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ā₁.  nvi. jaw, cheekbone. fig., to talk a lot, jabber, jibber jabber. PCP *aa.

hoʻāto talk a lot, jabber

ke ā nui, ke ā ikibig jaw, little jaw [bragging and wheedling, as of a man seeking the favor of a woman] (ON 1681)

a.  s. The jawbone; the cheek bone. Hal. 3:7. A luna, upper jaw; a lalo, lower jaw.

ā.  n. iwi ā. jawbone, mandible.

ā₂.  n. an instrument made of smooth bone, formerly used for abortion, lancing, or bleeding. also āʻōʻō, piercing ā.

a.  s. The name of an instrument made of smooth bone, and used formerly for piercing or killing an unborn child. It was called the a oo, the piercing a; also a koholua. See koholua.

aʻa₁.  n.
  • small root, rootlet,
  • vein, artery, nerve, tendon, muscle.
  • fig., womb, offspring.
  [(AN) PPN *aka, root n]

aʻa konithrobbing vein or artery, pulse; throbbing, as with excitement or passion

aʻa lewalewaaerial roots, as put forth by ʻōhiʻa trees at high altitudes or in damp climates

aʻa moku i ke poʻocerebral hemorrhage

hoʻoaʻato cause a plant or slip to take root; to take root.

ke koko maloko o nā aʻablood in the veins

kuʻu kaikaina i ke aʻa hoʻokahimy younger sibling of the same womb

ʻŌ kuʻu aʻa kēia,This is my offspring.

aa [a-a].  s. The small roots of trees or plants. Iob. 8:17. Also called weli. The veins or arteries for blood, from their resemblance to the fine roots of trees, aole lakou i ike ke koko maloko o na aa. Anat. 1. Offspring.

aʻa e hele ana i ka puʻuwai.  coronary (EH)

ʻaʻa₃.  n.
  • bag,
  • pocket,
  • caul, envelope for a foetus,
  • scrip [archaic: bag or wallet carried by wayfarers] (1-Sam. 17.40) ;
  • fiber from coconut husk;
  • clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond;
  • cloth;
  • chaff, hull (Ier. 23.28) ;
  • skin covering eyeballs.
    see ʻaʻa moni. [(MQ) PPN *kaka, bag, sack]

ʻaʻa haoleforeign cloth

ʻaʻa maluna o ke akecaul above the liver

ʻAʻole kanaka ʻaʻa ʻole.No man without his scrip.

ka ʻaʻa o ke au ma ke akepaʻathe caul of the bile and the liver (Oihk. 3.4)

aa [a-a].  s. A pocket; a bag. Iob. 14:17. SYN. with eke. Aa moni, a purse; a scrip; a bag to carry provisions in for a journey; aole kanaka aa ole, no man without his scrip; a bag for weights (of money.) Kanl. 25:13. The name of the envelop for a fœtus. Laieik. 190. Kuu kaikaina i ka aa hookahi. s. The caul of animals; aa maluna o ke eke, the caul above the liver. Puk. 29:13. The midriff: Oihk. 3:4. s. Name of the cloth-like covering near the roots of cocoanut leaves, aa niu. Hence, The name of a coarse kind of cloth, he aa haole. The outer husk of the cocoanut; the skin of the banana, same as paaa. s. Chaff; hulls; the outside of seeds or fruit. Ier. 23:28.

ʻāʻā₁.  nvs. dumbness, inability to speak intelligibly, a dumb person (Puk. 4.11) ; dumb, silent, still; to stutter and stammer, as a dumb person.

He ʻāʻā kō ka hale.The people of the house are silent.

I lohe ʻia e nā ʻāʻā lololohe; i mau ʻāʻā lōlōkuli.It was heard from the dumb one who could hear, about those who were deaf and dumb

poʻe kuli a ʻāʻādeaf mutes

Ua ʻāʻā ka leo.The voice is unintelligible.

aa [a-a].  v. To make a noise, as in trying to speak, as a dumb person; hence, To be dumb, ua aa ka leo. adj. Silent; still; lonely, as a house uninhabited; he aa ko ka hale, the people of the house are silent. s. Dumbness; inability to speak intelligibly; also a dumb person. Puk. 4:11. I loheia e na aa lololohe; i mau aa lolo kuli. FIG. The lower part of the neck.

ʻāʻā₂.  nvs. dwarf, small person; dwarfish, small.

he ʻīlio ʻāʻāa short-legged dog (KL. line 577)

kanaka poupou ʻāʻāa short stout person

aa [a-a].  s. A dwarf; a small person. Oihk. 21:20. Kanaka poupou aa; ua ike an i kahi keiki i komoiii, aa no hoi ke kino.

ʻāʻā₃.  vs. demented, panic-stricken. see ʻaʻā maka, ʻaʻaia.

E hōʻāʻā ana i nā makaaniani.Looking in confusion for the spectacles.

hōʻāʻāto look about or search in confusion, stray, wander; disconcerted

holo ʻāʻāto run about in a panic

aʻaʻa.  n. network of veins.

aʻahaʻapupū [aʻa·haʻa·pupū].  n. arteriosclerosis, in medicine. cf. aʻalāʻau.

ʻO ke aʻahaʻapupū, ʻo ia ka paʻa ʻana ʻo loko o ka ʻili o ke aʻa koko puʻuwai a hoʻēmi ʻia ke kahe o ke koko.Arteriosclerosis is the hardening of the inner walls of the arteries slowing blood flow.

aʻahuʻi [aʻa·huʻi].  n. aching veins, varicose veins.

aahui [a-a-hu-i].  s. Aa, vein, and hui, pain, ache. LIT. An aching vein. A desire for pleasure, attended with some sense of pain. Pau ke aahui, ke aakoni oloko, the painful desire within has ceased.

aʻahuki.  n. var. spelling of ʻaʻahuki, tendon. lit., pulled vein.

ʻaʻahuki, aʻahuki [ʻaʻa·huki].  n. tendon. lit., pulled vein.

wīkani nā ʻaʻahukihard tendons

ʻaʻai₁.  redup. of ʻai₁, to eat, destroy or consume as by fire; to erode...; eating, spreading, festering, increasing, as a sore; ulcerous, cancerous, malignant; to eat away, corrode; to take bait readily, as fish; erosion. see ʻaʻaiole. [(NP) PPN *kai, to spread, erode (of an ulcer or sore)(clk): *(ka)kai]

ʻAʻai ka hīnālea i ka ʻōpae.The hīnālea fish takes the shrimp [bait] readily.

he maʻi ʻaʻaia spreading sore, infection, or cancer

maʻi ʻaʻai ʻanapuʻulymphoma

nā manaʻo ʻaʻai ʻawa kaniʻuhūheartbreaking, sad thoughts

aai [a-ai].  To increase or grow, as an ulcer. To ulcerate; to eat or make progress, as a sore. FIG. To give pain; irritate. 2 Tim 2:17. Aole hoi e aai ka hewa iloko o ka poe e ku. paa ana, sin will not increase in those who stand fast. adj. Eating; increasing; continuing, as a sore; he mai aai, an increasing sore, he lepera aai ia. Oihk. 13:51. s. The progress or continuance of a sore.

ʻaʻai hele.  ulcerous. (EH)

aaki [a-a-ki].  To feel the severe pangs of child-birth.

aʻa kino.  n. vein. cf. aʻa puʻuwai. also aʻa koko kino.

aʻa kino ʻāʻī [aʻa kino ʻā·ʻī].  n. jugular vein. lit., neck vein. see ʻāʻī, neck

aʻa kino akemāmā [aʻa kino ake·mā·mā].  n. pulmonary vein. lit., lung vein.

aʻa kino hakuʻala [aʻa kino haku·ʻala].  n. renal vein. lit., kidney vein.

aʻa kino hilo.  n. femoral vein.

aʻa kino kā.  n. iliac vein. lit., pelvic bone vein.

aʻa kino kū wāwae [aʻa kino kū wā·wae].  n. tibial vein.

aʻa kino wenakawa [aʻa kino wena·kawa].  see wenakawa, vena cava, i.e. any of the large veins...

aʻa koko, ʻaʻa koko.  n. vein, blood vessel.

ʻaʻa koko.  n. var. spelling of aʻa koko, vein, blood vessel.

aakoko [a-a-ko-ko].  s. Aa, vein, and koko, blood. A vein; a blood vein. Anat. 45.

aʻa koko kino.  n. vein. also aʻa kino. cf. aʻa koko puʻuwai.

aʻa koko puʻuwai [aʻa koko puʻu·wai].  n. artery. also aʻa puʻuwai. cf. aʻa koko kino.

aʻakū.  n. var. spelling of ʻaʻakū, name of a combination of diseases: liver complication resulting in hardening of the veins, bloody dysentery accompanied by fever.

