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ʻā₄.  n. red-footed booby bird (Sula sula rubripes), brown booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), masked or blue-faced booby (Sula dactylatra personata); all indigenous and also breeding elsewhere. Legendary birds believed to have taken the shape of this bird are ʻā ʻaia, ʻāʻaiʻanuheakāne and ʻāʻaianuinūkeu; ʻā by some were considered ʻaumākua. See also (Kep. 33). also ʻaʻa.

a.  s. Name of a large sea bird often caught by natives; also called aaianuheakane, feathers white.

ʻaʻa₅.  same as ʻā₄, booby bird.

ʻāʻā₄.  probable var. of ʻā₄, booby bird.

aa [a-a].  s. See A above. Name of a bird that hunts fish during the day, but flies back to the mountains in the evening.

ʻāʻā₅.  n. male ʻōʻō bird. [(EO) PPN *kaakaa, parrot sp]

ʻāʻaia.  n. var. spelling of ʻā ʻaia, legendary bird believed to have taken the shape of the ʻā, booby bird.

ʻā ʻaia, ʻāʻaia.  n. legendary bird believed to have taken the shape of the ʻā, booby bird. see ʻā₄.

ʻaʻaiʻanuheakāne.  n. legendary bird. Lit., caterpillar eater of Kāne. see ʻā₄.

ʻaʻa manu.  n. coconut-leaf or pandanus-leaf bag used for carrying birds.

ʻaʻau₁.  vi. to move here and there, wander, rove; to ripple, as the sea.

ka lele ʻaʻau o ka manuthe flight here and there [as in fright] of the bird

aau [a-au].  s. See au. To swim dispersedly; a flock, as of birds when frightened; a school, as of fish as they come together and frightened; suddenly separate. To separate, as a flock of birds when frightened, or a school of fish. Ka lele aau o ka manu o Kiwaa, The frightened flight of the birds of Kiwaa. Ka aau mai Kukona ke koae, The flock from Kukona, the koae. Ke koae nui hulu meamea, The great feathered koae.

ʻaekelona, aeselona [ʻaeke·lona].  n. falcon, vulture.

ʻaeko₁, aeto.  n. eagle. Gr. aetos.

lio hulu ʻaekodark-gray horse; lit., eagle-feather horse

ʻaeko kula.  n. golden eagle.

ʻāeko poʻo hina.  n. bald eagle. lit., white-haired eagle. also ʻāeto poʻo hina

aeʻo₂.  n. Hawaiian stilt bird (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), an endemic subspecies of stilt, formerly common on the main Hawaiian Islands, endangered. also kukuluaeʻo.

ʻaeselona [ʻaese·lona].  n. var. spelling of ʻaekelona; falcon, vulture.

ʻāeto.  see ʻāeko poʻo hina, bald eagle

aeto₁.  n. var. spelling of ʻaeko₁; eagle. Gr. aetos.

ʻāhaʻihaʻi [ʻā·haʻi·haʻi].  redup. of ʻāhaʻi₁, to carry off, chase...

Na ka manu ʻāhaʻihaʻi, kanu lau ʻawa o uka.It was the birds who carried, planting kava leaf in the upland. (song)

ahaihai [a-hai-hai].  adj. See above. Ka manu ahaihai kanu awa e, the bird breaking off the awa plants.

ʻahuʻula.  n. var. spelling of ʻahu ʻula₁, feather cloak or cape made of the feathers of the ʻōʻō...

ʻahu ʻula₁, ʻahuʻula.  n. feather cloak or cape made of the feathers of the ʻōʻō, ʻiʻiwi and other birds, usually red or yellow trimmed with black or green, formerly worn by high chiefs and kings. Today [ca.1957] about 160 have been located in museums and collections of the world, the largest being in the Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Imitation cloaks of plush, felt, paper, or dyed feathers (rare) are worn today in pageants and by members of Hawaiian societies. lit., royal cloak.

ahuula [a-hu-u-la].  s. Ahu, a garment, and ula, red. A red feathered cloak; a cloak made of the feathers of the oo and the red feathers of the iiwi, worn by kings and high chiefs; a gorgeous dress. Laieik. 112.

ʻaiʻai₁.  see ʻōpū ʻaiʻai, stomach; craw, as of a bird...

ʻaimīkana [ʻai·mī·kana].  n. linnet, California house finch, papaya bird (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis), an early introduction to Hawaiʻi, now well established throughout the Hawaiian Islands. lit., papaya eater.

ʻainohu Kauō [ʻai·nohu kau·ō].  n. Laysan finch (Telespiza cantanc). see hona, nuku ʻekue, ʻainohu Nīhoa.

ʻainohu Nīhoa [ʻai·nohu nī·hoa].  n. Nīhoa finch (Telespiza ultima). see hona, nuku ʻekue, ʻainohu Kauō.

ʻākaha [ʻā·kaha].  same as ʻēkaha, bird's-nest fern. [PPN *katafa, bird's nest fern, (asplenium nidus)]

akaha [a-ka-ha].  s. Name of a tree. One species has long leaves and grows inland; one species by the sea. It is a hard tree, like the uwea; also called ekaha.

ʻakapane [ʻaka·pane].  same as ʻapapane, a bird.

ʻakēʻakē.  n. Hawaiian storm petrel (Oceanodroma castro cryptoleucura).

akeake [a-ke-a-ke].  s. Name of a bird.

ʻakekeʻe [ʻake·keʻe].  n. a honey creeper (Loxops coccinea caeruleirostris). Usually called ʻākepa in Eng. also ʻōʻūholowai.

akekee [a-ke-kee].  s. Name of a little brown bird resembling the wren found on the mountain of Waialeale, on Kauai; it was formerly worshipped by the natives as the god of the mountain.

ʻakekeke₁ [ʻake·keke].  n. ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), a winter migrant to Hawaiʻi, occurring in small flocks which rise and wheel together. also keke.

akekeke [a-ke-ke-ke].  s. A species of bird. See keke.

ʻākepa₁ [ʻā·kepa].  n. group of small scarlet or yellow-green Hawaiian honey creepers (Loxops coccinea). see ʻakakane, ʻakekeʻe, ʻakepeuʻie.

akepa [a-ke-pa].  s. The name of a bird.

ʻakepeuʻie [ʻake·peuʻie].  n. Oʻahu ʻākepa (honey eater), Loxops coccinea rufa, presumed extinct; Maui ʻākepa, L. c. ochracea, endangered.

ʻakialoa [ʻakia·loa].  n. a group of Hawaiian honey creepers with long, curved bill, olive or yellow-green above, lighter below (Hemignathus obscurus), with subspecies on Hawaiʻi (H.o.o.), Lānaʻi (H.o. lanaiesis), and Kauaʻi (H. procerus). The latter is endangered; it has the longest curved beak, for sipping honey at the base of ʻieʻie and hala pepe leaves. cf. ʻiwi, ʻiʻiwi. also ʻakihi loa, kipi.

ʻakia pōlāʻau [ʻakia pō·lāʻau].  same as ʻakihi poʻo lāʻau, the nuku puʻu honey creeper of Hawaiʻi...

ʻakihi, ʻakihia [ʻakihi, ʻaki·hia].  n. birds. See below.

ʻakihi keʻehi ʻale.  n. a small black sea bird, probably a stormy petrel (Oceanodroma), of which two dark, sooty species are known about the Hawaiian Islands, especially those to the northwest. lit., billow-treading ʻakihi.

ʻakihi loa.  same as ʻakialoa, a group of Hawaiian honey creepers with long, curved bill...

ʻakihi pōlena [ʻakihi pō·lena].  n. a bird listed by Malo. (Malo 39)

akihipolena [a-ki-hi-po-le-na].  s. Name of a small bird with red feathers.

ʻakihi poʻo lāʻau.  n. the nuku puʻu honey creeper of Hawaiʻi (Hemignathus wilsoni). see nuku puʻu.

ʻakikiki [ʻaki·kiki].  n. the endemic Kauaʻi creeper (Loxops maculata bairdi, formerly Paroreomyza bairdi).

ʻakipohe₁ [ʻaki·pohe].  vt. to nip.

ʻAkipohe nā manu i ka lehua.The birds nip at the fringes of the lehua flowers.

ʻākohekohe [ʻā·kohe·kohe].  n. the crested honey creeper (Palmeria dolei), formerly endemic on Maui, endangered.

akohekohe [a-ko-he-ko-he].  s. Name of a small bird making its nest on the ground.

ʻakolika [ʻako·lika].  n. ostrich. Eng.

akua loa.  n. a tall image, especially an image of Lono carried on a circuit of the island during the makahiki, harvest festival; it was called loa, long, because of its "long" travels. The image consisted of a staff about two fathoms long. Pieces of pala fern, feather leis, and skins of the kaʻupu bird were fastened to a crosspiece tied near the top of the staff, in the center of which was a tiny carved head. A long and white tapa banner was attached to the crosspiece. ((Malo 143–5), but see (Malo text, chapter 36, sections 22–4)) Tribute was collected. also Lono Makua.

ala₁.  n. path, road, trail. cf. alaloa, alanui, alawai. [(AN) PPN *hala, road, path]

ala a ka manua bird's trail [a life difficult to emulate]

ala hoʻi ʻole maia pathway on which there is no returning [death]

ala i hiki aiaccess, approach

ala ikinarrow or small path

ala iki a kāhunathe small path of priests [a difficult way of life]

ala.  n. aisle, as in a supermarket. also alakaha. n. lane, as on a highway or in a bowling alley.

ala [a-la].  s. A path; way; road; often alanui, great road; it is used in some places as synonymous with kuamoo; he kahi e hele ai; kuu aku ana keia i ke ala; po oloko i ke ala. Laieik. 62.

