaiian | Wili | Wind, twist, writhe, crank, turn, screw, drill, bore etc. |
Hawaiian | Wiki | Hurry, hasten, quick, fast, swift |
Hawaiian | ʔAi | Food, eat |
Hawaiian | Niioi | A tree (Eugenia sp.) |
Hawaiian | Olonaa | A native shrub (Touchardia latifolia) |
Hawaiian | Hoolua | Sled, especially the ancient sled used on grassy slopes; the sled course |
Hawaiian | Namu(namu) | Nibble, chew with closed mouth |
Hawaiian | Piele | Pudding of grated taro, sweet potato, yam, banana, or breadfruit, baked in ti leaves with coconut cream |
Hawaiian | Piele | Mattery eruptions or eczema on the scalp |
Hawaiian | Inaa | If, would that; unless, whether (with negative) |
Hawaiian | Hamo | A variety of sweet potato |
Hawaiian | Mala | Sour (as fermented sweet-potato) |
Hawaiian | Hoʔomake | Kill |
Hawaiian | Poʔe | People, persons...; plural marker Phonologically Irregular |
Hawaiian | Pale(pale) | Gunwale lashed to a canoe |
Hawaiian | Pilo | Swampy, foul odor, as of a swamp; halitosis; polluted |
Hawaiian | Kohola | Reef flats, bare reef |
Hawaiian | Pula | A fish, perhaps Pempheris mangula |
Hawaiian | Hoʔonoho | To install, establish...appoint, place in authority |
Hawaiian | ʔApi/ʔapi | Filled, as a basket; abundant, as a feast |
Hawaiian | Hui | Join, unite, combine; an association of people... |
Hawaiian | Pau | To be completely possessed, consumed, destroyed |
Hawaiian | Pau | All, to have all |
Hawaiian | Hiʔuhiʔu | Last bits or odds and ends: remnants of matting strips that must be cut off after plaiting is finished; ends of knots in plaiting; wispy end of a braid |
Hawaiian | Aka/akalani | Afterglow |
Hawaiian | Ma ke kua | Behind; rear, windward |
Hawaiian | ʔOhe hano ihu (also hano) | Nose flute |
Hawaiian | Hoʔokele | To sail or navigate, to steer, to drive (car) ; steersman, navigator |
Hawaiian | Kani | Sound |
Hawaiian | Oo | To remain, endure, survive, continue, go on, exist Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Hawaiian | Hoʔopeʔe | To hide or pretend to hide |
Hawaiian | Paʔihi | Clear, bright, cloudless |
Hawaiian | Kala kua | Sharp horn on dorsal fin |
Hawaiian | ʔAlu/ʔalu | Loose, flabby; misshapen, as a premature baby; slack, as a rope; wrinkled, uneven, rough, lined; foetus |
Hawaiian | Mea | To say; to bother, disturb |
Hawaiian | Wela | Burned |
Hawaiian | Wale | Postposed particle: only, just, very; alone; without payment, cause or reason; gratuitous, free, casual |
Hawaiian | Walea | (= nanea) Of absorbing interest...fascinating...leisure, tranquility; relaxed, at ease...engaged with, busy with... |
Hawaiian | Kula | Plain, field, open country, pasture |
Hawaiian | Lawaiʔa | Fisherman; fishing technique; to fish, to catch fish |
Hawaiian | Manamana | Finger, toe |
Hawaiian | Kalakala | Craggy, thorny, knotty; rough in language, rude, harsh |
Hawaiian | Hilina Maa | Name of the eleventh month (Moloka'i), eighth (Kaua'i), or tenth (Alexander) |
Hawaiian | Hinaia/ʔeleʔele | A Hawaiian star and month name |
Hawaiian | We/lehu | Ancient Hawaiian month, corresponding approximately to November |
Hawaiian | Anuhea | Cool, soft fragrance, as of upland forests; sweetness; to be cool, fragrant and sweet |
Hawaiian | Welu/welu | Shredded to bits |
Hawaiian | Malolo | To rest, pause, adjourn |
Hawaiian | Keelaa | Demonstrative: That, that one, he, she, it, that person or thing, the former |