ʻaʻakū, aʻakū [ʻaʻa·kū].  n. name of a combination of diseases: liver complication resulting in hardening of the veins, bloody dysentery accompanied by fever.

aʻa kūkūkū [aʻa kū·kū·kū].  n. varicose veins. lit., raised veins.

aʻalāʻau [aʻa·lā·ʻau].  n. arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, in medicine. cf. aʻahaʻapupū.

aʻalele [aʻa·lele].  n. pulse. lit., leaping vein.

aalele [a-a-le-le].  s. Aa, vein, and lele, to jump. An artery, from its motion. Anat. 8.

aʻalolo [aʻa·lolo].  n. nerve. lit., brain vein.

aʻalolo hoʻāʻotaste bud

aʻalolo kulideafness, deaf mute

aʻalolo loheauditory nerve

aʻalolo [aʻa·lolo].  n. nerve.

aalolo [a-a-lo-lo].  s. Aa and lolo, the brain. A nerve; aalolo hoao. Anat. 7. Aalolo lohe, the auditory nerve.

aʻalolo mākala [aʻa·lolo mā·kala].  n. motor neuron. lit., muscle nerve.

aʻalonoa [aʻa·lonoa].  n. receptor, as of nerve endings in the body, in biology.

aʻalonoa mīkāpressure receptor

aʻalonoa ʻonotaste receptor

ʻO ke aʻalonoa o ke aʻalolo ke ʻike mua i ke kūlale.The receptors of the nerves are the first to sense stimuli.

ʻaʻamo.  same as ʻamo₂, contraction of anal muscles.

aʻa moku.  n. broken blood vessel.

aaokoko [a-a-o-ko-ko].  adj. Aa, vein or artery, and koko, blood. Epithet of any substance red hot, as fire, iron, stone, &c.; probably from the raging or rapid flow of blood.

aʻapau [aʻa·pau].  n. valve of a vein.

aʻapū, ʻaʻapu [aʻa·pu].  same as aʻapau, valve of a vein...

pepeiao ʻaʻapusemilunar valve, of the heart

aapu [a-a-pu].  A valve of a vein. Anat. 45.

ʻaʻapu.  var. spelling of aʻapū, valve of a vein...

aʻa puʻupuʻu₁ [aʻa puʻu·puʻu].  n. capsular ligament.

aapuupuu [a-a-puu-puu].  s. A capsular ligament. Dr. J.

aʻa puʻuwai [aʻa puʻu·wai].  n. artery. also aʻa koko puʻuwai. cf. aʻa kino.

aʻa puʻuwai ʻāʻī [aʻa puʻu·wai ʻā·ʻī].  n. carotid artery. lit., neck artery. see ʻāʻī, neck...

aʻa puʻuwai akemāmā [aʻa puʻu·wai ake·mā·mā].  n. pulmonary artery. lit., lung artery.

aʻa puʻuwai hakuʻala [aʻa puʻu·wai haku·ʻala].  n. renal artery. lit., kidney artery.

aʻa puʻuwai hilo [aʻa puʻu·wai hilo].  n. femoral artery.

aʻa puʻuwai kā [aʻa puʻu·wai kā].  n. iliac artery. lit., pelvic-bone artery.

aʻa puʻuwai kū wāwae [aʻa puʻu·wai kū wā·wae].  n. tibial artery.

ʻāʻaua.  vs. coarse, as wrinkled or blotched skin; lean, as fish. also ʻaua, māʻaua.

puaʻa ʻāʻauaold tough pig

ahalike [a-ha-li-ke].  s. Name of the square bone in the wrist joint; he iwi ahalike maloko o ka pulima.

ahamaha [a-ha-ma-ha].  s. The part of the face in front of the ears; ma ka aoao elua, ma kela maha ma keia maha.

ʻahē.  nvi. a hacking cough; to cough. Also ʻehē. cf. ʻahēʻahē, ʻehēʻehē.

aheahe₂ [ahe·ahe].  weak.

Aheahe kahi ʻōpū i ka pōloli,.The stomach feels weak with hunger.

ʻahēʻahē.  redup. of ʻahē, cough...

I ka manawa ʻahēʻahē, kau maila ka ʻahēʻahē make maluna o lāua.At the time of coughing, a deadly coughing seized upon the two of them.

aheahe [a-he-a-he].  adj. A cough; a hacking cough; i ka manawa aheahe, ke kau aheahe make o Kahalaia ma laua o Humehume, in the time of coughing, there lighted a deadly cough upon Kahalaia and Humchume.

ʻāhui hala₂ [ʻā·hui hala].  n. protuberance of the vagina resulting from syphilis; the roughness of the skin was thought to suggest the pandanus fruit.

ahulau [ahu·lau].  nvs.
  • pestilence, epidemic,
  • heaped up, as dead bodies.
 

Ahulau ihola nā kanaka i ka make.Slaughtered bodies were heaped up.

ai₁.  nvt. coition; to have sexual relations, cohabit (frequently pronounced ei). also hana ai, hana ei. [(CP) PPN *ʻai, copulate with]

hōʻaito breed, as a horse

maʻi lele aisexually transmitted disease (STD)

ʻai.  vt. to take, as medicine or a pill, ingest. cf. inu.

ʻai i ka huaaleto take a pill

ʻai i ka lāʻauto take medicine

ʻāʻī [ʻā·ʻī].  n. collar. [mān] also ʻāʻī lole, ʻāʻī kala, kala.

aʻa kino ʻāʻījugular vein

aʻa puʻuwai ʻāʻīcarotid artery

hoʻomālō ʻāʻīneck stretches, ie a warm-up exercise for sports such as volleyball; also to do this exercise

ai [a-i].  s. The neck; he a-i ko ke kanaka, oia kahi e hui ai ke poo me ke kino, man has a neck, it is that which unites the head with the body. A-i oolea, a stiff neck.

ʻāʻīʻalaʻala.  same as ʻāʻī palaʻe, scrofula, a scrofulous neck, abscess on neck...

aikukuku [ai-ku-ku-ku].  v. To be sick with swelling in the mouth and legs; ua aikukuku ma ka waha, he has a swelling in the mouth; ua aikukuku ma ka wawae, aole ola, he has swelled legs, he will not live. s. The swelling and soreness of the mouth and legs, like the large itch.

ʻaila palepiwa.  eucalyptus oil. (EH)

ʻāʻiliʻili.  redup. of ʻāʻili, spasm.

ʻaina kea.  n. a good-looking variety of sugar cane, of medium height, striped red and green or yellow, pith white and brown, leaves and leaf sheaths with white markings; used in medicine. also pū kea.

ainakea [ai-na-ke-a].  s. Aina, eating, and kea, species of cane. See kokea. The eating of sugar-cane till dry and white.

ʻāʻī oeoe [ʻāʻī oe·oe].  nvs. slim-necked; a slim or slender neck. Nickname for wives of early missionaries because their bonnets made their necks appear slim.

ʻāʻīpahāha [ʻā·ʻī·pahā·ha].  n. mumps. lit., swollen neck.

ʻāʻī palaʻe.  n. scrofula, a scrofulous neck, abscess on neck. also ʻāʻīʻalaʻala.

ʻāʻī puʻu.  n. lumped, calloused, or swollen neck; swelling of the neck or shoulder, said to be caused by carrying heavy burdens; one with a calloused neck.

aipuu [a-i-puu].  s. A-i, neck, and puu, a bunch. A bunch on the shoulder from carrying heavy burdens. Name of the person who has such a bunch. The name of a disease; also called leholeho. Ka pilikia no ke kau ana mai o ka mai aipuu a e anai mai, the difficulty from the attack of the disease aipuu causing waste, &c.; he kokua leholeho.

aka [a-ka].  The knuckle joints; the protuberances of the ankle joints; the joints of the backbone.

ʻākaʻakaʻa [ʻā·kaʻa·kaʻa].  redup. of ʻākaʻa, to tear off, peel... peeled, as the skin by sunburn or by drinking kava; peeling; ruffled. fig., exhausted, thin.

kūkae ʻākaʻakaʻapellet-like excreta, as of rabbits

ua māhuna i ka ʻawa, ua ʻākaʻakaʻascaly with kava, peeling

ʻākaʻakaʻa [ʻā·kaʻa·kaʻa ʻaʻ].  vs. to be peeling, as skin from sunburn.

ake₁.  n. liver. cf. akeloa, akemāmā. [(AN) PPN *ʻate, liver]

maʻi ʻai aketuberculosis

ake.  n. liver.

ake [a-ke].  s. The liver of an animal. Puk. 29:13. Akepaa, same. is a general name for several internal organs, qualified by different terms; see below.

akeloa [ake·loa].  n. spleen. lit., long liver. [PPN *ʻate-loa, spleen (clk)]

akeloa [ake·loa].  n. spleen.

akeloa [a-ke-loa].  s. Ake, liver, and loa, long. The spleen.

akemakani [ake·makani].  n. lung. lit., wind liver. also akemāmā, akepāhola.

akemakani [a-ke-ma-ka-ni].  s. The lungs. See akemama.

akemāmā [ake·mā·mā].  n. lung. lit., light liver. [PPN *maʻamaʻa, lungs]

akemāmā [ake·mā·mā].  n. lung.

aʻa kino akemāmāpulmonary vein

aʻa puʻuwai akemāmāpulmonary artery

akemama [a-ke-ma-ma].  s. Ake, liver, and mama, light. The lungs; the lights; oia ke ake e hanu ai, that is the lungs by which we breathe.

akenīʻau [ake·nīʻau].  spleen. lit., coconut-midrib liver.

akeniau [a-ke-ni-au].  s. See akeloa above. The spleen. s. Ake, liver, and loa, long. The spleen.

akepaʻa [ake·paʻa].  n. liver (more specific than ake). lit., firm liver. (Oihk. 3.4)

akepaa [a-ke-paa].  s. The liver. Oihk. 3:4.

akepahaola [ake·paha·ola].  n. lung.

akepaahoola [a-ke-paa-ho-o-la].  s. The lights, &c. See akemama.

akepāhola [ake·pā·hola].  n. lung.

akepahoola [a-ke-pa-hoo-la].  s. The lungs; the lights; oia ke ake e hanu ai, that is the lungs by which we breathe. (also: akemama: ake, liver, and mama, light.)

akepau [ake·pau].  n. tuberculosis, consumption. lit., finished liver.

aki [a-ki].  s. A disease; the headache.

