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words ending in -na
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 -na     -ana     -ena     -ina     -ona     -una       

naprep. by, for, belonging to (a-form; see no). (Gram. 9.11)   PCP *na(a).

Aloha ʻolua na Ka-wai.Greetings to you both from Ka-wai [close of a letter].

he puke na Puaa book for Pua; a book by Pua [ambiguous]

Na wai ʻoe?Who was your parent? (Lit., by who you?). (FS 117)

na-, nā- prefixes indicating a quality or state. see nāhili, naholo, nakele, nākiʻi, nakulu, and others (Gram. 6.3.2)   PPN *nga(a)-.

-na₁ common nominalizing suffix, sometimes with shortening of a long vowel in the base. see haʻi, haʻina, hāpai, hapaina, kālai, kalaina, ʻohi, ʻohina, piʻi, piʻina, and others. (Gram. 6.6.2)   PPN *-nga.

-na₂ rare pas/imp.; suffix. see ʻaina, haʻina, kiʻina. (Gram. 6.6.3)   PPN *-na.

-na₃ his, her (in poss. kāna, kona). (Gram. 8.2)   PPN *-na.

ana₁nvt. to measure, survey, evaluate, rate, fathom; survey, measurement, standard, pattern, design, plan, model, meter, gauge, die. cf. anana, ana ʻole, and numerous types of measurements listed below. see lani₂. PPN *hanga.

ana i ka hohonuto sound the depths

hoʻoana, hoʻānato make measurements, rearrange, put in order

kaula anameasuring line (Ier. 31.39)

ana₂vi. to have enough or too much, satisfied, satiated, surfieted.

Ā ana kūpuna o Ka-welo i ke kahūmu ʻai na Ka-welo.The grandparents of Ka-welo had had enough of tending food ovens for Ka-welo. (FS 33)

ʻAʻole e ʻōlelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia.Fire will never say that it has enough [of love].

Ua hele au ā ana.I've had all I can take; I'm disgusted.

ana₃n. cave, grotto, cavern. PPN *ʻana.

Kokoke aku i kahi ana o ka .Near the cavern of the night /depths of the night/. (GP 34)

ana₄n. larynx.

ana₅part. after e (verb). See e (verb) ana. (Gram. 5.3)   PEP *ana.

ana₆demon. following verbs indicating a single event, whether a command or a statement, whether completed or incompleted. see also e₁. (Gram. 7.4)   Probably PNP *ana(a).

He ʻaukai ana ʻoia nei.He will be a seafarer.

Iāia ā hala, ana ke kaʻa.As soon as he had gone, the car came.

Nou ana kēia hale.This house will be yours.

ʻOia ana .It's the same; regardless.

e (verb) ana particles indicating incompleted action and future. (Gram. 5.2)   PCP *ʻe verb ʻana.

ānaposs. his, her, hers (singular, a-form, zero-class). (Gram. 9.6.3)   PPN *haʻana.

hāna₁vs. alert.

I hāna ka , i hāna ke ao.So the night may be alert, the day alert.

Hāna₂n. name of a district and town, East Maui.

ʻahaanan. design said to resemble duck tracks, carved on tapa beaters. also ʻaha, kapuaʻi-koloa.

limu-make-o-Hānan. a coelenterate (Palythoa sp.) containing a toxin, reported as deadly poisonous at Hāna, Maui. Also limu-make-o Muʻolea.

ʻoia ana!interj. Let me see! Show me! I dare you (sarcastically)! (Usually shortened to ʻoiana or ʻoliana.)

kāna₁poss. his, hers, its (a-form). (Gram. 8.4, 9.6)   PNP *tana, taʻana; PEP *taʻana, PCP *taana,.

Kāna₂, Sanan. Saint (in proper names).

Kāna Lui.Saint Louis.

kāna₃n. canna. Eng.

ʻalalāna [ʻala.lāna.]n. bleating, wailing. see ʻalalā₁.

ʻalāna [ʻalā.na] see kīkē ʻalāna.

kīkē ʻalāna [. ʻalāna]nvi. crashing sound, as of lava rock (ʻalā) smiting rock, or as made by an active aa lava flow; to sound thus. (PH 38)

māna₁n. a chewed mass, as of kava for drinking, coconut flakes or kukui nut for medicine. PPN *maʻanga.

māna ʻaifood chewed by adult for child; any mouthful of food

māna panifood taken after drinking kava. [lit., closing mouthful] (Kam. 76:74)

Pehea ka maʻi? Ua komo kahi māna ʻai.How is the patient? He has taken a little nourishment.

māna₂n. trait believed acquired from those who raise a child.

i ka māna a ke kahu hānai.Trait acquired from association with the one who raised the child.

māna₃n. short for haumāna, student.

ʻO ke kumu, ʻo ka māna, hoʻopuka ʻia,.The teacher, the pupil, come forth [challenge from pupil to teacher).

nānan.-poss. for him, her, it; by him, her, it; belonging to him, her, it, whose (cf. nona, a-form, ). (Gram. 9. 11)   PCP *naana.

moanaana [moa.naana] redup. of moana₃.

pāna, banan. band, orchestra. Eng.

papāna same as papā.

ʻāpaʻapāna [ʻā.paʻa.pāna]n. delay, procrastination.

hoʻāna see ana, to measure.

heana₁n. corpse, especially of one slain in battle; victim, human sacrifice; carcass (Mat. 24.28) , remains. PEP *(f,s)eana; cf. Marquesan heana.

Kāu heanayour victim

Kou heanayour corpse (Kanl. 28.26)

heana₂ calling, as in greeting.

He heana kanaka, he pihana kamaliʻi.A calling of people, a gathering of children.

ʻaieana [ʻai.eana] same as ʻaiea₃.

ʻakoleana [ʻakole.ana]n. accordion. Eng.

ʻoleana [ʻole.ana] same as ʻoliana₂.

kuleana [kule.ana]nvt. right, privilege, concern, responsibility, title, business, property, estate, portion, jurisdiction, authority, liability, interest, claim, ownership, tenure, affair, province; reason, cause, function, justification; small piece of property, as within an ahupuaʻa; blood relative through whom a relationship to less close relatives is traced, as to in-laws. cf. ʻākuleana.

ʻElua loʻi ʻai, ua kuleana ʻia e aʻu.Two taro patches claimed as kuleana by me [will].

hoʻokuleanato entitle, give right to possess; to give a responsibility

ka hoʻolimalima kuleana kūʻairental with the right to buy

ke kuleana o ke kanakaman's rights and privileges, human rights

haʻi kuleanaother persons' affairs or business

kuleana ala hele e hiki aku airight of way of access

Kuleana hapakolu o ka wahine kāne make.Dower right of widow to a third of an estate.

kuleana lakosupplies, equipment

Kuleana o ke kāne male.Estate by courtesy, of a husband's right in the estate of his wife.

kuleana pulenecessary prayers, prayer responsibilities

kuleana waiwater rights

Make wale lākou me ka hewa ʻole, a me ke kuleana ʻole no ka make.They were killed without having done wrong, and without justification for death. (Kep. 147)

ʻO Hina mākou kuleana, ʻaʻole ʻo ke kāne.We are related through Hina, not through the husband.

palapala hoʻokuleanapatent, copyright

ʻākuleana [ʻā.kule.ana]vt. to give property or a right to it; to delegate responsibility.

He hōʻailona ia o ka luhi a me ka hoʻākuleana.This is a sign of toil and of obtaining property. (Kep. 117)

hoʻākuleanacaus/sim

mea kuleana [mea kule.ana]n. one with a kuleana; claimant of a kuleana.

mea kuleana i hoʻokō ʻiaconfirmed claimant

-paʻa kuleana

hoʻopaʻa kuleananvt. Copyright; to copyright

palapala hoʻokuleana [pala.pala hoʻo.kule.ana]n. patent, copyright. lit., document granting ownership.

hana₁nvt. work, labor, job, employment, occupation, duty, office, activity, function, practice, procedure, process, deal, incident, reason, action, act, deed, task, service, behavior; to work, labor, do, behave, commit, make, manufacture, create, transact, perform, prepare, happen; to develop, as a picture; to have a love affair (FS 115); to induce by sorcery; to handle (as a court case); to conduct (as a class). (Translated by many English words, but seldom by ‘work’) cf. hana wale, (Puk. 12.47) , and many examples below. PNP *sanga; cf. Fijian.

ʻAʻohe kona he maʻi maoli, he maʻi hana ʻia.His is not a natural sickness, it is induced by sorcery.

hana ā maikaʻifix

hana ʻiamade, completed, wrought

Hana ʻia maila ka wai ā ʻono.The waters were made sweet. (Puk. 15.25)

Hana maikaʻi i ka ʻāina.Clear the soil well.

hoʻohanato use, employ, cause to work, carry out, administer, manage, encourage; use, employment, management, administration

i hanawhen; as; while; at the time that

I hele aku kona hana, ua lilo ka pāpale.When he went, the hat was gone.

ka haʻi ʻana i ka hana akuactive voice

ka haʻi ʻana i ka hana ʻia maipassive verb

Ka hana ia a ka loea, ʻo ke akamai paheʻe ʻulu.That is the way an expert does, smart in bowling. (chant)

Ke hana mai ʻo Pele i kāna hana.When Pele does her work.

luna hoʻohanamanager, administrative head

maikaʻi ka hanawell done

mea hanatool; task; offering to ʻaumākua gods

mea hoʻohanatools, implements, or anything to work with

noho hoʻohanato act or serve as manager

ʻO ka hana, ua hana ʻia.The work has been done [a completed task].

poʻe hanaworkers, employees

hana₂vs. worthless; provoked. cf. hana wale.

ʻAi mai nei hana kanaka a waiho mai nei i naʻu e holoi.This worthless person ate and left the dishes for me to wash.

hoʻohanato tease, provoke, nag, plague; one who teases or provokes

hana₃ same as kilohana, a tapa.

hana₄ same as hahana, warm. cf. hanahana, kōhanahana, mahana, pumehana. rare.  PPN *fana.

hana₅n. notch, as in a tree. PPN *kausanga.

Hana- bay, valley (only in place names, as Hanalei, Hanapēpē. Also Hono-, as in Honolulu). (Gram. 8.1)  PN, 245–7 PPN *fanga.

-hana nominalizing suffix. cf. ʻana₃. (Gram. 6.6.2)   PPN *-fanga [see kilohana 2] and PNP *-sanga [see hauhana].

ahana same as ahahana.

lā hanan. workday.

māhana₁ [.hana]nvs. twins; double; having two branches or forks. PPN *maasanga.

Māhana lua kukuithe torch lights are double [said of one drunk as with kava] (UL 130)

Māhana₂ [.hana]n. Castor or Pollux. The two together are called Ka-māhana, Nā-hōkū-māhana, Nāmāhoe. Individual names include Māhoe Hope, Māhoe Mua, Nānā Hope, Nānā Mua.

Ka-māhana [ka-mā.hana]n. the constellation Gemini. lit., the twins. see Māhana.

Nā-hōkū-māhana [nā-hō.kū-mā.hana] see Māhana.

mokuāhana [moku.ā.hana]nvi. dividing into factions, strife, opposing sides; disagreement.

hoʻomokuāhanato divide, alienate

Hoʻomokuāhana i lākou mau alelo.Confuse their tongues. (Hal. 55.9)

mokumokuāhana [moku.moku.ā.hana] same as mokumokuāhua.

hahananvs. heat, warmth; warm, sultry, hot.

Hahana ka wela.The heat is hot [anger].

Hahana ke kaua.The battle waxes hot. See hana₄.

Holo ka hahana i kuʻu piko.Heat rushes to my navel [moved with emotion, as sorrow, love, fear]. (FS 41)

hoʻohahanato create heat; to rouse to fury

ahahana [aha.hana]interj. syllables repeated in chants, usually at ends of verses, similar to ēhē; a taunting singsong teasing phrase, used especially by children, meaning "Oh! Oh! Aha! Shame on you! You are going to catch it!" As a verb, to tease. also ahana and ahana kōkō lele, both meaningless. see ex. lei₁, ʻuhene.

Mai ahahana ʻoe i kou pōkiʻi.Don't tease your young brother.

hahahana [haha.hana] redup. of hana₁, to work, of many persons.

hoʻohahana [hoʻo.hahana] see hahana, warm.

kahanan. cutting, drawing of a line; turning point. cf. kaha₁, .

Eia maʻaneʻi ke kahana alanui e iho ai i kahakai.Here's the turn of the road to go down to the beach.

akahana [aka.hana]vt. to work carefully or slowly.

kahakahana [kaha.kahana]n. markings, scratchings, lines, stripes; narrow strip of cloth, usually white.

kahakahana kaumahamarks of worry, as on the face

kahakahana lolenapkin (Ioane 11.444)

kanaka hanan. worker, servant.

mahana₁nvs. warmth, heat; warm. cf. hahana, hanahana, mehana, pumehana. PPN *mafana.

hoʻomahanato warm, create warmth, heat

mahana₂n. rest. cf. maha₆.

hoʻomahanavacation, rest

mahana₃ same as mahina, plantation.

mahana₄n. a class of chiefs.

limahana [lima.hana]nvs. labor, laborer, worker, employee; industrious, busy. cf. hana lima under lima₁.

Komisina o limahana.Labor commission.

Papa limahana.Labor board.

Lā-nui o nā Limahana [lā-nui o lima.hana]n. Labor Day. lit., holiday of the laborers.

papa limahana [papa lima.hana]n. labor board.

hoʻomahana [hoʻo.mahana]vt. to warm. see mahana₁.

kaumahana [kau.mahana]n. native mistletoes. also hulumoa.

pumahana [puma.hana] var. of pumehana. (Ioba 31.20)

ā hoʻopumahana lākou ihowarming themselves (Ioane 18.18)

hoʻopumahanavar. of hoʻopumehana

hanahana₁ [hana.hana]vs. hot, warm, vehement. see hana₄, hahana, mahana₁, pumehana. PPN *fanafana.

Ua hanahana loa ka .The famine was violent. (Kin. 47.13)

hanahana₂ [hana.hana]vs. sour, stinking.

kāhanahana [.hana.hana]n. redup. of kahana; clearing, as in a forest. Kaʻū. (For. 6:61)

māhanahana₁ [.hana.hana] redup. of mahana₁; smarting, painful; unpleasant odor, as of flatulency; bad-smelling, lukewarm. PPN *mafanafana.

hoʻomāhanahanato make warm, heat

Ka paʻi māhanahana.A slap that smarts.

māhanahana₂ [.hana.hana] redup. of mahana₂.

hoʻomāhanahanato relax rigor of taboo during a long rigorous session (Malo 160, 176)

-māhanahana

hoʻomāhanahanato dedicate, as a temple (FS 117); to offer first fruits to the gods

kōhanahana [.hana.hana]vs. warm, hot. cf. mahana.

keʻena hanan. place to work, workshop, office, laboratory.

keʻehina hana [keʻe.hina hana]n. solution, remedy.

luna hanan. overseer, foreman, anyone in charge of work.

hoa hanan. fellow worker, colleague, partner, accomplice.

papa hana₁n. work method, plan, stratagem, policy, program, agenda, project; workbench.

ʻO ka papa hana kēia a KuaʻuaʻuThis is Kuaʻuaʻu's method [that of a famous medical practitioner]

papa hana₂n. ceremony for the gods, as in offering kava.

kahua hanan. subject, as of a discussion, basis for work; foundation principles, is a political platform; work site.

-mahuahana

hoʻomahuahanavt. to disturb, bother

akua hanan. a god to whom one appealed with offerings for help, as in fishing, farming, or killing an enemy. lit.. work god.

manawa hanan. working time or shift.

paʻahana₁ [paʻa.hana]nvs. industrious, busy, hard-working; workman, laborer, worker, industry.

paʻahana₂ [paʻa.hana]n. implement, tool, utensil, furnishings. (Nah. 7.1)

mea paʻahanatool, workman

hoa paʻahana [hoa paʻa.hana]n. fellow worker.

hale paʻahana [hale paʻa.hana]n. workshop, tool house.

nalo meli paʻahana [nalo meli paʻa.hana]n. worker bee. lit., industrious honey bee.

puke hōʻike hanan. catalogue.

hale hanan. workshop, factory.

mahele hanan. duty, work section, shift.

mehana var. of mahana; var. of .

ka mehana a ka the warmth of the sun (Laie 613)

pumehana [pume.hana]nvs. warm, warm-hearted; warmth, affection.

hoʻopumehanato warm, heat

Me ke aloha pumehana.With warm aloha.

wahine hanan. female servant.

lawehana [lawe.hana]nvs. workman, laborer; industrious; to do labor, work.

hoa lawehanafellow worker

luna lawe hanan. chief servant, minister. lit., officer undertaking work. (Kol. 1.23)

hoa lawehana [hoa lawe.hana]n. fellow laborer or worker, helper.

lawelawe hana [lawe.lawe hana]n. function, administration.

kāna lawelawe hana ʻanahis administration

laʻehana [laʻe.hana]interj. syllables repeated in chants at ends of verses to mark time and for gay effect, similar to ehehene.

keʻehana [keʻe.hana]n. any footrest, footstool, footprint; ground or floor stamped on or trodden on. (Probably keʻe + -hana, nominalizer; keʻehi₁, below, is probably keʻe + -hi, transitivizer.) see papa keʻehana. (Gram. 6.6.2)  

papa keʻehana [papa keʻe.hana] var. of papa keʻehina. (1 Nal. 6.30)

koʻehana₁ [koʻe.hana] warmth, heat; warm. (And.)

koʻehana₂ [koʻe.hana] boxing ring, grandstand, booth. (AP)

koʻehana₃ [koʻe.hana] constant labor. (AP)

wahi hanan. workshop, place to work.

kuhikuhi hana [kuhi.kuhi hana]n. work program.

hakihana [haki.hana] same as hakina.

mokihana₁ [moki.hana]n. a native tree (Pelea anisata), found only on Kauaʻi, belonging to the citrus family. The small, leathery, cube-shaped, anise-scented fruits, which change from green to brown, are strung in leis; they represent Kauaʻi in the leis of the islands, as designated in 1923 by the Territorial legislature. The large leaves are also fragrant. (Neal 478)

mokihana₂ [moki.hana]n. a variety of kava famous on Kauaʻi; it has short, stubby internodes. It is named for the mokihana fruit because of its fragrance.

mokihana₃ [moki.hana]n. a native variety of taro. (HP 33)

ʻawa mokihana [ʻawa moki.hana]n. a variety of kava with short yellowish-green internodes and hairlike roots, named for the mokihana plant because of its fragrance, and yielding a strong brew; famous on Kauaʻi. (HP 202)

kolihana [koli.hana]vs. straight, tall.

Oki kolihana ka pali o Wai-aloha.Very straight and tall is the cliff of Wai-aloha [admiration for a tall, well-formed person].

huli hanav. diligent in work; to seek work.

ʻimi hana₁v. to seek work.

Kōmike ʻimi hana.Employment committee.

ʻimi hana₂v. to stir up trouble.

ʻoihana₁ [ʻoi.hana]nvs. occupation, trade, job, employment, position, career, service (as religious or military), ministry, rite, industry, business, bureau, customs, activities, department, agency, office; Biblical book of Acts; professional.

ʻike pili ʻoihanaprofessional knowledge

ma o ka ʻoihanaex officio

noho ʻoihanaoffice or job holder; to stay in an office or job

ʻoihana mahi ʻaiagricultural industry

ʻoihana mākaukau loaspeciality

ʻoihana ʻokoʻa o hua ʻōlelofunction of words

ʻoihana₂ [ʻoi.hana]n. tools, utensils. (Puk. 38.3)

haleʻoihana [haleʻoi.hana]n. shop, workshop.

palapala waiho ʻoihana [pala.pala waiho ʻoi.hana]n. letter of resignation.

noho ʻoihana [noho ʻoi.hana] see ʻoihana₁.

kula aʻo ʻoihana [kula aʻo ʻoi.hana]n. trade school.

koʻokoʻo ʻoihana [koʻo.koʻo ʻoi.hana]n. mace. lit., professional cane.

pihananvs. fullness, filling up, completion. see ex. heana₂.

pihana kanakaa crowd or gathering of people

Pihana-ka-laniGathering place [of] high supernatural beings. (place name)

haʻihana [haʻi.hana]n. verb (old name).

haohana [hao.hana] scooping; handful. (Probably hao₃ + -hana, nominalizer.) rare. 

kohanavs. nude, naked; bare, alone, by itself.

ʻai kohanato eat one thing only, whether flesh or vegetable

hele kohanato go naked, empty-handed, or alone

hoʻokohanato strip bare or naked (Ier. 49.10)

kohanato stand naked; to stand alone

pakohana [pako.hana] same as kohana; bare.

ʻAu pakohana i Wainiha, lehua o Luluʻu-paliswimming naked at Wai-niha, are the lehua blossoms of Luluʻu-pali. (song)

kilohana₁ [kilo.hana]nvs. name of the outside, decorated sheet of tapa in the kuʻinakapa, bed coverings; the four inner layers were white, contrasting with the decorated kilohana. Hence extended meanings: best, superior, excellent.

He aliʻi ke aloha, he kilohana e paʻa ai.Love is like a chief, the best prize to hold fast to. (saying)

kilohana₂ [kilo.hana]n. hillock, heap, lookout, top, view out, high point (kilo + -hana, nominalizer). Probably PPN *tirofanga; cf. Tongan siofi, siofia and Samoan tilofia.

olohana [olo.hana] rare var. of ʻolohani.

komohana [komo.hana]nvs. west, western, so-called because the sun "enters" (komo) the sea in the west. (Komo, to enter + -hana, nominalizer) (Gram. 6.6.2)   PEP *tomo(f,s)anga.

Hōkū-komohana [.kū-komo.hana]n. Morning Star. lit., western star. (Kep. 83)

ʻano hanan. method, case, technique, as in solving problems.

pono hanan. tools. see also pono₆.

ʻohana₁nvs. family, relative, kin group; related.

ʻohana holoʻokoʻa, ʻohana nuiextended family, clan

ʻohana₂vi. to gather for family prayers (short for pule ʻohana).

pilina ʻohanan. kinship.

luna ʻohanan. head of a family; headman of a tribe. (1 Oihn. 9.34)

inoa ʻohanan. family name, surname.

pule ʻohananvi. family prayer; to pray, of a family.

hoʻohana [hoʻo.hana] See hana₁, work, and hana₂, worthless.

mea hoʻohana [mea hoʻo.hana]n. implement, tool.

luna hoʻohana [luna hoʻo.hana]n. manager, administrative head, overseer. lit., supervisor to cause work to be done.

hauhana [hau.hana]nvt. lashing, as of adze to handle; to lash. (hau₃ + -hana, nominalizer) cf. imu hau hana. (Gram. 6.6.2)   PNP *faʻusanga.

pale hauhanacloth protecting (pale) lashing of ʻiako, outrigger boom, to the canoe float

pale hauhana [pale hau.hana] see hauhana.

imu hau hanan. oven in which hau wood was heated (hana) to be bent for a canoe outrigger.

kākau hana [.kau hana]n. recorder.

hakuhana [haku.hana] same as hākuma.

haku hanan. overseer, superintendent, employer, boss.

uku hanan.v. wages, salary, pay for work; to pay wages.

heluhana [helu.hana]n. factor, as in arithmetic.

kumuhana [kumu.hana]n. topic, subject (as topic of discourse or grammatical subject); matter. (kumu₁ + -hana, nominalizer.) (Gram. 6.6.2)  

kūkulu kumuhana [.kulu kumu.hana]v. to pool thoughts and prayers to solving common problems, as during hoʻoponopono (Nānā 78–80) ; to set up topics for discussion, as an agenda.

pouhana [pou.hana]n. post set in the middle of each end of the house, supporting the ridgepole. fig., support, mainstay, as of a family. PPN *pou + -sanga.

kūhana [.hana]n. each of two gable posts in the old Hawaiian house.

