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 Pili Joined to
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