ʻakilolo₁ [ʻaki·lolo].  n. a wrasse fish of the hīnālea type (Gomphosus varius). Also hīnālea ʻakilolo. This fish was used by priests as the pani or closing medicine for head diseases. The taro or sugar cane of the same name might substitute. lit., brain biting.

akilolo [a-ki-lo-lo].  s. The name of a fish; a species of small fish.

ʻakoʻako₂.  redup. of ʻako₂, itch, throat irritation, venereal disease. fig., lust...

ʻākokoko [ʻā·kokoko].  vs. bloody. also kokoko.

akuʻe, ʻakuʻe.  nvs. club-footed; deformity of the feet. cf. kukuʻe.

akue [a-ku-e].  s. A short, low woman; he wahine poupou.

ʻakuʻe.  nvs. var. spelling of akuʻe, club-footed; deformity of the feet.

ʻalaʻala₂.  nvs. scar of a scrofulous sore; to be so scarred; perhaps tuberculosis adenitis. (Kam. 64:115) PNP *kakala; cf. Rennellese kakaga.

Mai ʻalaʻala paha auaneʻi i ka ua Kawaʻahia.Perhaps his neck will be scarred in the rain of Kawaʻahia [in trouble].

alaala [a-la-a-la].  s. Ala, round, &c. A scrofulous sore; an ulcer, particularly on the neck; the ringworm; poha ka alaala me kukae uli. adj. Scrofulous.

ʻalaea₁, alaea.  n. water-soluble colloidal ocherous earth, used for coloring salt, for medicine, for dye, and formaly in the purification ceremony called hiʻuwai; any red colloring matter; according to Dr. Frank Tabrah, brick-red soil containing hematite. see ʻiʻoʻalaea, kuhi ʻalaea. (Kam. 76:149) [(CE) PPN *karaea, red ochre, red clay or earth]

ua ʻalaeared rain [red of the rainbow] (For. 4:399)

alaea [a-la-ea].  s. Red dirt; a kind of Spanish brown dug from the earth.

alani₂.  an Oʻahu tree (Pelea sandwicensis or P. oahuensis), with oblong, fragrant leaves (like the mokihana of Kauaʻi), which were used for scenting tapa. The bark was used for medicine. Also other species of Pelea. PPN *alani.

alapuka [ala·puka].  nvs. body sores; to have such sores; affected with dry rot, as taro. rare. 

alelo₁.  n. tongue, language. Also elelo. cf. pelu. [PPN *ʻalelo, tongue]

kūʻau aleloback of the tongue

lau aleloblade of the tongue

mole aleloroot of the tongue

waena alelocentral portion of the tongue

wēlau alelotip of the tongue

alelo [a-le-lo].  s. The tongue, of man or animals. Puk. 11:7; 2 Sam. 23:2. See elelo. s. The tongue; he alelo wana ka ono, he ono ke alelo wana, he okulikuli.

alo ʻūhā [alo ʻū·hā].  see mākala ʻūhā, any muscle of the quadriceps femoris group...

ʻāmanapuʻu [ʻā·mana·puʻu].  n. bronchus, bronchiole; bronchial.

ʻāmanapuʻu kuahopeterminal bronchiole

āmanapuʻu kuakolutertiary bronchus, segmental bronchus

ʻāmanapuʻu kualuasecondary bronchus, lobar bronchus

ʻāmanapuʻu kuamuaprimary bronchus

ʻami wāwae.  ankle. (EH)

ʻamo.  see iwi kuʻe ʻamo. also puka kahiko.

mākala ʻamosphincter, i.e. an annular muscle surrounding and able to contract or close a bodily opening or channel.

puka ʻamoanus, i.e. the posterior opening of the alimentary canal.

ʻamo hulu.  rectum, vagina. (EH)

ana₄.  n. larynx.

ana [a-na].  Name of a hollow place in the mouth, by which the voice is modified. Anat. 11.3.

ʻana₂.  n. siliceous sponge (Leiodermatium), used as medicine and as sandpaper.

iwi ʻanacancellous bone

ʻanaʻanai [ʻana·ʻanai].  vt. to rub repeatedly, as one's eyes. Niʻihau. cf. ʻānai.

ʻanakoʻi [ʻana·koʻi].  n. inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland, venereal tumor, bubo.

anakoi [a-na-ko-i].  s. A swelling in the groin. See hahai.

ana mīkā koko.  n. blood pressure cuff. (KAN)

anamiʻu.  var. spelling of ʻanamiʻu, genitals of male...

ʻanapuʻu₂ [ʻana·puʻu].  n. lymph. [mān]

lōkuʻu ʻanapuʻulymph gland, lymph node

maʻi ʻaʻai ʻanapuʻulymphoma

-ʻāne.  huaʻāne. spermatozoon, sperm, in biology. cf. huaʻine.

anu₂.  nvi. cold, influenza; to have a cold.

Ua loaʻa i ke anu.To get a cold.

ʻanuʻu₃.  nvi. sprain, strain, disjointed vertebra; to stumble, trip, sprain; to land heavily or jar, as when one steps down but there is no step; jarred. fig., error, slip; to err. cf. māui.

ʻapu₂.  n.v. general name for medical potions, as made of taro, yam, or herbs.

kalo ʻaputaro used as medicine

au₄.  n. gall, bile (Oihk. 3.4) ; gall bladder. [(OC) PPN *ʻahu, gall]

ʻawa ke aubitter bile [rank ingratitude]

Mālama a pakū ke au.Take care not to break the gall bladder [do not cause bitterness].

au.  s. The gall of animals. Oihk. 3:4; Iob. 16:13; Met. Oih. 8:23.

ʻauae [ʻau·ae].  see ʻauwae₁, chin...

ʻauae [ʻau·ae].  see ʻumiʻumi ʻauae, beard, excluding the moustache...

auaʻina.  n. an unknown herb, the bark and leaves of which were used as medicine.

ʻauʻau kililau [ʻau·ʻau kili·lau].  vi. to take a shower, bathe by showering. see kililau, lumi ʻauʻau.

ʻauhau₂ [ʻau·hau].  n. femur and humerus bones of the human skeleton.

aukoʻi.  var. spelling of ʻaukoʻi₂, swelling in the groin...

ʻaukoʻi₁ [ʻau·koʻi].  n. coffee senna (Cassia occidentalis), a tropical American shrubby legume, each leaf with eight to ten leaflets, and with yellow flowers and narrow, many-seeded pods. Used medicinally for ringworm. also ʻauʻaukoʻi, mikipalaoa, pī hohono. (Neal 422)

ʻaukoʻi₂, aukoʻi [ʻau·koʻi].  same as ʻawaiāhiki, swelling in the groin...

ʻaulima.  n. var. spelling of ʻau lima₁, bone of arm below elbow.

ʻau lima₁, ʻaulima.  n. bone of arm below elbow. PPN *kaulima.

ʻau loa.  long-limbed. (EH)

ʻauwae₁, ʻauae [ʻau·wae].  nvs. chin. fig., indifferent, scornful. cf. papa ʻauwae. [(OC) PPN *kauʻahe, cheek, chin, jawbone]

ʻauwae oʻomatured chin [unsocial, unfriendly]

ʻelemakule ʻauwae lenalenaold man with yellowed chin [of the very old]

hōʻauwaeto show no interest; scornful, disrespectful of taboo (Kep. 139)

auwae [au-wae].  s. The chin of a person; auwae. kahi malalo o ka waha, the auwae is the place below the mouth.

ʻauwaihiki [ʻau·wai·hiki].  same as ʻawaiāhiki, swelling in the groin, bubo; to have such a swelling...

ʻauwāwae.  n. var. spelling of ʻau wāwae, leg bone.

ʻau wāwae, ʻauwāwae [ʻau wā·wae].  n. leg bone.

ʻāwai₃ [ʻā·wai].  see ʻawaiāhiki, swelling in the groin, bubo...

awaiāhiki.  nvi. var. spelling of ʻawaiāhiki, swelling in the groin, bubo; to have such a swelling.