ʻālaʻa₁ [ʻā·laʻa].  n. a large endemic tree (Planchonella spp.) with smooth, oblong leaves, shiny-green above, bronze beneath, the fruit yellow or black, to 5 cm long. The sticky, milky sap was used to trap birds, the wood for spears and ʻōʻō handles. also āulu, ʻēlaʻa. (Neal 668) [PPN *kalaka, a tree (planchonella sp.)]

alaa [a-la-a].  s. A kind of tree.

ʻalae₁.  n. mudhen or Hawaiian gallinule (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis), a black wading bird with red frontal plate; cry of this bird is believed a bad omen; some considered the ʻalae an ʻaumakua; endangered. For the coot, see ʻalae kea. See saying, keʻu. also koki, ʻalae ʻula. [(EO) PPN *kalae, purple swamphen (porphyrio porphyrio)]

alae [a-lae].  s. Name of a bird with a red skin on the upper part of its bill; oia ka mea (o Mauiakalani) nana i imi i ke ahi, a loaa i ka alae, he it was (Mauiakalani) who being in search of fire, found the alae; alae, he moa eleele loa, a very black fowl. The alae was formerly worshipped as a god, especially the alae keokeo, the white alae.

ʻalae huapī [ʻalae hua·pī].  same as ʻalae ʻula, Hawaiian gallinule or mudhen (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis)...

ʻalae kea.  n. Hawaiian coot (Fulica americana alai), a marsh and pond bird, distinguished from ʻalae ʻula by its ivory-white frontal knob; endangered. [(EO) PPN *kalae, purple swamphen (porphyrio porphyrio)]

ʻalae keʻokeʻo [ʻalae keʻo·keʻo].  same as ʻalae kea, Hawaiian coot...

ʻalae nū kea.  same as ʻalae kea, Hawaiian coot (Fulica americana alai), a marsh and pond bird... lit., white-beaked ʻalae. see ʻalae₁.

ʻalae ʻula.  n. Hawaiian gallinule or mudhen (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis), distinguished from ʻalae kea by its reddish bill and frontal plate; endangered.

ʻalaiaha [ʻalai·aha].  n. an upland bird, gray, about rite size of the ʻelepaio, reported in 1863. see ʻeʻea₂. (KL. line 308)

alakō₂ [ala·kō].  n. bird-catching pole. also ʻaukuʻu.

ʻalalā₂ [ʻala·lā].  n. Hawaiian crow (Corvus tropicus), named for its caw; endangered [extinct in the wild].

He ʻalalā, he manu leo nui.A crow, a bird with much talk [a talkative person]. (ON 527)

alala [a-la-la].  s. Name of a bird; a species of raven on Hawaii; so named from its cry, resembling that of a child. Laieik. 29.

ʻalamea₃ [ʻala·mea].  n. a bird (no data)

ʻalauahio [ʻalaua·hio].  n. endemic Hawaiian honey creepers (Loxops maculata), Oʻahu creeper (L. m. maculata), endangered; Lānaʻi creeper (L. m. montana), presumed extinct; Maui creeper (L. m. newtoni); Hawaiʻi creeper (L. m. mana), endangered.

ʻalauwahio [ʻalau·wahio].  var. spelling of ʻalauahio, endemic Hawaiian honey creepers (Loxops maculata)...

alauwahio [a-lau-wa-hio].  s. A species of bird, small and yellow. See lauwi.

ʻalauwī [ʻalau·wī].  same as ʻalauahio, endemic Hawaiian honey creepers (Loxops maculata)...

ʻalawa₂.  n. a bird (no data).

alawī₂ [ala·wī].  n. upland bird, reported to be the young of the ʻanianiau, and on Kauaʻi, the ʻamakihi.

ʻalekea, aredea [ʻale·kea].  n. heron. Latin Ardeidae, a family. (Oihk. 11.19)

ʻalekea [ʻale·kea].  n. heron, general term. see ʻalekuʻu.

ʻalekuʻu [ʻale·kuʻu].  n. egret, general term. see ʻalekea.

ʻalekuʻu kau pipicattle egret

Papapū ka ʻāina mahi kō i ka ʻalekuʻu kau pipi ma hope o ka puhi ʻana i ke kō.The cane field is covered with cattle egrets after the cane is burned.

ālialia [ā·lia·lia].  same as ālia, salt bed, salt-encrusted area; salty, brackish...

He ālialia paʻakai, he ālialia manu, nā ālialia o nā waipuna huʻihuʻi.It is a salt bed, a salt bed for birds, salt-encrusted places with cool springs.

alialia [a-li-a-li-a].  s. He alialia paakai, a bed where salt is dried; he alialia manu; na alialia o na wai puna huihui. See alia above. Ground which is smooth, dry and barren, as that which is baked in the sun, or covered with salt.

alokele₂ [alo·kele·].  n. a red bird reported by Kepelino (no data).

ʻamakihi [ʻama·kihi].  n. a group of small endemic Hawaiian honey creepers, Loxops virens; abundant on Hawaiʻi (L. v. v.), Maui (L. v. wilsoni), and Kauaʻi, uncommon on Oʻahu (L. v. chloris) and Molokaʻi, rare on Lānaʻi. The feathers are yellow and greenish, and were formerly used in feather capes. The Kauaʻi form was also called alawī kihi.

ʻamakihi ʻawaʻawasour ʻamakihi [person with a sour disposition]

amakihi [a-ma-ki-hi].  s. Name of a small yellow bird; he manu hulu lenalena ia.

ʻāmaui [ʻā·maui].  n. Oʻahu thrush (Phaeornis obscurus oahuensis), dusky, olive-brown above, ashy-gray beneath, endemic, presumed extinct, with subspecies on Hawaiʻi (ʻōmaʻo₃), Lānaʻi (olomaʻo), Molokaʻi (olomaʻo), and Kauaʻi.

amaui [a-ma-ui].  s. A species of small bird.

ānai₂ [ā·nai].  attraction.

Ke ānai maila ka ʻiwa ānai maka.The frigate bird that fascinates the eyes is attracting attention. (UL 197)

ʻanianiau [ʻania·niau].  n. a small, bright olive or yellowish-green Hawaiian honey creeper (Loxops [formerly Chlorodrepanis] parva), endemic to Kauaʻi, and related to the ʻamakihi. The young birds which are confused with young ʻamakihi, were reported to have been called alawī. The greater ʻamakihi (L. satittirostris) is presumed extinct.

ano₁.  nvi.
  • awe, reverence, peacefulness, sacredness, holiness;
  • feeling of awe, fear, or oppression;
  • weird solitude, oppressive quiet;
  • awestruck, lost in thought.
  [PPN *ano, desolate]

Ano wale mai nō kō aloha.Your love overpowers me.

E ko mākou Makua i loko o ka lani, e hoʻāno ʻia kou inoa.Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. (Mat. 6.9)

hoʻānoholy, devoted to sacred use, hallowed, solemn; to reverence, sanctify, attribute divine honor, hallow

Hoʻāno, Hoʻāno, Hoʻāno.Holy, Holy, Holy. (Hoik. 4.8)

Ke ano mai nei ka nahele, ʻaʻohe manu o ke kula.The forest is silent, there are no birds in the plains. (song)

Poʻe Hoʻāno o nā Lā Hope Nei.Latter-Day Saints.

ano [a-no].  s. Fear; dread; ua kau mai ke ano ia’u la, fear fell upon me; ke kau mai la ke ano hewa ia oe. v. To be in fear; ano wale mai la no au. See ano or anoano. To be silent; solitary, as a deserted village; ua pau i ke kaua, hauaia na kanaka a pau i ka hana.

ʻaʻo.  n. Newell's puffin or shearwater (Puffinus puffinis newelli), said to be the only sea bird endemic to Hawaiʻi, and to breed only in Hawaiʻi; glossy black above, white beneath; endangered. also liʻo. [(OC) PPN *kao, green heron (butorides striatus) (clk) (problematic)]

Hoʻokahi nō hua a ka ʻaʻo.The ʻaʻo lays but a single egg [said of an only child]. (ON 1073)

ao.  s. Art., ka. Name of a species of bird. Laieik. 29.

ʻapakane.  honey creeper. (EH)

ʻāpane₂ [ʻā·pane].  short for ʻapapane, a bird. see ʻōhiʻa ʻāpane.

apane [a-pa-ne].  s. A species of bird much valued on account of its red feathers.

ʻapapane [ʻapa·pane].  n. a Hawaiian honey creeper (Himatione sanguinea), with crimson body and black wings and tail, found on all the main Hawaiian Islands. Its feathers occasionally were used for featherwork. also ʻakakane.

apapane [a-pa-pa-ne].  s. The name of a bird on Hawaii; a i kani aku ka leo o ka apapane. Laieik. 29. It has red feathers. Hulu apapane, the red feathers of the apapane.

ʻauʻau₃.  trap, snare, as for catching birds. (And.)

auau [au-au].  s. A snare for catching and killing birds; he pahele e make ai ka manu; he auau manu.

ʻauʻauna manu [ʻau·ʻauna manu].  n. birdbath. lit., bird bathing place.

Aukoaʻeuamālie [au·koaʻe-ua-mā·lie].  n. name of a stroke in lua fighting. lit.., tropic bird hastens, it is calm.

ʻaukuʻu₁ [ʻau·kuʻu].  n. black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli), a non-migratory land bird, which feeds on small fish and the larvae of insects in water. See sayings, heron. [(CE) PPN *kautuku, bird sp., probably a heron]

aukuu [au-kuu].  s. The name of a bird; me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua, as an aukuu, lights on a bank; ua hoolikeia ke kanaka hana hewa me ka aukuu, a bad man is likened to an aukuu; no ka mea, he ahua kahi e kau ai ka aukuu, because the aukuu sits on a bank; nolaila i olelo mai ka poe kahiko; hence the ancients say: Me he aukuu la ke kau i ke ahua, As the aukuu sits upon a sand bank, Alaalawa na maka me he pueo la, Its eyes looking about like an owl.

ʻaukuʻu₃ [ʻau·kuʻu].  n. a long bamboo pole with two maile stalks across the top that were gummed with lime to catch birds. also alakō.