Lani-kū-hanan. name of a star. lit., chief stands [at] work.

paʻu hananvs. constantly at work, drudgery,: tedious, prolonged work.

ianan. ostrich (RSV), owl (KJV). (Isa. 13.21)

wā e hiki mai anan. future tense or time.

ʻaiana [ʻai.ana]nvt. clothes iron; to iron, press, as clothes. Eng.

papaʻaiana [papaʻai.ana]n. ironing board.

mīkini ʻaiana [.kini ʻai.ana]n. clothes presser, mangle. lit., ironing machine.

hianan. depression or hole, as under water.

hiana uluahole frequented by ulua

mīana [.ana]n. place for urinating (formerly certain places outdoors were set aside for this purpose); urinal.

kakiana [kaki.ana]n. sergeant. Eng.

melekiana, merediana [mele.kiana]n. meridian. Eng.

melikiana, meridiana [meli.kiana]n. meridian.

melokiana [melo.kiana]n. melodeon. Eng.

aliana [ali.ana] same as ʻoliana, let me see.

koliana₁ [koli.ana]n. accordion. Eng.

koliana₂, koriana [koli.ana] coriander (Coriandrum sativum: (Neal 659)). Eng. (Puk. 16.31)

ʻoliana₁ [ʻoli.ana]n. a common ornamental shrub (Nerium oleander and var. indicum), native from south Europe to Japan. Its flowers may be single or double, white, pink, or red. also ʻoliwa. Eng. (Neal 695)

ʻoliana₂ [ʻoli.ana]n. a variety of sugar cane, like lahaina in type of growth and color, but the pith dark-brown and the leaf sheath covered with red-brown hairs. also ʻoleana. Eng., Oriental.

ʻoliana₃ [ʻoli.ana]interj. Let me see! Show me! also aliana, inane, ʻoia ana.

paniana, baniana [pani.ana]n. banyan (Ficus spp.) Eng.

ʻIniana [ʻini.ana]nvs. Indian, as Indian Ocean. Eng.

ʻoiana see ʻoia ana.

kopiana [kopi.ana]n. scorpion. Eng.

kana₁num. tens (usually compounded with numbers from three to nine to indicate 30 to 90). (Gram. 10.3)  

kanaiwaninety

kana ʻēkātens of banana hands (Kep. 159)

ʻo ka waʻa kana koʻokahiten one-man canoes (Nak. 40)

kana₂idiom that follows perfective verb marker i and poss. o, and is followed by directionals; it is preceded by negatives. Also see kaʻe₂. Extremely, beyond compare, without limit (in both favorable and pejorative senses).

ʻAʻohe i kana mia ka nui.Ever so huge.

ʻAʻole a kana mai ka uʻi!How perfectly beautiful!

ʻAʻole o kana mai kāu hana!What a lot of work you have to do! Theres no limit to your work! What dreadful things you do [in anger].

kana₃n. horizontal support in houses for carrying poles (ʻauamo).

Kana₄n. a stroke in lua fighting, for chiefs.

Kana₅ a demigod... The stretching demigod born as a rope on Maui. He could stretch from Molokaʻi to Hawaiʻi and wade in the deep sea. His exploits explain gashes, ledges, and footprints on the islands. He restored the sun and, with his brother Nīheu, rescued his mother, Hina, who had been stolen (not, perhaps, against her will) by a Molokaʻi chief. Emerson calls him a god of jugglers. (Malo 227-229, Emerson note). see Kapuaʻi-o-Kana. (HM 464-477)

kana₆ rare var. of pana, to shoot.

kana₇n. ton. also kona. Eng.

-kana nominalizer noted in pale, to ward off, and palekana, safety; pili, to cling, and pilikana, relative. PPN *-tanga.

Kākana, Satana [.kana]n. Satan. Eng.

lākana₁ [.kana]n. lantana (Lantana camara), a thorny tropical American bush with variegated flower heads, yellow, orange, red, white, and pink. Eng. Also lanakana (Niʻihau), mikinolia hihiu, mikinolia hohono, mikinolia kukū. (Neal 722–4)

Lākana₂, Ladana [.kana]n. London. see song, lualaʻi. Eng.

pākana [.kana]n. waist, shirtwaist, blouse; pattern. Eng.

pākana- [.kana-] same as pāpākana-.

pāpākana- [..kana-] prefix to numbers from kolu (three) to iwa (nine). see pāpā-.

lewiakana, leviatana [lewia.kana]n. leviathan. Eng. (Ioba 41.1)

kakanavs. harsh, rude, ungracious, surly.

makananvt. gift, present; reward, award, donation, prize; to give a gift, donate. cf. maka₂.

kāna makanahis gift [one that he gives or receives]

Makana hoʻi!What a gift! [sometimes said sarcastically, indicating that a person is ungrateful].

mōhai makana [.hai makana]n. free-will offering (Puk. 25.2) , gift offering.

uku makanan. tip; gift payment, bonus.

kakanakana [kakana.kana] a grass. (And.)

lanakana [lana.kana] see lākana₁.

ʻoulanakana, ouranatana [ʻou.lana.kana]n. orangutan. Eng.

kalekana [kale.kana]n. a red- or yellow-flowered succulent (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana), a recent introduction. Latin. (Neal 378)

palekana [pale.kana]nvs. safe, saved, rescued; convalescent; to ward off, brush aside, rescue, protect; to recover from illness; defense, savior, safety, security. (pale₁ + -kana, nominalizer). (Gram. 6.6.2)  

E hoʻoikaika mai ʻoe iaʻu ā laila palekana wau.Strengthen me, then I am saved. (Hal. 119.117)

hoʻopalekanato save, rescue

pelekana [pele.kana]n. pelican. Eng.

kulekana, suletana [kule.kana]n. sultan. Eng.

panekana [pane.kana] var. of palekana.

pekana, pegananvs. pagan, heathen. Eng.

mīkana [.kana]n. the papaya (Carica papaya), a small tree, a native of tropical America, long popular in Hawaiʻi for its melon-like fruits. Hawaiʻi. also hēʻī, milikana, papaia. (Neal 600–1)

ʻaimīkana [ʻai..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.

manu-ʻai-mīkana, manu-ʻai-papaia [manu-ʻai-mī.kana, manu-ʻai-papaia]n. linnet, house finch, or papaya bird (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis), introduced before 1870. lit., papaya-eating bird.

Wakikana, Vatikana [waki.kana]n. Vatican. Eng.

ʻĀnekalikana, Anegalikana [ʻāne.kali.kana]vs. Anglican. Eng.

pelikana [peli.kana]n. pelican. Eng. (Kanl. 14.17)

milikana [mili.kana] same as mīkana.

pilikana [pili.kana]n. relation, relationship, kin, family. (probably pili, to cling, + -kana, nominalizer.) (Gram. 6.6.2)   PCP *pilitanga.

pilipilikana [pili.pili.kana] redup. of pilikana.

ʻilikana [ʻili.kana]n. corm immediately under the skirt, as of taro.

pulikana, pulitano [puli.kana]n. puritan. Eng.

ʻOpikana [ʻopi.kana] short for ʻOpikanalani or ʻOpikananuʻu.

Ē ka lewa nuʻu, ē ka lewa lani, ka ʻOpikana.O high atmosphere, O heavenly atmosphere, the faraway place. (FS 211),

kamahaʻikana [kama.haʻi.kana] var. of kāmehaʻikana.

kāmehaʻikana [.mehaʻi.kana]n. a multitude of descendants; one of the names for the wondrous (kāmehaʻi) goddess Haumea, who presided over childbirth. She was thought to have borne numerous children to one husband, then to have gone to Kahiki, later returning as a young woman to bear numerous more children; she did this for many generations; hence her name is synonymous with prolificness.

He hanauna kāmehaʻikana lākou.They are a generation extremely numerous.

o kana see kana₂.

Kapuaʻi-o-Kana [kapu.aʻi-o-kana]n. a lua fighting stroke, reserved for chiefs. lit., footprint of Kana, a stretching demigod. see Kana₅.

hōkana, hosana [.kana]interj. Hosanna. Gr. hōsanna.

ʻokana₁n. district or subdistrict, usually comprising several ahupuaʻa; portion, as of food. see ʻoki, to cut.

ʻokana₂n. organ. Eng.

ʻokana wili limahand organ

ukanan. baggage, luggage, freight, cargo, supplies. PCP *utanga.

hoʻoukanato bundle up, pack up, load, as freight

kaʻa ukanabaggage car, baggage or freight vehicle

Ke mālama nei au i ka ukana a ke aloha.I preserve the love carried [by me]. (chant)

aukana [au.kana] short for au kanaiʻi. see au₂.

Ke aliʻi i makana ai, he koa a he aukana ia.The chief who gave the gift, a warrior and a strong soldier he.

laukana [lau.kana]vs. uninterested in religion, indifferent to religion. rare. 

kaʻa ukanan. truck.

hale ukanan. warehouse, storehouse.

lio lawe ukanan. pack horse. lit., horse carry gear.

moku lawe ukanan. freighter.

hali ukanan.v. to carry baggage; porter.

kaʻa hali ukanan. freight (ukana) conveyance.

hui hali ukanan. express company.

makukana [maku.kana]n. boxfish (Lactoria fornasini).

ʻakukana [ʻaku.kana]nvs. adjutant. Eng.

lumi waiho ukanan. storeroom. lit., room to leave goods.

pukana₁n. outlet, exit, issue, exodus, descendant.

pukana₂ keepsake, memento, remembrance, souvenir.

kanaka helu ukanan. shipping clerk.

lana₁nvs. floating, buoyant; moored, afloat, adrift; to drift, lie at anchor, as a fishing canoe (For. 4:295) ; calm, still, as water; anchor. cf. hālana, manaʻolana. Probably PPN *langa.

home hoʻolana maʻiconvalescent home

hoʻolanato cause to float, launch; to right a canoe. Fig., to launch a project; cheerful, unworrying, hopeful; to cheer up, encourage, be of good cheer; to lighten grief, as by taking a mourner on a trip and away from the grave of the one he mourns. (Mat. 14.27)

Hoʻolana i ka wai ke ola.Life barely surviving; semiconscious.

Hoʻolana ka manaʻo.To have hopes.

Hoʻolana kaumaha.To ease grief, condolence.

Hoʻolana maʻi.To ease the pain of sickness.

Huki ka lana.Pull in the anchor. (Nak. 87)

Inā e maʻi kekahi kanaka, lana kona manaʻo i ke kauka.When a person is sick, he wants a doctor.

Lana ka manaʻo.Hopeful, without worry, thoughtful; to want.

Lana ke koko.Buoyant blood [of youth]; to circulate, of blood; high blood pressure. (Kam. 64:43)

Lana mālie iho hoʻi ka manaʻo me ka nani lei ʻawapuhi.Thoughts of the beauty of the ginger lei are serene. (song)

lana₂n. lowest floor of the oracle tower where offerings were placed. cf. lananuʻu, mamao, nuʻu. (Malo 176)

lana₃vs. to be aware of noises as one wakes.

Lana ka hiamoe.Awakening from sleep.

lana₄, ranan. frog. Latin rana, a genus.

-lana₁

Hoʻolana nohoʻi keiki.The children are so willful.

hoʻolanasame as lana₃

hoʻolanadisobedient, willful

-lana₂ nominalizing suffix. cf. kaulana, kūlana, manaʻolana. (Gram. 6.6.2)   PNP *-langa.

alananvi. awakening, rising. see ala₂, .

Alana ʻia!Rise up! (Kel. 29)

ʻIke ʻia ke alana o ka pua.The upward flight of the arrow was seen.

hālana₁ [.lana]vi. to overflow, flood. cf. lana₁.

hālana ka manaʻoto be hopeful

hoʻohālanacaus/sim

Me aʻu i hoʻohiki ai, ʻaʻole e hoʻohālana hou wai o Noa i ka honua.I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall go no more over the land. (Isa. 54.9)

hālana₂ [.lana]vs. quiet.

hālana māliecalm tranquillity

kaʻiālana [kaʻi.ā.lana]n. large traveling company. (For. 6:490)

kālana [.lana] same as kānana₁, , , .

kākālana [..lana]n. proclamation. cf. kala₁.

mālana₁ [.lana]vs. buoyant, light; to float, as canoes; to move together, as people; unsteady, shallow-rooted. PPN *malanga.

hoʻomālanato make buoyant, lighten

Mālana₂ [.lana]n. name of a star.

wālana [.lana] var. of wānana. (For. 6:489)

ʻālana₁nvt. offering, especially a free-will offering, contrasting with a mōhai that was prescribed by a priest; to offer.

Ē ke kahuna ʻiʻo a me ka ʻālana ʻiʻo.O true priest and true victim [of Christ].

He ʻālana ka mea e hāʻawi aku ai e kala ʻia mai ai ka hula o ka mea lawehala.An ʻālana is the thing given so that the sin of a transgressor will be pardoned.

Moʻo kaʻao ʻālana ā hoʻolaʻa ʻia i mua o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi.A story … offered and dedicated to the Hawaiian people.

ʻālana₂vs. light, buoyant, easily floating. see lana.

uluʻālana [uluʻā.lana]n. offering, especially as made to priests for them to offer to the gods.

hulialana [hulia.lana]v. to remove the bitterness, especially to pour off the bitter liquid and add fresh water to the preparation of arrowroot (pia).

I pau ka hulialana.To remove the bitterness. (Malo 199, (a prayer)

Ka luluka me ka hulialana, maʻemaʻe ka ʻāina, kōnalenale ka noho.The fright of peace and returned tranquillity, clean the land, calm the dwelling. (For. 6:403)

kalana₁n. division of land smaller than a moku or district; county.

kalana₂nvs. release, forgiveness, etc. cf. kala₁.

kalana olalife-giving sun

pakalana [paka.lana]n. the Chinese violet (Telosma cordata), which has yellowish-green flowers. cf. miulana. (Neal 700–1)

pomeikalana [pomei.kalana]n. the pomegranate (Punica granatum), an ornamental and fruit-bearing shrub from Persia. also pomelaike, pomekelane, pomeraite. Eng. (Neal 620–2)

loio kalanan. county attorney.

lalana₁n. spider. also lanalana, nananana.

lalana₂n. warming, as at a fire. cf. lala, warm.

Lalana₃n. old term for London.

lauhalalana [lau.hala.lana]n. vagabond, drifter, one as useless as pandanus leaves adrift in the sea. lit., floating pandanus leaf.

malana same as manana.

lanalana₁ [lana.lana] redup. of lana₁. PPN *langalanga.

hoʻolanalanaredup. of hoʻolana

lanalana₂ [lana.lana]n. lashings, as of ornamental sennit binding the float (ama) to outrigger booms (ʻiako).

hoʻolanalanato make lashings, to lash

lanalana₃ [lana.lana]n. spider. also lalana, nananana. (Isa. 59.5)

lanalana₄ [lana.lana]n. ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata). (Neal 357–8)

hālanalana [.lana.lana] redup. of hālana₁, .

Hāloʻiloʻi me ka hālanalana o lākou waimaka.Their tears welled and flooded.

mālanalana [.lana.lana] redup. of mālana₁.

hale lanalana [hale lana.lana]n. house built on a double canoe, as for chiefs.

ʻōlanalana [ʻō.lana.lana]nvs. nauseating; seasick; nausea.

kūlanalana [.lana.lana] redup. of kulana; unsteady, tottering, unsettled, wavering, wobbly, undecided, uncertain, fluctuating. (For. 4:271)

hoʻokūlanalanacaus/sim

huinapapalana [huina.papa.lana]n. raft. lit., collection of floating boards.

kualana₁ [kua.lana]vi. lazy, indolent, bored, fatigued; roving about without a chief to support one, as a "floater" (lana); to wander.

hoʻokualanacaus/sim; to fail in strength (For. 6:428)

kualana ka ʻōpūvery hungry

Lilo ʻoukou i ka ʻōlelo haole ā kualana mākou.Since you have all turned to speaking English, weʻre bored.

kualana₂ [kua.lana]vi. to float on the back; buoyant.

huʻahuʻa lana [huʻa.huʻa lana]n. floating froth. fig., an ignoramus.

hale lanan. floating house, ark, houseboat.

Ka hale lana i ke kai.The house floating on the sea [a ship].

wailana₁ [wai.lana]nvs. calm, quiet, as the sea; still water.

wailana₂ [wai.lana]nvs. banished, as for unworthy conduct; exile. (perhaps wai₄, to leave, + -lana, nominalizer) (Gram. 6.6.2)  

wailana₃ [wai.lana]n. a prayer uttered to free a taboo period.

ʻailana₁ [ʻai.lana]vs. in love.

ʻailana ka manaʻoloving thoughts

ʻailana₂ [ʻai.lana]n. island. Eng.

Kīʻailana, Siailana [kīʻai.lana]n. Sea Island, Gossypium barbadense, a variety of cotton grown in Hawaiʻi. Eng. (Neal 565)

mikilana, misilana [miki.lana]n. the Chinese rice flower (Aglaia odorata), a shrub or small tree in the mahogany family, from south China and Indo-China, grown ornamentally for the handsome leaves and fragrant flowers, which are tiny, round, and yellow; clusters of them are used for leis. (Gram. 2.9)  perhaps Chinese mei-sui-lan. (Neal 493)

Kuikilana [kuiki.lana]nvs. Switzerland; Swiss. Eng.

holana same as hola₁.

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

koko lanan. high blood pressure. see lana₁.

manaʻolana [manaʻo.lana]nvt. hope, confidence, expectation; to hope (manaʻo + -lana, nominalizer). (Gram. 6.6.2)  

hoʻolana [hoʻo.lana] See lana₁, floating, and -lana₁.

moe hoʻolana [moe hoʻo.lana]vi. to doze.

ʻakihoʻolana [ʻaki.hoʻo.lana]n. drydock, lit., floating canoe-rest.

ulana₁vt. to plait, weave, knit, braid; plaiting, weaving. also unala, nala, unana. PPN *langa.

mea ulana ʻiaplaited or woven material, textile

mea ulana loleweaver (Isa. 38.12) , loom

ulana₂vs. still, calm. cf. lana₁.

ulana₃nvt. prophecy of a seer (kilokilo); to prophesy.

haulana [hau.lana]n. iceberg, floating ice.

kaulana₁ [kau.lana]nvs. famous, celebrated, renowned, well-known; fame; to become famous.

hoʻokaulanato make famous; to spread a report concerning a person or thing

kaulanaday of celebration or festivity, famous day

kaulana₂ [kau.lana]nvi. resting place, place to put things, placement; restful, quiet (kau, to place + -lana, nominalizer). (Gram. 6.6.2)   PPN *taulanga.

huinalāʻaulana [huina.lāʻau.lana]n. raft. lit., collection of floating logs. (1 Nal. 5.9)

miulana [miu.lana]n. orange and white champak (Michelia champaca and M. longifolia), tall trees with smooth gray trunks, from the Himalayas, related to the magnolia, bearing many-parted, orange or yellow flowers (M. champaca) or white flowers (M. longifolia), which are especially fragrant at night. (Neal 357) The orange and white species may be distinguished by qualifying miulana with the colors melemele and keʻokeʻo. The Chinese name for the white species is pak-lan, but cf. pakalana . (Gram. 2.9)  

kui ulanan. knitting needle.

kulanavs. to tilt, rock, reel, sway, toss and pitch; wobbly, shaky, unsteady. fig., insecure, hesitant.

hoʻokulanacaus/sim., to cause insecurity

Kulana o ka noho paipai.Rocking of a rocking chair.

pōhaku lana [.haku lana]n. mooring rock for anchoring canoes, said to float, perhaps of pumice or perhaps mythical. lit., floating stone. (For. 4:295)

limu lanan. floating seaweed. fig., a drifter, vagabond.

kūlana [.lana]nvs. station, rank, title, condition, position, place, quality, grade, rating, reputation (see ex., kuene), stance, attitude, poise, carriage, posture, situation, patch, site; outstanding, prominent (, stand, + -lana, nominalizer). cf. kūlanakauhale. PNP *tuʻulanga.

kūlana ipumelon patch

kūlana kiʻekiʻehigh position, rank, station

kūlana makahikiage

kūlana o ka nohonastandard of living

mamuli o ke kūlanaby reason of position, ex officio

kūlana o kēia kūʻai hoʻolilothe conditions of this sale

makeʻe kūlana [makeʻe .lana]n.v. to desire to preserve the status quo; conservative.

lūlana [.lana] same as lūlā. see ex. kalakala ʻihi.

Kuʻu hoa lūlana i ka lipolipo.My peaceful companion in the forest depth.

Lūlana ihola ka pihe.The shouting quieted. (UL 288)

humuhumu ulana [humu.humu ulana]vt. to darn, as socks.

pūlana [.lana]nvi. to float; a floating object.

mana₁nvs. supernatural or divine power, mana, miraculous power; a powerful nation, authority; to give mana to, to make powerful; to have mana, power, authority; authorization, privilege; miraculous, divinely powerful, spiritual; possessed of mana, power. cf. -āmana. PPN *mana.

E mana ana i ke konohiki.It is the privilege of the landlords. (Kep. 159)

E mana ma ka ʻumi.Effective on the tenth day [as a law].

He bila e hoʻomana ana i ke koho ʻia o luna mākaʻi.A bill authorizing the election of district sheriffs.

Hoʻomana Kepanī.Buddhist; Buddhism.

hoʻomana kiʻiidolatry, idol worship

Hoʻomana Naʻauao.Christian Science.

Hoʻomana o Iesu Kristo o Poʻe Hoʻāno o Hope Nei.Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Hoʻomana Palani (Farani).French religion; Catholicism.

Hoʻomana Pīhopa (Bihopa).Episcopalian religion; lit., bishop's religion.

Hoʻomana Pōʻaono.Seventh Day Adventist; lit., Saturday religion.

hoʻomanato place in authority, empower, authorize

hoʻomanato worship; religion, sect

Ke kumu i mana ai ka ʻaoʻao aliʻi.The reason for giving the chief's side power.

leo manavoice of authority that is obeyed

mana kiaʻiguardian power

mana loagreat power; almighty

mana makuaparental authority

noho manato wield power, occupy a position of power

ʻo kānāwai i hoʻomana hou ʻialaws re-enacted

mana₂nvs. branch, limb, crotch; crosspiece, as of the cross; a line projecting from another line; stream branch; road branch or fork, variant, version, as of a tale; to branch out, spread out. PPN *manga.

Mana weu lani.Branch with divine foliage (a chief).

mana₃n. hook used in catching eels.

mana₄n. stage in growth of fish in which colors appear; stage of a foetus in which limbs begin to develop.

mana₅n. a native fern (Hypolepis punctata), with large, much subdivided fronds. The dark-brown mature stems were used to plait the best hats, after being scraped to remove the pulp. also olua.

mana₆n. a variety of taro used in medicine; it propagates by branching from the top of the corm. mana may be qualified by descriptive terms, as listed below. (HP 23)

mana₇n. a taboo house in a heiau. cf. ʻaha hele honua.

