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 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 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)
Hawaiian Lue/lue Bag net...held open by a hoop...baited and lowered into the sea by four long cords Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Kuu/pou To go down, walk downhill fast, stagger, to bend far forward, as one reeling drunk
Hawaiian Kaʔele Empty and hollow, as of a bowl, poi board, drum, canoe hull
Hawaiian Kaa/pae To set aside, turn aside, deviate from, eliminate, discard...
Hawaiian Kaikama/hine Girl, daughter, niece, lass
Hawaiian Naa ʔOle Nights of the moon (7-10, 21-22) considered unlucky for fishing, planting, or beginning any important activity...
Hawaiian Moohalu Twelfth day of the month...
Hawaiian Mauli Twenty-ninth of the old month
Hawaiian Kuu Name for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth days of the month (Kuu kahi, Kuu lua, Kuu kolu, Kuu pau)
Hawaiian Wehi Dark Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Weʔa/weʔa To help, abet or tempt, especially in love affairs; accomplice, accessory in crime; one who aids or incites but does not share; procurer, pimp; to procure
Hawaiian ʔAe Sap wrung from seaweed or leaves of plants such as taro; liquid remaining after dregs have settled, as of *pia* (arrowroot starch); saliva, drooling of the mouth
Hawaiian ʔEu Mischievous, naughty, playful, as a child; rogue, rascal, scamp
Hawaiian ʔEwa Crooked, out of shape, imperfect, ill-fitting; incorrect, unjust Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian ʔIo To flee
Hawaiian Kipi Hilo name for mound taro patches Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Puuʔao Womb Uncertain Semantic Connection
Hawaiian Laaʔau Wood, timber; stick, pole, rod; splinter; club, blow or stroke of a club; strength, rigidness, hardness, male erection; wooden, woody, stiff as wood; to have formed mature wood (as of a seedling)
Hawaiian Hulumanu Court favorites of Kamehameha III
Hawaiian ʔIwa/ʔiwa Maidenhair ferns (Adiantum spp.)
Hawaiian Pili Grass sp. (Heteropogon contortus)...
Hawaiian ʔAʔa/liʔi Native hardwood shrubs or trees (Dodonaea spp.)...
Hawaiian Pulu/pulu Cotton
Hawaiian ʔOhe/ʔohe Tall native tree sp. (Tetraplasandra spp.); also Reynoldsia [Polyscias] sandwicensis (Ni'ihau) (StJ).
Hawaiian Poohue General name for the gourd plant