ʻaukuʻu pili ʻāina [ʻau·kuʻu pili ʻāina].  n. name given by Kepelino for a bird resembling the kioea, and not an ʻaukuʻu.

aulele [au·lele].  vi. to fly, as a frightened flock of birds.

aulele [au-le-le].  v. To fly off in flocks, as many kinds of birds.

aulia [au·lia].  pas/imp. of au₂, ₃, current, to flow, as a current...; movement, eddy, tide, motion...

aulia manuflight of birds

wai auliaflowing water

ʻāuna [ʻā·una].  n. large group, flock.

ʻāuna kumu kulaschool faculty

he kohu ʻāuna manu o ke kulalike flocks of birds of the plains

hoʻāunato flock, collect (intransitive)

auna [au-na].  s. A collection or flock of birds; as, auna kolea, a flock of koleas; auna kolea e wili ana me he auna manu la, a flock of koleas mingling together like a flock of birds.

ʻawawaiakamanu [ʻawa-wai-a-ka-manu].  n. a variety of kava, an offshoot of ʻawa hiwa, with joints green on one side and dark on the other. lit., watery kava of the bird. (HP 202)

ʻāweʻaweʻa₁ [ʻā·weʻa·weʻa].  nvs. faint trace, spot, glimpse; faint, dim; streaked, faded.

ʻāweʻaweʻa koko aliʻitrace of royal blood (Kep. 127)

ʻāweʻaweʻa lonodim recollection

hoʻāweʻaweʻacaus/sim

ʻIke ʻāweʻaweʻa.To see fleetingly, to know but have slight knowledge; faint glimpsing, slight knowledge.

Ua ʻike ʻāweʻaweʻa aʻe nei au i ua manu nei.I caught but a fleeting glimpse of this bird.

ʻāweʻaweʻa [ʻā·weʻa·weʻa].  vs. trace, small amount.

kumumea ʻāweʻaweʻatrace element

aweawea [a-we-a-we-a].  v. To see in a slight degree; to catch a glimpse of an object. s. A glimpse; a half sight of an object. adj. Spotted; variegated with spots of different colors; he aweawea ulaula; obscure; not plain; aweawea ka lohe. adv. Dimly to the sight; not plainly, seen; faintly; ike aweawea aku la oia he wahi onohi ma Koolau, o Hawaii. Laieik. 26 [15].
 

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ʻeaʻea₃.  n. a bird (no data).

ʻēʻē₂.  n. yellow underwing feathers of the ʻōʻō, a bird, as used in featherwork.

ee [e-e].  adj. He hulu ee no ka manu oo, that is, the yellow feathers under the wing (or the ee) of the oo, oia ka lei hulu manu.

ʻeʻea₂.  n. a bird, said to be an adult ʻalaiaha. (KL. line 307)

ʻeʻele₁.  same as ʻeleʻele₁, black, dark... but used chiefly in old chants.

Ka manu ʻeʻele koi.The black bird begged. (For. 5:99)

ʻēheu₁ [ʻē·heu].  nvi. wing, as of bird, kite, or airplane; winged, soaring on wings; to fly, take wings. Also ʻēkeu, pēkeu. cf. ʻeheheu, ʻekekeu, pekekeu. (Kel. 140) PCP *ke(e)(f,s)eu.

hoʻēheuto flap the wings; to lift up or stretch the wings; to undulate the arms in a hula imitating a bird in flight; to flap the arms, shrug the shoulders; to pull up shoulders proudly, hence to be proud

ka uhi ʻana mai o nā ʻēheu o ka pōthe covering of the wings of night [nightfall]

pihi wili ʻēheuwing nut

eheu [e-he-u].  s. The wing of a fowl; na mea eheu, winged animals. Kin. 1:21. FIG. Care; protection; eia no au iloko o na eheu o ko kaua makuahine; the wing, as of an eagle. Puk. 19:4. Oukou, e na hoa (scholars of the Sem.) o na eheu o ke kakahiaka nui. Eheu takes both forms of the article ka and ke. See eheheu. adv. As wings; as if with. wings. Isa. 40:31.

ʻēkaha₁ [ʻē·kaha].  n. the bird's-nest fern (Asplenium nidus), widespread in the tropics, forming large rosettes and in some forests perching on branches of trees. The fronds are large, entire, sword-shaped. The black midrib is used like the ʻamaʻu fern for decorating pandanus hats. Also ʻākaha. This fern is sometimes called ʻēkaha kuahiwi, mountain ʻēkaha, to distinguish it from the mosses or from ʻēkaha kū moana. (Neal 21) [PPN *katafa, bird's nest fern, (asplenium nidus)]

ekaha [e-ka-ha].  Also the name of a fern-like plant.

ʻēkahakaha₁ [ʻē·kaha·kaha].  n. juvenile or small form of bird's-nest fern. cf. ʻēkaha.

ʻekekeu [ʻeke·keu].  n. wings. see ʻēheu₁.

nā hulu ʻekekeuwing feathers

ekekeu [e-ke-ke-u].  s. A wing; the wing of a bird. See eheu and ekeu. s. A wing, &c. See ekeke above.

ʻekelo.  see pihaʻekelo, mynah bird.

ʻekepuʻu [ʻeke·puʻu].  n. a bird (no data). (KL. line 355)

ʻekue.  see hona, ʻainohu Kauō, ʻainohu Nīhoa.

nuku ʻekueKing Kong finch (Chloridops regiskongi)

ʻelepaio₁ [ʻele·paio].  nvi. a species of flycatcher with subspecies on Hawaiʻi (Chasiempis sandwichensis sandwichensis), Kauaʻi (C. sandwichensis sclateri), and Oʻahu (C. sandwichensis gayi). The Kauaʻi subspecies is also called ʻāpekepeke. This bird was believed to be the goddess of canoe makers, hence the saying ua ʻelepaio ʻia ka waʻa, the canoe is [marked] by the ʻelepaio [an ʻelepaio bird pecking slowly on a tree trunk for insects signified that the trunk was insect-ridden and not suitable for a canoe (see kani₁); the saying may be applied to any failure]. The name also refers to one who craves fish but does not go fishing, as the cry of the bird was thought to suggest ʻono ka iʻa, ʻono ka iʻa, fish is delicious, fish is delicious.

Ua ʻelepaio ʻia ka waʻa.The canoe is [marked] by the ʻelepaio. (ON 2777)

elepaio [e-le-pai-o].  s. A species of bird. Laieik. 29. Also,

ʻewaʻewa₂.  n. sooty tern (Sterna fuscata oahuensis); forehead and sides of head white, rest of head black; upper parts black, white beneath. Also ʻewaʻewa iki.
 

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haʻakoaʻe [haʻa·koaʻe].  vs. like the tropic bird. see koaʻe.

pali haʻakoaʻean inaccessible cliff where koaʻe birds fly

haakoae [haa-ko-ae].  Haa. causative, and koae. Name of a species of bird that is white. See koae. A high precipice.

hāʻale.  vs.
  • completely full and ready to overflow;
  • rippling.
  cf. ʻale, wave, billow...; to ripple...; to well, as tears in the eyes...

Hāʻale i ka wai a ka manu.Rippling in the water of birds [an attractive person likened to rippling waters that attracts birds]. (ON 393)

Ua hāʻale ka wai i ka lau o ke pili.The stream rose up to the very pili grass.

haale [ha-a-le].  v. Contraction for haa, causative, and ale, a wave or swell of water. To cause to be full; to swell up, as water. To be deep; to overflow; to rise high; haale ka wai, the water rises.

hae₂.  vi. to bark (Isa. 56.10) , growl, snap, as a dog; to chirp noisily or scold, as a mynah bird.

hoʻohaeto cause to bark, growl, scold

hae.  v. To bark, as a dog. Isa. 56:10. The growling or snarling of a cross dog.

haehae₂ [hae·hae].  redup. of hae₁, wild, fierce, rage...

hoʻohaehaecaus/sim.; to drive into a fury; to decoy uhu fish by tying an uhu to a line; to tease

Ka ʻiwa hoʻohaehae nāulu.An ʻiwa, frigate bird, teases the showers [an attractive person provokes envy].

Haehaekamanuokānealoha [hae·hae-ka-manu-o-kāne-aloha].  n. a lua fighting stroke. lit., the birds of Kānealoha tear to bits.

hāʻena₃.  same as hāʻeʻena, shy...

Ua lū ʻia e ka manu, hāʻena wale i ka nahele.Scattered by the birds, shy in the forest. (song)

hāhāʻaiakamanu [hā·hā-ʻai-a-ka-manu].  n. a native lobelia (Clermontia clermontioides), found only in high mountains of Kauaʻi, a shrub or small tree with many branches; oblong and narrow leaves; greenish-purple, curved flowers; and sweet, edible yellow berries. lit., hāhā, food of the birds, so called because the thick sap was used for catching birds.

hahai manu.  n.v. bird hunter, fowler; to hunt birds.

haka₁.  n.
  • shelf, perch, platform;
  • roost, as for chickens;
  • fish spear rack;
  • rack for suspending water gourds and other household objects;
  • rack attached to booms of double canoe to hold spears and other objects;
  • ladder
  see alahaka, haka ʻūlili, plank bridge...; ladder, trestle.... [(MP) PPN *fata, shelf, platform]

haka kau a ka manua perch for birds to light upon [a promiscuous woman] (ON 413)

halahalakau [hala·hala·kau].  redup. of halakau, to perch high, as a bird...

Ua halahalakau nā manu pūnua mai kō lākou pūnana aku.The young birds perch far away from their nests. (Kep. 89)

halakau₁ [hala·kau].  vi. to perch high, as a bird.

halakau ka manu i ka lāʻauthe bird perches high in the tree [a person not easily gotten] (ON 426)

halakau [ha-la-kau].  v. To place one thing on top of another. To lean over; e haukau.

halalani [hala·lani].  n. high heavens, atmosphere.

nā manu i halalanithe birds in the heavens

hale manu.  n. birdhouse, aviary.

halolani [halo·lani].  vi. to move quietly, as a soaring bird.

halolani [ha-lo-la-ni].  s. The flight of a bird that sails round and round with but little motion of the wings; lele ka pinao o Halolani, lele i ka lani.