-mana

hoʻomanacallus; callous. Kauaʻi

-āmana

hoʻāmanato give authority, authorization; to empower, authorize, commission

Na wai ʻoe i hoʻā-mana mai?Who gave you permission? To give authority, authorization; to empower, authorize, commission.

hāmana [.mana]nvs. fork; branching, forked.

ʻāmana [ʻā.mana]n. y-shaped crosspiece at the end of a pole (as of a lāʻau kia); horizontal line on an upright; branches of a tree in the form of a Y; gallows; T-shaped; shaft of an octopus lure. cf. keʻa, koʻokoʻo ʻāmana, noho ʻāmana, peʻa, mana, branch (Kam. 76:68)

hoʻāmana [hoʻā.mana] see -ʻāmana.

palapala hoʻāmana [pala.pala hoʻā.mana]n. power of attorney. lit., document giving power.

noho ʻāmana [noho ʻā.mana]n. pack saddle. lit., y-shaped crosspiece saddle.

koʻokoʻo ʻāmana [koʻo.koʻo ʻā.mana]n. cane with a handle. lit., tee-shaped cane.

wahamana [waha.mana]n. screen, shutter. rare. 

waha mana₁n. voice of authority, person in authority. lit., powerful mouth.

waha mana₂nvi. one who digresses from subject to subject; to digress. lit., branching mouth.

laukamana, laudamana [lau.kamana]n. laudanum. Eng.

hana manan. miracle, supernatural deed, witchcraft.

manamana₁ [mana.mana] redup. of mana₁. PPN *manamana.

hoʻomanamanato impart mana, as to idols or objects; to deify; superstitious

manamana₂ [mana.mana] redup. of mana₂; appendages, claws, branches, rays, forks; to branch out. PPN *mangamanga.

manamana.Sun with rays.

manamana₃ [mana.mana]n. finger, toe.

manamana₄ [mana.mana]n. third of three coconut husks tied to ʻahi fishing line. cf. nuku and poli, the first and second husks from the bottom.

manamana₅ [mana.mana]n. a variety of sweet potato with finger-like leaves, sometimes qualified by keʻokeʻo, white. (HP 142)

kāmanamana [.mana.mana]n. a large-leafed weedy plant (Adenostemma lavenia), known in many tropical regions, belonging to the daisy family. Whitish flowers are borne in small round heads in open clusters. In Hawaiʻi, the leaves are used to treat fever. (Neal 829–30)

papa manamana [papa mana.mana]n. grate, grating. lit., branching flat surface.

papa manamana pukapuka keleawegrate of network of brass (Puk. 27.4)

hāluʻa-manamana [.luʻa-mana.mana]n. Tapa-beater design.

kīmanamana [.mana.mana]vs. branching in various directions.

līmanamana [.mana.mana]n. a kind of seaweed. lit., branching seaweed.

hao manamana [hao mana.mana]n. grate, grill, gridiron, lit., branched iron.

hoʻomanamana [hoʻo.mana.mana]vs. superstitious. see manamana.

manaʻo hoʻomanamana [manaʻo hoʻo.mana.mana]n. superstition.

laumanamana [lau.mana.mana]n. a variety of sweet potato.

laumanamana [lau.mana.mana]n. a divided leaf; many leaves, many branches; descendants, as of a family.

koali lau manamana [koali lau mana.mana] same as koali ʻai.

piʻipiʻilaumanamana [piʻi.piʻi.lau.mana.mana] same as ʻanaliʻi, a fern.

pahu manamana [pahu mana.mana]n. intersection, crossroads. lit., branching stake.

pū manamana [ mana.mana]n. stalk with many branches, said of a person with many descendants.

puamana [pua.mana]n. caret sign of omission.

pua manan. same as ilioha, horseweeds.

hale manan. largest house in a luakini temple. Summers-1971, ix

keliluma kelemana, deliruma teremana [keli.luma kelemana]n. delirium tremens. Eng.

kaimana, daimana [kai.mana]n. diamond. See song, hulali₁. Eng.

ʻōpuʻu kaimana [ʻō.puʻu kai.mana]n. a cut diamond, as for a ring.

laimana [lai.mana]n. layman. Eng. rare. 

pikimana [piki.mana]nvs. bituminous; coal. Eng.

lānahu pikimanabituminous coal

keonimana [keoni.mana]n. gentleman. Eng.

he mau lula no ka hoʻokeonimana ʻanarules for gentlemanly etiquette

hoʻokeonimanagentlemanly conduct or etiquette; to act as a gentleman

lula hoʻokeonimana [lula hoʻo.keoni.mana]n. rules of gentlemanly conduct, etiquette.

leo manan. voice of authority.

E hele aku ʻoe Palani, he leo mana kona.Go to Frank, his orders are heeded.

kiomana [kio.mana]vt. to ride or sit astride, as on a horse; to straddle. cf. kīhelei.

Kiomana wāwae o ua keiki nei ma kēlā ʻaoʻao a me kēia ʻaoʻao o ua maiʻa nei.Then the legs of this child sat astride of each side of this banana trunk.

komanan. stone, as used with octopus lures. rare. 

ʻolomana [ʻolo.mana]n. old man. Eng.

hoʻomana [hoʻo.mana] See mana₁, power, and -mana.

anaina hoʻomana [anaina hoʻo.mana]n. congregation for worship.

nīnau pili hoʻomana [.nau pili hoʻo.mana]n. Catechism (Protestant). lit., questions concerning religion.

poʻomana [poʻo.mana]n. an eighth note (music). lit., branching note, named for the stem mark.

haumana, haumāna [hau.mana, hau.māna]n. student, pupil, apprentice, recruit, disciple (Mat. 10.1) . Perhaps lit., to lay before one a ball of masticated food (māna); also see hau-₂.

haumana aʻo ʻoihanatechnological student, trainee, apprentice

haumana komo hounew student, freshman

hoʻohaumānato act as a pupil, become a pupil; to make pupils of

hoa haumana [hoa hau.mana]n. schoolmate.

kaʻūmana [kaʻū.mana] see Makua-kaʻūmana, a star.

Makua-kaʻūmana [makua-kaʻū.mana]n. name of a star, said to be in the Kaulua constellation.

puʻumana₁ [puʻu.mana]n. a caret sign of omission.

puʻumana₂ [puʻu.mana]n. a new mesh added in the enlargement of a net. lit., branching knot.

nana₁ var. of ulana₁.

e nana moena anaplaiting mats

nana₂ short for ʻīnana. cf. kīnana, pūnana. PPN *langa.

Nana₃n. name of a star (no data).

Nana₄n. name of a month. see ex. ʻeʻelekū.

nana₅n. a variety of taro.

nana₆ similar to manana; to spread.

nana₇n. a variety of fish (no data). (KL. line 141)

ananan. fathom: formerly the distance between tips of longest fingers of a man, measured with arms extended on each side; Catholic writers equated anana with one meter; to count by this measurement or by fathoms. cf. ana₁. (Kam. 76:50–1)

hānana [.nana] var. of hālana₁, to overflow.

kānana₁ [.nana]nvt. sieve, strainer; to strain, as kava in fibers; to filter, winnow (Ruta 3.2) ; to sift, as flour. also kālana.

kānana₂ [.nana]n. writing paper, stationery. also kālana.

Ua mākaukau ka ʻīnika a me ke kānana.The ink and writing paper are ready.

kānana₃ [.nana]vt. to examine one's moral character. same as kālana but more frequent.

kānana₄ [.nana] see iwi kānana.

iwi kānana [iwi .nana]n. bone of the anterior part of the skull, forming the skeleton of the forehead.

lānana [.nana] var. of kānana, to strain.

mānana [.nana] same as mālana, buoyant.

wānana [.nana]nvt. prophecy; to prophesy, predict, prognosticate, foresee, foretell. also wālana. PEP *waananga.

Ka-wānana-koaThe brave prophecy. (name)

wānana i ke au a ka manawaweather forecast

ʻānananvt. same as kānana; to strain, as juice or poi.

hananan. occasion, event, occurrence, incident, time.

I hele mai malihini i kēlā hanana i ka male ʻana o keiki.The visitors come on that occasion of the marriage of the children.

hahaʻianana [hahaʻi.anana] same as ʻawaiāhiki, also a name for syphilis. rare. 

manana₁vi. to stretch out, as arms, fingers, feet; to spread out, as the tentacles of an octopus; to protrude, as ears; to distend, as nostrils while breathing hard; swelling, as with disease (Ii 164).

hoʻomananato stretch out, extend; to loosen, as a grip

manana₂n. a variety of sweet potato.

kiʻimanana [kiʻi.manana]vi. enlarged, swollen, bloated, as of a rotting corpse.

nanana₁vi. to flutter, as wings. cf. nana₂.

hoʻonananacaus/sim

Hoʻonanana ka manu e lele.The bird flutters its wings to fly.

nanana₂ redup. of nana, to plait. PPN *lalanga.

nanana₃ same as nananana₁, spider.

nanana₄n. swelling, as in dropsy. rare. 

kānanana [.nanana] rare redup. of kānana₁, , , .

nananana₁ [nana.nana]n. spider (Araneida); today this is the house spider, formerly the outdoors spider. cf. peʻepeʻemakawalu.

nananana₂ [nana.nana] var. of lanalana₁, .

ʻupena nananana [ʻupena nana.nana]n. spider web.

pūnanana₁ [.nanana]n. same as nananana, a species of spider.

pūnanana₂ [.nanana]n. spider's web.

ʻāinana short for makaʻāinana. (For. 6:39)

makaʻāinana [makaʻāi.nana]n. commoner, populace, people in general; citizen, subject. lit., people that attend the land. cf. lunamaka ʻāinana. PNP *matakainanga.

lunamakaʻāinana [luna.makaʻāi.nana]n. representative in the legislature. lit., people's officer.

hoa makaʻāinana [hoa makaʻāi.nana]n. fellow citizen.

hinanan. young of ʻoʻopu, a fish, formerly caught in nets and greatly relished. See saying, pā ʻili.

ʻAi wale i ka hinana, ka iʻa kaulana o ka ʻāina.Eat readily of the hinana, the famuous fish of the land.

haīnana [ha.ī.nana]vi. to talk with animation. rare. 

kīnana [.nana]n. mother hen or bird and her brood; a brooding place, chicken house. cf. ʻīnana. PNP *tinana.

hoīnana [hoī.nana] see ʻīnana.

ʻīnana [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, 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 mehe ʻōpae ʻoehaʻa.Active there like freshwater shrimps [of scattered foes].

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.

pinananvi. to climb; a climb. see ex. ʻoe₁.

hoʻopinanato elevate, cause to climb

pinana ka ihuto elevate the nose, as in scorn

ʻonanavs. weak, awkward, unskilled. cf. ʻīnana, kīnana.

unana₁ var. of unala, to plait.

unana₂vs. wee, tiny. rare. 

unana₃n. a bird (no data). (KL. line 321)

unana₄n. a plain. rare. 

kaunana [kau.nana] var. of kaulana.

kaunana pālāmoadark clouds coming into the sky (For. 6:472)

kūnana [.nana] var. of kūlana, position.

pūnana₁ [.nana]nvs. nest, gathering place, shelter, hive; to nest. fig., home.

E make auaneʻi au i loko a kuʻu pūnana.I shall die within my nest. (Ioba 29.18)

He aikāne, he pūnana na ke onaona.A friend is a nest of fragrance.

hoʻopūnanato make a nest, to settle in a nest or over young; to sit on eggs, as a hen; to take shelter

hoʻopūnana ka manaʻoto set the mind on, plan, focus attention on

pūnana ka manu i Hailithe bird nests at Haili

pūnana₂ [.nana]n. a variety of sweet potato.

pūnana₃ [.nana]n. a process of making women's pāʻū; white tapa.

hoana₁nvt. hone, whetstone, grindstone; to rub, grind. PCP *(f,s)oana.

hoana₂vt. to brandish, as a whip; to threaten.

hoana e hōʻehaassault and battery

hoana₃n. joining, joint, binding. see hoa₂.

hoana₄ see puhi hoana.

hoana₅ same as kōkala, porcupine fish.

palahoana [pala.hoana] see puhi palahoana.

puhi palahoana [puhi pala.hoana]n. a shallow-water fish (Brotula multibarbata). also puhi hoana, palahoana.

luahoana [lua.hoana]n. halo or rainbow around sun or moon. lit., polished pit.

puhi hoana same as puhi palahoana, a fish.

koana₁n. spacing, space, as between rows of stitching in a quilt; width of pandanus strips used in plaiting, weft.

He aha ke koana o ka maka o ka ʻupena?What's the width of the mesh of the net?

koana₂vi. bruised or parched spot on fruit, as breadfruit. rare. 

koana₃ see maiʻa koana.

maiʻa koanan. a Hawaiian seed-producing variety of banana. also ʻōpule.

moana₁n. ocean, open sea, lake. PPN *moana.

moana₂n. campground, consultation place for chiefs.

Hele akula lākou ā hoʻomoana ma ʻEtama.They want … and encamped at Etham. (Puk. 13.20)

hoʻomoanato camp, camp (see ex., ʻīpuka)

moana₃vs. broad, wide, extended, expansive, spread out.

hoʻomoanato spread down, as mats

uea moanan. undersea cable.

kilo moanan.v. oceanography, oceanographer; to observe and study the open seas.

holomoana [holo.moana] same as holokai.

hoʻomoana [hoʻo.moana] See moana₂, campground, and moana₃, broad.

kahua hoʻomoana [kahua hoʻo.moana]n. staging area, as in warfare.

ʻaumoana₁ [ʻau.moana]nvi. to travel on the open sea; sailor.

ʻaumoana₂ [ʻau.moana]n. name of laws enacted by Queen Ka-ʻahu-manu, so called in commemoration of her attempt to commit suicide by swimming out to sea. She was saved by a child who swam after her and refused to leave her. She returned to shore rather than cause his death.

ʻaumoana₃ [ʻau.moana]n. nautilus. Usually called ʻau-waʻa-lā-lua, moamoa, moamoa waʻa.

Hiki-ʻau-moanan. Kauaʻi name for the star Hikianalia.

ʻōhiki ʻau moana [ʻō.hiki ʻau moana]n. crabs found in the open ocean, possibly of the genera Planes or Pachygrapsus (P. marinus). lit., ocean-swimming ʻōhiki.

pokipoki ʻau moana [poki.poki ʻau moana]n. a kind of deep-water crab. lit., sea-swimming pokipoki.

ʻoʻopu moanan. a variety of ʻoʻopu; lit., ocean.

kūmoana [.moana]n. large deep-sea crab (no data).

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

ʻōana, ʻōwana [ʻō.ana, ʻō.wana]n. small taro peeled, wrapped in ti leaves, and baked in the ground oven.

pana₁nvt. to shoot, as marbles, arrows, bow; bow and arrows; to snap, as with fingers and thumb to punish a child; to flip. cf. pana ʻiole. PPN *fana, PEP *pana; the meaning ‘bow, arrow’ is noted only in Marquesan pana and Hawaiian; see Green, p. 24.

hoʻopanacaus/sim

kāu mau panathy weapons (Kin. 27.3)

pua panaarrow

pana₂nvi. heartbeat, pulse; beat in music; to beat time, pulsate, throb. PCP *pana.

Nānā i ka pana.To take the pulse.

pana₃nvi. celebrated, noted, or legendary place; to be such.

pana₄n. pan. Eng.

panastew pan

pana₅n. bung.

Iāpana [.pana]n. Japan. cf. Kepanī. Eng.

onaona Iāpana [onaona .pana] same as ʻala aumoe, kūpaoa, the night cestrum. lit., Japan fragrance.

kāpana [.pana]n. a slender native plant (Phyllostegia grandiflora) in the mint family, bearing paired ovate leaves and white flowers 2.5 cm long. (Neal 732)

nāpana [.pana]n. socket. cf. pona. rare. 

ʻāpana₁ piece, slice, portion, fragment, section, segment, installment, part, land parcel, lot, district, sector, ward, precinct; chop, as of lamb. A kuleana, land division, may consist of several ʻāpana. cf. kapa ʻāpana. PCP *(k)a(a)pana: cf. Marquesan apana.

kōmike komo ʻāpanavisiting committee, as of a church

ʻāpana₂ same as mile₁. (Kam. 76:45)

ʻaha ʻāpana [ʻaha ʻā.pana]n. District court.

kahu mālama ʻāpana [kahu .lama ʻā.pana]n. warden of a district.

kapa ʻāpana [kapa ʻā.pana]n. quilt with appliquéd designs. lit., piece tapa. also kapa lau.

luaʻāpana [luaʻā.pana]nvs. jester (For. 5:479) ; hilarity, sport; to laugh, jest, indulge in uproarious merriment.

luna kānāwaiʻāpana [luna ..waiʻā.pana]n. district judge.

ʻaha o nā lunakānāwai ʻāpana [ʻaha o luna...wai ʻā.pana]n. District court.

uhiʻāpana [uhiʻā.pana]vt. to debate, argue. rare. 

uhi ʻāpana [uhi ʻā.pana]n. patchwork cover or spread.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ʻāpana [ʻaha hoʻo.kolo.kolo ʻā.pana]n. district court.

komo ʻāpana [komo ʻā.pana]n. house visiting, as by a priest making the rounds of his district; visiting from district to district, as by a church committee. lit., enter district.

kōmike komo ʻāpana [.mike komo ʻā.pana]n. visiting committee.

kapana same as kapa₃.

panapana [pana.pana] redup. of pana₁, ; to strike gently, as the butt of a coconut midrib used as a pole for catching crab. cf. panapana nīʻau. PPN *fanafana, PCP *panapana.

ʻāpanapana [ʻā.pana.pana] redup. of ʻāpana, fragments, pieces; to cut into pieces. (For. 5:591)

pōkā ʻāpanapanashrapnel

pūpanapana [.pana.pana]n. pistol. lit., snapping gun, revolver.

hakakā pūpanapana [haka. .pana.pana]n. pistol duel.

ʻāpaʻapana [ʻā.paʻa.pana]n. small pieces, fragments. cf. ʻāpana.

kolepana, korebana [kole.pana, korebana] corban. Eng. (Mar. 7.11)

wahi panan. legendary place.

ʻOlopana₁ an Oahu chief, and uncle of Kama-puaʻa. When Kama stole his chickens, ʻOlopana repeatedly sent hundreds of men to catch him; but each time Kama's grand-mother, Ka-maunu-a-Niho, sang Kama's name songs, and Kama's teeth cut down and killed the men carrying him on a stretcher. (For. Sel. 196-205) . see Kama-puaʻa, Maka-liʻi.

ʻOlopana₂ a famous chief at Wai-piʻo, Hawaii, the brother of Haʻina-kolo and father of Luʻukia and Kāwelu.

ʻauana, ʻauwana [ʻau.ana]vi. to wander, drift, ramble, go from place to place; to stray morally or mentally. cf. hula ʻauana.

ʻauana ka noʻonoʻodelirium

hōʻauanato cause to wander, disperse, as a conqueror disperses an enemy

lāʻau anan. yardstick, ruler, surveying rod, measuring stick.

hula ʻauana [hula ʻau.ana]n. informal hula without ceremony or offering, contrasted with the hula kuahu; modern hula.

hōʻauana, hoʻoʻauwana see ʻauana, to wander.

huanan. gushing forth, overflow.

Hala ka huana wai.Gone is the rush of water.

kuanan. position, attitude; standing.

luanavi. to be at leisure, enjoy pleasant sorroundings and associates, live in comfort and ease, enjoy oneself, relax, be content. (see lua-, -na.)

He aha ʻoukou e hana nei? E luana wale ana .What are you all doing? Just enjoying ourselves.

hoʻoluanacaus/sim. cf. lumi hoʻoluana

lualuana [lua.luana] redup. of luana.

lumi hoʻoluana [lumi hoʻo.luana]n. lounge, reception room.

puana₁nvt. attack or beginning of a song; in music, the tonic or keynote; to begin a song; summary refrain, as of a song, usually at or near the beginning of a song; theme of a song. see ex. pō₁.

E puana mai ʻoe i ka puana.Start the summary refrain of the song.

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana.Tell the summary refrain [this line followed by the refrain is at the end of many songs or precedes the name of the person in whose honor the song was composed].

ka puana a ka moerevelation or message of a dream

puana ʻiasung for the first time (Kel. 111)

puana₂n. pronunciation, utterance.

E hoʻopuka pololei ana ka haumāna i ka puana pololei o ia mau hua pīʻāpā.The student was saying the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet well.

puana₃vt. to surround, encompass, crowd.

Ā puana maila lākou iāia ā puni.They completely surrounded him. (2-Oihn. 18.31)

ʻo ka puana ʻana aku i kēlā ulu lehuacrowding about that lehua grove

māpuana [māpu.ana] same as māpu. (Probably māpu + -ana, nominalizer) (Gram. 6.6.2)  

Onaona māpuana o ka loke.The soft wafted fragrance of the rose.

Ka-hala-o-mā-puana the youngest and most important of the Maile sisters. lit., the pandanus of wafted fragrance. see Maile. (HM 527)

wana₁n. a sea urchin, as Diadema paucispinum and Echinothrix diadema, considered by some an ʻaumakua. PPN *wana.

wana₂nvs. sharp-pointed, as sea-urchin spines; jagged, sharp; spike

wana₃n. a long spike or streak of light, as at dawn; to appear, as a ray of light. cf. wanaʻao. PCP *wana.

wana kau lania streak in the heavens, as of light or cloud

hāwana [.wana] same as hāwanawana.

wanawana [wana.wana] redup. of wana₂; spiny, thorny, as cactus; spiked, pointed; sharp, as jagged cliffs, spine, quills. PPN *wanawana.

He wana ka iʻa, wanawana ka lani.Sea urchin the sea creature, thorny the heavens [a fierce battle].

hāwanawana [.wana.wana]nvi. to whisper; whispering. see kānāwai. (Hal. 41.7) PPN *fanafana.

māwanawana [.wana.wana] same as kolokolo kahakai, beach vitex.

wawana redup. of wana₂, sharp. PCP *wawana.

ʻōwana [ʻō.wana] var. spelling of ʻōana.

ʻauwana [ʻau.wana] var. spelling of ʻauana, to wander.

ʻana₁n. pumice, used as a rubber. PPN *kana.

ʻana₂n. siliceous sponge (Leiodermatium), used as medicine and as sandpaper.

ʻana₃ nominalizing part. (Gram. 6.6.2)  

kona hele ʻana maihis coming here

māʻana₁n. beginning. (Kep. 175)rare. 

hoʻomāʻanabeginning

māʻana₂ common colloquial pronunciation of māʻona, full.

kaʻana₁vi. to divide, share, apportion.

hoʻokaʻanato divide equally among, share

kaʻana₂vi. to decoy, especially to attract uhu fish with a live uhu decoy; to proselyte.

Ke pōʻai haele nei ʻoukou i ke kai a me ka ʻāina, i kaʻana mai ai na ʻoukou kekahi haumana.You encompass the seas and lands to make one proselyte; lit., so one pupil is decoyed by you. (Mat. 23.15)

kaʻana₃n. a rolling, as of stones.

kaʻakaʻana [kaʻa.kaʻana] redup. of kaʻana.

pukaʻanan. exit, Exodus (in the Bible).

ka puka ʻana o ka sunrise

hulaʻanan. place where it is necessary to swim past a cliff that blocks passage along a beach or coast; sheer cliff where the sea beats.

