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 | Houpo | Diaphragm, chest, solar plexus |
Hawaiian | Kapalulu | Whirring, of quail taking flight; buzzing; roaring, as of an airplane; crackling, as of a fire; |
Hawaiian | ʔUʔina | Sharp report as of a pistol; to crack, snap, crackle, creak (as joints); to make a splashing sound; glottal stop |
Hawaiian | ʔUʔina ka puʔu | Sound of swallowing |
Hawaiian | ʔOonini | A slight breeze, puff of wind; to gasp for breath, blow softly, blink Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Hawaiian | ʔIliki | To strike suddenly, pour down, as rain; onset, striking, downpour |
Hawaiian | Pa/pau | Deeply engaged, as in an activity; engrossed, absorbed; united, all together |
Hawaiian | Palahuu | Rotten, to spoil, rot; over-ripe |
Hawaiian | Ukali | To follow, come after, succeed, attend... |
Hawaiian | Hooʔike | To show, exhibit, display, tell, reveal... |
Hawaiian | ʔOolena | The turmeric (Curcuma domestica), a kind of ginger...; yellow |
Hawaiian | (Haʔa)(ko)koohi | To strain, especially as in childbirth; to travail |
Hawaiian | Kahu | Honored attendant, guardian, nurse, keeper of 'unihipili bones... |
Hawaiian | Kahu/kahu | To offer food and prayers to a god, or to the spirit of a deified person |
Hawaiian | Laanai | Porch, veranda, booth, shed |
Hawaiian | Hiamoe | Sleep, to sleep; fall asleep; asleep |
Hawaiian | ʔAiaa | Ungodly, godless, irreligious, wicked, unbelieving, careless of observances of taboos; wickedness |
Hawaiian | Eia | Here, here it is, here are |
Hawaiian | ʔOo/pala | Trash, rubbish, refuse... |
Hawaiian | Puapua | Tail feathers of a cock; streamer |
Hawaiian | Kai make | Low tide |
Hawaiian | Make/na | Calm (of sea, atmosphere) |
Hawaiian | Manana | To stretch out, as arms, fingers, feet; to spread out, as the tentacles of an octopus... |
Hawaiian | Maha/ha | A surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) Phonologically Irregular |
Hawaiian | Hoʔaani | To beckon, wave, signal; to let wind |
Hawaiian | Ane | Ringworm |
Hawaiian | Uluhe, unuhe | False staghorn fern (Dicranopteris, Hicriopteris, Sticherus) |
Hawaiian | Ea | Sovereignty, independence |
Hawaiian | Alia | To wait, stop, before; usually as a command: Stop! wait a minute! |
Hawaiian | ʔAina | Meal |
Hawaiian | ʔAina | Rejected, as refuse, especially of sugar cane |
Hawaiian | ʔIkea | Pass./imp. of *'ike* Phonologically Irregular |
Hawaiian | U(w)ee | To cry, weep, lament, mourn; a cry, lamentation, weeping |
Hawaiian | Mamuli | Because of, according to |
Hawaiian | Makamaka | Buds, as forming on the corm of a taro |
Hawaiian | Mamua | Before; better |
Hawaiian | Ma/lalo | Below, underneath |
Hawaiian | Maluna | Above |
Hawaiian | No ka mea | Because, whereas... |
Hawaiian | Oe | Prolonged sound or thing; sound of chanting, vibration; whistle of a train; whistle of a bull-roarer; drawn-out wail of an infant... |
Hawaiian | Lauoho | Hair of the head |
Hawaiian | Oho | To call out, cry, yell...to leap up, as startled birds. |
Hawaiian | Lole(lole) | To handle, turn over with the hands |
Hawaiian | Puu | Cluster of several stalks, as of bananas, pandanus, or kava; clump, as of sugar cane. Coil of hair, topknot of hair |
Hawaiian | Puukuʔi | To collect, assemble (vi) |
Hawaiian | Lani | Very high chief, majesty...royal, exalted, high-born, noble, aristocratic (most common in personal names) |
Hawaiian | Hoʔo/lani | To treat as a chief; render homage to a chief; act as chief... |
Hawaiian | Lima kuhi, manamana kuhi | Index finger |
Hawaiian | Loma | Lazy, indolent, slow, idle Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Hawaiian | Lo/lolo | Tasty, rich, fat (as marrow) |