Halulu₂.  n. a legendary man-eating bird. (For. 4:65)

halulu [ha-lu-lu].  s. The name of a fabulous bird in ancient times killed by the chief Waukulenuiaiku; o halulu, o ka mani kani halau.

hanina₁.  same as hani₁, to step or move lightly or softly; to graze, touch...

Nā manu hanina i ka laʻi.The birds moving lightly in the calm.

hapaina.  n. carrying, lifting, carrier; pregnancy.

He hoa manu nēnē, he hapaina ʻino.A goose bird companion, carrier of filth. (chant) cf. (ON 584)

hāpaina [hā·paina].  n. carrier, as of a radio-wave signal.

hāpapa₃ [hā·papa].  n. stick for catching ʻio hawks; the crosspieces were gummed and a live bird was tied as a decoy.

hehe.  n. a kind of bird (no data). (KL. line 348)

hehē.  nvi. burst of laughter, guffaw; to guffaw.

Ka ʻaka hehē a ka manu a Kaiona.The loud laughter of the birds [people] of Kaiona. (song)

hehe [he-he].  v. To laugh; to mock; to deride.

hehelo.  redup. of helo, red, as ʻōhelo berries; rosy...; reddish, bright, showy.

hoʻohehelocaus/sim

Nā pāpale hulu manu like ʻole o nā aliʻi e hoʻohehelo ana i ka ʻōnohi o ka lā.The hats of the varying bird feathers of the chiefs shining brightly within the eyeball [sight] of the sun.

hehelo [he-he-lo].  v. To be like the helo or ohelo, a reddish brown; hence, To be good looking; grand; proud.

hiena₃.  n. speckled bird of prey. (Ier. 12.9)

hīlia₂ [hī·lia].  n. a native bird (no data).

hīnālea ʻiʻiwi [hī·nā·lea ʻiʻiwi].  n. bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius, 23 cm.

hīpuka [hī·puka].  n. a concealed snare for plovers. rare. 

hipuka [hi-pu-ka].  s. A kind of snare for catching birds; ka hipuka no na manu hihiu; kau aku la ia i ka hipuka pahele.

-hoa.  cf. uahoa, hard, severe, harsh, indifferent to the distress of others...

Hana ka iwi a kanaka makua, hoʻohoa mai.Get maturity into the bones before issuing a challenge.

hoʻohoato challenge, dare, provoke; daring, defiant.

Hoʻohoa nā manu hanina.The quiet birds are daring.

hoe₃.  n. a bird reported by (Kep) as being the size of the ʻōʻō and black and gray.

hōʻeu₂.  n. a bird name (no data).

hoiʻa.  n. Niʻihau name of a sea tern.

hōʻio.  same as ʻuaʻu kani, wedge-tailed shearwater... rare. 

Hōkū-ʻiwa [hō·kū-ʻiwa].  n. a Hawaiian constellation, perhaps Boōtes. lit., frigate-bird star.

holokia [holo·kia].  vi. to dart, as a bird.

hona.  n. grosbeak finch (Chloridops kona). lit., name of a tree frequented by this finch. cf. hōpue. see nuku ʻekue, ʻainohu Kauō, ʻainohu Nīhoa.

hōpue₁ [hō·pue].  n. orange finch (Psittirostra palmeri), the largest of the Hawaiian finchlike forms, found only in the Kona and Kaʻū districts, Hawaiʻi.

hua moa, huamoa.  n. chicken egg. PPN *fua moa.

huamoa [hu-a-mo-a].  s. Hua, egg, and moa, a fowl. A hen's egg.

huapī [hua·pī].  same as ʻalae huapī, same as ʻalae ʻula, Hawaiian gallinule or mudhen

huhulu.  vs. bristling, tousled, as feathers, fur, body hair.

huhulu iʻi.  intensifier of huhulu, bristling, tousled, as feathers, fur, body hair...

Huhulu iʻi ka hulu o ka manu i ka ua kakahiaka.Tousled were the feathers of the bird in the morning rain. (chant)

huhuluii [hu-hu-lu-i-i].  v. Hulu, hair, and ii, mould like. To stand up, as the comb of a cock; to stand up, as bristles; to stand erect, as the hair on the flesh when one is wet and cold. To be wet and cold; to shiver with cold. adj. Made rough and ugly, as the hair or feathers of an animal in water.

huihui ā kōlea [hui·hui ā kō·lea].  vi. to gather together like a flock of kōlea birds. fig., to gather together to help one another in time of trouble.

hulikoʻa [huli·koʻa].  nvt. to seek into the depths of a matter, to describe fully; description.

"He Wahi Hulikoʻa Manu Hawaiʻi"."A Short Study of Hawaiian Birds". (title of an article about birds)

hulimaiʻa [huli·maiʻa].  n. name of a reddish-brown honey-sucking bird (no data). lit., banana seeker.

hulu₂.  nvs. esteemed, choice, precious; esteemed older relative, as of parents or grandparents' generations. (This meaning may be connected with the value attached to featherwork.)

He hulu aliʻi.An elderly chief who is loved and esteemed.

hoʻohuluto esteem, prize

Inā hoʻi ʻoe he manu lele i luna, hoʻohulu aku ua hoa nei.If you then were a bird flying above, this companion would nurse great esteem. (chant for Kamehameha III)

Nā hulu makaʻāinana o nā aliʻi.The most precious of the chiefs' citizenry.

huluʻiwi.  n. a pig that is reddish-colored about the hams. lit., ʻiwi bird feather. (Malo 37)

hulukoa [hulu·koa].  n. bird crest.

hulumanu [hulu·manu].  n. tick used for mattresses and pillow covers, so called because they were stuffed with bird feathers.

hulu manu₁.  n. bird feathers.

hulumanu [hu-lu-ma-nu].  s. Hulu and manu, a bird. A bird-feather. NOTE.—Bird's feathers were highly valued in former times; o ka hulumanu ka mea i manao nui ia, he wai-wai ia. s. LIT. A bird's feather. Name of a class of men around a chief, very great favorites; a favorite of the chief. See the foregoing.

hunakai₂ [huna·kai].  n. sanderling (Calidris alba), a small winter migrant to Hawaiʻi, cinnamon brown with dark markings. lit., sea foam, so called from the bird's habit of following close behind receding waves.
 

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iana.  n. ostrich (RSV), owl (KJV). (Isa. 13.21)

iana [ia-na].  s. Heb A word translated owl in Isa. 13:21. The ostrich perhaps.

ʻiao₄.  n. a bird said to resemble the moho (no data).

iao [ia-o].  Name of a bird somewhat like the moho.

ihu kikiwi.  curved beak (EH)

ʻiʻi₁.  vs. small, stunted, undersized, dwarf.

kioea ʻai pua ʻiʻi o Hiliathe kioea bird that eats the tiny spawn of Hilia [of big persons gobbling up little ones]

pua ʻiʻitiny fry of fish

ii [i-i].  Name of a species of fish around Molokai; ka pua ii. adj. Stinted; unthrifty; choked with weeds; applied to vegetables or animals.

ʻiʻi₇.  same as ʻapapane, a bird.

ii [i-i].  s. Name of a bird, partly red, bill hooked. See apane. He manu liilii ulaula; he apapane kekahi inoa.

ʻiʻiwi₁.  n. scarlet Hawaiian honey creeper (Vestiaria coccinea), found on all the main islands; its feathers were used extensively in feather work. Also ʻiwi, ʻiʻiwi pōlena, olokele. cf. also ʻiʻiwi pōpolo and kikiwi.

ka mahiole ʻie i haku ʻia i ka hulu o nā ʻiʻiwiplaited helmet made of ʻiʻiwi feathers (Laie 479 [90])

iiwi [i-i-wi].  s. A small red bird; also iawi.

ʻiʻiwi₂.  n. same as the honey creeper called ʻakialoa on Oʻahu (Hemignathus obscurus ellisianus).

ʻiʻiwi pōlena [ʻiʻiwi pō·lena].  same as ʻiʻiwi₁, scarlet Hawaiian honey creeper...

ʻiʻiwi pōpolo [ʻiʻiwi pō·polo].  n. immature, greenish-yellow, blackspotted stage of the ʻiʻiwi bird, lit., pōpolo berry honey creeper.

ʻikuā₁, ʻikuwā [ʻiku·ā].  nvs. noisy, clamorous, loud-voiced; to make a din; din, clamor; voices of the gods in the elements.

ʻIkuwā nā manu i ka nahele.The birds make a din in the forest.

ʻIkuā₂, ʻIkuwā [ʻiku·ā].  n. month of the Hawaiian year, named, according to Kepelino, for the roar of surf, thunder, and cloudbursts of this month. Pohākōʻeleʻele is a var. name: see month. (Kep. 95)

ʻO ʻIkuwā i pohā kōʻeleʻele, ʻikuwā ke kai, ʻikuwā ka hekili, ʻikuwā ka manu.ʻIkuwā is the month when dark storms arise, sea roars, thunder roars, birds roar.

Ikua [i-ku-a].  s. Ancient name of one of the months; also written Ikuwa; October.

ʻikuwā.  nvs. var. spelling of ʻikuā₁, noisy...

ʻIkuwā.  n. var. spelling of ʻIkuā₂, month of the Hawaiian year...

ʻilikalakala [ʻili·kala·kala].  n. a bird (no data).

ʻili kalapu wāwae [ʻili kalapu wā·wae].  n. jess, a leg strap for falcons. lit., leg strap.

ʻīlio hahai manu.  n. bird dog.

ʻīnana₁ [ʻī·nana].  nvi. to come to life or activity, as of a sick person; to show liveliness, as of young birds about to fly; animated; stirring of life. cf. kīnana, pūnana.