ʻau hulaʻananvt. to swim around a hulaʻana, or precipice facing the sea; course or route for swimming here.

Kanaʻanan. Canaan. (for Hawaiian glottal stop, (Gram. 2.9.3) ) Heb. Kenaʻana or Gr. Kanaʻan.

ʻanaʻana₁vs. pellet-shaped, as goat dung.

ʻanaʻana₂ to shiver, tremble. (And.)

hāʻanaʻanan. short strips of wauke bark, as used for tapa.

kāʻanaʻanan. constipation. cf. ʻanaʻana. rare. 

pōʻanaʻana rare redup. of poʻana₂.

pūʻanaʻana same as pūʻaliʻali.

kuaʻana₁n. term of address for older sibling or cousin of the same sex, or cousin of the same sex of the senior line of a family; also sometimes used to replace the much more common kaikuaʻana or kaikuʻana. PEP *tuakana.

kuaʻana₂n. first brewage of liquor; mixtures following are called pōkiʻi, little brother or sister.

kaikuaʻana, kaikuʻana [kai.kuaʻana, kai.kuʻana]n. older sibling or cousin of the same sex; sibling or cousin of the same sex of the senior line, whether older or younger. see kuaʻana. (Gram. 2.7)   PCP *tuakana.

hoʻokaikuaʻanato claim a kaikuaʻana relationship, to act as a kaikuaʻana, to address and treat as kaikuaʻana; to address a kaikaina as kaikuaʻanaas a means of showing great respect,

ʻaʻanavi. to use abusive language, revile, malign. cf. ʻaʻa, daring.

hōʻaʻanacaus/sim

Mai ʻaʻana mai ʻoe.Donʻt use defiant language.

wae ʻanan. selection, choice.

wehe ʻanan. opening, untying, etc.

Ka wehe ʻana i ka nanehaʻi.The solving of the problem.

Hōʻike ʻAnan. Revelation. see ʻike. Biblical.

kaupale ʻana [kau.pale ʻana]n. blockage, barrier, etc.

hānau keikiʻana [.nau keikiʻana]n. childbirth.

paʻi ʻanan. printing, edition.

hoʻana see anaʻē.

noho ʻanan. conduct, bearing, deportment, treatment, condition, way of life, term of office, stay.

E holo ʻoe i Hawaiʻi e nānā ai i ka ʻāina, i ke kanaka, a me laila noho ʻana.Go to Hawaiʻi, examine the land, the people, and the local way of life. (FS 183)

kona noho ʻanahis stay

Pēlā ka noho ʻinoʻino ʻana o Hākau ʻUmi.Such was the cruel treatment of Hākau to ʻUmi. (FS 125)

koʻana₁nvi. dregs, sediment, small fragments, particles; to settle, as dregs; to stay or settle in one place, as people. see wai koʻana waiūpaka.

hoʻokoʻanato settle, as dregs. Fig., to put one's mind on a thing, concentrate upon

koʻana ʻawakava dregs; fig., nursing of bitterness

koʻana₂n. bladder.

koʻakoʻana [koʻa.koʻana] redup. of koʻana₁; thrifty, saving; to have saved or accumulated.

ʻāpono ʻanan. approval (sometimes preceded by ke). see ex. kaʻa malalo₂.

poʻana₁ same as poʻa₃.

kai poʻanaeroding, undermining sea

poʻana₂vs. weary, sore, lame, fatigued. rare. 

haenan. -na₁ form with hae₁,₂,₃; wildness; barking; tearing.

kaenavt. to boast, brag, glorify, praise; boastful, conceited, proud.

No koʻu ʻike i ka maikaʻi, koʻu mea , ia i ʻōlelo kaena ai.As for my knowledge of beauty, that's something I brag about. (saying)

pīenaena [.ena.ena] rare redup. of piena.

paenan. landing place, as of canoes (paena waʻa) or of waves (paena nalu); landing. cf. pae₂. PCP *paenga.

waena₁loc.n. middle, between, center, central, intermediate, medial (often preceded by i, ma-, mai); mean, average. cf. leo waena, paʻapū. PEP *waenga.

waena₂n. cultivated field, garden, vegetable plot.

mea kanu o ka waenathe herb of the field (Kin. 3.18)

ʻAmelika Waena [ʻame.lika waena]nvs. Central America, Central American.

mawaena see waena.

komo mawaenavi. to come between, intervene.

anawaena [ana.waena]n. diameter. lit., middle measure.

anawaena loatraverse diameter of an ellipse

anawaena pokoconjugate diameter of an ellipse

ʻinawaena [ʻina.waena]n. preposition (part of speech). also ʻinaleo. rare. 

papa waenan. middle floor or story; middle class or layer.

huawaena [hua.waena] same as hāpai, a variety of banana.

maiʻa hua waena same as maiʻa hāpai. lit., central fruit banana. (HP 175)

kaupale waena [kau.pale waena]n. fence or boundary between one patch of land (waena) and another.

i waena see waena..

lei waenan. lei strung in the center of flowers. see lei poepoe.

mahi waenan.v. weed cultivator; to cultivate and weed. lit., weeding farm.

leo waenan. second treble, middle or alto voice.

kikowaena [kiko.waena]n. center of a circle; headquarters; Central, telephone operator; bull's eye. see ex. ʻōhea.

apowaena [apo.waena]n. parentheses. cf. kahaapo.

kau waenan. arbitrator.

hulu waena same as huluhulu waena.

huluhulu waena [hulu.hulu waena]n. an irregularly branching, dark-red seaweed (Grateloupia falicina) with many narrow segments. It is commonly eaten and is sold in some markets. also pakele-a-waʻa.

konuwaena [konu.waena] same as waenakonu.

henan. buttocks; mons pubis; hollow of the thigh; nakedness.

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

kahenan. flowing. cf. kahe₁. PPN *tafenga.

kahena waistream bed, stream

mahenan. heap, pile, as of trash. rare. 

henahena₁ [hena.hena] var. of henehene₁.

henahena₂ [hena.hena] redup. of hena.

hehenanvs. insane, raving mad, crazy, possessed; insanity, madness; lunatic, maniac. (1 Sam. 21.13, 14)

E hahau mai ʻo Iēhowa iāʻoe i ka hehena.And Jehovah shall smite you with madness. (Kanl. 28.28)

hoʻohehenacaus/sim

kai hehenaraging sea

ʻO kāna mau hana lapuwale, he mea hoʻohehena i ka noʻonoʻo maikaʻi.His wretched actions drive a sane mind mad.

kehena₁n. place where refuse is thrown and burned, dump.

kehena₂, Kehenan. Gehenna, hell. Eng. (Hoik. 1.18)

wehena₁n. opening, unfastening, taking off; solution, as of a problem.

ka wehena o ke aothe opening up of light [daybreak]

pili wehena ʻoleinseparable association, close relationship

wehena ʻoleclosely related, as of blood kin

wehena₂n. difference (with ʻaʻohe).

ʻAʻohe wehena iki aku ʻo ke aliʻi iāʻoe.There is no difference between you and the chief.

lohenan. hearing, obedience. cf. lohe.

He lohena kaʻu i ka ʻolāʻolā.I heard a gurgling. (chant)

kaiena [kai.ena]vi. to walk with feet far apart, as an infant; to straddle, as on a horse.

hiena₁n. kind of soft porous stone used to smooth and polish utensils; it is harder than the ʻana stone, which is used on wood.

hiena₂n. hyena. Eng.

hiena₃n. speckled bird of prey. (Ier. 12.9)

pienavs. offensive to smell, stinking. rare. 

kena₁vs. quenched; satisfied, of thirst. see ex. puehu₁.

hoʻokenato satisfy thirst

inu ā kenadrink until satisfied

kena₂vs. weary, as from heavy toil; grieved and distressed.

akenavt. to boast, brag, admire, praise.

keiki akena ā haʻanuichild boaster and exaggerator

kūʻē akenato taunt, defy

mākena [.kena]vs. many, numerous; often, much.

Mākena hoʻi koʻu hilahila iāʻoe.How you humiliated me; you made me ashamed of you.

mākena wale ua moalots of chickens

kūmākena [..kena]vt. to lament, bewail, mourn loudly for the dead, grieve. cf. make, death.

kaʻakūmākena [kaʻa...kena]nvi. period of mourning, especially wailing in grief; to mourn and wail.

ʻoki kūmākena [ʻoki ..kena]vt. to cut the hair on one side of the head, formerly a sign of mourning.

ʻākena, agena [ʻā.kena]n. agent, factor. Eng.

makena₁nvi. mourning, wailing, lamentation; to wail, lament, weep for joy. PPN *matenga.

Nona kēia makena e uwē ʻia mai nei.This wailing that is being sobbed forth here is for him. (For. 4.47)

makena₂n. calm, of sea, atmosphere. cf. make, dead.

kenakena₁ [kena.kena] redup. of kena₁, ; satiated, surfeit.

kenakena₂ [kena.kena]n. unpleasant stifling sensation of inhaling smoke; suffocation from smoke.

ākenakena [ā.kena.kena] redup. of akena.

ʻēkena₁, egena [ʻē.kena]n. agent. Eng.

Uku ʻēkenacommission, agent's fee

ʻĒkena₂, Edena [ʻē.kena] Eden. Eng.

Kīhāpai o ʻĒkena.Garden of Eden.

uku ʻēkena, uku egena [uku ʻē.kena]n. agent's fee, commission.

Kalekena, Sarekena [kale.kena]n. Saracen. Eng.

pekena, petena see moʻo pekena.

moʻo pekena, moʻo petenan. adder. see ex. papani. Heb. pethen. (Hal. 58.4)

Kuekena, Suedena [kue.kena]nvs. Sweden; Swede; Swedish. Eng.

ʻaikena [ʻai.kena]vs. sick and tired of a person or situation, surfeited, exhausted, discouraged, fatigued.

palekikena, paresidena [pale.kikena] var. of pelekikena, president. Eng.

pelekikena, peresidena [pele.kikena]nvs. president; presidential. cf. aupuni. Eng.

hope pelekikena, hope peresidena [hope pele.kikena]n. vice-president.

ʻikenan. view, seeing, knowing, association, scenery, knowledge. PCP *kitenga.

E hoʻomaʻamau i ka ʻikena.Continue forever seeing [one another]. (song)

Nalo ka ʻikena a ka maka.Lost from view.

lena₁nvs. yellow, yellowish; jaundice; bile. PPN *renga.

lena₂n. var. name for the ʻōlena or turmeric plant. PPN *renga.

lena₃vi. to stretch out, as to dry; to draw tight, as a belt; to sight or aim; to bend, as a bow.

hoʻolenato stretch, pull back, as a bow

Lena ka maka.To stare threateningly.

Lena lākou i lākou mau alelo, e like me lākou kakaka, no ka wahaheʻe.They bend their tongues like their bows for lies. (Ier. 9.3)

lena₄vs. lazy, idle, indolent. cf. , lolena.

Lena₅n. name of a star, perhaps Sirius.

Lena₆n. name of a yellow-tinted rain famous at Hanalei, Kauaʻi, and on Maui.

alenan. a lowland perennial weed (Boerhaavia repens), with long, thin, prostrate branches, bearing small leaves and flowers. The swollen roots were used medicinally, acting as a diuretic. Anena on Niʻihau. (Neal 336–7)

hālena₁ [.lena]nvt. yellowish, pale yellow; to bleach, as tapa. see lena₁.

hālena₂ [.lena] same as ʻaiea₁, native shrubs and trees.

hālena₃ [.lena] same as lena₃, to draw tight. see kalena₁.

Hālena pono ʻoi i ke kaula ʻili.Draw the lasso tight.

kālena, talena [.lena]nvs. talent. see ex. ʻohina. Eng. (Mat. 25.15)

kahi kālena [kahi .lena]vt. to stretch out smooth by rubbing, as in making tapa. lit., rub stretch out.

mālena₁ [.lena]n. ashes used as medicine, as of bamboo or makaloa reed.

mālena₂ [.lena]vs. tight, taut.

mālena₃ [.lena]vs. yellow.

mālena₄ [.lena] same as ʻōlena, turmeric.

uhalena [uha.lena]vs. lazy, overstuffed with food. lit., lazy colon.

kalena₁vt. to stretch, as the hide of an animal to be dried; taut.

Kalena₂n. a lua fighting stroke.

makalena [maka.lena]n. fine muslin cloth. Eng.

maka lena₁nvs. unfriendly, suspicious glance from under the eyelid; to glance thus. lit., drawn eye.

maka lena₂n. yellow center of a flower, as of a daisy.

Mehe ipo ka maka lena a ke Koʻolaulike a sweetheart is the yellow flower center of the Koʻolau (chant)

ʻUla-lenan. a reddish-hued rain associated with Haʻikū, Maui, and Mt. Kaʻala, Oʻahu. Also a wind at Piʻiholo, Maui (Nak. 68).

Kapu ka luna o Kaʻala i ka ua ʻUla-lena.The uplands of Kaʻala mountain are sacred with the red-yellow rain.

ʻula lenanvs. yellowish-red.

kamalena [kama.lena]nvs. yellow, yellow-hued; tapa dyed yellow with ʻōlena.

lenalena [lena.lena] redup. of lena₁. also nenanena. PPN *rengarenga.

mālenalena [.lena.lena] redup. of mālena₂, .

pāpaʻi kua lenalena [.paʻi kua lena.lena]n. yellow-backed crab. fig., experienced warrior.

piwa lenalena [piwa lena.lena]n. yellow fever.

Ua loaʻa i ka piwa lenalenagotten the yellow fever [lazy; a pun on lena meaning "yellow" and "lazy"]

pūkiawe lenalena [.kiawe lena.lena]n. Abrus precatorius f. lutiseminalis. Niʻihau. [known commonly as Jequirity, Crab's Eye, Rosary Pea...]

ʻōlenalena₁ [ʻō.lena.lena]n. yellow, sallow. see lenalena.

ʻōlenalena₂ [ʻō.lena.lena]n. dye made of ʻōlena plant.

palena₁n. boundary, limit, border, margin, juncture, separation, partitioning; terms of a fraction. cf. kaupalena.

hoʻopalenacaus/sim.; to confine

ʻO ka hoʻohelu a me ka mahele , ua kapa ʻia lāua ʻelua, ʻo palena o ka hakina.The numerator and denominator together, are called the terms of the fraction.

palena₂, barena var. of pelena, crackers.

papalena [papa.lena]n. fending off, warding off, pushing aside. cf. papale.

kaupalena [kau.palena]nvt. to limit, mark a border or boundary, restrict, moderate, set a deadline; limitation, deadline, ration.

hoʻokaupalenacaus/sim

kaupalena ʻialimited (as an incorporated company)

ke kaupalena ʻana i ka manaʻoimposition of a condition

me kaupalena ʻoleunconditional, without a deadline

kualena [kua.lena]vt. to stretch, as tapa to free from wrinkles; taut. fig., to concentrate the thoughts.

He manawa kēia a kākou e kualena ai i kākou mau noʻonoʻo.This is the time to concentrate mentally.

pualena₁ [pua.lena]nvs. yellow color; to appear yellow, as said of dawn or muddy water.

Ka e pualena ana ʻo ke ao.The time when the light appears yellow at dawn. (Puk. 14.27)

pualena₂ [pua.lena]vi. lazy; to loll about.

walewalena [wale.walena]n. slimy discharge.

helena₁n. going. (See idiom, oneʻā and below.)

Hoʻokahi helena, pau ka hana.In no time at all the work was finished.

niau kololani ka helenagoing quickly and silently

helena₂ same as helehelena.

ka helena o ia puathe appearance of this flower

helehelena [hele.helena]n. features, face.

kona helehelena makahis face (Dan. 10.6)

lelena redup. of lena₁, . PPN *rengarenga.

pelena, perenan. crackers, biscuit, bread. see paʻi pelena. Eng. (Kin. 18.5)

ʻAhaʻaina Pelena.Holy Communion.

Lāpule ʻAi Pelena.Communion Sunday.

pelena hōʻikeshewbread, bread of the Presence (Puk. 25.30)

pelena ʻoleunleavened bread

pelena moʻa ʻolebread dough; lit., uncooked bread

ʻAhaʻaina Pelena, ʻAhaʻaina Berenan. Holy Communion. lit., feast of bread.

papa pelena, papa berenan. a flat cake. Biblical.

pāpaʻa pelena, pāpaʻa berena [.paʻa pelena]n. a whole, unbroken cracker; crust of bread; wafer. (Oihk. 8.26)

paʻi pelena, paʻi berenan. loaves. (1 Sam. 25.18)

pōpō pelena, pōpō berena [. berena]n. loaf of bread.

pōpō pelena hoʻoluliwave loaf (Oihk. 23.17)

pōpō pelena i hamo ʻia i ka ʻailacake of oiled bread (Oihk. 8.26)

kākailena [.kai.lena] same as kākaiawī.

mālailena₁ [mālai.lena]nvs. bitter, sour; sour or disagreeable disposition. (For. 6:502)

hoʻomālailenato cause sourness; to embitter

mālailena₂ [mālai.lena]n. a kind of ʻahi, a fish.

Hina-mālailena [hina-mā.lai.lena]n. name of a star, said to be the tutelary star of Hāna, Maui.

Hinaona-lailena [hina.ona-lai.lena] var. of Hina-mālailena, a star.

wailena [wai.lena]n. bile. lit., yellow water.

maʻi lenan. jaundice. lit., yellow disease.

kuʻi lenan. molar tooth yellow with age; insulting reference to old person.

i ka ʻawa mama a ke kuʻi lenathe kava chewed by old yellow tusks

laholena [laho.lena]vs. lazy, indolent, idling. cf. lena₄.

He aha ʻoukou e laholena nei?Why are you idling?

iholena [iho.lena]n. a favorite and common native variety of banana, eaten raw or cooked. The fruit bunches are small, the skin thin, ripening yellow, the flesh salmonpink. (HP 115). This was one of the few bananas permitted women. Also hilahila. lit., yellow core.

maiʻa iho lenan. a Hawaiian variety of banana, popular and common. The trunk is green, purple, and pink. Fruits are salmon-pink, edible raw cooked; one of the few bananas formerly permitted to women. lit., yellow-cored banana. also maiʻa hilahila. (HP 175)

niho lenanvs. yellow tooth; yellow-toothed, said derisively of the old.

lolena₁ nominalizing form of lole₂.

palai lolenafern turned over

lolena₂vs. limp, flexible, as cloth; inefficient, unproductive, idle, sterile, barren, faded.

ʻAʻohe lolena i ka wai ʻōpae.No slackers in water full of shrimps [there must be no slackers when work is to be done]. (saying)

He uʻi lolena i kiʻona.A stupid beauty fit for the dung hill. (saying)

iōlena [.lena] var. of iōʻena. (UL 100)

pōlena₁ [.lena]vs. yellowish, as bird feathers or muddy water. cf. ʻiʻiwi pōlena.

lena, pōlena, ā lenayellow, yellowish, and yellow ti

pōlena₂ [.lena]nvs. bowline; furled, as sails; tightly bound. Eng.

Pōlena paʻa ʻia iho ke aloha, i kuleana like ai kāua.Love knotted tightly so we two have equal rights. (song)

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

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

ʻiʻiwi pōlena [ʻiʻiwi .lena] same as ʻiʻiwi₁.

ʻōlena₁ [ʻō.lena]n. the turmeric (Curcuma domestica, also incorrectly called C. longa), a kind of ginger distributed from India into Polynesia, widely used as a spice and dye in foods, to color cloth and tapa, and medicinally for earache and lung trouble. A cluster of large leaves rises from thick, yellow underground stems, which are the useful part of the plant, either raw or cooked. (Neal 255–6) PPN *renga.

ʻōlena₂ [ʻō.lena] same as lena, yellow.

ʻōlena₃, orena [ʻō.lena]n. ash tree. Heb. oren.

ʻōlena₄ [ʻō.lena]n. a small mountain tree on Kauaʻi (Coprosma waimeae), with yellow wood.

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

kai ʻōlena [kai ʻō.lena]n. water of purification composed of sea water or water with salt and ʻōlena (turmeric root); to purify thus.

pī kai ʻōlena [ kai ʻō.lena]v. to sprinkle with sea water or salt water, with a bit of ʻōlena root, to purify or remove taboo.

kapolena [kapo.lena]n. tarpaulin, canvas. Eng.

kiʻolena [kiʻo.lena]nvt. Tapa-drying and bleaching place; to dry and bleach tapa; to dye tapa.

ʻaulena [ʻau.lena]n. a variety of native banana. (HP 177)

maiʻa ʻau lenan. an ancient variety of banana. lit., yellow-stem banana.

Kakulena, Saturena [kaku.lena]n. Saturn. Eng.

Kaulu Lena same as ʻAʻā, Sirius.

kumulena [kumu.lena]n. name of a disease, perhaps jaundice.

kapoulena₁ [kapou.lena]n. jaundice. cf. lena, yellow.

kapoulena₂ [kapou.lena]vs. lazy, idle, indolent. cf. lena, lazy.

kūʻoulena₁ [kūʻou.lena] a kind of coarse tapa. also ʻakoa. (AP)

kūʻoulena₂ [kūʻou.lena] listless, uninterested. (AP)

haʻulena [haʻu.lena]n. a falling, dropping.

Hōʻiliʻili i haʻulena o kāu ʻai.To gather the gleanings of your harvest. (Oihk. 19.9)

puʻu paʻu lenan. hill of yellow soot (a term of reproach, especially for kauā outcasts, usually followed by i ka uahi, in the smoke).

Puʻu-lenan. name of a famous cold wind at Kī-lau-ea, Hawaiʻi and at Puna. see ex. ahe, pāhoehoe₃, pāweo.

Ke ano laʻi aloha a ka Puʻu-lenathe peaceful loving mystery of the Puʻu-lena wind (chant)

Ua hala ka Puʻulena, aia i Hilo, ua ʻimi akula papa lauahithe Puʻu-lena wind has gone away, there [it] is at Hilo looking for lava flats [off one's course]. cf. For. 5:581 for nuance of sadness. (saying),

mena var. of mane₁. (AP)

humenan. a girding on of a loincloth; part of the loins covered by the malo.

pikumena [piku.mena] same as pikimana, bituminous coal. Eng.

lua pikumenaslime pit (Kin. 14.10)

ʻumenan. an attraction, pulling. see ʻume₁.

nena same as kīpūkai, a prostrate herb.

anena same as alena, an herb. Niʻihau.

manenan. a small native tree (several varieties of Pelea hawaiensis), with oblong leaves and four-parted fruit capsules; related to the mokihana.

nenanena [nena.nena] var. of lenalena.

nenanena ʻauwaeyellowed jaws (insult to old men)

panenan. answer.

Ua pau ka panena a ka leo.The answering by voice is over.

onenavs. sandy; pale. rare. 

hoenan. paddling.

Aia i kāu hoena.It's up to you to paddle [to decide, start].

hoehoena [hoe.hoena] same as hoe₂.

koena₁n. remainder, residue, remnant, surplus, scraps, leftovers, balance (in accounts), remains, ruins. cf. koe₁. PPN *toenga.

Ke koe koena, naʻu ia.When leftovers remain, that's for me.

koena₂n. a scratching, raking.

moena₁n. mat. cf. moe, to lie down. PPN *moenga.

moena₂n. couch, bed.

moena₃n. resting place, position of anything lying down; place for setting (hoʻomoe) a fish net.