ʻawaiāhiki, awaiāhiki [ʻawai·ā·hiki].  nvi. swelling in the groin, bubo; to have such a swelling. also ʻaukoʻi, ʻauwaihiki, ʻāwai, ʻēwai, hahaʻi.

awaiahiki [a-wai-a-hi-ki].  s. A swelling in the groin; a bubo. See awai.

ʻāweʻaweʻa koko [ʻā·weʻa·weʻa koko].  n. traces of blood, as in vomit.

ʻawehā [ʻawe·hā].  n. hemoglobin. Maori kawehā.
 

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ʻea₃.  n. a general term for infections and infectious diseases; coated tongue, sometimes accompanied by sore throat, the thrush disease of children. Many diseases of miscellaneous nature begin with ʻea and are listed below. [PPN *kea, thrush (throat infection): *ke(q)a]

ʻEa ka waha.The tongue is coated.

ʻOia kamaʻilio aku a ʻea ka waha, ʻaʻohe lohe ʻia mai.While talking on until the tongue is coated, yet no one pays any attention [a metaphor to show exasperation].

ea [e-a].  s. The thrush or aphthæ, a disease of children; art, ka.

ʻea houpo lewalewa.  n. var. spelling of ʻeahoupo lewalewa, great hunger, perhaps due to diabetes. lit., loose-hanging diaphragm ʻea.

ʻeahoupo lewalewa, ʻea houpo lewalewa [ʻea·houpo lewa·lewa].  n. great hunger, perhaps due to diabetes. lit., loose-hanging diaphragm ʻea.

ʻea huna.  n. dizzy spells, dizziness; latent ʻea disease. (Kam. 64:103)

ʻea kai wawaka.  n. impaired vision, perhaps labyrinthitis.

ʻea kakua.  n. var. spelling of ʻea kākua, a disease, perhaps secondary lues; lumbago.

ʻea kākua, ʻea kakua [ʻea kā·kua].  n. a disease, perhaps secondary lues; lumbago (EH). (Kam. 64:115)

ʻea kāmoloā.  n. var. spelling of ʻea kāmolowā, condition of listlessness.

ʻea kāmolowā, ʻea kāmoloā [ʻea kā·molo·wā].  n. condition of listlessness.

ʻea kūkaʻa [ʻea kū·kaʻa].  n. disease with swelling symptoms.

ʻea kū manawa.  n. severe headaches, perhaps due to high blood pressure. lit., ʻea at fontanel.

ʻea māhani [ʻea mā·hani].  n. a type of ʻea [illness] described as evanescent [vanishing, fading way, fleeting]. (Kam. 64:103)

ʻeaʻōlena.  n. var. spelling of ʻea ʻōlena, jaundice, hepatitis.

ʻea ʻōlena, ʻeaʻōlena [ʻea ʻō·lena].  n. jaundice, hepatitis.

ʻea pōniu [ʻea pō·niu].  n. dizziness, vertigo.

ʻea wāhi paʻa.  n. osteomalacia, gradual softening of the bones.

ʻea wawaka.  n. acute childhood ʻea disease. (Kam. 64:105)

ʻēʻē₃.  n. armpit. See kuiʻēʻē also pōʻaeʻae, poʻēʻē. [(CE) PPN *keekee, armpit]

ee [e-e].  s. The armpit. See poee and poaeae. Same under the wing of fowls.

ʻeʻeiao [ʻeʻei·ao].  rare var. of pepeiao, ear.

Mō ka ʻeʻeiao o ka puaʻa.Cut off is the ear of the pig.

ʻehēʻehē.  redup. of ʻehē, cough...

eheehe [e-he-e-he].  v. To cough; to cough slightly; to hack. adj. Pertaining, or belonging to a cough; mai eheehe.

ʻehu kumu uli.  n. hair black at the roots that shades out to reddish at the tips, said to be characteristic of some ʻehu people.

ei₂.  var. of ai₁, coition, sexual intercourse. also hana ei.

nā maʻi hana eisexually transmitted diseases (Wight)

ʻēkaha₃ [ʻē·kaha].  n. same as ʻēkaha kū moana, black coral (Antipathes grandis), used medicinally...

ʻekaha kū moana.  n. var. spelling of ʻēkaha kū moana, black coral (Antipathes grandis), used medicinally.

ʻēkaha kū moana, ʻekaha kū moana [ʻē·kaha kū moana].  n. black coral (Antipathes grandis), used medicinally.

ʻeke wai lāʻau.  n. intravenous bag. (HE)

ʻeke wai wela.  n. hot-water bag.

elelo.  same as alelo, tongue.

elelo [e-le-lo].  s. Art, ke. The tongue of man or beast; the organ of speech; the instrument of communicating good or evil. Iob. 20:16. See alelo and lelo.

ʻēlemu [ʻē·lemu].  n. buttocks. [a polite word for rear end, buttocks (NKE)] also lemu.

ʻēwai [ʻē·wai].  same as ʻawaiāhiki, swelling in the groin.

ewai [e-wai].  s. A swelling under the armpit or groin; also awai; he auwakoi.

ēwe₂.  n. navel string; abdominal aorta, mature birth. [(EP) PPN *ʻewe, placenta, afterbirth]

ewe [e-we].  s. The navel string. The abdominal aorta; he ewe, ke ewe.

ēwe₃.  same as ʻiewe₁, afterbirth. [(EP) PPN *ʻewe, placenta, afterbirth]

hānau ēwepremature birth

ewe o lalo.  n. abdominal aorta. lit., lower aorta cf. ewe o luna.
 

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hāʻae [hā·ʻae].  n. saliva; salivary.

lōkuʻu hāʻaesalivary gland

haʻakupu ʻailakele [haʻa·kupu ʻaila·kele].  n. adipogenesis, i.e. the formation of fat or fatty tissue in a body; adipogenetic. [%%] see ʻailakele, ʻaʻaʻa hunaola ʻailakele.

haʻapupū₂ [haʻa·pupū].  see aʻahaʻapupū, arteriosclerosis, in medicine...

hahaʻi₃.  n. painful swelling, as in the groin. also ʻawaiāhiki.

hahai [ha-hai].  s. Name of a disease on the upper part of the thigh or groin, occasioned by impure connections and habits.

hahano.  redup. of hano₁, ₄, ₆, same as hanohano, glorious, honored...; enema, syringe, to inject...; container, as for water or tobacco....; enema.

hahano [ha-ha-no].  v. To use the syringe; to give an injection. See hano.

hahu₂.  vt. to clear, smooth; to purge, as the bowels. [(MP) PPN *safu, to run off, fall (of water)]

hoʻohahuto smooth, level off; to give a purge; cathartic purge

hahu [ha-hu].  s. Having taken so much drastic medicine that nothing is left in the bowels.

haihaiā₂ [hai·hai·ā].  vi. to prevent the gods from hearing a rival's curses by acting insane (eating poison, going naked), thus diverting the god's curses to himself and freeing the victim; with his superior mana he turns the curses away from himself and on to the rival sorcerer (Kam. 64:140–1); to prevent gods from hearing by offering herbs and medicine (And).

haihaia [hai-hai-a].  v. To court the favor of the gods, or rather perhaps to use various arts, as by getting herbs and medicines and offerings to prevent the gods from hearing another's prayers.

haʻihaʻi iwi [haʻi·haʻi iwi].  vt. osteopathy; to practice osteopathy.

kauka haʻihaʻi iwiosteopath

haikala₁ [hai·kala].  n. severe cramps, said to have often proved fatal.

haikala [hai-ka-la].  s. Name of a fatal disease of which waiiki was the medicine.

haikala₂ [hai·kala].  n. asthma. (For. 6:451)

haikala muku [hai·kala muku].  n. cramps, less severe than haikala.

haikalamuku [hai-ka-la-mu-ku].  s. Name of a disease equally fatal with the above, in which the same medicine was used.

haʻilima [haʻi·lima].  n. distance from the elbow to the end of the fingers.

hailima [hai-li-ma].  s. Hai and lima, the break of the arm, i. e., the elbow. In measure, the distance of the elbow to the end of the fingers; half a yard or a cubit. Ezek. 6:3.

hāʻipu.  n. stem of a gourd leaf, as used in medicine.

haka ihu.  n. nasal cavity. lit., nose open space.

haka moni.  n. pharynx, in anatomy. lit., open space (for) swallowing.

haka moni o lalolaryngopharynx, i.e. the lower part of the pharynx adjacent to the larynx

haka moni o lunanasopharynx, i.e. the portion of the pharynx behind the nasal cavity and above the soft palate

haka moni o waenaoropharynx, i.e. the lower part of the pharynx contiguous to the mouth

haka moʻoni.  n. cochlea, i.e. inner ear cavity. lit., spiral open space.

hakaneno.  vs. var. spelling of hākaneno, weak, sick.

haka waha.  n. oral cavity. lit., mouth open space. cf. puka niho.

hākea₁ [hā·kea].  same as haʻakea₁, whitish, pale; pallor...