Hōʻeu, kukupu, ʻīnana, kū i luna o ka moku.Bestir, grow, come to life, rule the island. (For. 6:267, ancient prayer)

hōʻīnanato animate, give life to

Ke ʻīnana lā mehe ʻōpae ʻoehaʻa.Active there like freshwater shrimps [of scattered foes]. (ON 1710)

Ō hoʻūlu ʻoe, ō ʻīnana ʻoe, hoʻīnana i ke ola.Inspire, animate, give life. (PH 150, prayer)

ʻO ka honua nui a Kāne i hoʻīnana a ʻahu kīnohinohi.The great earth that Kāne gave life to and clothed decoratively. (Kep. 123)

Wahi piopio moa i ka hua e ʻīnana nei i loko ou.Little chicken in the egg coming to life within you.

inana [i-na-na].  v. To walk about idly, without any definite object; to loaf about.

ʻio₁.  n. Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), an endemic and endangered hawk with dark and light color phases, confined to forests on the island of Hawaiʻi, where it is regarded by some as an ʻaumakua. The ʻio signified royalty because of its lofty flight, and hence occurs in such names as ʻIo-lani, royal hawk. cf. ʻio mea, ʻio uli, māpumāpu, mio₁. [(NP) PPN *kio, a bird]

Kaha ka ʻio i ka mālie.The ʻio hawk poises in the calm [admiration of a handsome person]. (ON 1288)

io [i-o].  s. A species of bird; a hawk.

ʻioʻio₁.  redup. of ʻio₂; cheeping, peeping. cf. māʻioʻio. PPN *kiokio.

ʻAʻohe mea i hāmama ka waha ā ʻioʻio.None opened the mouth or peeped. (Isa. 10.14)

manu ʻioʻioswallow (Isa. 38.14)

pene ʻioʻiobrooder (lit.: cheeping pen)

ioio [i-o-i-o].  v. To peep, as a chicken; also piopio. Isa. 10:14. Misprinted oioi; to chatter. Isa. 38:14. To whisper, as ghosts were supposed to do. See hanehane. adj. Peeping, as a chicken; he manu ioio, a swallow. Ier. 8:7.

ʻiolana [ʻio·lana].  nvi. to soar, poise, as a hawk; soaring hawk.

iolana [i-o-la-na].  v. See lana. To float in the air, as a bird.

ʻio mea.  n. a variety of ʻio hawk without dark markings.

ʻio poʻi moa.  n. chicken-stealing hawk. fig., a clever thief, especially of another's sweetheart.

ʻio uli.  n. a dark ʻio, hawk.

ʻīpiki [ʻī·piki]. 

manu ʻīpikiibis, a flightless bird in prehistoric Hawaiʻi

ipu hānai manu.  n. bird feeder (HE)

ʻiwa₁.  n. frigate or man-of-war bird (Fregata minor palmerstoni); it has a wing span of 2.1 m. fig., thief, so called because it steals food by forcing other birds to disgorge; also used figuratively for a handsome person, as follows. see ex. maʻoha. [(CE) PPN *kiwa, frigate bird]

He ʻiwa ka hoa e like ai.Just like one's friend the ʻiwa bird (of one dressed up in finery). (Kel. 134)

ka ʻiwa ālai makathe frigate bird that fascinates the eye [an attractive person]

Ka ʻiwa hoʻohaehae nāulu.An ʻiwa, frigate bird, teases the showers. [an attractive person provokes envy].

Ke ānai maila ka ʻiwa ānai maka.The frigate bird that fascinates the eyes is attracting attention. (UL 197)

Kīkaha ka ʻiwa, he lā makani.Poises the frigate bird, a windy day [of a handsome person who draws attention, as does the ʻiwa bird poised aloft]. (ON 1795)

iwa [i-wa].  s. A thief; the word comes from Oiwa, a notorious thief who lived long ago and obtained the surname of Oiwahue, i. e., Oiwathief. s. The name of a large bird with black feathers.

ʻiwi₁.  Var. of ʻiʻiwi, a bird; considered by some an ʻaumakua. [(NP) PPN *kiwi, probably the bristle-thighed curlew (numenius tahitiensis)]

iwi [i-wi].  s. The name of a small bird with red feathers; o ka iwi, he ulaula ka hulu.

ʻiwi pōlena [ʻiwi pō·lena].  same as ʻiʻiwi pōlena, a honey creeper.
 

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kā₁.  nvt.
  • to hit, strike, throw, smite, hack, thrust, toss, fling, hurl, dash, especially with a quick hard stroke;
  • to bail water, as from a canoe (kā₂);
  • to clean, as weeds or mud from a pond;
  • to fling the arms or swing them while walking;
  • to make net meshes;
  • to tie, as thatch battens;
  • to knit;
  • to fish with a pole;
  • to turn the soil;
  • to turn a rope for children to jump;
  • to remove, as a cataract from the eye with the edge of a blade of kūkae puaʻa grass;
  • to snare, as birds;
  • to curse (especially if used with ʻino; cf. kāmalū, to do evil to another in secret; to forbid, warn in secret...);
  • to murder; murderous; murderer, dead shot.
For kā i ka waha, see waha. [(EO) PPN *taa, strike, beat, kill]

hoʻokāto dash down, shatter, break, strike

i ke kā ʻanain tying [thatch] (For. 5:650)

kā i ka hoeto pull on a paddle with all one's strength

kā i ka ʻinoto curse, do evil to

kā i ka nele loa.to take away everything, utterly deprive, to be without.

kā kēhauto rub tapa on grass or shrubbery to absorb the dew as a means of gathering moisture in arid places such as Kaʻū

kā koʻito make adzes

kā lilikoto burn, sear

kā makauto make a fishhook of bone or other material

kā make loato dash to death, hurl down, as a foe in lua fighting; to doom to death

limu kā kanaka o Manuʻakepa.the man-striking moss of Manuʻakepa [name of a famous slippery alga growing on the beach at Hanalei, Kauaʻi].

kaʻalele [kaʻa·lele].  vi. to sway, reel; to fly or soar, as birds.

kaalele [kaa-le-le].  v. To make a reeling motion, as a feeble person attempting to lean on a staff; to reel.

kaha₃.  vi.
  • to swoop, as a kite;
  • to be poised, soar, as a bird (less used than kīkaha);
  • to go by, pass by,
  • to turn and go on;
  • to surf, body surf.
  (FS 153) [(CC) PPN *tafa, soar]

hoʻokahacaus/sim

Kaha ka lā ma ke kua o Lehua.The sun passes to the back of Lehua [Island]. (UL 238)

kaha.  vi. to drive, in basketball.

kīloi kahalead pass; to throw such a pass

Ua kaha palamimo ʻo Ioredāne ma waena o nā kūpale ʻehā.Jordan slyly cut right through the four defenders.

kaha [ka-ha].  To turn about and go away; to go off; to set out to go. Laieik. 67. v. To stand sideways; to stand up on the edge like the comb of a cock; to tread water; to swim standing up. Laieik. 92.

kahakō₁ [kaha·kō].  vs. steep, sheer. [(CE) PPN *tafa-too, steep, sheer]

Ka pali kahakō lele a koaʻe.Sheer cliff reached by tropic bird. (ON 1527)

kahekahe₃ [kahe·kahe].  nvi. a method of birdcatching: all save a few lehua blossoms were plucked and the remaining flowers were gummed so that birds would be stuck; to catch birds thus.

kaʻi₃.  fish net or seine; snare or noose for birds. (And.)

kai.  s. See verb, No. 4. A net for fish; a snare for birds; a lasso for cattle, &c.

kaini.  n. name of a mother ʻuaʻu, bird.

kaio [ka-i-o].  s. The name of a bird like the pueo or owl.

kakā keiki.  n. duckling (KAN)

kākāwahie [kā·kā·wahie].  n. Molokaʻi creeper (Loxops maculata flammea); the male is largely scarlet; the female and the immature male are brown with scarlet markings. lit., wood chopping. also ʻalauahio.

kakawahie [ka-ka-wa-hi-e].  s. The name of a bird; he kakawahie kahi manu.

kala₁₅.  same as pākalakala, a tern. [PPN *tala, tern species (sterna lunata) (thalassius bergii)]

kalaiaha [kalai·aha].  n. name of a bird (no data).

kalapuna [kala·puna].  n. seagull. Maori tarā-punga.

kāluʻu [kā·luʻu].  see palekona kāluʻu, peregrine falcon...

kama₅, tama.  n. nighthawk. (Oihk. 11.16)

kā manu.  v. to kill or snare (kā) birds. rare. 

kāmaʻo.  n. endemic and endangered Kauaʻi thrush (Phaeornis obscurus myadestina). Kauaʻi.

kanawai [ka-na-wai].  Still more modern, a legislative enactment.

kanene.  vi. to fluff out the feathers, as birds do in hot weather. cf. nenene. rare. 

Kāneneʻeneʻe [kāne-neʻe·neʻe].  n. a place on the bird island Kaʻula and a name for the west. (Kam. 76:4–5)

kāne o ka pō.  n. spirit husband of the night (it was believed that a child born of such a mating might resemble an eel, lizard, shark, or bird, or might have supernatural powers; sometimes sickness or death followed his nightly visits: cf. wahine o ka pō. (Nānā 120–2)

kani₁.  nvi. sound or noise of any kind; pitch in music; to sound, cry out, ring, peal, jingle, tinkle, toll, whir, resound, reverberate; roar, rumble, crow, resonance; to strike or tick, of a clock, to sing, as birds; voiced. cf. leokani. [(AN) PPN *taŋi, cry, weep]

hoʻokanito play a musical instrument or drum; to cause to sound, honk; to crack, as a whip; to ring up on the telephone. See ex., pila₁

hoʻokani piheto shout, roar, wail, as by a crowd

hoʻokani ponoto tune, as a musical instrument

kani ā hiaʻāto grieve and moan so sorrowfully that one cannot sleep

kani ā ʻuʻinaflash of lighting followed immediately by a peal of thunder

Kani ka moa.The rooster crows.