Na ka lawaiʻa e kuhikuhi i ka moena e hoʻomoe ai i ka ʻupena.The fisherman points out the place to set the net.

moena₄ same as moe₆.

moena i muato forge ahead

kāmoena [.moena] short for kaʻa moena. rare. 

kui kākia moena [kui .kia moena]n. carpet tacks. lit., sharp instruments for nailing mats.

maka moenan. mesh in mat made by plaiting over one and under one; similar style in quilting; check plait. lit., mat mesh.

kaʻa moenan.v. bedridden. rare. 

ʻOlu-ʻEkeloa-hoʻokaʻa-moena [ʻolu-ʻeke.loa-hoʻo.kaʻa-moena]n. guardian of the sleeping place of the high chief or chiefess (said to be an expert lua fighter and of the same sex as the chief or chiefess). lit., ʻEkeloa breeze coolness that rolls mats. cf. ʻohene.

huʻa moenan. pile of mats. (For. 4:63)

pale hāliʻi moena [pale .liʻi moena]n. coarse mat covering, as spread on the ground; insulting epithet for worthless, low person.

pālau moena [.lau moena]n. ordinary floor mat.

pālaulau moena [.lau.lau moena] same as pālau moena.

ʻahu moenan. fine patterned mat, plaited with materials of different colors.

kūmoena₁ [.moena]n. long strip commencement of a mat.

kūmoena₂ [.moena]n. pile of mats; spread out as a mat or landscape.

kūmoena weuweupile of mats with grass or leaves sandwiched between the upper and lower layers, used for sleeping out-of-doors

ʻOia kūmoena kalukalu hoʻi o Ka-paʻa.That expanse of kalukalu grass of Ka-paʻa.

pena₁nvt. paint; to paint. Eng.

pena ʻiapainted

pena₂n. package. rare. 

pena ahipelepackage of matches

pena₃vs. a Maui word for nīele, curious.

kāpena₁ [.pena]n. captain. Eng.

kāpena₂ [.pena]n. cabin. cf. ʻōhua kāpena. Eng.

ʻōhua kāpena [ʻō.hua .pena]n. cabin (Eng.) passenger.

kepena, gepenan. wild gourd. (2 Nal. 4.39)

pepena redup. of pena₁, to paint. Eng.

kiʻi penan. painting. lit., painted (Eng.) picture.

hopenan. result, conclusion, sequel, ending, destiny, fate, consequence, effect, last.

He hopena ʻelemakule.The result of being an old man.

He hopena luahine.The result of being an old woman (Both of these sayings are said jokingly of oneself as he advances in years.).

hopena pōʻinodoom, evil fate

kopena₁n. hornet, wasp, scorpion (kopiana is the usual name for scorpion).

kopena₂ copy. Eng.

Ma ke kopena i ka puke, ua like, ma ka hapa hoʻonui, ua ʻoi.According to the copy in the book, equal, according to the exaggerated portion, [one was] superior. (hula song)

ʻaila hoʻomaloʻo pena [ʻaila hoʻo.maloʻo pena]n. turpentine. lit., oil for drying paint.

hulu penan. paintbrush.

ʻupenan. fishing net, net, web. fig., trap. PPN *kupenga.

haha kāʻupenan. net spacer or mesh stick, gauge used in making meshes in nets, made of wood, turtle shell, bone, bamboo, whale rib, coconut shell, or metal.

hiʻa kā ʻupenan. shuttle or needle for making a fish net, sometimes of bone.

pāʻupenan. a series of network of pens or corrals.

makaʻupenan. midriff, fat.

Makaʻupena e uhi ana i ka naʻaufat covering the intestines (Oihk. 3.3)

maka-ʻupenan. design, as carved on a tapa beater and used in quilting.

maka ʻupenan. net mesh. cf. ʻōpua maka ʻupena, uea maka ʻupena.

uea maka ʻupenan. chicken wire. lit., net-mesh wire.

pā uea maka ʻupena, pā uwea maka ʻupenan. chicken-wire fence. lit., net-mesh wire fence.

ʻōpua maka ʻupena [ʻō.pua maka ʻupena]n. mackerel sky with cloud flakes; cirro-cumulus clouds. lit., net-mesh cloud bank.

hāluʻa-maka-ʻupena [.luʻa-maka-ʻupena] same as hāluʻa-manamana.

ʻōpū maka ʻupena [ʻō. maka ʻupena]n. beef tripe. lit., net mesh belly.

uhau ʻupenav. to strike with a net, as a bird-catching net on a long handle.

wena₁nvs. glow, as of sunrise or fire, red.

Hōʻike ʻo Pele i kona nani, ka ʻula wena i ka maka o ke ao.Pele reveals her beauty, the rosy glow in the countenance of the cloud. (song)

wena ʻulared glow

wena₂n. a close relationship, blood relative.

He hoahānau kēnā e loaʻa ai ka wena.That is a cousin in whom there is a close blood tie.

hāwena [.wena]n. white lime, as used for dressing hair and turning the hair brown.

Hāpala ʻia i ka hāwena.Bedaubed with white lime [one whose gray hairs have not brought wisdom].

wāwena [.wena]nvs. heat; hot.

Nui ka wāwena o kēia .This sun is very hot.

lawenan. getting, acquiring, taking, carrying, acquisition; movement, as of dancing hands.

Ka lawena a ka maka.Flirtatious summons of the eye.

Pehea ka lawena a ka ipo?How to get a sweetheart? (song)

ʻula wenanvs. a glowing red, as from fire.

wenawena [wena.wena] redup. of wena₁.

ʻōwenawena [ʻō.wena.wena] redup. of ʻōwena.

wewena redup. of wena₁.

Wewena ʻula ke kai.Red glowing sea.

ʻōwena [ʻō.wena]n. a faint glow (wena).

Ke ʻā maila i Kī-lau-ea, ke ahi ʻōwena i ka lani.Burning at Kī-lau-ea, the fire glowing in the sky. (prayer)

Kaulu-wenan. star name, no data. (JM 43)

ʻena₁nvi. red-hot, glowing. fig., raging, angry; anger. PCP *kena; cf. Marquesan kena.

ʻena alohaintense affection or longing

hōʻenacaus/sim

piʻi ka ʻenato feel anger

ʻena₂vt. shy; to shy.

Mai ʻena i ke kanaka i laka aku.Do not shy away from a person who is attracted [treat kindness with kindness].

ʻena₃n. abundance, plenty. cf. One-lau-ʻena.

ʻena₄n. opening in the clouds said to be like the jaw of the aʻu swordfish and a sign of rain. (Malo text, chapter 6, section 6)

hāʻena₁nvs. red-hot, burning, red.

hāʻena ihua red nose (with blood)

Hāʻena₂ place names on Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, and Oʻahu.

hāʻena₃ same as hāʻeʻena.

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

hāʻena₄n. kind of tapa wrapped about images. (Kam. 64:12)

ʻenaʻena₁ redup. of ʻena₁, , glowing, red-hot, raging. PCP *kenakena.

ʻenaʻena pilauunbearable stench

ʻenaʻena ulu o Malama i ka ʻilimagrowth at Malama glowing with ʻilima [leis] (chant)

hōʻenaʻenato cause heat, heat; to rouse to anger

Ua hoʻaʻā ʻia ke ahi e kuʻu inaina, a e ʻenaʻena ʻia.A fire is kindled by my anger and shall burn. (Kanl32.22),

ʻenaʻena₂n. all species of cudweeds (Gnaphalium), members of the daisy family, small herbs having small inconspicuous flowers and more or less white woolly stems and leaves. Formerly Hawaiians stored feather standards, kāhili, with native species (G. sandwicensium and G. hawaiiense) to repel insects. Called pūheu on Niʻihau. (Neal 836)

pīʻenaʻena redup. of pīʻena.

pua ʻenavi. to glow brightly.

keʻenan. office, room, booth, closet, stall, vault, studio, nook, cranny; drawer of a bureau (rare); department, board, bureau; memory (fig.).

keʻena pale ahifireproof vault

Pau ka moʻolelo kaulana o Kawelo, a koe paha kekahi ma keʻena ʻōpū o ka lehulehu.The famous story of Ka-welo is over, but some of it perhaps remains in the crannies of the hearts of the people. (FS 113)

lako keʻenan. office supplies.

neʻenan. movement, moving.

ʻeʻena₁vs. shy, timid, wary, wild, afraid, fearsome, untamed; to shy away. cf. ʻena₂, hāʻeʻena.

ʻEʻena Hāʻena i ke ehu kai.Hāʻena is fearsome because of sea spray.

ʻeʻena₂vs. extraordinary. cf. ʻē₁.

he ʻeʻena a mīkolohua ka ʻōleloimpressive and eloquent in speech

Kani ʻeʻena ka pahu i ka moana.The drum sounds weirdly over the ocean.

hāʻeʻenavs. shy. cf. ʻena.

puʻeʻenavs. glowing, as fire.

Puʻeʻena maila ka lua i ke akua.The pit glows because of the goddess. (chant of Kaʻū chiefs)

pīʻenavs. fiery-tempered; to shy, of a horse. cf. ʻena.

hoʻopīʻenato cause anger; to cause to shy; to feign anger

kiʻakiʻenan. small cave, fissure, as used for burial. Niʻihau.

kiʻekiʻena [kiʻe.kiʻena]n. height, altitude, elevation, rise, tableland, bluff.

iōʻenavs. wild, savage, untamed. cf. ʻena, to burn.

maka iōʻenafurious eyes

lauʻena₁vi. to glow with heat, anger, passion

lauʻena₂ see One-lau-ʻena.

One-lau-ʻenan. legendary homeland of the god Kāne, a land of plenty.

huʻenan. opening, unloading, flowing, pushing. cf. huʻe.

Hoʻokahi huʻena a kānaka i lākou māpuna hoe.Just one push by the men of their paddle stroke.

kuʻekuʻena [kuʻe.kuʻena]vi. to push aside; to move back and forth, as a fan belt.

hūʻenavs. very angry.

kūʻenavs. glowing, burning.

ina₁vt. to pry, as with a lever.

ina₂vt. to vary or modulate the tone of voice; to sound, as from a distance. (And.)

ina₃interj. in! (Cry of children in a marble game when the marble is "in" a hole.) Eng.

ainan. sexual intercourse. PCP *kainga.

kāina [.ina]n. and interj. hit, struck; strike! destroy (said by a sorcerer invoking eternal destruction upon a victim); incantation.

ʻāinan. land, earth. cf. ʻai, to eat; ʻaina, kamaʻāina. PEP *kaainga.

ʻāina hoʻoilinainherited property or estate

ʻāina like ʻolebelonging to foreign lands, foreign, international

Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono.The life of the land is preserved in righteousness. (motto of Hawaiʻi)

Komikina Hoʻonā ʻĀina [komi.kina hoʻo. ʻāina]n. commissioners to Quiet Land Titles, a board set up by Ka-mehameha III to settle land claims; it served between 1846 and 1855 and heard more than 11,000 claims (Indices, VII–VIII).

mea ʻāinan. landowner.

aloha ʻāinan.v. love of the land or of one's country, patriotism; the name of a Hawaiian-language newspaper published 1893–1920; aloha ʻāina is a very old concept, to judge from the many sayings (perhaps thousands) illustrating deep love of the land. (Aloha ʻāina) in (PN 268–9) cf. the song Kaulana nā Pua (EM 62–4) .

kiaʻāinan. governor; governorship. lit., prop [of the] land.

koʻu hāpai ʻia ʻana i kiaʻāinamy elevation to the governorship

hope kiaʻāinan. Lieutenant governor.

palapalaʻāina [pala.palaʻāina]n. map. lit., land document.

kaha palapalaʻāina [kaha pala.palaʻāina]v. to draw a map.

mea kaha palapalaʻāinacartographer, topographer

puke palapalaʻāina [puke pala.palaʻāina]n. Atlas.

kamaʻāinanvi. native-born, one born in a place, host; native plant; acquainted, familiar, lit., land child.

E hoʻokamaʻāina!Make yourself at home [said to strangers].

hoʻokamaʻāinato become acquainted with

Koʻu kamaʻāina, kaʻu malihini.My host, my guest.

Mamua ke kamaʻāina, mahope ka malihini.First the native-born, then the stranger [often said before legendary battles in deciding who was to strike the first blow].

ʻO wai kou kamaʻāina a laila?Who was your host there?

Ua kamaʻāina au i lākou ʻano.I am accustomed to their ways.

makani kamaʻāinan. usual wind of a place.

ana ʻāinan.v. land surveying; to survey.

mea ana ʻāinan. surveyor.

kuleana ʻāina [kule.ana ʻāina]n. owned land (common term in wills of the 1860s).

kumu kuleanaʻāina [kumu kule.anaʻāina]n. land title.

palapala kumu kuleana ʻāina [pala.pala kumu kule.ana ʻāina]n. land claim or title of ownership.

kaulana ʻāina [kau.lana ʻāina]n. land administrator. (For. 5:441)

palenaʻāinan. land boundary.

komikina palena ʻāina [komi.kina palena ʻāina]n. land boundary commission or commissioner.

waihona ʻāina [wai.hona ʻāina]n. position of the land, lay of the land, position of the earth, landscape, panorama, scenery, topography.

hoaʻāinan. tenant, caretaker, as on a kuleana.

ou poʻe hoaʻāinayour tenants (FS 141)

kuaʻāinanvs. country (as distinct from the city), countryside; person from the country, rustic, backwoodsman; of the country, countrified, rustic, rural. lit., back land.

hoʻokuaʻāinato act like one from the country; countrified, rustic

paʻa ʻāinan.v. landholder; to hold land.

pae ʻāinan. group of islands, archipelago.

ʻaha paeʻāinan. convention of delegates from all the islands, especially as held by the Hawaiian Evangelical Association of Congregational Christian Churches.

ʻAhahui ʻEuanelio Pae ʻĀina [ʻaha.hui ʻeuane.lio pae ʻāina]n. a term used in 1911 for evangelical conference of all the islands.

ʻauwaeʻāina [ʻau.waeʻāina]n.v. tribute of the best selected (wae) hogs or fruits of the land to the landlord; to inspect land.

E hele ana i ka ʻauwaeʻāina o lākou nei.Going to look over their land.

ʻauwēʻāina var. of ʻauwaeʻāina.

kālaiʻāina [.laiʻāina]nvs. political; politics; political economy. lit., land carving.

Kuhina Kālaiʻāina.Minister of Interior.

loea kālaiʻāina [loea .laiʻāina]nvi. politician, politically expert.

ʻoihana kālaiʻāina [ʻoi.hana .laiʻāina]n. department of Interior, in the days of the monarchy.

kuhina kālai ʻāina [kuhina .lai ʻāina]n. minister of interior, in the days of the monarchy; secretary of interior.

ʻaoʻao kālaiʻāina [ʻaoʻao .laiʻāina]n. political party.

ʻai ʻāinav. to rule or own land.

hōʻāiʻāinato award land, as by a chief (Nak. 27)

ʻoihana kūʻai ʻāina [ʻoi.hana kūʻai ʻāina]n. real estate business.

hōkū ʻai ʻāina [. ʻai ʻāina]n. probably same as alanui-o-nā-hōkū-hoʻokele. lit. stars ruling land.

pōhaku ʻoki ʻāina [.haku ʻoki ʻāina]n. land-dividing rock.

ili ʻāinan. land inheritance

piliʻāina shore; interisland.

Hui Moku Holo Piliʻāina.Interisland Steam Navigation Company.

Hui Mokulele Piliʻāina [hui moku.lele piliʻāina]n. Inter-Island Airways Company.

pilipili ʻāina [pili.pili ʻāina]vs. close to land.

ʻaʻohe pilipili ʻaina mainot anywhere near land [far off]

Hui Moku Holo Piliʻāinan. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company.

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

ʻili ʻāina₁n. land area.

Ka ʻili ʻāina o 075 ʻeka.An area of 0.75 acre.

ʻili ʻāina₂ an ʻili land division whose chief pays tribute to the chief of the ahupuaʻa of which it is a part, rather than directly to the king. cf. ʻili kūpono.

hāʻawiʻāinan. land grant.

pohoʻāinan. land basin.

Kai Loko ʻĀinan. Inland Sea (Japan).

komo ʻāinav. to take possession of a land; to acquire land, as by inheritance.

moʻoʻāinan. land parcel.

kahu ʻāinan. headman of a land division.

hakuʻāinan. landowner; landlord.

mokuʻāinan. state, as of the United States; district; island.

kuhina mokuʻāinan. Secretary of state.

hainan. offering, sacrifice. cf. hai, to sacrifice.

ka haina ʻawaoffering of kava

ka haina kanakahuman sacrifice (KL. line 2098)

lahaina₁n. a variety of sugar cane, usually free tasseling, heavy stooling, and with rather semierect to recumbent growth; large, long heavy tops. (HP 222)

lahaina₂n. a variety of sweet potato. (HP 142)

lahaina₃n. poising; leaping. see lāhai₁, .

lahalahaina [laha.lahaina] redup. of lahaina, leaping.

kaina₁ Same as kaikaina, most used as term of address. PPN *t(e,a)hina.

kaina₂n. kind. Eng.

kaina hoʻokahiall of one kind; a set, as of dishes

kaina hoʻokahi o mea inu tea set

kaikaina [kai.kaina]n. younger sibling or cousin of the same sex, as younger brother or male cousin of a male, or younger sister or female cousin of a female; sibling or cousin of the same sex of the junior line, whether older or younger. cf. kaina. (Gram. 2.7)   PPN *t(e,a)hina.

hoʻokaikainato claim a kaikaina relationship; to act as a kaikaina, to address and treat as kaikaina, as from affection

koʻu kaikainamy younger sibling

pōkiʻi kaina [.kiʻi kaina]n. younger sibling of one's own sex.

pahukaina [pahu.kaina]n. ashes. also lehu, noho hale.

laina₁n. hives, urticaria

laina₂ line, row, verse. Eng.

laina₃ cane trash, bagasse. Eng. rind.

ālaina [ā.laina]n. obstacle, obstruction.

kalainan. a carving, hewing.

kalaina wāwaecarved footprints, as in a rock

palaina₁n. turning away in embarrassment, confusion, or humility, concealment of true feelings. cf. palai₂.

palaina₂vt. to smooth, as fresh cement with a trowel.

palaina₃n. a word said in card games (no data).

puʻupuʻu laina [puʻu.puʻu laina] same as laina, hives.

maina same as mine.

anainanvs. congregation, audience, assembly, gathering, crowd; to assemble.

nānaina [.naina]n. general appearance, view, aspect, panorama, sight, scenery, scene.

hanainan. feeding.

Eia mai ka moa i hanaina .Here is the rooster fed in the sun [Ka-welo likens himself to a fighting cock; the cock fed in the sun was believed strong because of turning his head to avoid heat; in FS 63 and 65 and the verb is hānai ʻia i ka lā, fed in the sun]. (GP 42)

inaina₁nvt. anger, wrath, rage, hatred, enmity (Kin. 3.15) , malice; to hate (Kin. 37.4) , abhor; moved with hatred, angry. cf. mainaina. see ex. ʻenaʻena₁.

hoʻoinainato stir up anger, rouse hate

kēia mau mea inaina ʻiathese abominations (Oihk. 18.29)

inaina₂ rare redup. of ina₁, .

hoʻoinainato sooth as by soft music

mainaina [mai.naina]n. anger, wrath. cf. inaina.

hoʻomainainato cause anger; to anger

kinainan. extinguishing, putting out, snuffing out of life.

hōʻinaina See inaina₁, wrath, and inaina₂.

paina₁ na form of pai₂; to lift; lifting, swelling or breaking, as waves.

paina₂n. fine cloth like serge.

paina₃n. pine trees and all kinds of conifers; ironwood; cedar (RSV), ash (KJV). Eng. (Isa. 44.14)

paina₄n. pint. Eng.

hapainan. carrying, lifting, carrier; pregnancy.

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

kuainan. twine, string. Eng.

waina₁n. place with water.

waina₂ depository. see wai₄.

Pū-o-waina.Hill of deposits [human sacrifices]. (Hawaiian name for Punchbowl, Honolulu)

waina₃ pyorrhea, bleeding gums.

waina₄ wine. see pā waina. Eng.

waina₅ Isabella grape (Vitis xlabruscana), a strong-climbing vine, bearing blue, loose-skinned fruits. This is a hybrid that succeeds best of any grape introduced to Hawaiʻi; little interest has been shown in the past in the grape industry. see hua waina. (Neal 542–3)

pā wainan. vineyard.

māla wainan. vineyard. lit., grape garden.

ʻula wainanvs. wine-red.

ana wainan. liquid measure.

huina wainan. cluster of grapes.

hua wainan. grape, grapes (Vitis spp.). lit., wine (Eng.) fruit. (Neal 540–3)

ʻO ka manawa ia o ka hua waina pala mua.It was the time of the first ripe grapes. (Nah. 13.20)

paʻi hua wainan. cluster of grapes. (1 Sam. 25.18)

koko hua wainan. wine. lit., blood of grapes. rare. 

ʻawaʻawaina [ʻawaʻawa.ina]n. bitterness.

kele waina grape jelly. Eng.

mahi wainan.v. vineyard; grape raiser; to cultivate grapes.

kaomi wainan. wine press.

huhui wainan. cluster of grapes.

A ʻo lākou hua waina, he hua waina make, a ʻo huhui waina a lākou, he ʻawaʻawa iatheir grapes are grapes of poison, their grape clusters are bitter. (Kanl. 32.32)

paʻi wainan. cluster of grapes.

kumu wainan. grapevine.

kīʻaha inu wainan. wineglass.

ʻaina₁n. meal. cf. ʻaina ahiahi, ʻaina awakea, ʻaina kakahiaka, and ʻai, to eat. PNP *kainga.

hale ʻainarestaurant

ʻaina₂ pas/imp. of ʻai₁; eaten, consumed devoured. see ex. nūpolupolu.

ʻaina₃vs. rejected, as refuse, especially of sugar cane.

ipu ʻainaslop basin

ʻainasugar-cane refuse or bagasse after juice is extracted

ʻaina₄ see ʻaina kea, ʻaina kea melemele.

ʻahaʻainanvi. feast, dinner party, banquet; to feast, lit., meal gathering. Many types of ʻahaʻaina are listed below.

hōʻahaʻainato feast, give a feast

lāʻahaʻainan. feast day.

luna ʻahaʻainan. toastmaster, director of a feast. (Ioane 2.8)

hale ʻahaʻainan. restaurant.

lima ʻainan. second finger. lit., eating finger.

papa ʻainan. dining table; eating mat, as laid on the floor; meal, dinner, mess.

hale ʻainan. restaurant, cafe, eating house, boardinghouse; in ancient times, the eating house for women.

lumiʻainan. dining room.

pākaukau ʻaina [.kau.kau ʻaina]n. dining table.

ipu ʻainan. scrap bowl, slop basin, refuse container.

einavs. scorched.

leinan. spring, leap, bound; place to leap from. PCP *leina.

hoʻoleinasame as leina; place to throw things, as a trash heap

hoʻoleina mokadung heap (Dan. 3.29)

Ka-hoʻoleina-peʻaplace where kites are flown (place on Kauaʻi)

Leina-a-ka-ʻuhaneplace where spirits leaped into the nether world; lit., leap of the soul (a place name on every island)

Leina-a-ke-akuaplace where the spirits leaped into the nether world; lit., leap of the gods

leileina [lei.leina] redup. of leina.

hoʻoleileinaredup. of hoʻoleina

kauleina [kau.leina]n. insecurity.

hina₁nvs. to fall, tumble, or topple over from an upright position (cf. hāʻule, to drop); to be "controlled," as a disease (Kam. 64:102); to fall morally; to throw down; a falling (a loaʻa-type word). (Gram. 4.4)   PPN *singa.

