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 Keenaa Demonstrative: That (near the person addressed)
Hawaiian Miki Undertow
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 Noni Troubled, agitated, perplexed, confused; to mix
Hawaiian Mikiʔao Claw, nail, as of finger or toe Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian Paʔia Temporarily deaf, as from ascending to a high altitude
Hawaiian Paa-ʔia Touch, get, contact, reach, gan control of, hit, experience...
Hawaiian Paʔi/paʔi Trim, prune, cut, clip, as a plant or the hair; strip off, as leaves
Hawaiian Ea(ea) To smell (vi) Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian Kula Plain, field, open country; basket-like fish trap
Hawaiian Kuulou, kuunou To bow the head, bend
Hawaiian Hooʔaa To set on fire, burn, ignite, etc.
Hawaiian Maea Stinking, as of unwashed bodies; malodorous, as a swamp; offensive-smelling, as vomit Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Puu heʔe Octopus head; figurative term for small fontanel
Hawaiian Puu Head of squid or octopus
Hawaiian ʔOni To move, fidget, wriggle
Hawaiian ʔOli Joy, happiness, pleasure; happy, joyful, gay
Hawaiian Leu Loins (rare, in chant)
Hawaiian Hoʔokuu To set up, make stand, establish, asa society; to brace a canoe with a paddle...; to carry on, as a family name
Hawaiian Api To gather together, as people or things (And.)
Hawaiian ʔAuhaka Spindle-legged; spindleshanks; an animal with slender legs Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian ʔAukaa Wood woven through sticks in 'ie kala fish trap; long stems, as of some species of mangoes; bar, as of soap or gold; ridge or strip between the flutes of a column; facet, fillet, capstain bar, bar across a roadway; stump
Hawaiian Noo Seepage; to leak, ooze, seep, sink
Hawaiian Nonoo To snore, gurgle Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian ʔAʔano Overbearing, arrogant, bully Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Koena Remainder, residue, remnant, surplus, scraps, leftovers, balance (in accounts), remains, ruins
Hawaiian Honua Land n. Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian Kapa Labia
Hawaiian Alu To co-operate, act together
Hawaiian Ono Six; sixth
Hawaiian Luʔu/kia Coconut fiber lashing; to lash thus
Hawaiian ʔIke-a See, know, feel...
Hawaiian E Vocative particle; a second ee often follows the head word for emphasis
Hawaiian Pe/pehi To beat, strike, pound, kill
Hawaiian Iho To go down, descend; to subside; go south or before the wind