hakea [ha-ke-a].  adj. See kea, white. Pale, as one sick.

hākelo [hā·kelo].  nvs. slimy, snotty; mucus, slime. cf. kelo, slimy, foul with snot; slippery, as thick mucus...

hakelo [ha-ke-lo].  adj. Hanging down in swelling or pendulous bunches, as the mucus from the nose of a child; applied to swellings of internal parts, as the uterus; hakelo or hakelokelo ka hupe.

hakia koko.  n. bloody stools. (Kam. 64:111)

hakuʻala [haku·ʻala].  n. kidney. Niʻihau.

aʻa kino hakuʻalarenal vein

aʻa puʻuwai hakuʻalarenal artery

haku maka.  same as haku ʻōnohi, eyeball....

haku ʻōnohi [haku ʻō·nohi].  n. eyeball.

hakuonohi [ha-ku-o-no-hi].  s. Haku, a hard lump, and onohi, the eye-ball. The apple of the eye; the little image in the eye. See kiionohi.

hāneʻeneʻe₃ [hā·neʻe·neʻe].  same as kīkala hāneʻeneʻe, pyelitis, kidney disease; sacroiliac strain; lumbosacral slipped disks...

hānō [hā·nō].  nvi. asthma; to wheeze.

hano [ha-no].  s. The asthma; a cough; a wheezing with the breath; a cough, a signal of one's presence. Laieik. 146. Ia wa no kani aku la ka hano, then he emitted a cough. Ib.

hanu.  nvt.
  • to breathe, breath, respiration, transpiration,
  • smell, sniff, inhale;
  • last breath of life;
  • vanity. (Bib.)
  cf. hanuāpuaʻa, pūhanu. [PPN *faŋu, breathe, blow through nose]

Eia ua lani a Hāloa i pili ai ka hanu i ke kapu.Here is a chief descended from Hāloa, whose taboo makes one hold his breath [as in terror].

hanu i lokoinhale

hanu i wahoexhale

Hanu lipo o ka palai.Breathing deep of the palai fern. (song)

He hanu wale nō kuʻu mau lā.My days are vanity. (Ioba 7.16)

hoʻohanuto cause to breathe, resuscitate, administer an inhalant

i ka hoʻohanu ʻana o kou mau puka ihuwith the blast of your nostrils (Puk. 15.8)

ʻīlio hanu kanakabloodhound

Nāna nō i hāʻawi mai nei ke ola … a me ka hanu.He has given life … and breath. (Oih. 17.25)

nui nei ka hanubreathing hard; to puff, sigh (Kel. 52)

omo i ka hanusuck in the breath, gasp

paʻa ka hanubreathing is stifled; smothering; to gasp

hanu.  vi. respiration; respiratory. see lāʻau make hanu, paipu hanu. cf. nui lama koko.

ana lama hanubreathalyzer

ʻōnaehana hanurespiratory system

hanu [ha-nu].  v. To breathe naturally, as a well person. Hoo. The same. s. The breath; the power of breathing. Oih. 17:25. The natural breath. v. See hano. To breathe; to emit air from the lungs. Laieik. 104. To beat; to throb, as the pulse. To act with energy. To be so exceedingly angry that one cannot stand still, that he runs one way then another, ranting. scolding and threatening all that come in his way. Hoo. To breathe furiously or angrily. Puk. 15:8. s. The breathing; the natural breath. Breath; spirit. FIG. 2 Oihl. 9:4. Hanu wale, mere existence without enjoyment; vanity. Iob. 7:16. Breath, i. e., anything evanescent; vanity. Hal. 39:5, 11. adj. Na mea hanu, the breathing things, i. e., people. Ios. 10:40.

hanu paʻa.  nvi. a head cold; stifled breathing; to have such.

hanupaa [ha-nu-paa].  s. Hanu and paa, tight. A cold or catarrh.

hanupau [hanu·pau].  n. a disease, perhaps pneumonia.

hanu pau.  nvi. last breath or gasp; to give the last breath, as of one dying.

hanupau [ha-nu-pau].  s. Hanu, to breathe, and pau, to finish. The gasping of a dying person; the giving up of the spirit; he hanupau ka make.

hapakuʻe [hapa·kuʻe].  nvs. crooked, deformed, crippled, defective; speech impediment; to speak with an impediment, as one who has had a stroke; crippling, defection. cf. kuʻe₂.

Lele mai he mokulele i ʻano hapakuʻe kona mau ʻenekina … me ʻelua wale nō mau ʻenekina e kakaʻa ana.An airplane came, the motors of which were somewhat crippled … only two motors were turning over.

hapakue [ha-pa-ku-e].  v. To be twisted in the legs and feet; to be deformed; to be crippled. To stammer or be slow in speech, as an aged person; ma ka olelo a na elemakule, ua lohi ke kamailio ana, hapakue ka waha i ka olelo. adj. Crooked; deformed; crippled. Stammering; hesitating in speech.

hau₁.  n. a lowland tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus), found in many warm countries, some spreading horizontally over the ground forming impenetrable thickets, and some trained on trellises. The leaves are rounded and heart-shaped, the flowers cup-shaped, with five large petals that change through the day from yellow to dull-red. Formerly the light, tough wood served for outriggers of canoes, the bast for rope, the sap and flowers for medicine. (Neal 559–60). Of the two varieties of hau, a rare erect one (hau oheohe) was grown for its bast and a creeping one (hau) was planted for wind-breaks. (HP 196) see ʻau hau. [(MP) PPN *fau, a tree (hibiscus tiliaceus)]

hau.  s. Name of a tree or large bush; the bark was sometimes beaten into a fine species of kapa called kapa hau. Laieik. 112.

hāʻueʻue₃.  n. ringworm.

hauhaukoʻi [hau·hau·koʻi].  n. swelling of the groin.

hāʻukeʻuke₁.  n. an edible variety of sea urchin (Colobocentrotus atratus). The teeth were used for medicine. (KL. line 23) Varieties are qualified by the terms kau pali (cliff-perching), kai ʻina, and ʻulaʻula.

haukeuke [ha-u-ke-u-ke].  s. The name of a small sea animal. s. Name of a shell fish that has many prongs two or three inches long.

hāʻukeʻuke₂.  n. ringworm.

hāuli₃ [hā·uli].  n.
  • small fish with formerly transparent body beginning to darken;
  • embryo of human or animal.

hāuli [hā·uli].  n. embyro of an animal. cf. ʻele.

hauʻoki₁.  nvs. chilled to the bone, stiff with cold; frost, ice, cold; icy wind.

hauoki [hau-o-ki].  s. A kind of palsy or perhaps stiffness of the limbs, as when one is chilled with cold; having been long in the water.

hauʻoki₂.  n. a medicine made of hau bark for women in labor.

hauoki [hau-o-ki].  s. Name of a medicine given to women in labor, similar to slippery elm.

haupuʻu [hau·puʻu].  same as puʻuhau, a hard lump growing on the joints or in the groin... rare. 

haupuʻupuʻu [hau·puʻu·puʻu].  redup. of haupuʻu, a hard lump growing on the joints or in the groin...

heʻeheʻe₂ [heʻe·heʻe].  n. breast disease, with caking and great pain during nursing. [PPN *feke-feke, rough-surfaced (of skin), associated with filariasis]

heehee [hee-hee].  s. A boil; a sore emitting matter. See hehe. Root hee.

heʻe koko.  n. flow of blood, hemorrhage, menstrual flow. (Oihk. 15.25)

heʻe mākoko [heʻe mā·koko].  n. a variety of large red octopus (Octopus ornatus); it was rarely eaten because of its bitter taste, but was sometimes used as medicine.

heemakoko [hee-ma-ko-ko].  s. Name of a species of large squid found in the ocean, not eatable; he hee nui loa ia ma ka moana, he mea ai ole ia.

hēhē [hē·hē].  nvs. a boil, running sore; ulcerous; botch (KJV) boils (RSV). (Kanl. 28.27) [(CE) PPN *feefee, a boil or abscess]

hehe [he-he].  v. See hee. To run or flow out, as an ulcer or the contents of a boil. s. A swelling ulcerated on the skin. adj. Ulcerous; belonging to a boil; mai hehe. Kanl. 28:27. Hoo. To melt or cause to become liquid, as metals by heat. See heehee. Molten; that which has been cast.

hela₁.  nvi. redness of the eyelids; rawness, as of scraped skin; to be red or raw. cf. helahela₁. PPN *fela.

hela [he-la].  adj. Redness of the corner of the eye; partial blindness; o ka paholehole o ka ili, helahela ino ka poe i hana pela.

hena.  n. buttocks; mons pubis; hollow of the thigh; nakedness. [PPN *fena, hard, solid (problematic)]

E wehe ʻia auaneʻi kou hena.Your nakedness shall be uncovered. (Isa. 47.3)

hoʻohenato see, feel, or handle the hena; to take off one's clothing and expose the hena

hena [he-na].  s. The hollow of the thigh. Kin. 32:25. The buttock; the nakedness of a person. Isa. 47:3. The place of the kauha intestine. Anat. 52. The mons veneris.

hene ʻūhā.  n. inner side of the thighs where they join the body on either side of the genitals; groins.

heo₁.  n. knob of any kind, as of a door; end of the penis, prepuce. cf. pūheheo, pūheoheo₂.

heo [he-o].  s. The semen masculinum; e olu ka puu, i olu ka heo?

heoheo [heo·heo].  same as heo₁ and pōheoheo, knob.