Kani ka papa waʻa.The canoe floor sounds [a poetic expression applied to aged persons just before death, as the dead were sometimes laid in canoes which were placed in burial caves].

kani ka pilaplay music

Kani nā peleJingle bells (song)

kani ʻōkalakalascreech

ke kani ʻana o ka leothe sound or tone of the voice, intonation

leo kanisweet or pleasant voice

Mākaukau, kī, kani.Ready, aim, fire.

Ua pūhā kēia lāʻau, ke kani ʻia ala e ka manu.This tree is rotten, [it] is being made to sound by the bird [said of a tree not suitable for a canoe: see ʻelepaio₁]. (Nak. 36)

ʻUmi minuke i koe, kani ka hola ʻewalu.Ten minutes before eight; lit., ten minutes remaining strikes the hour eight.

kani.  n. sound effects, as on a computer. see kani keaka, pīpa.

kani [ka-ni].  v. To make a sound more or less musical; to hum, as a tune. To strike, as a clock; kani wale ka wati me ka hookani ole ia aku e ka lima kanaka. To sound, as a trumpet. Puk. 19:13. To explode, as a pistol. To crack, as a whip. To rumble, as thunder. To squeak, as shoes. To crow, as a cock; ke kani mai nei ka moa. Hoo. To sing; to praise; to play on an instrument of music. 1 Sam. 16:18, 23. To cry out, as a multitude; to exclaim; hookani aku la na kanaka penei, the people exclaimed thus. To be unpleasantly affected, as the ears at hearing bad news. 1 Sam. 3:11. Na mea kani, musical instruments. s. A singing; a ringing sound; a report, as of a gun; the sound of a trumpet, or of musical instruments. adj. Sounding; singing; squeaking; making a noise.

kanikani₁ [kani·kani].  redup. of kani, sound or noise of any kind...; chattering, noisy, jingle. PPN *tangitangi.

hoʻokanikaniredup. of hoʻokani; also a diminutive:

ka hoʻokanikani mai o kēia leo ʻūlili liʻiliʻi (ka uē keiki)the sobbing of the voice of the small tattler bird (a child's cry)

Kanikani pihe akula ka ʻaha.The crowd shouted loudly.

kanikani [ka-ni-ka-ni].  v. Freq. of kani, to make a sound. To tinkle, as a small bell. Isa. 3:16. To sound, as any sharp noise; to cry out with a shout, kanikani pihe aku la ka aha, "ka wahine maikai, e!" the woman is beautiful! Laieik. 165. To play on a musical instrument. Hoo. The same. s. The sound of any tinkling instrument.

kanikani₄ [kani·kani].  redup. of kani₂, strong, hard, tough...

kanikani₅ [kani·kani].  redup. of kani₃, to satisfy a need, particularly thirst...

kani kohā.  nvi. sudden loud sound, as the report of a rifle or pop of a paper bag, loud cry of a bird; to sound thus.

kanikoha [ka-ni-ko-ha].  v. Kani, to sing, and koha, to crack. To cackle like the ao, a bird of the mountains.

kano₁.  n. large, hard stem, as on a banana bunch, sweet potato, or pandanus fruit; shank of fishook (Kam. 76:77); tool handle; crosspiece on a lāʻau kia, bird-catching pole; bones of the lower arm or lower leg; male erection; stiffening, hardening; hard, stiff. cf. kakano.

hoʻokanoto harden; to form a tuber, as of sweet potato

kano [ka-no].  The body of a tree in distinction from its branches. A notch made in a tree, &c., where birds may light in order to catch them.

kanono₂.  n. red chicken.

kanono [ka-no-no].  A red fowl; he moa ula hiua.

kanuʻeʻeʻina.  vi. to smooth down, as the wet, ruffled feathers of a bird; to preen; to tamp and smooth. rare. 

kanueeina [ka-nu-e-e-i-na].  v. See eeina. To fix and smooth down, as the wet ruffled feathers of a fowl.

kāpapa₄ [kā·papa].  vi. to do in unison, as of crowing cocks; all together.

Ā hiki i ka wanaʻao, kāpapa ana nā moa.When morning arrived, the cocks crowed together.

kāpili manu [kā·pili manu].  n.v. to catch birds with lime; one who does so.

kapilimanu [ka-pi-li-ma-nu].  s. See kapili and manu, a bird. The art of catching birds with bird lime (pilai, &c.); i ko'u pii ana iuka i ke kapilimanu.

kāpiʻo₁ [kā·piʻo].  nvt. bird snare made by bending a sapling over and attaching a baited noose; the bird enters, dislodges a weight, the sapling straightens up and the noose tightens and catches the bird; to catch in such a snare. also piʻo₃.

ʻAʻohe manu noho i ka lipo e pakele i ke kāpiʻo.No bird of the deep forest can escape the snare. [of an expert lover] (ON 183)

kapio [ka-pi-o].  v. To be arched; he pio kolea. See pio.

kaukau₄ [kau·kau].  nvt. bird snare; to set or fix a bird snare.

kaukau [kau-kau].  v. To set or fix, as a snare or net for birds. See kau. Hal. 141:9. A snare so placed or fixed as to catch birds. The snaring or taking of fish; kaukau ulua.

kau kepa.  vi. to fall or lie on a slant, as rain; slanting.

Mehe manu lā ka ua e kau kepa nei, e wili nei i luna o ka lāʻau.Like a bird the rain falls slanting, whirling about on the tops of trees. (chant for Kahakuohawaiʻi)

Kaʻula₁.  n. a rocky islet off Niʻihau. [Kaʻula was famous for its birds: see examples].

ʻAi lā ʻoe i ka manu o Kaʻula.Then rule the birds of Kaʻula. (FS 97)

Hei kōʻalaʻala ka manu o Kaʻula,.The bird of Kaʻula is quickly caught [perhaps as a sweetheart].

Kaʻula i ka hoʻokē a nā manu.Kaʻula [Islet] is crowded with birds [of any crowded place]. (saying)

Ke lei maila ʻo Kaʻula i ke kai.Kaʻula wears the ocean as a lei. (UL 56)

Puaea ka manu o Kaʻula i ke kai.The bird of Kaʻula expires at sea [utter destruction, as of birds dropping dead while flying overseas].

kaʻula₃.  n. a sea bird.

kaumanu₂ [kau·manu].  method of catching birds by tying a caterpillar and a stick at one end of a string; when the bird swallows the caterpillar the stick lodges in his throat.

kaunu₂.  var. of kaulu₆, neighborhood, locality, place...

kaunu a nā laua place of verdure, especially one frequented by birds. lit., place of leaves.

kaunuanalau.  a large Hawaiian bird. (And.)

kaunuanalau [ka-u-nu-a-na-lau].  s. Name of a large bird on Hawaii.

kauō₂, kauwō [kau·ō].  n. yolk or white of an egg. cf. kauō keʻokeʻo, kauō melemele. [PPN *tooua, yolk of an egg (clk)]

kauō [kau·ō].  n. egg white or yolk.

kauō keʻokeʻoegg white

kauō melemeleegg yolk

kauo [kau-o].  s. The yellow part or yolk of an egg; kauo moa; kauo ke akua hulu.

kauō keʻokeʻo [kau·ō keʻo·keʻo].  n. white of an egg.

kauō melemele [kau·ō mele·mele].  yolk of an egg.

kau pipi.  see ʻalekuʻu, egret, general term...

ʻalekuʻu kau pipicattle egret

kaʻupu₁.  n. perhaps Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis); it breeds on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Niʻihau, and Moku Manu. see song, (EM 65) . [(FJ) PPN *takupu, booby sp]

kaʻupu hehi ʻalebillow-treading kaʻupu

kaupu [ka-u-pu].  s. Name of a large black bird the size of a turkey, found mostly on Nihoa and Kaula.

kāwaʻa₂ [kā·waʻa].  interj. call of the curlew bird, believed to say:

"I kāwaʻa, e holo, ua nui ke kai o ke aumoe.""Let's do canoe net fishing, sail, the sea is high at midnight.”

kawaa [ka-waa].  s. The voice of a bird on Molokai which seems to say, "i kawaa, e holo, ua nui ke kai o ke aumoe."

kāwili.  vt.
  • to mix ingredients, blend;
  • to ensnare birds, as with lime;
  • entwined, interwoven, interlaced.
  rare.  [PPN *taa-wili, rotate, spin, whirl]

hoʻokāwilicaus/sim

ka poʻe kāwili manu ʻōʻōpeople who ensnared ʻōʻō

lepo kāwiliclay, adobe

kawili [ka-wi-li].  v. See wili. To mix together different ingredients, as flour and water in making bread; to stir up together. Hoo. To mix together; to knead bread. Nah. 15:4.

kāwili manu [kā·wili manu].  n.v. bird catcher or snarer; to snare birds.

kawilimanu [ka-wi-li-ma-nu].  s. See kawili and manu, a bird. A method of catching birds with bird lime; he lawaia manu.

kē₁.  nvt. protest, complaint, criticism; critic, especially a hula critic; formerly a hula master who was invited by another hula master to criticize his class; to criticize; to push, shove, struggle against, oppose, shun, avoid, abstain from, refuse.

hoʻokēto crowd, elbow, push aside, jostle, struggle, oppress, shun, scorn, protest. Fig., to beset with difficulties

hoʻokē ā makato favor some at the expense of others, as relatives

hoʻokē ʻaito fast

hoʻokē ihuto blow the nose

Kaʻula i ka hoʻokē a nā manu.Kaʻula [Islet] is crowded with birds [of any crowded place]. (saying)

kē ʻaito fast

nā weliweli hoʻokēoppressive terrors

Nui ke kē o ka poʻe i kēlā puke.There was much protest by the people about that book.

keʻemoa₂ [keʻe·moa].  n. rump bone of a chicken.

keke.  same as ʻakekeke, turnstone.

keke [ke-ke].  s. Name of a species of bird. See akeke.

kekoleka, setoreka [keko·leka].  n. stork. also kikonia. Eng. (Zek. 5.9)

kelola, derora.  n. swallow (bird). Hebrew deror. (Sol. 26.2)

keluka, terusa.  n. thrush. Eng.

keluka.  n. thrush. also manu keluka.

manu keluka ululāʻauwood thrush

kenele.  n. canary. Eng.

