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 | Lehu | Ash-colored or gray, as a chicken |
| Hawaiian | Ani/ani | Mirror, glass; clear, transparent, obvious Phonologically Irregular |
| Hawaiian | Mili/mili | To examine with interest or curiosity and admiration |
| Hawaiian | Milo | Whirl, as water Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Noo | Intensifying particle: very, quite, fairly, anyway |
| Hawaiian | M/a | Indefinite locative: at, in, on, beside, along, through... |
| Hawaiian | Kai- | Prefix to six kinship terms (kaina, kua'ana, kunaane, kuahine, ko'eke, kamahine) used as terms of reference |
| Hawaiian | Kaakai | Handle, as of a bucket, pot, basket, purse; strings by which a netted calabash is hung |
| Hawaiian | Kaakai | To tie on; to encircle with a band, specifically, to stretch the taboo cord before the entrance of a chief's house... |
| Hawaiian | Pili | Joined to |
| Hawaiian | Pehi | Throw, throw at, pelt |
| Hawaiian | Hiʔi | A plaiting process (= kuupoki, plaiting process of turning a pandanus leaf back, thereby giving the product a neat edge) |
| Hawaiian | Kahena wai | Stream bed, stream |
| Hawaiian | Kaaheka | Pool, especially a rock basin where the sea washes in through an opening and salt forms; salt pan |
| Hawaiian | Me | Like, as |
| Hawaiian | Anei | Particle indicating that a question may be answered by yes or no, always following a word or phrase |
| Hawaiian | Naʔi | Conquer, take by force |
| Hawaiian | O | Preposition. Of. Forms part of the possessives |
| Hawaiian | A | Preposition: of, acquired by. Forms part of the possessives |
| Hawaiian | ʔAʔole | No, not; be none, have none |
| Hawaiian | ʔEʔole | Negative conditional verb |
| Hawaiian | Kaa | Poss. Of, belonging to (a-class), as in the possessives Kaa kakou etc. |
| Hawaiian | Kaau | Second person singular possessive pronoun A-class |
| Hawaiian | Kaana | Third person singular possessive A-class |
| Hawaiian | Kona | His, her, its |
| Hawaiian | ʔAkahi | One (especially in counting in a series). For the first time. To have just |
| Hawaiian | Mai | From |
| Hawaiian | Kua- | Once, twice, three times, twofold, depending on suffixed number (rare) |
| Hawaiian | Kuakahi | Once, singly; first; single, unwedded, unmarried. Three generations removed, 2 generations removed |
| Hawaiian | Kaʔu | My, mine, A-form |
| Hawaiian | Koʔu | My, mine O-form |
| Hawaiian | ʔA- | Prefix to numbers from one through nine, especially for counting in a series |
| Hawaiian | Pola | Flap, as of a loincloth or sarong; tail of a kite; platform or high seat between the canoes of a double canoe Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Kamumu | Crunching sound, thud, thump...rumbling, clatter...roar, as of approaching rain; rustling, as wind |
| Hawaiian | Hoʔooki | Put an end to, terminate, conclude, annul, finish, stop, end |
| Hawaiian | Kanaloa | A sea-shell (Phasianelidae); young stage of the hou (a fish); |
| Hawaiian | Lala | Diagonal, slanting, oblique Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Hoʔolulu | To lie quietly in calm water, as a ship in port; |
| Hawaiian | Lihilihi | Eyelashes, eyelid Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Pu/puʔu | To double up, draw the limbs together; foetal position |
| Hawaiian | Hoʔokupu | To cause growth, sprouting; to sprout |
| Hawaiian | Make | Desire, want; to want |
| Hawaiian | Make ʔai | Hungry |
| Hawaiian | Make wai | Thirst; thirsty |
| Hawaiian | Hoo/ʔoi | To sharpen |
| Hawaiian | Kaupili | Beloved wife or friend; beloved friendship; united in such close relationship |
| Hawaiian | (Ha)hau | To lay before; to offer as a sacrifice or prayer |
| Hawaiian | Ohi | To peel, as bark (rare) Phonologically Irregular |
| Hawaiian | Olo | Hill (rare except in place names) |
| Hawaiian | Wao akua | A distant mountain region, believed inhabited only by spirits; desert, wilderness Problematic |