Eia kāu ʻo ka heoheo.So much for you, a knob [a curse, usually accompanied by a vulgar gesture imitative of the genitalia].

heoheo [he-o-he-o].  s. The glans penis; applied to men and to some animals; within the prepuce; loaa ka heoheo.

hī₂.  nvt.
  • dysentery, diarrhea;
  • to flow,
  • hiss;
  • to purge.
  [(NP) PPN *sii, (have) diarrhoea]

hoʻohīcaus/sim.; to purge

ka hī kokoa bloody flux (Oih. 28.8)

hi.  v. To droop; to be weak. To flow away, as the contents of the bowels in a dysentery; to purge. To blow out with force any liquid from the mouth. s. A flowing away; a purging, as in dysentery. The name of the disease called dysentery; he hi ka mai. A hissing sound, as the rapid flow of a liquid; hikoko, a bloody flux. Oih. 28:8. See hikoko.

hiʻiaka₂ [hiʻi·aka].  n. a rare variety of taro with bronze-red leaf and stem, used in medicine.

hī koko.  n. bloody dysentery, hemorrhoids; ulcers (RSV), emerods (KJV). (Kanl. 28.27)

hiliʻōʻū₂.  ailment of the bowels or stomach, accompanied by gas pains. (And.)

hiliou [hi-li-ou].  A sickness of the bowels; sickness of the stomach; fullness of the stomach.

hilo₅.  n. gonorrhea; a running sore. (Oihk. 15.3)

hilo [hi-lo].  An issue; a running sore. Oihk. 15:2, 3.

hinahina₃ [hina·hina].  n. native heliotrope (Heliotropium anomalum var. argenteum), a low, spreading beach plant, with narrow, clustered, silvery leaves and small, white, fragrant flowers. As designated by the Territorial legislature in 1923, it represents Kahoʻolawe in the leis of the islands; it is used for tea and medicine. Called nohonoho puʻuone on Niʻihau. (Neal 717) [(CE) PPN *sina-sina, a plant]

hina make.  to drop dead (EH)

hiō. 

mākala kū hiō o lokointernal abdominus oblique muscle

mākala kū hiō o wahoexternal abdominus oblique muscle

hiua₂.  vs. menstrual.

he koko hiuamenstrual blood

hīwa aʻawaʻa.  vs. var. spelling of hīwaʻawaʻa, corpulent, fat.

hīwaʻawaʻa, hīwa aʻawaʻa [hī·waʻa·waʻa].  vs. corpulent, fat. cf. ʻāwaʻawaʻa₂, muscular...

hiwaawaa [hi-waa-waa].  adj. See momona. Large; fat, as a large fleshy person; applied only to persons.

hōʻā₄.  see hōʻā ʻīpuka hale, same as hoaka ʻīpuka hale, ruptured appendix, appendicitis...

hoai maha.  n. temporal suture.

hōʻā ʻīpuka hale [hōʻāʻī·puka hale].  same as hoaka ʻīpuka hale, ruptured appendix, appendicitis (not certain)...

hoaipukahale [ho-ai-pu-ka-ha-le].  s. In Hawaiian pathology, the names of a class of diseases, all fatal; the waiiki the only remedy used.

hoaka ʻīpuka hale [hoaka ʻī·puka hale].  n. ruptured appendix, appendicitis (not certain).

hoakakakai [ho-a-ka-ka-kai].  s. In Hawaiian pathology, the names of a class of diseases, all fatal; the waiiki the only remedy used.

hoʻēmi kino.  vt. to diet, reduce. see papaʻai.

hoene₃.  nvt. to use a douche or enema; enema, medicine, injection, abortion.

nā hoene wai ʻakika hoʻomake ʻanoʻano puponikaacid solution for killing bubonic germs

hoene [ho-e-ne].  v. To give an injection; e halalo; to administer medicine. s. A syringe.

hōkale₂ [hō·kale].  n. mastoid infection.

hokale [ho-ka-le].  s. A hard concretion in the flesh; a kernel; he mau wahi anoano ma ke kumu pepeiao, a malalo o ke a lalo.

hōkiʻi [hō·kiʻi].  nvs. thin, wasted; tuberculosis, wasting sickness; consumption. cf. (Isa. 10.18) . (Oihk. 26.16)

hokii [ho-kii].  v. See kii, also hookii. To dissolve; to pine away, as a diseased person. Isa. 34:4. To pine away, as with the consumption. s. The phthisic. Isa. 10:18. A consumption; a pining sickness. Oihk. 26:16. adj. Lean, low or thin in flesh.

hōkilo [hō·kilo].  same as hōkiʻi, thin, wasted; tuberculosis, wasting sickness; consumption...

hokilo [ho-ki-lo].  v. To be sick and famished away.

hoko₁.  vs. fat, fleshy, as thighs, buttocks, or calf. rare. 

hoko [ho-ko].  s. The fleshy movable part of a fat person or animal. The buttock; applied to men and fat animals. The inside of the thighs; ua pili na hoko, or ua hui na hoko on account of fatness. The under part of the thigh. adj. Large; fat; rolling; applied to the thighs of men, women and fat animals.

hokohoko [hoko·hoko].  redup. of hoko₁, ₂, fat, fleshy; strike, threaten...

hokohoko [ho-ko-ho-ko].  adj. Large; fat; rolling; applied to the thighs of men, women and fat animals.

hoku [ho-ku].  s. The asthma. See hokii.

hokua₁.  n.
  • nape of the neck, shoulders (Puk. 12.34) ;
  • main stem of a vine (Kep. 157).
 

He kanaka hokua kano.A person with hard, strong shoulders.

He nalu haʻaheo i ka hokua o ke kanaka.The proud surf at the nape of a man's neck [a wind from the back, and a pun on hokua₂].

hokua [ho-ku-a].  s. The lower and back part of the neck where it joins the shoulders. Kin. 49:15. The back between the shoulders. Puk. 12:34.

holo puni.  vi. to run a lap, take a lap; to circulate, as blood; round trip.

homa₂.  vs. thin, flabby; hollow, as cheeks. rare. 

homa [ho-ma].  v. To be poor; to be thin in flesh; to make one's self poor. adj. Thin in flesh; poor; hollow; applied to the cheeks.

hōmona [hō·mona].  n. hormone. Eng.

hōmona hoʻāʻarooting hormone

hōmona hoʻoaʻarooting hormone

ʻōnaehana hōmonaendocrine system, in biology

hono₂.  n. back of the neck, brow of a cliff.

hono [ho-no].  The back of the neck. The name of a place where the wind meets some obstruction and is reflected back; oia kahi hono e hoi mai ai ka nui o ka makani.

honowā [hono·wā].  var. spelling of honoā, excrement, insult...

honowa [ho-no-wa].  s. See honea and honoa. The matter contained in the intestines. Excrements; human fæces; used mostly in reference to chiefs. NOTE.—This is the proper and polite name of excrements.

honuaʻula.  n. a variety of sugar cane, a dark brown-red mutant of manulele, with purple leaf sheaths and leaves. (HP 221, 225). It was formerly used in medicine, and is one of the best canes for eating raw.

honu ʻea.  n. hawksbill turtle (Chelonia); the shell of this turtle was used as medicine for the disease called ʻea and was used for combs and fans.

hoʻokē ihu.  blow the nose. (EH)

hoʻomāʻeʻele [hoʻo·mā·ʻeʻele].  vt. redup. of hoʻomāʻele; to anesthetize. see māʻeʻele, numb

lāʻau hoʻomāʻeʻeleanesthetic

hoomaeele [hoo-mae-e-le].  v. See maeele. To pity; to have one's sympathy excited; ua hoomaeeleia ka naau o ko lakou kaikunane i ke aloha. Laieik. 74.

hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale [hoʻo·maʻe·maʻe hale].  see lāʻau hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale, household product...

hoʻomālū [hoʻo·mālū].  vt. to make calm, to calm (someone) down see lāʻau hoʻomālū, barbiturate

lāʻau hoʻomālūbarbiturate

hoʻopailua [hoʻo·pai·lua].  to cause nausea, vomiting; nauseating, sickening, revolting, disgusting, loathsome see pailua, nausea; nauseating, abominable...