Ka pae moku ʻo KeneleCanary Isles

kenola, tenora [ke·nola].  tern. Eng.

kepola, zepora.  n. sparrow (RSV), bird (KJV). (Sol. 26.2)

kepoda [ke-po-da].  s. Name of an unclean bird in Isa. 34:11.

kepue₂.  a bird (no data).

keʻu.  vi.
  • to croak, hoot, grunt;
  • to protest,
  • scold, snap at, contradict, find fault;
  • to make the common Hawaiian exclamation of disapproval. kā! chā!
  cf. heʻu₁.

E keʻu ʻoe, ē pueo ē.Hoot, O owl. (Kep. 59)

ka manu keʻu ahiahithe bird that croaks in evening [the ʻalae, said also of one who brings bad luck or talks of it] (ON 1480)

keu [ke-u].  v. To contradict; to scold; to find fault; to show a bad disposition; to be morose. s. Surliness; pettishness; anger. adj. Very angry; cross. s. The voice of a bird, the alae; the singing voice of the alae; ina e lohe oe i ke keu a ka alae. Laieik. 149.

kēuli [kē·uli].  n. blue jay. usu. manu kēuli.

kī₅.  same as ʻamakihi, a bird.

ki.  s. Name of a small bird; he ki kahi manu. he manu uuku.

kia₁.  n.
  • pillar, post, pole;
  • prop,
  • mast of a ship, spar;
  • nail, spike;
  • rod used in snaring birds with gum;
  • one who so snares birds;
  • fish trap.
  cf. kiaʻāina, kia hōʻailona, kia manu. [(MP) PPN *tia, a stake, post; stick in a peg or a needle]

kia [ki-a].  s. A pillar or inner post of a house which supports the ridge. A pillar or post set up for any purpose. Puk. 26:32. The mast of a ship or any vessel. A standing idol; he kia hoailona, a standing image of worship; kia ao, a pillar of cloud; kia ahi, pillar of fire. Puk. 13:21. v. To drive by knocking, as with a hammer. To drive, as a nail or spike; to nail; to spike. To run against or push another. To catch birds or fish; kia manu, a bird catcher. See the substantive. s. One who entraps or catches birds or fish; kia manu, a bird catcher. Laieik. 106. The name of the material used like kepau or pilali in catching birds. s. A spike or nail for fastening boards or timbers.

kia manu.  n.v. birdcatcher, birdcatching by gumming; to catch birds by gumming.

Ea mai ke aliʻi kia manu, ua wehi i ka hulu o ka mamothe birdcatching chief arises, adorned with the feathers of the mamo (hula chant for Kalākaua)

kiani.  vt. to flick, flip, wave gently, as the hand overhead in a hula gesture; to wheel and dip, as a soaring bird; frisky. cf. ani, to wave.

ʻai kianito nab at food

kihi₅.  n. Kauaʻi name for ʻamakihi, a bird.

kihikihi₅ [kihi·kihi].  same as ʻamakihi, a honeycreeper. Kauaʻi.

kiʻi hoʻomakaʻu manu [kiʻi hoʻo·makaʻu manu].  n. scare-crow. lit., image (for) frightening birds.

kīʻililī₂ [kīʻili·lī].  vi. to trill, of a bird. cf. kīʻikikī, kūʻililī.

kiʻi maka manu.  n. bird's-eye view.

kīkaha, kikaha [kī·kaha].  vi.
  • to soar, glide, poise, wheel, skim along, as a frigate bird;
  • to turn aside, detour, veer, deviate;
  • to maneuver, as fighting cocks;
  • to walk along absentmindedly, ignoring everyone.
  [(CE) PPN *tii-tafa, swerve to one side, slant]

Hele kīkaha aʻela ka ua.The rain goes sneaking along [of one who goes out of his way to avoid an acquaintance]. (ON 747)

Kīkaha ka ʻiwa, he lā makani.The frigate bird soars, it's a windy day [said of a beautiful woman or handsome man]. (ON 1795)

kikaha [ki-ka-ha].  adv. Passing by a former friend; not recognizing one with whom he was formerly acquainted; e wawau, e hele loa ma ke alanui, e aloha ole.

kikakī [kika·kī].  see manu kikakī, chickadee...

kīkēkoa [kī·kē·koa].  n. Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys).

kiki₂.  vt.
  • to sting, as a bee;
  • to peck, leap at, as a hen.
  • fig., to make disagreeable remarks.

kīkī₁ [kī·kī·].  Redup. of kī, to shoot, as a gun; to incite or sick, as a dog; to spout. PCP *tiitii.

hoʻokīkīcaus/sim

kīkī mākatarget shooting

kīkī manuto shoot birds

Waikīkīspouting water [a reference to the many springs and streams in the Waikīkī ahupuaʻa that extended far inland] (name)

kīkī₄ [kī·kī·].  n. a bird resembling the plover. [(CE) PPN *tii-tii, seabird sp]

kiki [ki-ki].  The name of a bird, usually caught with a net.

kikiki₃.  n. a bird. (KL. line 313)

kikikō [kiki·kō].  interj. cry of the ʻōʻō bird; to cry thus.

kīkīkoʻu₁ [kī·kī·koʻu].  n. chirping or screeching, as of a flock of birds; deep tone in chanting; tapping noise. cf. koʻu, to cluck.

He nahenahe ma kekahi wahi, ā he kīkīkoʻu ma kekahi wahi o ka mele.Soft in some places, deeptoned in other parts of the chant.

kikiwi.  vi.
  • bent or curved, as a bird beak;
  • humped;
  • to bend or bow the head;
  • to stagger forward, to weave along as a drunk.
  cf. ʻiʻiwi, kiwi, scarlet Hawaiian honey creeper...; curved, bent...

ihu kikiwihooked nose; curved beak

kikiwi [ki-ki-wi].  v. See kiwi, to bend. To bend or bow the head; to nod from drowsiness. To bend over; to bow down. To be very faint and weary from hard fatigne. adj. Bent and rounded at the point like a duck's bill.

kīkoni [kī·koni].  nvt.
  • small adze used for smoothing and finishing a canoe;
  • to smooth and finish a canoe;
  • to soften wauke bark for tapa making;
  • to pierce or lance a swelling; a piercing,
  • to peck; a peck,
  • to blaze, as a tree; a blaze;
  • to rap on the forehead, usually with a single knuckle, especially as a gesture of rudeness or contempt, hence to treat contemptuously.
  cf. kīkēkē, to rap with all the knuckles.

ka ʻai kīkoni a nā manupeck eating of the birds

kikonia [kiko·nia].  n. stork. also kekoleka. Latin Ciconia, a genus.

kikonia [ki-ko-ni-a].  s. The stork. Kanl. 14:18. The name of an unclean bird.

kīkoʻo₁ [kī·koʻo].  nvt. span; extent; to stretch, reach or stick out; extend, as the hands, or as a bird its wings.

ʻEhā kīkoʻo i koe a kō iala maikaʻi iāia nei.That one's beauty is four times greater than this one's. (Laie 363 [12])

kī kīkoʻolay-up, in basketball; to make such a shot. lit., extending shot...

kikoo [ki-koo].  To stretch or spread out the wings, as a bird about to fly. To extend the hand in making a gesture. v. See kiko. To stretch out the hand to take something, or to do something, Puk. 17:11. Aha kikoo i koe o ke ia la maikai ia ia nei, that person is four points less handsome than this.

kikoo [ki-koo].  A span; a measure made by the thumb and fore finger. Oihl. 41:5.

kikoo [ki-koo].  A line across the arc of a circle; the chord of an arc. Anahon. 23.

kikoo [ki-koo].  s. An arm or weapon of some kind; a bow. 1. Sam. 2:4. He kaka, he mea e pana'i ka pua; a bow, a thing to shoot arrows. The bent bow was called kikoo in shooting; kikoo kakaka, a bow. Hos. 2:20.

kīkoʻo [kī·koʻo].  vt. to draw or withdraw money from the bank.

pila kīkoʻocheck, draft, bill

waihona kīkoʻochecking account, as a in bank

kīlepa₃ [kī·lepa].  n. rooster comb, wattle.

kīnana [kī·nana].  n. mother hen or bird and her brood; a brooding place, chicken house. cf. ʻīnana. [(AN) PPN *tinana, mother]

kinana [ki-na-na].  s. A hen, especially one that has hatched chickens.

kīoe₂ [kī·oe].  vi. to turn the head with a rotary motion, as of a bird watching its prey. cf. oeoe, long neck.

kioea₁, kiowea [kio·ea].  n. bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis), large, dusky brown, migratory bird with a long, curved bill; the cry of this bird. see ex. lawekeō.

kioea [ki-o-e-a].  s. The name of a bird having long legs, found on Molokai and in other places. The voice of a bird on Molokai (the kioea probably); kani mai la ua manu la, penei: "kioea, kioea, lawekeo, lawelawekeo." Name of a cape where the bird lives; ua kapaia kela lae mahope o kekahi manu olaila, he Kioea.

kioea₃, kiowea [kio·ea].  n. an extinct honeyeater (Chaetoptila angustipluma).

kīpaʻi₁ [kī·paʻi].  vt. to shoo away, as by clapping (paʻi); to drive away animals; to pat with the hands; to strike with the wings, as an angry bird.

kipai [ki-pai].  v. To drive off or expel, as dogs or chickens belonging to others; ke kipai ana i ka mea e hoomalu ana i kana mau keiki. s. The driving away or expulsion of animals that do not belong to one.

kipapani [kipa·pani].  vi. to flock.

