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 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 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 Hoʔokele To sail or navigate, to steer, to drive (car) ; steersman, navigator
Hawaiian Oo To remain, endure, survive, continue, go on, exist Uncertain Semantic Connection
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 Miki Undertow
Hawaiian Mea To say; to bother, disturb
Hawaiian Wale Postposed particle: only, just, very; alone; without payment, cause or reason; gratuitous, free, casual
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
Hawaiian Keenaa Demonstrative: That (near the person addressed)
Hawaiian Peelaa In that way, like that, thus, so, that way
Hawaiian Pihi Button, badge; to button
Hawaiian Pu/pupu Numerous, crowded, thick, teeming, congested
Hawaiian Haanau Offspring, child
Hawaiian ʔAulama To light with a torch Problematic
Hawaiian Hoʔohoa To make friends
Hawaiian Ka/kaka Bow; bent, as a bow; to shoot, as a bow; deep-sea fishing with weighted line Problematic
Hawaiian Koli To whittle, pare, sharpen, peel, trim, shave
Hawaiian Koʔo Prop
Hawaiian Hoʔa/alahia To awaken; wakefulness, insomnia
Hawaiian Haaiki Narrow, pinched; limitation, restriction
Hawaiian Hoʔoaka Reflection, image, likeness
Hawaiian Hoʔoaka To cast a shadow
Hawaiian Heʔe To melt, flow, drip
Hawaiian Heʔe Flee
Hawaiian Wiliwili Tree sp. (Erythrina sandwicensis) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Noo Intensifying particle: very, quite, fairly, anyway
Hawaiian Mikiʔao Claw, nail, as of finger or toe Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian Paa-ʔia Touch, get, contact, reach, gan control of, hit, experience...
Hawaiian Paʔia Temporarily deaf, as from ascending to a high altitude
Hawaiian Paʔi/paʔi Trim, prune, cut, clip, as a plant or the hair; strip off, as leaves
Hawaiian Kula Plain, field, open country; basket-like fish trap
Hawaiian Kuulou, kuunou To bow the head, bend