Nā mea lele ʻē aʻe apau e kolo ana, me nā wāwae ʻehā, he mea ia e hoʻopailua ʻia e ʻoukou.All other flying things that creep, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. (Oihk. 11.23)

hoopailua [hoo-pai-lu-a].  v. See pailua, nausea. To be sick at the stomach; to nauseate. To dislike greatly; to be displeased with. s. Sickness at the stomach; disgust; loathing. A disgusting sight; an abomination.

hoʻopuʻua.  to choke see puʻua₁, choked, suffocated, strangled; to choke, strain. Fig., disturbed mentally.

hope₄.  n. posterior, buttocks. tail (of a plane) (HE) [(EP) PPN *sope, buttocks, posteriors, rear end]

malo ma kō ʻUmi hopeloincloth on ʻUmi's buttocks (FS 123)

hope alo ʻūhā [hope alo ʻū·hā].  see mākala ʻūhā, any muscle of the quadriceps femoris group...

hōpilo₂ [hō·pilo].  to relapse after recovery from illness, often sick. (And.)

hopilo [ho-pi-lo].  v. See opilo. To relapse after a partial recovery from sickness. To be often sick.

hou₄.  nvi. perspiration, sweat; to perspire, sweat. [(CE) PPN *hou, sweat]

hou.  see puka kikī hou, sweat duct...

hua₁.  nvi. fruit, tuber, egg, produce, yield, ovum, seed, grain, offspring; meat as in ʻopihi shell or ʻalamihi crab; to bear fruit, tuber or seed; to bear a child; fruitful. For kinds of eggs, see hua ʻaluʻalu, huamakani, hua moa. [(AN) PPN *fua, fruit; to bear fruit; egg]

A e hana aku au iā ʻoukou e hua aʻe.And I will make you fruitful. (Oihk. 26.9)

hoʻohuato bear fruit, reproduce, produce, yield; to sire or give birth; to swell high, as a wave (UL 36)

hoʻohua kawowoa medicine for women to induce conception

hua ʻaifruit

hua kanuseed

hua moʻa hapasoft-boiled egg

hua moʻa loahard-boiled egg

nalu hoʻohuaa swelling wave

hua.  n. corm, as of taro. see ʻauhua.

hua [hu-a].  v. To sprout; to bud; to bear fruit, as a tree or vegetable. To grow or increase in size, as fruit; to increase, as a people. Oihk. 26:9. To swell up, as the foam of water. See huahua. Hoo. To produce fruit. To increase, as a people. Kin. 1:28. To be fruitful, as a race. Kin. 9:1. s. The swelling, growing and maturity of vegetables; name of the moon when perfectly full; the name of that night is akua. Fruit; offspring; production of animals or vegetables. Kin. 46:7. A fruit produced; an egg; a kidney, &c. Hua oo, ripe fruit; hua maka, fresh fruit. Oihk. 23:14. Fruit in several senses; as, hua o ke kino, children; hua o ka aina, increase of the fruits of the land, i. e., means of living; hua o na holoholona, flocks, herds, &c.; hua ala, spices. A flowing; a going out from; froth; foam, as of one in a fit. Seed, as of grain for sowing. Kin. 47:23.

hua₄.  n. testicles. [(EC) PPN *fua, testicles]

he hua pēpē ʻiabroken testicles (Oihk. 21.20)

Ka hele ā pala nā hua i ka moana.Testicles rot at sea [a sailor lacks a sex partner].

hua [hu-a].  The human testicles. Oihk. 21:20.

huaale [hua·ale].  n. pill, tablet. lit., seed to swallow.

huaale [hua·ale].  pill see inu, ʻai.

ʻai i ka huaaleto take a pill

inu i ka huaaleto take a pill

huaale [hu-a-a-le].  s. A pill; a medicine in the form of a little ball, to be swallowed whole.

huaʻāne [hua·ʻāne].  n. spermatozoon, sperm, in biology. cf. huaʻine. see keakea.

huaʻine [hua·ʻine].  n. ovum, in biology. cf. huaʻāne.

hoʻokuʻu huaʻineto ovulate

lōkino huaʻineovary

hualele₂ [hua·lele].  n. hernia. lit., flying testicles.

hualele [hu-a-le-le].  A term expressive of hernia.

hua lewa.  n. ʻōhiʻa or ʻōhiʻa ʻai fruit uses as medicine (Kam. 64:103, 141); perhaps also a kind of wood.

hūʻalu.  n. loose skin over the eyeball; slight viscous membrane covering the eye.

huamoa₁ [hua·moa].  n. round-ended bone entering the hip socket.

huamoa [hu-a-mo-a].  The name of the round bone that enters the socket of the hip. Kin. 32:25; Anat. 16.

huapoʻo [hua·poʻo].  n. bones of the side of the head; side of the head.

huapoo [hu-a-poo].  s. The side of the head.

hūea [hū·ea].  n. gas, as in the digestive system. cf. kinoea.

E nui ka hūea o ka ʻōpū ma muli o kekahi mau ʻano meaʻai.You can get a lot of gas in your stomach from certain foods.

huehue₁ [hue·hue].  nvi. pimples, acne; to have pimples. [PPN *fuafua, pimple]

huene.  n. a wheezing sound, as of asthmatic persons; a prolonged shrill cry.

huene [hu-e-ne].  s. Name of a sickness causing panting; want of breath.

huʻi₁.  nvs. ache, pain; aching. [(AN) PPN *suki, pierce, puncture, stab]

huʻi leledarting pain (Kam. 64:108)

niho huʻitoothache

hūkē [hū·kē].  vt. to blow the nose. also hoʻokē.

hūkē [hū·kē].  vt. to blow one's nose. also hoʻokē.

hula₃.  vi. to twitch, as a muscle or eyelid; to palpitate, throb. PCP *(f,s)ula.

hula [hu-la].  To shake or tremble for fear of injury from another. To trample and make a beaten path; to tread down; to trample upon. To palpitate, as the heart; to throb, as an artery. To move from place to place.

hulilī [huli·lī].  vi. to shiver. cf. lī.

hulili [hu-li-li].  v. To be cold; to shiver with the cold; to be contracted with the cold. See huhuluii. adj. Shivering, as with wet and cold.

hulu₃.  n. fur, wool, fleece, human body hair (contrasting with lauoho, head hair). [(OC) PPN *fulu, hair, feather]

Ka hulu ʻako mua o kāu poe hipa.The fleece first shorn of your sheep. (Kanl. 18.4)

hulu.  n. wool.

hulu anianiglass wool

hulu [hu-lu].  A bristle of a hog; the hair of the body; hulu kuemaka, the eyebrows. Oihk. 14:9. Wool; a fleece from a sheep. Kanl. 18:4.

huluhulu₁ [hulu·hulu].  nvs. body hair, hair of eyelashes, fleece (Lunk. 6.37) , wool, fur; hairy. PPN *fulufulu.

huluhulu [hu-lu-hu-lu].  s. See hulu. Cotton; a fleece blanket; a fleece of wool. Lunk. 6:37. The hair of an animal; feathers, &c. adj. Hairy; covered with hair, feathers, wool, &c.

hulu koko.  n. blood type. lit., blood kind.

Ke huli ʻia nei ka poʻe i like ka hulu koko me ke keiki i loaʻa i ka maʻi no ka hāʻawi mai i ke koko nōna.Blood donors are being sought who have the same blood type as the child who is inflicted with the disease.

hunaola koko [huna·ola koko].  n. blood cell.

hunaola koko keʻokeʻowhite blood cell

huohuoi [huo·huoi]. 

maʻi huki huohuoischizophrenic convulsion

maʻi huohuoischizophrenia

hūpē [hū·pē].  n. mucus from the nose. also ʻūpē. [PPN *isu-peʻe, nasal mucus]

hupe [hu-pe].  s. The mucus from the nose, snot. See kakelo.

hūpē kole.  nvi. var. spelling of hūpēkole, running nose; to sniffle; snotty.

hūpēkole, hūpē kole [hū·pē·kole].  nvi. running nose; to sniffle; snotty.
 

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iʻakui [iʻa·kui].  n. ozena, a discharge of fetid matter from the nostril accompanied by vile smell; if a pregnant woman strung out fish (iʻa kui) to dry, it was believed that if some of the fish spoiled, her future offspring would acquire the affliction. also ihu kilu, ihu pilau.

ʻiawe.  same as ʻiewe, afterbirth, placenta...

ʻieʻiewe.  rare var. of ʻiewe, afterbirth, placenta...

ieiewe [i-e-i-e-we].  s. The envelop of a fetus; placenta; secundines feminarum parturientium. The uterus; the womb; ka aa, ka alualu.

ʻiewe₁, ʻīewe.  n. afterbirth, placenta. also ēwe, ʻiawe.

iewe [i-e-we].  s. The navel string connecting the new-born infant with the mother. The after-birth.

ʻīewe.  n. var. spelling of ʻiewe₁, afterbirth, placenta.

ihu₁.  n.
  • nose, snout, beak, bill, trunk of an elephant,
  • toe of a shoe;
  • a kiss.
Often qualified, as with the following: ʻami, irregular-shaped bridge; kikiwi, hooked; kū, piʻi, tilted (fig., haughty); lapalapa, highbridged; manana, mene, papa, pepe, ʻū, broad and flat; manana, distended, of nostrils; meumeu, snub; nanā, snarling (fig., quarrelsome); winiwini, sharp. See ex., kāninonino and sayings, mau₁, maʻu₁. [(AN) PPN *isu, nose]

Aia i ka ihu a ka lio ka ʻai.The food is at the horse's nose. [in the direction the horse is going]

ʻelepani ihu peleleulong-trunked elephant (song)

kū ka ihuelevated nose; fig., superior, proud

Laʻa ka ihu iā Kekalukaluokēwa.Reserve the kiss for Kekalukaluokēwā. (Laie 505 [108])

Moe ka ihu o ka puaʻa.The nose of the pig is laid down [a pig offered as a sacrifice].