ʻAʻole naʻe he hina o ke kanaka o Kā-kuhihewa i kaikuaʻana o Ka-welo.But the older brothers of Ka-welo did not throw Kā-kuhihewa's man. (FS 35)

hoʻohinato throw, cause to fall, knock down; to lean over

Hoʻohina ihola ka daimonio iāia.The devil threw him. (Luka 4.35)

hina₂n. italics, probably so called because italics slant.

hina₃vi. to blow in a straight course, of wind.

Ke hina maila ka makani mai uka mai.The wind is now blowing steadily from the uplands.

hina₄vs. gray- or white-haired; gray. cf. ʻāhina. PPN *sina.

koʻu oho hinamy gray hairs (Kin. 44.29)

hina₅n. hin (a Hebrew measure). Eng. (Puk. 29.40)

Hina₆ a goddess... Probably the most widely known goddess or demigoddess of Polynesia, frequently connected with the moon. Four well-known Hawaiian Hinas follow. PPN *Sina.

Hina₇ wife of Akalana and mother of Māui. see Ka-ʻalae-nui-a Hina and (HM 220) .

Hina₈ mother of Kama-puaʻa by Kahiki-ʻula and referred to in chants by her mother, Ka-maunu-a-Niho, in order to save Kama-puaʻa in time of peril (For. Sel. 196-203) . When she failed to recognize her pig son, Kama-puaʻa, in human form, she exposed herself in humiliation (For. Sel. 242-249) .

Hina₉ a wife of Wākea and the mother of the island of Molokai, celebrated in the song Moloka ʻi Nui a Hina, Great Molokai Child of Hina.

Hina₁₀ a goddess associated with (upright), with whom she had incestuous relations. Hina in this instance means "prostrate." When gathering medicine with their left hands, people prayed to Hina for success. See Hiku-i-ka-nahele, .

kāhina [.hina]v. to knock down, take advantage of, deceive.

keaumāhina [ke.au..hina]n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻāhina₁ [ʻā.hina]vs. gray, gray- or white-haired.

ʻāhina₂ [ʻā.hina]n. blue denim cloth, dungarees, blue jeans.

hahina same as hehina.

Ka-ʻalae-nui-a-Hina a sorcery god (Malo 82) or goddess (HM 115) . lit., the great mudhen of Hina [Hina was the mother of Māui, who learned the art of fire-making from a mudhen; Emerson (Malo 103) says Hina herself was the mudhen].

kahinan. wood shavings; rubbing, cutting, etc. cf. kahi₁. PNP *tafinga.

ʻolalahina [ʻolala.hina]vs. frail, delicate. rare. 

mahina₁n. moon, month; moonlight. PPN *maasina.

mahina melihoneymoon

mahina₂n. crescent-shaped fishhook.

mahina₃n. eye of the snail at the end of its horn.

mahina₄n. farm, plantation, patch.

mahina₅n. a variety of onion, similar to silver onion.

mahina₆n. a variety of sweet potato.

kaulana mahina [kau.lana mahina]n. the position of the moon.

ʻakaʻakai mahina [ʻakaʻa.kai mahina]n. a wild onion, used for sore throat. lit., moon onion, so called because the curve of the section of the bulb suggests a crescent moon.

pūpū mahina [. mahina]n. a marine shell (Turbo sandwicensis). lit., moon shell, so called because the operculum is round like the moon.

wana hinan. streak of gray, as in hair.

hinahina₁ [hina.hina]n. the silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense). see ʻāhinahina₂.

hinahina₂ [hina.hina]n. florida moss (Tillandsia usneoides), an air plant, growing on tree branches and hanging baskets, forming masses of gray, thread-like stems and leaves. It is often substituted for the heliotrope (below) as the flower of Ka-hoʻolawe, and so called. Also ʻāhinahina and ʻumiʻumi-o-Dole, Dole's Whiskers. (Neal 169–71)

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 Ka-hoʻolawe in the leis of the islands; it is used for tea and medicine. Called nohonoho puʻuone on Niʻihau. (Neal 717)

hinahina₄ [hina.hina]n. native geraniums (Geranium cuneatum var. tridens and other native silvery geraniums), shrubs or small trees of the high mountains, with ovate, toothed leaves and red or white flowers. cf. nohoanu. (Neal 469)

hinahina₅ [hina.hina]n. native artemisia (Artemisia australis). see ʻāhinahina₃.

hinahina₆ [hina.hina]vs. gray, grayish.

hinahina₇ [hina.hina]n. a variety of sugar cane, gray-green with a rosy flush, the whole covered with a wax bloom; pith dark brown; looks like lahi₂. (HP 224, 225)

hinahina₈ [hina.hina] rare redup. of hina₁.

māhinahina [.hina.hina]n. pale moonlight.

ʻāhinahina₁ [ʻā.hina.hina]n. same as ʻāhina₁, .

ʻāhinahina₂ [ʻā.hina.hina]n. the silver-sword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense), a native plant found only at altitudes of 1,870 m or more on Maui and Hawaiʻi; the many long silvery leaves forming a rounded rosette to 60 cm in diameter; about a hundred purplish, daisy-like flowers borne on an erect, leafy stem, which is about 1.8 m high. also hinahina. (Neal 845–7)

ʻāhinahina₃ [ʻā.hina.hina]n. a native spreading shrub to 1 m high, (Artemisia australis); leaves divided into narrow segments, hoary on under side; flowers in panicles, small, daisy-like. Pounded leaves are used for asthma. also hinahina. (Neal 852)

ʻāhinahina₄ [ʻā.hina.hina] same as hinahina₂, Florida moss.

kuahinahina [kua.hina.hina]vs. gray-headed. Molokaʻi.

palai hinahina [palai hina.hina]n. a native filmy fern (Sphaerocionium lanceolatum), climbing on trees, with narrow fronds 5 cm long or longer, divided three times, edged with red hairs. lit., white-haired palai.

pōhinahina₁ [.hina.hina] redup. of pōhina₁.

pōhinahina₂ [.hina.hina] same as kolokolo kahakai, beach vitex.

puahina [pua.hina]vs. gray.

Ka lani pua hina o ka hoʻoilo.The gray skies of winter.

kaʻahina [kaʻa.hina]vi. to fall down and roll.

laehina [lae.hina] same as noio, a tern. lit., white brow.

hehinan. footrest; any place on which to step or tread; a stepping, treading.

pehinan. throwing; pelting, as of rain. (Kel. 17)

keʻehina [keʻe.hina]n. footrest, footstool, position where one stands, stance, firm position, place.

papa keʻehina [papa keʻe.hina]n. floor. lit., trampled stratum.

hihina₁ redup. and plural of hina, to fall.

E hoʻohihina nohoʻi ke kino i mua a i hope, i ka ʻākau a i ka hema.The body sways forward and back, to the right and to the left.

hoʻohihinato cause to fall; to sway to and fro

hihina₂n. entanglement, spreading. cf. hihi.

hihihina [hihi.hina] redup. and intensifier of hina, to fall.

nihina same as nihi₁, .

Nihina ka hele a ka makani.The wind goes quietly.

lepe-o-Hina₁n. a red seaweed (Halymenia formosa) with flat blades bearing fringed and irregular margins, with a variety of colors ranging from red to yellow; common allusion to swirling in water resembling movement of pāʻū in dancing. Also called leheleheʻīlio, lepelepe-o-Hina, limu-pepe-o-Hina, pāʻū-o-Hiʻiaka.

lepe-o-Hina₂ same as lepelepe-o-Hina, a butterfly.

lepelepe-o-Hina₁ [lepe.lepe-o-hina]n. monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus); Ka-mehameha butterfly.

lepelepe-o-Hina₂ [lepe.lepe-o-hina]n. nudibranchia.

lepelepe-o-Hina₃ [lepe.lepe-o-hina]n. same as lepe-o-Hina₁, a seaweed.

pepe-o-Hina same as lepe-o-Hina, a seaweed.

limu-pepe-o-Hina same as lepe-o-Hina, a seaweed.

lohinan. delay.

polohina [polo.hina]nvs. gray, misty, smoky. fig., affectionate grief, pity.

Noe polohina no ke aloha i kuʻu hoa.Gray pitying mist for the love of my companion. (chant)

honohina [hono.hina]n. wild spiderflower (Gynandropsis gynandra), a cosmopolitan tropical hairy annual weed, native to Africa, in the caper family, 30 to 90 cm high, leaves five-parted; flowers spider-like, white with a purple tinge; fruit narrow, cylindrical capsule with many seeds. also ʻiliʻohu. (Neal 369)

nonohina [nono.hina]n. blossoms of the olopua, a tree.

kōhina [.hina]n. part of taro where the corm is cut away from the top; splitting of a breadfruit for cooking.

pale kōhina [pale .hina]n. boundary left by cutting; division between taro patches.

pōhina₁ [.hina]vs. gray, misty, foggy, dimly visible, hazy. see ex. kāluʻu.

pōhina i ka uahihazy with smoke

pōhina₂ [.hina]vi. to fall prone, topple.

Pōhina-ka-honua.The land topples. (For. 4:167, personal name)

Pōhina₃ [.hina] same as Polo Ahi Lani, a star.

pōhina₄ [.hina]n. a variety of sugar cane, red or brown, similar to uahi-a-Pele but less vigorous, dying back after tasseling. (HP 223, 225)

pōhina₅ [.hina]n. a variety of taro.

pōhina₆ [.hina]n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻohinan. gathering, collecting; selection. cf. ʻaupapa, ʻohi, to pick.

Hoʻokahi ʻohina, piha kuʻu ʻeke kālena.Only one collecting, my coin purse is full. (old sailor's song),

hoʻohina [hoʻo.hina] see hina, to fall.

poʻo hinavs. gray- or white-haired; ash-colored. (PH 34)

popoʻohina [popoʻo.hina] redup. of poʻohina.

Ua kepakepa ka maka o ka lehua, ua popoʻohina i ka wela a ke akua.The faces of the lehua are snipped, gray ash in the heat of the god. (chant)

poʻopoʻohina [poʻo.poʻo.hina] same as kīpūkai, seaside heliotrope Both names on Niʻihau. also lau poʻopoʻohina.

lau poʻopoʻohina [lau poʻo.poʻo.hina] same as poʻopoʻohina; Niʻihau.

uhinan. covering; throw or cast net.

kuhinan. minister, premier, regent, ambassador, secretary, diplomat, cabinet member; highest officer next to the king; officer in the king's guard. cf. kuhi, ʻaha kuhina, loio kuhina. (2 Sam. 23.23) Probably PNP *tusinga.

ʻaha kuhinan. cabinet, assembly of ministers.

kuhikuhina [kuhi.kuhina]n. directing, pointing out, gesturing, reference, instruction, program, director.

Kuhikuhina aʻo Hawaiʻi.Program of Hawaiian studies.

Maʻaneʻi ka maka, maʻō ke kuhikuhina.Looking this way and gesturing that way.

loio kuhinan. Attorney general.

ukuhina [uku.hina]n. a pouring out, dipping, weaning.

luhinan. a laboring, wearying, caring for, etc.

unuhina [unu.hina]n. translation.

puhina same as puhi₁,₂,₃; blowhole (preceded by ke).

Kinanvs. China; Chinese. Eng.

-kina

hoʻokinato persist, do continually; incessant

ua hoʻokinacontinuous rain

hoʻokina i ka inuto drink too much

hoʻokinato urge, compel, add one burden or command to another

Malia i hoʻokina ai kuʻu kāne iaʻu i ka inu ʻawa.Perhaps my husband urged me to drink kava. (Laie 609)

Lākina, Latina [.kina]n. Latin.

inoa LākinaLatin or scientific name

hakinan. broken piece, remnant, portion, balance, section, scrap, fragment; fraction, as in arithmetic. see ex. palena.

hakina ʻāina aupuniportion of government land

kinakina [kina.kina] redup. of -kina.

hoʻokinakinaredup. of hoʻokina

ka ua hoʻokinakinathe continuous rain

ʻakinanvi. biting; bite.

pulekina, buletina [pule.kina]n. bulletin. Eng.

haikina [hai.kina]n. hyacinth. Eng.

hikina₁n. east

Hikina₂n. orient.

hikina₃n. coming, advent.

kikina₁n. urging, insistence. cf. hoʻokina.

hoʻokikinaredup. of hoʻokina

kikina ua laki.Your insistence has good luck. (chant)

kikina₂n. season. Eng.

wilikina [wili.kina]n. sister, nun (Catholic). Eng. virgin..

mikina same as miki ʻana. see miki₁, .

komikina, komisina [komi.kina]nvt. commissioner, commission; to commission. Eng.

aliʻi koa i komikina ʻiacommissioned officer

uku komikinacommission (pay)

Papa Komikina [papa komi.kina]n. Board of Commissioners.

uku komokina [uku komo.kina]n. commission (pay).

kō Kinan. a kind of sugar cane, 1857. lit., Chinese cane.

ʻokina₁n. cutting off, ending, severance, separation. PPN *kotinga.

ʻokina₂ glottal stop.

hoʻokina [hoʻo.kina] see -kina.

hukinan. a pulling. (Kep. 153)

lina₁vs. soft; adhesive, sticky, clayey, gummy, tenacious; glutinous, as taro of poor quality. cf. nina, papālina, ʻūlika, ʻūlina.

lina₂n. scar. cf. ʻālina.

hoʻolinato scar

lina₃n. ring, hoop, race track. Eng.

Kuʻu lio kākele lina poepoe.My racing horse [in the] round track. (song)

hālina₁n. appearance, bearing, resemblance.

hālina₂vs. weak, as plants. (Kep. 95)

kālina₁ [.lina]n. long vine, as of sweet potato.

kālina₂ [.lina]n. sardine. Eng. rare. 

puku kālina [puku .lina]n. collected sweet-potato vines. Poetical, a stormy or whirling wind.

pālina [.lina] rare var. of papālina. cf. puhi pālina.

papālina, pāpālina [papā.lina, ..lina]n. cheek, cheeks. see ex. lahilahi₁. PEP *pa(a) paalinga.

papālina nuibig cheeks, flabby fat flesh in general

-ʻulaʻula papālina see ʻulaʻula₁.

puhi pālina [puhi .lina]n. a variety of eel (no data).

ʻālina [ʻā.lina]nvs. scar, blemish; scarred, disfigured, injured, maimed (preceded by ke). fig., low, disgraced, degraded, dishonored. (FS 93)

kau ke ʻālinablemished (FS 93)

Ua ʻālina ka inoa.The name is dishonored.

pauāʻālina [pauāʻā.lina]vs. heavy, burdensome. rare. 

mauaʻālina [mauaʻā.lina]vs. powerful, strong, of superior strength, athletic; to exercise strength, to use force. rare. 

waha linanvs. finicky, of eating. lit., tight-mouthed; such a person.

kalinan. a waiting. see kali₁.

hakalina [haka.lina]vs. showy, pompous, vain, as of one's attire.

kakalina [kaka.lina]n. gasoline. Eng.

kula kakalina [kula kaka.lina]n. gasoline drum, barrel, container.

kīolaola lina [.ola.ola lina]n. ringtoss.

malina₁vs. calming, soothing. see mali₁.

malina₂n. sisal (Agave sisalana; Furcrae foetida on Niʻihau), a tropical American plant grown for its fiber; used for rope, twine, hula skirts. The plant forms a huge rosette of stiff, straight leaves (1.8 m by 15 cm). It is called malina because marine ropes were made from it. cf. malina₄. (Neal 224–5)

malina₃vt. to splice, as rope.

malina₄, marinanvs. Marine. Eng.

kaula malinan. sisal rope.

koa malina, koa marinan. marine (military). Eng.

linalina [lina.lina] redup. of lina₁, .

hālinalina [.lina.lina] redup. of hālina₁, .

ʻālinalina [ʻā.lina.lina]n. limpet (Cellana sandwicensis).

ʻopihi ʻālinalina [ʻopihi ʻā.lina.lina]n. yellow-meated ʻopihi. lit., scarred ʻopihi. see ʻopihi mākuʻekuʻe.

palaoa linalina [palaoa lina.lina]n. thin pancake made without baking powder.

pōlinalina [.lina.lina] same as pōhinahina, a beach shrub Oʻahu.

paulinalina [pau.lina.lina]vi. to gird the waist tightly, to stretch, make taut.

-paulinalina

hoʻopaulinalinato waste time on trivials, to take life easy, relax

ʻūlinalina [ʻū.lina.lina] redup. of ʻūlina.

kūpalina [.palina] same as kūpalaha₁, .

walinan. softness. cf. wali.

mauhaʻalina₁ [mau.haʻa.lina]vs. heavily burdened, weighted down. rare. 

hoʻomauhaʻalinato oppress, burden

mauhaʻalina₂ [mau.haʻa.lina] to bore, pierce, as a hole in a rock. (And.)

kaʻalina [kaʻa.lina]vt. to bruise; to pelt, as rain. cf. ʻālina.

kaʻakaʻalina [kaʻa.kaʻa.lina]vs. tough, stringy, as of banana trees; viscid, gluey.

ʻaʻalina₁ [ʻaʻa.lina]vs. scarred. (PH 218)

ʻaʻalina₂ [ʻaʻa.lina]vs. large, fat, weak, as a fat person.

Pēlina [.lina]n. Bering. Eng.

Ke kai kōwā o Pēlina.Bering Straits.

Pelelina, Berelina [pele.lina]n. Berlin. Eng.

welinanvt. a greeting of affection, similar to aloha; a salutation in a letter, in longer form as follows:

Me ʻoukou ka welina o ke aloha.To you an expression of affection [or love]; to greet.

ilina₁n. grave, tomb, sepulcher, cemetery, mausoleum, plot in a cemetery. cf. ili₁.

ka ilina o aliʻiroyal mausoleum

ilinacemetery

ilina₂ recipient.

hoʻoilina mōʻīheir to the throne, crown prince or princess

hoʻoilina ʻōleloa will made verbally; one entrusted to speak for another

hoʻolilina, hoʻīlinaheir, inheritance, legacy, estate, heritage, bequest; successor (so used in the official English version of the Constitution of 1852, Article 25)

kona mau hoʻoilinahis heirs

palapala hoʻoilinawill

pā ilinan. cemetery, graveyard. see ex. wailua₁.

mikihilina [miki.hilina]vs. most beautiful, of dress, finery, ornaments.

Kāhiko ā oki ā pāʻihiʻihi, lawe ā linohau ā mikihilina.Dressed in best, neatest finery, most fine and ornate. (chant for Ka-lā-kaua)

hoʻīlina [hoʻī.lina]n. heir. see ilina.

kilina₁n. ceiling. Eng.

kilina₂, silina shilling. Eng.

lilinan. linen, flax, linseed (Linum usitatissimum). Eng. (Neal 475)

hoʻoilina [hoʻo.ilina] see ilina, recipient.

palapala hoʻoilina [pala.pala hoʻo.ilina]n. last will and testament. lit., document to convey inheritance.

waiwai hoʻoilina [wai.wai hoʻo.ilina]n. inherited property, heritage, estate.

ʻaha hoʻoponopono waiwai hoʻoilina [ʻaha hoʻo.pono.pono wai.wai hoʻo.ilina]n. probate court. Lit., court settling inheritance property.

pilina₁n. association, relationship, union, connection, meeting, joining, adhering, fitting. cf. pili₁. PEP *pilinga.

he pilina wehena ʻolean unseverable relationship

Ua ʻewa ka pilina a ka nihoniho.The toothed edges do not fit perfectly [said of anything that is unsuitable or in poor taste].

pilina₂ springs, as of a mattress, watch, car. Eng.

He manaʻo koʻu i ke kano koʻele; ua haki ka pilina a ʻo luna iho.My thought is of the snapping affair; the upper springs [of the automobile] were broken. (song)

holinavs. immature and inferior, as breadfruit falling prematurely.

waiolina [wai.olina]n. violin. see ex. . Eng.

lolinan. a change, alteration.

hōlina [.lina]interj. Haul in! Help! Eng.

mōlina₁ [.lina]nvt. strip, as of cloth or wood, bias tape for trimming clothes; any border used for trimming; to trim the edge, as of a dress; trimmed. (Kel. 135)

mōlina₂ [.lina]n. wing on stem of a plant, as of yam. (HP 167)

mōlina₃ [.lina]n. any straight line separating designs in tattooing patterns.

mōlina₄ [.lina]n. a variety of sweet potato.

mōlina₅ [.lina] see lihilihi mōlina.

mōlina₆ [.lina]n. molding. Eng.

mōlina₇ [.lina]n. rim of a wheel.

lihilihi mōlina₁ [lihi.lihi .lina]n. lace edging.

lihilihi mōlina₂ [lihi.lihi .lina]n. a variety of taro.

polinanvs. resplendent, shiny black. rare. 

ʻolinavs. to make merry; joyous, rejoicing, merrymaking.

maulina [mau.lina]nvi. failure; failing; to fail. rare. 

-paulina

hoʻopaulinasame as hoʻopaulinalina

hulina₁n. turning, overturning, turning place, reversing, frontage.

ka hulina i ke Koʻolauthe side facing the Koʻolau

hulina₂n. a searching, seeking; search.

hulina₃vs. soft and sticky, glutinous, gluey. also ʻūlina.

kulinan. deafness, disobedience, noise.

Ka lono mamua, ke kulina mahope kulikuli wale i ka makani o Kaʻū.Hearing before, deafness afterwards, deafening in the wind of Kaʻū. (chant for Ka-umu-aliʻi)

wiliʻōhiki kulina [wiliʻō.hiki kulina]n. corn sheller or husker.

kūlina, kurina [.lina]n. corn, maize (Zea mays). Eng. (Neal 81–2)

iho kūlina [iho .lina]n. corn cob.

pūlina [.lina] var. of pūkini. Eng.

ʻūlina [ʻū.lina]vs. soft, rubbery, plastic. cf. papālina.

mina same as minamina, mamina. PCP *mina.

kakamina, katamina [kaka.mina]n. catmint, catnip. Eng.

mikamina [mika.mina]n. misdemeanor. Eng.

mamina same as minamina, but less frequent. see ex. pulakaumaka.

Mamina au i ka lilo o ka waʻa.I'm sorry the canoe is lost.

Mamina wale hoʻi.That's regrettable.

minamina₁ [mina.mina]nvt. to regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost; regret, sorrow.

Minamina au i kona puka ʻole ʻana mai ke kula mai.I regret she did not graduate from school.

Minamina nohoʻi.Too bad, what a shame.

minamina₂ [mina.mina]nvt. to prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost; to value, place great value on; value, worth.

ʻAʻole minamina ʻo lākou i ke ola.They do not set much value on human life.

He mea minamina ʻia ke keiki.A child is to be prized.

minamina₃ [mina.mina]nvt. saving, economical, miserly, ungenerous; covetous, of things that one values; economy, thrift. PCP *minamina.

Minamina au i kēia pepa.I'm saving with this paper.

pepamina [pepa.mina]n. peppermint (Mentha piperita). Eng. (Neal 734)

ʻiminan. looking, seeking; search. PCP *kuminga.