Kipapani ka noio e kīkīkoʻu i ke aku.The noio birds flocked together to make a din over the bonito.

kipi₄.  n. Oʻahu name for the ʻakialoa bird.

kīwaʻa₁ [kī·waʻa].  n. name of a mythical bird.

kiwaa [ki-waa].  s. The name of a very large bird.

koʻa₃.  n. shrine, often consisting of circular piles of coral or stone, built along the shore or by ponds or streams, used in ceremonies as to make fish multiply; also built on bird islands, and used in ceremonies to make birds multiply.

koaʻe₁.  n. the tropic or boatswain bird, particularly the white-tailed tropic bird (Phaethon lepturus dorotheae), which inhabits cliffs of the high islands. The red-tailed tropic bird (P. rubricauda rothschildi) is koaʻe ʻula; the white is koaʻe kea. [PPN *tawake, tropic bird, (phaeton spp.)]

ka pali lele koaʻethe cliff [where] tropic birds fly (ON 1527)

koae [ko-ae].  s. The name of a species of white bird which is found about precipices.

kōʻalaʻala₂.  vi. quickly. cf. ala-, fast.

Hei kōʻalaʻala ka manu o Kaʻula.The bird of Kaʻula is quickly caught [perhaps as a sweetheart].

koki₂.  same as ʻalae, mudhen.

kokō.  nvi. crow, cackle, of chickens; to crow.

koko [ko-ko].  A noise or cry of a cock when a hen announces that she has laid her egg; to cackle, as a hen.

kolaka, koraka.  n. raven. Gr. korax. (1 Nal. 17.4)

kōlea₁ [kō·lea].  nvi. Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis dominica), a migratory bird which comes to Hawaiʻi about the end of August and leaves early in May for Siberia and Alaska. fig., to repeat, boast; a scornful reference to foreigners (Kel. 70) who come to Hawaii and become prosperous, and then leave with their wealth, just as the plover arrives thin in the fall each year, fattens up, and leaves; a less common figurative reference is to one who claims friendship or kinship that does not exist; in some localities the kōlea is an ʻaumakua; to call kōlea. cf. hula kōlea and saying, kauhua₂. [(CE) PPN *toorea, bird sp. (pluvialis dominica)]

Haole kī kōlea.Plover-shooting white man [said in astonishment and horror at the white man's shooting of plovers, contrasting with the laborious Hawaiian methods of catching plovers, a way of saying that white people are strange and different]. (ON 477)

Kōlea ke kōlea i kona inoa iho.The kōlea just says his own name [of a boaster]. (ON 1830)

kolea [ko-le-a].  The name of a fowl of the duck genus.

kolekolea₁ [kole·kolea].  nvi. to cry, of the kōlea, bird; to sing, of the kāhuli, land shell in Hawaiian belief. fig., a child that runs about wildly.

kolenika, korenisa [kole·nika, korenisa].  n. buzzard. Latin cornix, crow. (Kanl. 14.13)

kolo₅.  interj. call to fowl, pigs. Kolo, kolo, kolo! Come, come, come!

kolo₆.  var. of kono₂, to attract birds.

koloa.  n. Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana). Also koloa maoli, native koloa, to distinguish it from migratory or introduced ducks, also called koloa. Formerly on all main islands except Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe; in 1976 common only on Kauaʻi; birds raised in capitivity and released have been seen on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi; considered endangered in 1978. Koloa birds protected a legendary blind giant, Ima-i-ka-lani, and quacked to warn him from which side he might expect an attack. (FS 169) [PPN *toloa, duck (anas sp.)]

koloa [ko-lo-a].  s. A duck; specifically, a muscovy duck.

koloa māpu.  n. pintail duck (Anas acuta), a common migrant to the Hawaiian Islands. lit., wind-blown duck.

koloa mohā, koloa mōhā.  n. shoveler or spoonbill (Anas clypeata), a migrant. lit., bright duck (said to be named for the dark glossy green head of the male).

koloa mōhā.  n. var. spelling of koloa mohā, shoveler or spoonbill (Anas clypeata)...

kolohala [kolo·hala].  pheasant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus), the showy ring-necked pheasant. lit., creep go on.

kolokio [kolo·kio].  nvt. method of catching birds by means of a long stick with a crosspiece at the end; flowers were attached and smeared with sticky juice to which the birds stuck. The birds were first attracted by whistling. A bird catcher; to catch thus. lit., creep whistle.

kolokio [ko-lo-ki-o].  s. Name of a person who catches by a long rod and bird-lime; kolokio manu o Kaile ka uka nahele o Laa.

kololū [kolo·lū].  vi. soft, weak and helpless, as a newborn baby or newly hatched bird; soft and not yet hardened, as a new growth of bone; easily influenced and impressed, as an unstable person.

kolo manu.  var. of kono manu, to entice a bird, as by imitating its call, and then to snare it; a birdcatcher...

ʻauliʻi kolo manudaintiness that attracts birds

kolopao [kolo·pao].  n. a bird (no data).

konelika, konerisa [kone·lika].  n. kite, a bird. (Bib.)

kono₂.  vt. to attract the attention of a bird, as by imitating its call, and then to snare it, as with gummed ʻieʻie roots. ʻUaʻu birds were snared thus. see kono ʻelepī, kono manu.

kono [ko-no].  To set on, as dogs; to set one against another. See konokono.

kono manu.  n.v. to entice a bird, as by imitating its call, and then to snare it; a birdcatcher. cf. kono₂.

koʻo₂.  n. tail feathers, as. of a cock, or as below the tail of the mamo, a bird.

koʻo manu₁.  n. support for birds; bird islet.

koʻo manu₂.  n. long tail feathers.

koʻo moa₁.  n. long tail feathers of a cock.

koomoa [koo-mo-a].  s. Koo and moa, a fowl. The long feathers in a cock's tail. adj. Long tailed; waiving like the tail feathers of a cock; long and bent like a cutlass.

koʻo moa₂.  n. support for chickens.

koʻu₁.  vi. to cluck. fig., to talk too much.

E nuʻu a koʻu ka puʻu.Pile on until the throat clucks [eat all one can]. (saying)

waha koʻugabbling mouth (ON 2896)

koʻu.  v. To cluck, as a hen.

kowaʻe.  var. spelling of koaʻe, tropic bird.

kū₁.  vs.
  a.
  • to stand, stop, halt, anchor, moor;
  • to alight, as a bird or plane on the ground; to land, as a plane or ship;
  • upright, perpendicular, steep, erect, standing,
  • to park, as a car; parked.
  • to stay, remain, exist;
  • to reach, extend, arrive;
  b.
  • to rise, as dust;
  c.
  • to hit, strike, jab;
  d.
  • used in some idioms in sense of "up,out".
  [(AN) PPN *tuʻu, stand, be upright]

kū pololeito stand straight, sheer, perpendicular, vertical

Kū hele pēlā!Get out!

Kū ā hele!Go! Go away!

Kū!Whoa! Stop! Halt.

E kū iho i hōʻike noʻu.Stand as a witness for me.

hoʻokūto set up, make stand, establish, as a society; to brace a canoe with a paddle while sailing or coasting over waves in order to steer and steady the canoe; to carry on, as a family name (Kanl. 25.7)

hoʻokū ākeato make known publicly

kai kūquiet sea, especially at mid-tide

Kū anahulu ka moku.The ship anchors every ten days.

Kū i ka pōkā.Hit by a bullet.

Kū i ke kui.Pierced by the needle; punctured by a nail [as a tire].

Kū ʻumi lau kānaka i ka make.Ten four-hundreds of men were struck dead.

Mahea ke kaʻa e kū ai?Where will the car be parked?

nā kānāwai e kū neiexisting laws

Ua hoʻoholo ʻia ke kaula a kū maʻō.The rope was let out as far as over there.

wai kūstagnant water

ku.  v. NOTE.—This word has two distinct meanings and yet they run into each other; as, first, ku to rise up; second, ku to stand. To arise; to rise up, as from a sitting posture. Ioan. 11:29. To stand erect. To rise, as war. 1 Oihl. 20:4. To rise up to do a thing or for a specified purpose. Ioan. 1:2. To stand against; to resist; to act contrary to. Hoo. To excite; to stir up, as an insurrection. To raise up, as an eminent person. Kanl. 18:15, 18. To raise up; to propagate. Kanl. 25:7. v. To stand, i. e., to stop still; to let down, as an anchor (generally written kuu); ku iho la makou ia nei, we anchored (stood, stopped) at this place; to stand against or opposite to. To stand, as a ship, i. e., to come to anchor. Hoo. To cause to stand, i. e., to hold up; to stretch out, as the hand. 1 Nal. 8:22. To be placed or set in a state or condition. Iob. 20:4. Ku i ka wa, to stand in a space (between two parties); hence, to be free; to be uncommitted. 1 Kor. 9:1.

kū.  n. stand. Niʻihau. see kī kū, kukui kū, set shot, in basketball; floor lamp... Eng. (calque).

kū koʻokolutripod

kū pena kiʻieasel

kualo₂, sualo.  n. swallow. Eng.

kue₁.  interj. call to attract ʻuaʻu, petrel birds, believed in imitation of their sound.

kue manu.  v. to attract ʻuaʻu, petrel birds, to a net by imitating their call, kue, kue, kue!

kūhea manu [kū·hea manu].  n.v. bird imitator; fowler. (Sol. 6.5)

kuhukukū [kuhu·kukū].  n. dove, turtledove (Kin. 15.9) ; cooing of a dove.

ke leo o ke kuhukukūthe voice of the turtle (Mele 2.12)

kuhukuku [ku-hu-ku-ku].  adj. Epithet of a dove, from its noise; manu kuhukuku, a dove. Kin. 15:9. s. A dove. Mel. Sol. 2:12.