ʻUme i ka ihu.To draw on the nose [with the hand, i.e., to weep]. (ON 2873)

ihu [i-hu].  s. The nose of a person. Isa. 65:5. The snout of an animal. Sol. 11:22. The bill of a bird; the bowsprit of a ship; the fore part of a canoe, &c.; e homai ka ihu, give me a kiss. Laieik.72. NOTE.—Hawaiians kissed by touching noses. Laieik. 119. Oia ka manawa e loaa'i kou ihu i ke keiki Kauai; a proverbial expression, or it may be a misprint for ike. Laieik. 126.

ihukilu.  var. spelling of ihu kilu, same as kilu₃, unpleasant musty odor...

ihu kilu, ihukilu.  same as kilu₃, unpleasant musty odor, and iʻakui, nasal discharge; ozena (EH)

ihu mene.  flat-nosed (EH)

ihu nui₁.  n. large nose.

ihu ʻolāʻolā.  nvi. to snore with short puffs; such snoring. lit., gurgling nose.

ihuolaola [i-hu-o-la-o-la].  s. Ihu, nose, and olaola, to snore. A breathing hard; a snoring. A snoring nose.

ihu pākiʻi.  flat-nosed (EH)

ihupilau.  var. spelling of ihu pilau, ozena, a discharge of fetid matter from the nostril ...

ihu pilau, ihupilau.  same as iʻakui, ozena, a discharge of fetid matter from the nostril ...

ihu winiwini.  sharp nose (EH)

ʻiʻimo.  vi. to blink. cf. ʻimo, ʻimoʻimo. [(??) PPN *kimo, wink]

hoʻiʻimoto blink rapidly; to twinkle, to cause a twinkling

iimo [i-i-mo].  v. See imo. To wink repeatedly; to wink often. To convey some idea by winking. Sol. 6:13.

ikiʻalamea [ikiʻala·mea].  n. name given for a disease, probably stomach ulcers. cf. hikiʻalamea.

ila₁.  n. a dark birthmark. [(AN) PPN *ʻila, natural mark on skin]

Ke hele nei ā kūkaʻi ka ila o Pūpūkea.The birthmark of Pūpūkea appears [believed to indicate strength]. (FS 195)

ila [i-la].  s. A dark spot on the skin; he wahi eleele iki ma ke kino.

ili₄.  vs. transplanted. cf. hoʻoili.

puʻuwai ilitransplanted heart

ʻili₁.  n. skin, complexion, hide, pelt, scalp, bark, rind, peel. see ex. kūakā. [(AN) PPN *kili, skin n]

ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka lole wale nō i ka ʻili.There was nothing else except the clothing on the back.

hoʻokae ʻilirace prejudice; to have race prejudice

ka ʻili o ke poʻoscalp

kāne i ka ʻilihusband

ʻili.  n. skin. also ʻaluʻalu. see moena ʻili.

ʻili kūlokosubcutus, in biology

ʻili kūwaenadermis

ʻili kūwahoepidermis

ʻōnaehana ʻiliintegumentary system, in biology

welu ʻilichamois, chamois cloth n. bark, of a plant. also ʻaluʻalu.

ʻili ihoinner bark

ʻili o wahoouter bark

wale ʻilicambium, i.e. the slippery layer under the bark of a plant which is the growing area of the stem

paihaʻakei ʻiliracism, i.e. adhering to a belief that one's own race is superior to another race

paihaʻakei lāhuiracism, i.e. adhering to a belief that one's own race is superior to another race

ili [i-li].  s. The skin of a person or animal. Iob. 16:15. Eia mai na ili o kanaka, he keokeo kekahi, he ulaula kahi, he eleele kekahi. The bark of a tree; the outer rind of any vegetable; the husk or shuck of fruit. The surface of the ground or sea; na ka la e hoomalamalama i ka ili o ka honua, the sun enlightens the surface of the earth; maluna o ka ili kai kona hele, his going was upon the surface of the sea. Mea ili, whatever is made of skin. Nah. 31:21. The surface of any substance; elua no ano o na ili, o ka ili laumania, a o ka ili hualala. Anahon.

ʻili ana koko.  n. blood pressure cuff. (HE)

ʻili eʻe.  n. contagious skin disease.

ʻili hāuli.  dark complexion (EH)

ʻili hoʻolohe puʻuwai [ʻili hoʻo·lohe puʻu·wai].  n. stethoscope. lit., tube (for) listening (to the) heart. also kiupe hoʻolohe.

ʻiliʻili hakuʻala [ʻili·ʻili haku·ʻala].  n. kidney stones. lit., small stones (in) kidney.

I ʻole e pilikia ke kino i ka ʻiliʻili hakuʻala, pono e inu i ka wai a ʻai i ka meaʻai paiola kūpono.So that the body won’t experience trouble with kidney stones, one should drink water and eat a nutritious and appropriate diet.

ʻilikona [ʻili·kona].  n. wart. lit., hard skin.

ilikona [i-li-ko-na].  s. A wart; a small, hard protuberance on the skin; he puupuu ino paakiki, wanawana liilii.

ʻili luna.  n. epidermis; outer bark.

ililuna [i-li-lu-na].  s. Ili, skin, and luna, upper; above. LIT. The upper skin, i. e., the surface of a thing; the top.

ʻili māihi.  peeled skin (EH)

ʻili ʻōmaka [ʻili ʻō·maka].  n. foreskin.

iliomaka [i-li-o-ma-ka].  s. Ili, skin, and omaka, prepuce. The foreskin. See omaka.

ʻīloli₁ [ʻī·loli].  nvi.
  • unpleasant sensations of pregnancy;
  • emotional disturbances;
  • intense yearning, longing, desire; to suffer such.

He loli ka iʻa, ʻīloli ke aloha.Sea cucumber, the sea creature, passionate the love [in hana aloha prayers with loli as an offering, a play on words]. (ON 771)

hoʻīlolito feel the discomforts of pregnancy; to suffer emotional disturbance; to yearn for an absent lover; to be imbued with (often used favorably)

Hoʻīloli ke kai.The sea rages.

Ka leo ʻolu hoʻīloli o ka waipahē.Sweet voice alive with tenderness. (Kel. 10)

iloli [i-lo-li].  The unpleasant sensations of pregnancy.

ʻinaʻina₁.  n. reddish discharge preceding labor in childbirth, amniotic fluid. [(CE) PPN *kina-kina, amnion]

Ua hemo ka ʻinaʻina o ke keiki, ua kokoke paha i ka manawa e hānau ai.The prebirth matter has been discharged, perhaps the time of birth is near.

inaina [i-nai-na].  The reddish evacuation which precedes labor; ua hemo ka inaina o ke keiki, kokoke paha ka manawa e hanau ai.

ʻiʻo₁.  n. flesh, meat, flesh and blood, muscle, sinew, essence, substance. fig., a relative; heart or gist of a matter. Many compounds and phrases with ʻiʻo are listed below. For the fern hōʻiʻo see hōʻiʻo. [PPN *kiko, flesh]

ʻai ʻiʻocarniverous

hōʻiʻoto become fleshy; to form a corm, fruit, tuber; to grow thick, as a stem

Mai ka pō mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, i hōʻiʻo i luna, i hua i luna.Truth from out of the night, formed flesh above, formed fruit above. (hula prayer)

Make nō ʻo Pāmano i ka ʻiʻo ponoʻī.Pāmano died of his own flesh and blood [said of harm done by relatives]. (ON 2108)

ʻiʻo hala.  n. small white seeds in a hala key, eaten by children and used as medicine. cf. hala ʻiʻo.

ʻiʻoʻiʻo.  n. clitoris. PPN *kiko.

ʻiʻo kupu.  n. disease of the nose, gumboil; growth on the roof of a horse's mouth.

iokupu [i-o-ku-pu].  s. Io, flesh, and kupu, to grow up. A polypus, name of a disease in the nose; a gum-boil; lampers in a horse.

ʻioleholokula [ʻiole·holo·kula].  n. extinct variety of small, sweet gourd with long stem, formerly used as medicine. lit., rat running on plains. (HP 208)

ʻiʻo maha.  n. temple muscle.

iomaha [io-ma-ha].  s. See Io, muscle, and maha, side of the head, temple. The muscle on the temple or temple muscle. Anat. 6.

ʻiʻo pale niho.  n. gums. lit., tooth-protecting flesh.

ʻiʻo ulu.  n. growth, tumor.

ʻiwi₃.  n. twitching of the eye, sometimes accompanied by contraction of the mouth. PPN *kiwi.

hōʻiwicaus/sim