Hoʻonui ka ʻimina o ka pono.Increase the search for righteousness. (song)

ʻuminan. strangling, choking, etc. see ʻumi₁. PNP *kominga.

nina₁ same as lina₁.

waha ninasoft mouth [said of a finicky eater]

nina₂n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

hanina₁ same as hani₁.

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

hanina₂ yellow sarong, as dyed with turmeric. (And.)

ninanina [nina.nina] redup. of nina₁.

hōninanina [.nina.nina]vi. soft, yielding. cf. lina.

ʻōninanina [ʻō.nina.nina]vs. yielding, soft, as fat cheeks. cf. lina, nina, papālina.

ʻūninanina [ʻū.nina.nina] redup. of ʻūnina.

panina₁nvs. end, closing, closure, very last, conclusion, finish, cessation, breaking off or cutting short; definitive, classic.

panina₂n. plump cheeks. cf. papālina. rare. 

honina₁ same as honi₁, , .

honina₂n. name of a tapa dyed with turmeric and worn as a sarong.

ʻoninan. moving, etc. see ʻoni.

ʻūnina [ʻū.nina] var. of ʻūlina.

koikoina [koi.koina]nvi. urging; to urge. see ex. kipona₁.

kokoina [kokoi.na]n. urging, insistence. see ex. kipona₁.

loina₁n. rule, custom, manners, code, precept, law; principle, as of a political party.

loina₂n. observation, scrutiny.

waloina [walo.ina] same as walo, to call.

kōina [.ina]n. urging, insistence; fine (as punishment). fig., firm attachment, as to a beloved child. cf. koi₁.

Mai hoʻolohe aku i kāna kōina.Don't listen to his insistence.

poinavt. to forget; forgotten. PCP *poina.

ʻAʻole ʻoe e poina i ke aliʻi.The chief will not forget you. (For. 5:125)

hoʻopoinato cause to forget; same as above

Mai poina ʻoe iaʻu.Don't forget me.

poina ka noʻonoʻoforgetful; amnesia, dim memory

poina waleforgetful, absent-minded

Ua hoʻopoina ʻoe i ke Akua.You have forgotten God. (Isa. 17.10)

manaʻo poinan. postscript, afterthought, forgotten opinion.

ʻoiʻoinan. point, peak, cape, promontory, headland.

pina rare var. of pine.

lipina, ribina var. of lipine.

lipina aliʻiroyal ribbon or decoration

pipina var. of pipine.

kopinan. coping on the top of a building. Eng.

ʻopinan. fold, bend, crease. cf. ʻopi.

kūpina, supina [.pina]n. subpoena. Eng.

ʻauina, auwinan. bending, sloping; descent, slope.

huina₁n. sum, total, amount. (2 Sam. 24.9)

E hoʻokuʻi i ka huina.Add up the total.

Hoʻokuʻi i ka huina o lākou me mamo a ʻIseraʻela.Add up a census of them among the descendants of Israel. (Nah. 1.49)

huina₂n. unit, cluster; military detail or detachment.

ka huina lawe haecolor detachment, color-bearing unit

huina₃n. angle; corner, as of a house or street; crossroads, intersection, junction, juncture.

huina₄n. tie or slur (music).

huina- geometric figure. See huinahā, huinakolu, and others.

ʻahahuina₁ [ʻaha.huina]n. corporation, association.

ʻAhahuina₂ [ʻaha.huina]vs. congregational. rare. 

mākaʻi kū huina [.kaʻi huina]n. traffic policeman. lit., policeman stationed at corners.

kuinan. a stringing together, as of leis. PPN *tuinga.

penekuina, peneguina [pene.kuina]n. penguin. Eng.

luinan. sailor.

poʻe luinasailors, crew

Kalawina [kala.wina]vs. Calvinistic, Congregational. Eng.

haʻawina [haʻa.wina]n. lesson, assignment, task, gift (Roma 11.29) , appropriation, allowance, grant, or contribution, honorarium, allotment, award, as of money; donation, portion, deal or hand in cards, dream, article (section in a law). Haʻawina is used broadly by (Kel). as blessings, results, symptoms, burdens, pangs, feelings, happenings, revelations.

hāʻawi haʻawinato assign a lesson

He haʻawina kaʻu i ka nei.I had a dream last night.

haʻawina o ua maʻi neithe symptoms of this disease (Kel. 18)

pila haʻawina, bila haʻawina [pila haʻa.wina]n. appropriation, allotment bill.

-paʻa haʻawina

hoʻopaʻa haʻawinato study the lesson; studious

puni hoʻopaʻa haʻawina [puni hoʻo.paʻa haʻa.wina]vi. studious, fond of study.

ʻauwina [ʻau.wina] var. spelling of ʻauina.

ʻina₁n. small sea urchin (wana), as Echinometra spp. Qualifying terms are ʻeleʻele or uli, kea or keʻokeʻo, and ʻula or ʻulaʻula. Some of these are listed below. PPN *kina.

ʻina₂n. kind of stone, used to make octopus, sinkers.

ʻina₃ contraction of ʻia ana in the idiom e aha ʻia ana? What is being done? see aha.

pāʻinanvt. meal, dinner, small party with dinner; to eat a pāʻina.

papa pāʻinan. table for eating.

paʻipāʻina [paʻi.pāʻina] redup. of pāʻina.

ipu pāʻinan. a variety of cantaloupe. lit., feast melon.

luluāʻina₁ [lulu.āʻina]n. freckles.

Luluāʻina ʻole.Without a freckle, said of one well-cared for in childhood who grows up handsome, gracious, and agreeable.

luluāʻina₂ [lulu.āʻina]v. to pound ʻina and hāʻukeʻuke sea urchins as for bait.

haʻina₁nvi. a saying, declaration, statement, explanation; answer, as to a riddle; confession; solution; the two (or sometimes more) last verses of a song that usually begin with the word haʻina and that repeat the theme of the song, or the name of the person to whom the song is dedicated; to sing the haʻina of a song; to tell, confess. cf. haʻi, to speak.

Haʻina hou.To sing the haʻina again.

Haʻina ʻia mai ana ka puana.See puana₁.

haʻina₂n. a breaking, as of a stick or law; a break.

haʻina₃n. verb. cf. haʻina kekeʻe, haʻina kōkua, haʻina ʻokoʻa, haʻina pili.

ahaʻina short for aha ʻia ana. see aha.

ʻāhaʻina [ʻā.haʻina] same as ʻāhaʻi.

kōkuahaʻina [.kua.haʻina] adverb. lit., aid in speaking.

hope haʻinan. object of a sentence.

kaʻina same as kaʻi₁; order, succession, sequence. PPN *takinga.

Hoʻololiloli i ke kaʻina o hua ʻōlelo.Change the word order.

Ke kaʻina aʻela koholā.The whales there are following in line.

kakaʻinan. sequence, one of a series, branch, success. PNP *tatakiina.

ʻO kakaʻina a me loina liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe o ke ʻano hoʻomana.Sequences and various small rules of a religious nature. (Kep. 19)

alakaʻina [ala.kaʻina]n. leadership, guidance.

makaʻinanvs. guard; watchful.

kaʻikaʻina [kaʻi.kaʻina]n. carrying, leading, etc.

kulaʻinanvi. pushing over, flattening; overthrow, breakdown.

I kulaʻina e ka wai o Hina, hina ke oho o ka hala.Flattened by the water of Hina, the leaves of the pandanus fall. (chant)

lumaʻinan. drowning, etc. see lumaʻi.

naʻinan. conquering, endeavoring, etc. cf. naʻi₁, .

ʻinaʻina₁n. reddish discharge preceding labor in childbirth, amniotic fluid.

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.

ʻinaʻina₂vs. tiny ʻina. see ʻina₁.

ʻaʻinaʻina redup. of ʻaʻina.

kūnaʻina [.naʻina]nvt. to conquer, push over; conquest. see naʻi₁.

paʻina₁nvi. to crackle, snap, click, tick, pop, resound; crackling, etc; brittle, easily torn. cf. kānepaʻina, ʻuʻina. PEP *pakinga.

paʻinato click, ticktack

paʻina₂n. Hawaiʻi Island name for pohā₂, cape gooseberry.

paʻapaʻina [paʻa.paʻina] redup. of paʻina.

leo hurō e paʻapaʻina i ka lewa.The sounds of hurrah burst forth in the air.

kānepaʻina₁ [kāne.paʻina]n. click beetle or bug (Elateridae).

Kānepaʻina₂ [kāne.paʻina]n. name of a god that sometimes took the form of a click beetle.

Lani-paʻinan. a rain known at ʻUlu-pala-kua, Maui.

ʻAuhuhu-paʻina [ʻau.huhu-paʻina]n. var. name for the month of Makaliʻi, a time so dry that the ʻauhuhu plant became brittle (paʻina). See month.

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

huaʻinanvi. boiling up, opening, uncovering: to gush forth, as lava.

lualuaʻina [lua.luaʻina] var. of luluāʻina₁, .

puaʻinan. flowing, bubbling, boiling, etc. see puaʻi.

puaʻina waimakaflow of tears

ʻaʻinan. crackling, snapping; an explosive sound, sharp report, bang (rare), loud prolonged sound, peal (less common than ʻuʻina). cf. ʻaʻaʻina.

kani ʻaʻinato crackle, peal

pāpaʻaʻina [.paʻaʻina]n.v. to crackle, snap; crackling, snapping; sharp crack, as of something breaking, or of crackling sound of feet walking over a crusty surface; to crack, as joints; brittle, easily broken. cf. ʻuʻina.

paʻapaʻaʻina₁ [paʻa.paʻaʻina]nvs. brittle, crisp, crackling; to snap, crackle.

hoʻopaʻapaʻaʻinato make a crackling sound, etc

ka paʻapaʻaʻina o kākalaioathe crackling of thorns (Kekah. 7.6)

paʻapaʻaʻina₂ [paʻa.paʻaʻina]n. a variety of taro.

paʻapaʻaʻina₃ [paʻa.paʻaʻina]n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻaʻaʻina redup. of ʻaʻina.

ʻeʻeʻinavi. to creak, crackle. cf. ʻaʻina, ʻuʻina.

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

kai ʻina₁n. sea-urchin sauce (the crushed shells were placed in salted water; afterwards the liquid was usually strained and added to the flesh of the ʻina).

kai ʻina₂nvs. lavender, reddish-purple, so called because of the color of the sauce.

kiʻina pas/imp. of kiʻi₂, ; war-club stroke. (Gram. 6.6.2)  

i kāna kiʻina lāʻauhis club stroke (GP 66)

Kiʻina ʻia aku pae moku.Search the archipelagoes.

kiʻina o ka leovoice intonation

kiʻina ʻōnohi makaglances of the eyes. [lit., fetching pupils of the eyes]

noiʻinan. investigation, search, etc.

piʻinan. climb, ascent, rise, incline, etc. cf. piʻi₁. PEP *pikinga.

hoʻopiʻinasame as above

hoʻopiʻinaquilting in a direction away from the quilter. also hoʻopiʻipiʻi

paʻiʻina redup. of paʻina.

hoʻina₁n. returning, coming back; return.

hoʻina₂n. farewell gift, as to a parting guest after a feast.

oʻioʻina [oʻi.oʻina]n.v. resting place for travelers, such as a shady tree, rock (PH 20); to rest.

kahi oʻioʻinainn (Kin. 42.27)

puʻu oʻioʻina [puʻu oʻi.oʻina]n. a roadside resting place (oʻioʻina) consisting of a hillock, heap of stones, rock, mound.

koʻikoʻina [koʻi.koʻina]nvs. stressing, accent; compulsive, compelling.

hoʻokoʻikoʻinato stress; accent

manaʻo koʻikoʻinaimpelling thought (Kel. 66)

poʻina same as poi₂, but usually used as a noun

poʻina kaicresting of the sea, place where the sea crests and breaks

hauʻinan. Tapa sarong dyed with ʻōlena.

kuʻina₁n. blow, punch; peal, as of thunder. PPN *tukinga.

kuʻina₂n. joint, joining, seam, junction. fig., center, key. cf. kuʻinakapa.

hoʻokuʻinasame as kuʻina₂

hoʻokuʻina ʻamihinge joint

kuʻina wāwaeankle joint

kapa kuʻinan. stitched tapas for bed covering. cf. kuʻinakapa.

ʻuʻina₁nvi. sharp report, as crack of a pistol; to crack, snap, crackle, creak (as joints); to make a splashing sound. cf. ʻaʻina, ʻeʻeʻina, pāpaʻaʻina. PCP *ku(u)kina.

He ʻuʻina, he nākolo ka wai o Nā-molo-kama.The water of Nā-molo-kama makes a splashing and rustling sound. (song)

ʻuʻina ka puʻusound of swallowing

ʻUʻina pōhaku a Kāne.Crackling rocks of Kāne [thunder].

ʻuʻina₂n. glottal stop.

ʻuʻiʻuʻina redup. of ʻuʻina.

ʻuʻuʻina redup. of ʻuʻina₁.

ona₁n. mite, louse.

ona₂vt. infatuated, attracted. cf. onaona.

Eia mai au ʻo Mākālei, lāʻau ona mau ʻia e ka iʻa.Here am I, Mākālei, wood always attractive to fish.

No ke aha e ona ʻoe?Why should you be infatuated? (Sol. 5.20)

ona₃ for ona in an idiom, see ua ona o, aforementioned.

ona₄poss. his, hers, its (o-form, zero class). (Gram. 8.4)   PPN *hoʻona.

ona₅ plural marker preceding the last of two or more things (goods, not people) and usually preceding mau. And., and also. (Gram. 10.4)  

kalakoa me ona mau lipinecalico and also ribbons

Lawe mai i puke, i pepa, a me ona mau peni.Bring books, paper, and also pencils.

haona same as hao₃, ; handful, scoopful; receptacle, as a dipper for kava.

haohaona [hao.haona] same as haohao₁.

kaona₁n. hidden meaning, as in Hawaiian poetry; concealed reference, as to a person, thing, or place; words with double meanings that might bring good or bad fortune.

kaona hoʻoʻinoʻinopejorative innuendo

No wai ke kaona o kēlā mele?Who is being referred to in veiled language in that song?

kaona₂ town. Eng.

Honokaona [hono.kaona]n. Hong Kong. Eng.

onaonanvs. softly fragrant; soft fragrance or perfume, aroma; gentle and sweet, as the eyes or disposition; inviting, attractive, alluring, lovely. cf. maka onaona, friend.

hoʻōnaonato impart fragrance; attractive, sweet, alluring

Hoʻōnaona hoʻi maka o kēia keiki.What attractive, sweet eyes this boy has.

hoʻōnaona i ka iʻato attract fish, as with the melomelo, baited stick

kole maka onaonasweet-eyed kole (a fish), [said of a person with alluring eyes]

maka onaonan. a sweet, lovely, or tender expression of face or eyes; also said of the eyes of the kole, a fish.

Ā ua lilo ihola ʻoia i mea hoʻomakaleho mau ʻia e kaikamahine maka onaona o Kauaʻi.This became something much wanted by the fragrant-eyed girls of Kauaʻi.

paonan. pound, balance, scales, weight. cf. kaupaona. Eng.

hoʻonui paonato gain weight

mea ʻono paonapound cake

ana paonavt. scales, balance; to weigh. lit., pound (Eng.) measure.

meaʻono paonan. pound cake.

kaupaona [kau.paona]nvt. scales, weight; to weigh. fig., to consider, judge, estimate. lit., place pound (Eng.). see ex. puka₇.

luna kaupaonareceiver (Isa. 33.18)

Kaʻaona₁ [kaʻa.ona]n. name of a month. See month.

kaʻaona₂ [kaʻa.ona]nvs. red or reddish-brown, due to being smoked, especially of fish, or of the stem of sugar-cane tassel to be used in a dart.

kaʻaona₃ [kaʻa.ona]vs. attractive, of a child (children born in the month of Kaʻaona were thought to be attractive and lovable). cf. pua kaʻaona.

Kaʻaona₄ [kaʻa.ona]n. name of a star. (KL. line 1881)

pua kaʻaona [pua kaʻa.ona]n. dart made of the stem of sugar-cane tassel smoked reddish-brown (kaʻaona).

lekeona, legeona [leke.ona]n. legion; a large number (Mar. 5.9, 15) ; used figuratively of one possessed by the devil or intoxicated. Eng.

Oia inu mai , ā noho ʻia e ka lekeona,.Just drinking until possessed by a legion.

kameleona [kame.leona]n. chameleon (RSV), mole (KJV). (Oihk. 11.30) Jackson's chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksoni) has been noted on Oʻahu since 1972, the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis porcatus) since, 1950; this is also commonly called chameleon. (McKeown 28–33). see ex. kohu₁. Eng.

hona₁ same as hōpue, a tree.

hona₂n. a variety of taro. (HP 32)

ahonavs. better, well, well-being, fortunate, improved; to need (aho₃ + -na).

Ahona mākou i ka ʻike ʻia e ka uka.We were fortunate to be seen by those on shore.

Hahana ka ʻāina, i ahona i ka makani.The heat of the land was relieved by the breeze.

I ahona iki au ia mau kānaka.I do have some need for these men. (Nak. 118)

Ke ahona ihola ia.She's a little better just now.

Pehea ʻoe? Ua ahona iki.How do you feel? A little better.

ihonan. descent, incline. PPN *hifonga.

hoʻoihonadescent, slope; to descend, go south

waihona [wai.hona]nvs. depository, closet, cabinet, vault, file, receptacle, savings, place for laying up things in safe-keeping; internal organs of the body, funds, treasury; fiscal. (wai₄ + iho, directional, + -na, nominalizer.) Numerous types of waihona are listed below.

hale waihona pukelibrary

hana waihona kālāfiscal service

waihona nui o ka Teritorigeneral fund of the Territory

waihona o ka naʻauaorepository of learning [a learned person]

pahu waihona [pahu wai.hona]n. chest of drawers, cabinet, bureau.

nohonan. residence, dwelling, seat, mode of life, existence, relationship. PEP *nofonga.

He nohona kūʻēʻē ka makua kāne me ke keiki.There is a strained relationship between father and son.

Nohona kuhina.Residence of the minister; embassy.

nohona waʻacanoe thwart, seat

Ua laʻi ka nohona.Life is peaceful.

ʻaha hoʻoponopono i ka nohona [ʻaha hoʻo.pono.pono i ka nohona]n. court of domestic relations.

pili nohonan. family or social structure.

pohonanvi. sinking in, caving in, hollowing, as cheeks of an aged person; settling; bend, as in a U-shaped fish-hook.

i ona to him, her; him, her. lit., to his, hers. (Gram. 9.6.3)  (Luka 23.15)

Ua holo akula au i ona .I ran to him.

leleiona₁ [lele.iona]n. shark-sucker, remora (Echeneidae spp.); it clings to large fish, such as swordfish, marlin, bonito, shark.

leleiona₂ [lele.iona]vs. fidgety, foolish, restless.

Leleiona₃ [lele.iona]n. Milky Way.

hionan. leaning, slanting.

ʻAno ʻē hoʻi ka hiona o kēlā kumu niu.What a peculiar angle that coconut tree has.

hiohiona [hio.hiona] redup. of hiona.

Kiona, Zionan. Zion.

mikiona, misiona [miki.ona]n. mission. Eng.

komikiona, komisiona [komi.kiona]n. commissioner. Eng.

lionan. lion. Eng.

Hui Liona.Lions Club.

pakaliona, bataliona [paka.liona]n. battalion. Eng.

kiliona [kili.ona]num. trillion. Eng.

keliliona, teriliona [keli.liona]num. trillion. Eng.

miliona [mili.ona]num. million. Eng.

ʻona miliona [ʻona mili.ona]n. millionaire. lit., owner [of a] million. Eng.

ʻOliona, Oriona [ʻoli.ona]n. Orion. Eng. (Ioba 9.9)

miona₁n. swift disappearance or movement.

hoʻomionacaus/sim

miona₂n. crease, as in the buttocks; vent in a fish's stomach; division between the labia of the vagina.

hoʻomionacreased; to make a crease

Hoʻo-miona ʻia kēlā pāpale.That hat is creased.

miona₃n. top, as of a hanging valley.

uniona [uni.ona]n. union, labor union. Eng.

muiona [mui.ona]n. an annelid worm, resembling a centipede.

Kona₁nvs. leeward sides of the Hawaiian Islands; leeward. PPN *Tonga.

Kona₂nvi. a famous leeward wind; to blow, of this wind. Many names of Kona winds follow. see ex. Kapakū.

Kona₃n. name of a star.

kona₄, tonan. ton, tonnage. also kana. Eng.

hākona [.kona] same as hākonakona. Perhaps PPN *tona.

kākona [.kona]vs. to stop, hinder, especially of a firebrand hurled in the old fire-throwing sport.

Kākona ke ahi, hāʻule wale iho .The fire[brand] fails, it falls short.

Mākaha Kona [.kaha kona]n. star name (no data). (Kuhelani)

kiakona, diakona [kia.kona]n. deacon.

kelakona, deragona [kela.kona]n. dragon. Eng. (Hoik. 12.3)

Makona, Masonanvs. Mason. Eng.

Hui Makona.Masons' Society.

konakona₁ [kona.kona]vs. strong, bulging with muscles; rough and uneven, as a surface; hard. cf. pūkonakona.

konakona₂ [kona.kona]n. a native tufted grass (Panicum nephelophilum), to 1.3 m high, with a large, open-flowering panicle to 35 by 25 cm. cf. kākonakona.

hākonakona₁ [.kona.kona]vs. parched, as a blemished bread-fruit; unhealthy condition of a banana when the skin adheres to the pulp, supposedly after the plant has been touched by the ʻākōlea fern.

hākonakona₂ [.kona.kona] same as kākonakona₁; Niʻihau.

kākonakona₁ [.kona.kona]n. a native grass (Panicum torridum), 30–70 cm. high, covered with silky, light-colored hairs, the cone-shaped flowering panicle 7.8 to 16 cm long, coated with silky hair. see hākonakona. (Neal 73)

kākonakona₂ [.kona.kona] a variety of sweet potato.

laukonakona [lau.kona.kona] same as laukona. (HP 225)

kūkonakona [.kona.kona] redup. of kūkona.

pūkonakona [.kona.kona]vs. strong, husky, muscular, virile, tough, mighty. cf. konakona.

Lehua-konan. star in the Milky Way, perhaps Antares. lit., south lehua flower.

kekona, sekona second (the time unit). Eng. (Hal. 30.5)

kalekekona, kalekedona [kale.kekona]n. chalcedony. Latin chalcedonius. (Hoik. 21.19)

Pokekona [poke.kona]n. Boston. Eng.

Hukekona, Hudesona [huke.kona]n. Hudson, as the river or bay. Eng.

kalekona [kale.kona]n. dragon. also kelekona. Probably Gr. drakon.

palekona, falekona [pale.kona]n. falcon. (Oihk. 11.14)

kelekona, delekona [kele.kona]n. also kalekona.

pelekona, peresona [pele.kona]n. person. Eng.

Wakinekona, Wakinetona [wakine.kona]n. Washington. Eng.

kikona, disonan. ibex (RSV), pygarg (KJV). Heb. dison. (Kanl. 14.5)

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

laʻi-o-Kona₁n. a variety of sweet potato. lit., calm of Kona.

laʻi-o-Kona₂ design on a tapa beater.

kokonanvi. bleeding.

