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 | Oho | Hair of the head; leaves of plants; fronds of ferns; to leaf out, sprout |
| Hawaiian | Hoʔopili | To bring together, stick; to attach oneself to a person; united, as friends;...to put together, as parts of a puzzle |
| Hawaiian | Kahu | One who tends and oven, a cook |
| Hawaiian | Kaauna | Four (formerly tubers were counted by fours) |
| Hawaiian | ʔUpena kolo | Immense bag net said to be from sixteen to twenty-four fathoms deep |
| Hawaiian | Kuupele | Dub out, as a canoe hull; scoop out, as trench; dig and plow, as taro patch; to knead, as bread dough or very hard fresh poi |
| Hawaiian | Leʔa | Clearly, perfectly, thoroughly, successfully |
| Hawaiian | Alanui | Street, road, highway |
| Hawaiian | ʔEe- | Prefix to numerals, inanimate |
| Hawaiian | Makena | Mourning, lamentation; to wail, lament |
| Hawaiian | Keʔa | Cross, any crossed piece; main house purlin; sticks connecting canoes of a double canoe |
| Hawaiian | Mai | Preverbal particle of negative command: don't |
| Hawaiian | Koo | To drag, push, tow... |
| Hawaiian | Ipu | Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); general name for vessel or container |
| Hawaiian | Lama/lama | To go torch-fishing |
| Hawaiian | Mua | Leader, senior partner, senior |
| Hawaiian | Peenaa | Like that; to do or say like that (Rare). |
| Hawaiian | Penei | This way, like this... |
| Hawaiian | Maalama | Take care of, care for, beware... |
| Hawaiian | Ulu | Possessed by a god; inspired by a spirit... |
| Hawaiian | Ulu | To grow, increase, spread... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Leina | Spring, leap, bound; place to leap from |
| Hawaiian | Leina-a-ke-akua | Place where the spirits leaped into the nether world |
| Hawaiian | Hiʔo/hiʔo | Ruddy, bright red Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Hiʔo/lani | To sleep, lie at ease, lounge, relax |
| Hawaiian | ʔOo/hiʔo/hiʔo, kaa/hiʔo | Tipsy |
| Hawaiian | Liki | To tighten, gird on; to pucker; stiff Phonologically Irregular |
| Hawaiian | Liki/liki | Tight Phonologically Irregular |
| Hawaiian | Paka/lua | Wrinkled, coarse, as skin or bark; encrusted, as with grime or rust Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Puuʔaa/ʔaa, puukaa/kaa | Scattered, dispersed; to flee in disorder and fright Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Peke/kue | Blunt |
| Hawaiian | Hale peʔa | Menstrual house Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Heʔa/heʔa | To imprint with spots, stains; smeared, as with red earth |
| Hawaiian | Aʔiaʔi | Bright as moonlight; fair, white, clear, pure, brilliant, shining |
| Hawaiian | ʔAleʔale | Stirring, moving, undulating, tossing rippling |
| Hawaiian | Hoo/ʔaleʔale | To stir up waves |
| Hawaiian | Hoo/ʔeu/ʔeu | To stir up, incite, animate, encourage, bestir |
| Hawaiian | ʔEu/ʔeu | Exciting, rousing, alert, lively animated, aroused |
| Hawaiian | ʔEmo ʔole | Without delay, immediately, suddenly |
| Hawaiian | (Olo)pua | Tree sp. (Osmanthus sandwicensis)... |
| Hawaiian | Polo/lei, polo/loiS | Straight, upright, direct, correct, right... Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Lalana | Spider |
| Hawaiian | Hiaʔai | Pleased with, delighted with; delightful, pleasing |
| Hawaiian | Mu/muhu | Buzzing/humming sound of flies |
| Hawaiian | Kiinaa | Blemish, blotch, flaw...blight, loss of crops due to natural disaster...; sin, wickedness; disfigured, maimed.... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Walaʔau | To talk, speak, converse (formerly, to talk loudly, shout) |
| Hawaiian | Hie | Attractive, distinguished, dignified, noble, becoming Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Hawaiian | Moani | Light or gentle breeze, usually associated with fragrance; wafted fragrance; to blow perfume |
| Hawaiian | Hei/au | Pre-Christian place of worship, shrine... Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Namu | Unintelligible muttering, gibberish; to speak gibberish, to mumble; any foreign language, esp. English. Phonologically Irregular |
