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 ʔA/ʔali Scarred, marked, grooved
Hawaiian ʔAli Variant of `eli to dig
Hawaiian ʔAlihi Net sinker cords
Hawaiian ʔAlo Dodge, evade
Hawaiian Aloalo All kinds of Hibiscus Problematic
Hawaiian ʔAlohi Shine, glitter, sparkle
Hawaiian ʔAlu Loose skin over eyeball
Hawaiian ʔAaluka Crowd, heap; mixed, crowded, heaped
Hawaiian ʔAma Talkative
Hawaiian ʔAma Light, bright
Hawaiian ʔAamana Y-shaped crosspiece at the end of a pole; branches of a tree in the form of a Y; gallows; T-shaped shaft of an octopus lure
Hawaiian ʔAʔama A large, black edible crab (Grapsus grapsus tenuicrustatus)
Hawaiian ʔAmaʔama Mullet
Hawaiian ʔAmi/ʔami Elastic, pendulous, springy Problematic
Hawaiian Keiki ʔaluʔalu Premature baby
Hawaiian Amu Eat Phonologically Irregular
Hawaiian ʔAna Pumice used as abrasive
Hawaiian ʔAna/aʔanaa Black magic; to practice black magic
Hawaiian ʔAnae Full-sized mullet
Hawaiian ʔAnapa Shine, gleam, glitter, sparkle
Hawaiian ʔAnapu Shine, gleam, glitter, flash, sparkle (= 'anapa)
Hawaiian ʔAno Kind, nature, character, color, meaning
Hawaiian ʔAno/ʔano Seed, kernel, germ
Hawaiian ʔAanoni Mix, interweave, intertwine
Hawaiian ʔAo New shoot, sprout
Hawaiian ʔAo Dried baked taro or sweet-potato
Hawaiian ʔAʔo Newell's puffin or shearwater (Puffinus newelli) Problematic
Hawaiian ʔAoʔao Side, boundary
Hawaiian Iwi ʔaoʔao Rib, rib-bone, spare ribs
Hawaiian ʔEʔole Negative conditional verb
Hawaiian ʔApa Delay, waste time, keep others waiting Problematic
Hawaiian ʔApe (Alocasia macrorrhiza)
Hawaiian ʔAapiki/piki Fold, pleat
Hawaiian ʔApo Catch, grasp
Hawaiian ʔApu Coconut shell cup
Hawaiian ʔAapua Handle, as of a laulau food package; shank knob of a fish hook; twisted top of a paper sack that may serve as handle
Hawaiian ʔOopua Puffy clouds, as banked up near the horizon
Hawaiian ʔAhi Tuna (especially yellow-finned, Neothunnus macropterus)
Hawaiian ʔAho Rafter
Hawaiian ʔAka Laugh v
Hawaiian ʔAakaha Bird's nest Fern
Hawaiian ʔAakala Two endemic raspberries (Rubus hawaiiensis) (R.macraei)
Hawaiian Me Like, as
Hawaiian ʔAakau Right (not left)
Hawaiian ʔAakea Starboard, outer hull of double canoe
Hawaiian ʔAki Bite, nip v
Hawaiian ʔAko Pick, pluck, of flowers, etc
Hawaiian ʔAakoa/koa Assembled, collected
Hawaiian ʔAkoko Endemic shrubs and small trees (Euphorbia spp.)
Hawaiian ʔAakuli/kuli Coastal herb (Sesuvium portulacastrum). Porulaca cyanosperma (Ni'ihau) (StJ).