Puʻu-o-Konan. wind associated with Kuli-ʻouʻou, Oʻahu. (Nak. 56)

laukona [lau.kona]n. a variety of sugar cane with green and yellow striped canes and leaves; used in sorcery, because of the meaning of laukōnā, to break the influence of the hana aloha love magic and change love into hatred. also manini.

kūkona [.kona]vs. unfriendly, cross, sullen. cf. konā, haughty; mākonā, malevolent.

lona₁n. block of wood used to support a canoe out of water. also ʻaki.

lona₂ useless, vain. (And.)

lona₃ straight, direct. (And.)

hālona [.lona]n. peering; place from which to peer, place to peer at, lookout. (For. 5:91, 6:389)

kālona₁ [.lona]n. old horse, old plug, slowpoke.

Kālona₂ [.lona]n. Sharon. Eng.

Ka loke o Kālona.The rose of Sharon.

pālona, barona [.lona]n. baron. Eng.

lonalona₁ [lona.lona] var. of nonanona, ant, gnat.

lonalona₂ [lona.lona] var. of nonanona, many.

Lonalona puʻu.There are many, many hills.

pakelona, paterona [pake.lona]n. patron, patron saint. Eng.

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

kikelona, kiterona [kike.lona]n. citron (Citrus medica). Eng. (Neal 482)

palelona, farelona [pale.lona]n. furlong, in surveying. Eng.

welona same as welo₂.

Mai ka piʻina a ka i Haʻehaʻe ā ka welona a ka i Lehuafrom the rising of the sun at Haʻehaʻe [East Hawaiʻi] to the setting of the sun at Lehua Island [a poetic reference to all Hawaiʻi]

hailona [hai.lona]nvi. divination, casting lots, throwing dice; to test (also used interchangeably with hōʻailona).

Hailona ʻo Moikeha i keiki āna, i akaaka lākou mea ikaika a koa.Moikeha tested his children to discover their strength and valor. (For. 4:161)

-ʻailona cf. hailona, kila₂. PPN *fakaʻilonga.

hōʻailonasign, symbol, representation, insignia, emblem, mark, badge, signal, omen, portent, target, credential, token of recognition, a lot that is cast; title (legal); depth sounding; to mark; to take a depth sounding; to draw lots

hōʻailona heluplural sign or marker, algebra

hōʻailona kūʻauhau, hōʻailona no ke kūlanafamily crest or coat of arms

hōʻailona lanakilaemblem or trophy of victory, trophy

hōʻailona mahelemeasure signature in music

hōʻailona manawatime signature in music

hōʻailona mōʻībadge or emblem of royalty, sceptre

hōʻailona paʻiprinted stamp

Ka pana ʻana aku i ka hōʻailona.Shooting at the mark. (1-Sam. 20.20)

hōʻailona [hōʻai.lona] see -ʻailona.

kia hōʻailona [kia hōʻai.lona]n. signpost, tall stop sign, any pillar or large object with a sign, or serving as a marker; image on the wall surrounding a temple. lit., sign pillar.

hua hōʻailona [hua hōʻai.lona]n. abbreviation.

kīkīlona [..lona]vi. to incite. rare. 

holona₁n. a running, sailing, traveling; performance.

Ka holona a kuʻu lio.The running of my horse.

holona₂n. a double bar to show the end of a piece of music.

holoholona₁ [holo.holona]n. animal, beast, insect

holoholona₂ [holo.holona]n. a trip, excursion, ride. cf. ipu holoholona. rare. 

pā holoholona [ holo.holona]n. an enclosure for animals, as a dog pound.

kauka holoholona [kauka holo.holona]n. veterinary. lit., animal doctor.

kahua hōʻikeʻike holoholona [kahua hōʻikeʻike holo.holona]n. zoo.

kahi hōʻikeʻike holoholona [kahi hōʻikeʻike holo.holona]n. zoo.

hale holoholona [hale holo.holona]n. barn.

hale lole holoholona [hale lole holo.holona]n. slaughterhouse. lit., house for skinning animals.

laikini hahai holoholona [lai.kini hahai holo.holona]n. hunting license.

ʻīlio hahai holoholona [ʻīlio hahai holo.holona]n. hunting dog.

wahi hānai holoholona, wahi hānai pipi [wahi .nai holo.holona, wahi .nai pipi]n. cattle ranch.

hale pepehi holoholona [hale pepehi holo.holona]n. slaughterhouse. lit., house for killing animals.

ʻili holoholona [ʻili holo.holona]n. leather; fur, as about the neck.

ʻiʻo holoholona [ʻiʻo holo.holona]n. meat.

ipu holoholona [ipu holo.holona]n. gourd containing fisherman's gear and bait, or a traveler's possessions, lit., traveling container.

kolona₁n. colon. Eng.

kolona₂, koronan. crown, rosary. cf. lei kolona. Eng.

pule kolonaprayer with beads

kolona₃n. Solon. Eng.

lei kolona, lei koronan. rosary, prayer beads. lit., crown (Eng.) lei .

hōlona [.lona]nvs. unskilled, far from expert; novice, amateur, beginner. (For. 4:293)

polona same as polopolona.

polopolona [polo.polona]n. musty odor; rancid, moldy odor, as of mildewed clothes; stuffy or stale smell of a room long closed.

popolona [popo.lona] var. of polopolona.

kaulona [kau.lona]vt. to observe closely, to direct attention to, aim at.

I luna ona maka o ke anaina kāhuna kahi i kaulona ai.The eyes of the company of priests watched him with interest.

mona same as momona₁, . cf. ʻakimona, ʻinamona. rare. 

Māmona [.mona]n. Mormon. Niʻihau.

kalamona [kala.mona] same as kolomona₁, , , .

mamonan. Mammon. (Mat. 6.24)

kinamona [kina.mona]n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum). (Neal 362), (Hoik. 18.13) . Eng.

ʻinamona [ʻina.mona]n. relish made of the cooked kernel of candlenut (kukui) mashed with salt (perhaps a contraction of ʻīnaʻi momona, sweet garnish). also ʻakimona. (Neal 506)

lemona var. of lemi wai. Eng.

Molemona, Moremona [mole.mona]nvs. Mormon. Eng.

kinemona [kine.mona] var. of kinamona.

ʻakimona [ʻaki.mona] same as ʻinamona, kukui nut relish.

ʻimonan. twinkling.

kolomona₁ [kolo.mona]n. a native shrub (Cassia gaudichaudii) with greenish-yellow flowers and thin flat pods. also kalamona. Eng. (Neal 427)

kolomona₂ [kolo.mona]n. a similar shrub (Cassia surattensis syn. C. glauca), with an Asian to Australian distribution, naturalized in Hawaiʻi and also grown ornamentally, with yellow flowers and flat pods. also kalamona. (Neal 427)

kolomona₃ [kolo.mona]n. a weedy shrub (Cassia floribunda syn. C. laevigat), from tropic America, with yellow flowers and cylindrical pods. also kalamona. (Neal 425)

kolomona₄ [kolo.mona]n. Crotalaria incana, C. pallida, C. spectabilis on Niʻihau.

kolomona₅ [kolo.mona]n. name listed by Hillebrand for Mezoneuron kavaiense. see uhiuhi.

Kolomona₆, Solomona [kolo.mona]n. Solomon. Eng.

momona₁vs. fat; fertile, rich, as soil; fruitful; soft, of wood (rare). PPN *momona.

hoʻomomonato fatten, fertilize

hoʻomomona lepofertilizer; to fertilize the soil

momona₂vs. sweet.

hoʻomomonato sweeten; candy

momona₃n. the cherimoya (Annona cherimola), a small fruit tree from tropical America, bearing large, heart-shaped, greenish fruits with white, pleasant-tasting pulp. also kelemoio. (Neal 359)

momona₄n. a chicle or chico tree (Manilkara zapota). Niʻihau. (Neal 668–9)

kuawa momonan. a form of guava (Psidium guajava) with sweet, pink pulp, thicker skin, and larger seeds than kuawa lemi. lit., sweet guava. (Neal 632)

wai momonan. soda water, sweet water.

meaʻai momonan. dessert.

Kō-momonan. wind associated with Ka-hau-iki, Honolulu. lit., sweat sugar cane. (Nak. 57)

nonan.-poss. his, hers, its, for him, for her, for it (o-form). (Gram. 9.11)   PCP *nona.

Ke kanaka nona ka pāpale i lawe ʻia.The man whose hat was taken.

hanona₁ same as hano₅.

hanona₂ to determine by lot the virtue or value of a thing. (AP)

nonanona₁ [nona.nona]n. ant (same as more common naonao).

Ka-nonanona.The Ant (see ʻānonanona). (Hawaiian newspaper 1841–5)

nonanona₂ [nona.nona]n. gnat.

nonanona₃ [nona.nona]n. many, a great many.

Nonanona kānaka i kahaone.Crowds of people on the beach. (Kel. 141)

ʻānonanona [ʻā.nona.nona] same as naonao, nonanona; ant.

E hele ʻoe i ka ʻānonanona, e nānā i kona ʻaoʻao e hoʻonaʻauao iho.Go to the ant, study her ways and learn. The newspaper Ka Nonanona (1841–5) was named for this saying. (Sol. 6.6)

kōna, konaposs. his, her, hers, its (o-form) (Gram. 8.4, 9.6)   PNP *tona, PEP *toʻona.

ʻoloʻolōnanvs. sagging under a weight, overladen, loaded down; a burden. rare. 

ʻO kaʻu ʻoloʻolōna kēia i kauoha ʻia mai ai.This is the load required of me.

hūnōna [..na] son- or daughter-in-law, followed by kāne or wahine for specific designation of sex. These apply to nephew or niece by marriage. PPN *funoonga.

pona₁n. socket; eyeball, eye socket; joint of sugar-cane stalk, bamboo; hollow, as left after a sweet potato vine has been dug. cf. puna. PPN *pona.

pona₂vs. spotted, as the sea with various shades, variegated. cf. kipona.

pona₃, bonan. bond. Eng.

ʻāpona [ʻā.pona]vs. embracing, grasping, catching. cf. ʻapo₁.

ponapona [pona.pona] redup. of pona₁, ; jointed. PPN *ponapona.

kīponapona₁ [.pona.pona] redup. of kipona₁, , , .

kīponapona₂ [.pona.pona]n. a small, climbing, native shrub (Phyllostegia racemosa) in the mint family, with small, downy leaves, and small, purplish-white flowers in whorls.

Likepona, Lisebona [like.pona]n. Lisbon. Eng.

kalepona, carebona [kale.pona]n. carbon. Eng.

kelepona, telepona [kele.pona]nvt. telephone; to telephone. Eng.

uea kelepona [uea kele.pona]n. telephone wire.

Nīpona [.pona]nvs. Nippon; Japanese. Eng.

kipona₁nvi. intense; to intensify, usually but not always pejorative, often followed by a qualifier; translations vary greatly and depend on context; very common in (Kel); distress, pain.

I loko o kipona o ka meha anoano ʻeʻehia.In the distress of loneliness, solitude, fear. (Kel. 6)

Ke anu ʻiniki hōʻeha o kipona wehe ka iao.The tingling painful cold of earliest dawn. (Kel. 21)

Malalo hoʻi a kipona wela hahana a ka .Beneath the suffocating intense heat of the sun.

Mamuli o kokoina hoʻomanaʻo i kipona ʻia e hāliʻaliʻa.Because of the urging of memories intensified by recollections. (Kel. 3)

kipona o ka maʻi.The distress of sickness. (Kel. 6)

kipona o ʻano hana hou.The fascination of newly made kinds.

Ua hiki mai kona kipona huhū.His worst of bad tempers is here; he has flown into a rage.

kipona₂vi. own.

kipona home o ka wahine ʻoni ʻo Hōpoe.The own home of the dancing woman, Hōpoe. (Kel. 3)

kipona₃vt. to make a hollow or round opening, like the eye socket; hollow.

kipona₄vt. mixed, mingled; varying in color or texture, as of the sea; to add to, as something of different character, as ferns to a lei .

ka wai kipona me ke kaiwater mixed with sea water

Kipona paukū i ka lauaʻe, ka pua o ka ʻilima nono i ka .Add a section of lauaʻe fern [to] the flower of the ʻilima, bright in the sunlight. (chant for Ka-ʻiu-lani)

iwi ponan. hollow bone, as the eye socket; socket at the joint into which a round end of a bone fits.

kū ponav. to stand a bond.

ka mea ponabondsman

ʻona₁nvs. drunk, dizzy and unsteady; intoxicating; intoxication. PPN *kona.

hōʻonaintoxicating. See more common hōʻonaʻona

mea ʻonadrug, intoxicant, narcotic

wai ʻonaintoxicating liquor

ʻona₂nvt. owner, possessor, proprietor; to own. cf. ʻona miliona. Eng.

E ʻona ʻia ana e aʻu.Owned by me.

māʻonavs. (usually pronounced but not written māʻana). Satisfied after eating, full, satisfying; to have eaten, to eat one's fill. fig., intoxicated. For a rare use of māʻona as a noun, see kuenenuʻu. PPN *maakona.

He lau māʻona.A leaf that gives plenty to eat. (For. 4:43)

hoʻomāʻonato eat all one wants, to feed all that is wanted

Inu mai nei a māʻona, a laila hoʻohakakā.Drinking until drunk, then starting fights.

Māʻona ka ʻuhane i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua.The spirit is sustained by the word of God.

māʻona maikaʻito have had enough to eat, but not to have overeaten

māʻona piha, māʻona loacompletely full

Ua māʻona ʻoe?Have you eaten? Have you had enough? Are you full?

haʻohaʻona [haʻo.haʻona]n. astonishment, wonder.

ʻonaʻona₁vs. faint, dizzy, punch-drunk.

hōʻona-ʻonato cause intoxication or dizziness; to feign intoxication or dizziness; intoxicating

ʻonaʻona₂vs. bad-smelling, as stagnant water; unpalatable.

mele kinai ʻonan. temperance song. lit., song abolishing rum, song abolishing drunkenness. also mele kinai lama.

wai ʻonan. intoxicating liquor or spirits.

hōʻole wai ʻonaprohibition of intoxicants

ʻahahui hoʻole wai ʻona [ʻaha.hui hoʻole wai ʻona]n. Temperance union. Lit., society forbidding intoxicating liquor.

mele hōʻole wai ʻonan. temperance song. lit., song refusing intoxicating liquor.

ʻAhahui Wāhine Kalikiano Hōʻole Wai ʻOna [ʻaha.hui wāhine kaliki.ano hōʻole wai ʻona]n. Women's Christian Temperance Union.

hiʻonan. general appearance, as of a person; impression. cf. hiohiona.

Pehea kāu hiʻona ʻana i kēia mea?How does this appear to you?

hiʻohiʻona [hiʻo.hiʻona]n. features, as of a face or landscape; sight, aspect.

kiʻonan. dung heap, dump; privy, toilet. see ex. lolena.

hale kiʻonalatrine (RSV), draughthouse (KJV) (2-Nal. 10.27)

koʻona₁ var. of koʻana, dregs.

koʻona₂ same as koʻokoʻona.

koʻokoʻona [koʻo.koʻona]vt. to reach far for; to rest one hand for support (koʻokoʻo) and reach out with the other. (FS 211)

napoʻonan. setting, entering.

napoʻona sunset

inu ʻonav. to drink until intoxicated.

una₁n. shell of turtle or tortoise, carapace. PPN *una.

una₂ same as haha kā ʻupena (net gauge or spacer) so called because some were made of turtle shell.

una₃ var. of une.

una₄n. dice.

-una PPN *unga.

hoʻounato send, transmit, send on an errand, command, put to work; to mail; to send spirits on an errand, especially of destruction. see hoa una

hoʻouna na ka mokuleleto send by air mail

hāuna [.una] same as hau₃, ; stroke, blow; offering; to mend a net; to toss, as a kilu quoit (Laie 483). see hāuna lāʻau.

hauhāuna [hau..una] same as hāuna.

kāuna [.una]num. four (formerly tubers were counted by fours; four was a formulistic number). (See pākāuna.)

ʻEkolu kāunatwelve

Ke kāuna hoʻokahi o ka huina o a total of four days (Kel. 47)

wahi kāuna ʻoʻopuseveral foursomes of ʻoʻopu fish (Kel. 51)

pākāuna [..una]vt. four at a time. (Nak. 106)

māuna [.una]nvt. waste; mistreatment; wasteful; injured; abusive; to waste, injure, mistreat.

hoʻomāunato waste, spend carelessly, abuse; to help oneself lavishly, as to drinks

Hoʻomāuna i ke kino.To waste the body, as in dissipation.

Mai māuna wale i ka mea ʻai.Don't waste food unnecessarily.

Māuna ka ʻili i ka waʻuwaʻu ʻia.The skin is injured in being scratched.

ʻO kēlā ke kāne, māuna ka ʻili,.With that man, (your) skin will be bruised [you will be beaten].

kuaauna [kua.auna] var. spelling of kuāuna.

kuāuna, kuaauna [ku.ā.una, kuaauna]n. bank or border of a taro patch; stream bank.

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)

hoʻāuna [hoʻā.una]vi. to flock, collect. see ʻāuna.

haunan.v. unpleasant odor, as of spoiling fish or meat, or volcanic sulphur; stench; tainted. (hau-₁ + -na, nominalizer.) PNP *saunga.

hoʻohaunato cause an offensive odor; to use strong-smelling bait to attract fish; to smell such an odor

iʻa hoʻohaunasame as iʻa hoʻomelu; see melu

hauhauna [hau.hauna] same as hauna.

kauna₁n. placement, hanging, appearance. cf. kau₁. PPN *taunga.

kauna₂n. count (title of nobility). Eng.

kauna₃n. chanting.

kauna₄n. voice used in choral singing, e.g. countertenor or alto. (Kanahele 87: Tatar)

launavs. friendly, sociable; to associate with, meet with, fraternize with, visit, be sociable. Used idiomatically with ʻaʻohe, ʻaʻole, ʻole:

ʻAʻohe launa ka makaʻu.Terrible fear; there's no limit to the fear; lit., no meeting the fear.

ʻAʻole lihi launa mai o ka pilikia.There's no end to the trouble. cf. hoalauna.

hoʻolaunato introduce one person to another; to be friendly

hoʻolauna ʻanaintroduction

Ke hoʻolauna aku nei au i mua o ʻoukou.I introduce myself to you.

launa ʻanaassociation, intercourse, connection

launa ʻōlelodialogue, communication

maka launavs. friendly, having many friends and associates; sociable.

Ua maʻa i ka maka launa.Used to being friendly.

hoalauna [hoa.launa]n. neighbor, close associate or friend. (2 Sam. 15.37)

ʻume launan. the attraction that draws two solids and makes them one.

hoʻolauna [hoʻo.launa] see launa, friendly.

palapala hoʻolauna [pala.pala hoʻo.launa]n. letter of introduction.

laulauna [lau.launa] redup. of launa; sociable, friendly, gregarious, genial.

ʻaʻohe laulauna wale mainot at all sociable

he ʻoluʻolu, he laulaunapleasant, sociable

laulauna ʻoleantisocial

mauna₁nvs. mountain, mountainous region; mountainous. PPN *maʻunga.

Mauna LoaLong Mountain. (name)

mauna₂n. kind of hard stone from which adzes were made.

kuamauna [kua.mauna]n. mountaintop.

naka kua maunan. a land shell (Nesophila thaanumi, N. nesodonta). lit., mountain-ridge naka.

hinihini kua mauna [hini.hini kua mauna]n. a land shell (Succinea casta).

pūpū kua mauna [. kua mauna]n. a land shell (Lamellaxis oparanum). lit., mountain ridge shell. also pololei.

helemauna [hele.mauna]n. a rare native variety of dry-land taro, with dark purplish petioles and white corms; grown on Hawaiʻi. also piko ʻeleʻele. (HP 18, 32)

hele maunanvi. to travel in the mountains; mountain climber.

wahine noho maunan. an endemic fern (Adenophorus tamariscinus), with finely subdivided narrow-elliptical fronds 10 to 40 cm long, growing on trees and on the ground. lit., mountain-dwelling woman.

kūmauna₁ [.mauna] var. of kūmau, bowl.

kūmauna₂ [.mauna] same as ʻalaea, dye plant.

anauna same as hanauna, generation.

hanaunan. generation; relative whose relationship was established several generations previously; ancestry, birth. PPN *fanaunga.

hanauna likerelative of the same generation; of the same generation, contemporary

kaikuahine hanaunafemale cousin of a male

keiki hanaunanephew, niece

makuahine hanaunaaunt, female cousin of one's father or mother

makua kāne hanaunauncles, fathers, brothers and male cousins (For. 4:161)

ʻŌpio ʻAmelika o ka hanauna Kepanī.American youth of Japanese ancestry.

pili ma ka hanaunarelated through having a common ancestor

hanahanauna [hana.hanauna] same as hanauna, contemporary.

moʻopuna hanauna [moʻo.puna hanauna]n. grandchild of a sibling or cousin. lit., generation grandchild.

hoa hanaunan. relative of one's own generation.

makua kāne hanaunan. male cousin of the parents' generation.

makuahine hanauna [makua.hine hanauna]n. female cousin of the parents' generation.

keiki hanaunan. nephew or niece.

unauna [una.una]n. hermit crabs in general. also pāpaʻi iwi pūpū. PPN *ʻunga.

-unauna PNP *ungaunga.

hoʻounaunaredup. of hoʻouna; sorcery

māunauna [.unauna] redup. of māuna; extravagant, wasteful, prodigal.

hoʻomāunaunato waste, squander

ʻāunauna [ʻā.una.una]n. a common gastropod (Nassa serta), a shellfish.

ʻōunauna [ʻō.unauna] same as unauna, hermit crab.

akua hoʻounauna [akua hoʻo.una.una]n. god sent on errands of destruction.

pule hoʻounauna [pule hoʻo.una.una]n. prayer sending gods or spirits of deified persons on errands of destruction. lit., sending prayer.

hoa unan. one accompanying a messenger.

huna₁nvs. minute particle, grain, crumb, gram, speck, tiny bit, scrap, minutia; small, little, powdery. (This word is similar to hune₂.) cf. hunaahi, huna kai, huna kaua, huna lepo, hunalewa, huna olonā.

Ka hāʻule ʻana o kekahi huna o ke kānāwai.The voiding of one dot of the law. (Luka 16.17)

huna₂nvs. hidden secret; hidden. cf. huna, a stative usually following nouns, and the transitive verb hūnā. PNP *funa.

Kahi hunanakedness (Oihk. 18.7)

Lua hunasecret cave

Mea hunasecret

Wahi hunahidden place, sexual part

Huna₃n. eleventh night of the month. (Malo 35)

huna₄n. common, fine, red seaweeds (Hypnea spp.), irregularly and more or less densely branching, thorny looking; eaten cooked, furnishes a good colloid when boiled.

ahunan. pile, heap.

ahuna iwiheap of bones (Kep. 47)

kāhuna₁ [.huna] plural of kahuna₁. see ex. ʻololī.

kāhuna₂ [.huna] same as kāhunahuna.

māhuna₁ [.huna]nvi. scaly appearance of the skin, as resulting from excessive kava drinking; to scale thus. PCP *ma(f,s)unga.

māhuna₂ [.huna]n. fine scented tapa dyed with noni bark, made under strict taboo and reserved for chiefs; used for the best pāʻū (sarongs) on Hawaiʻi. (FS 253)

māhuna₃ [.huna] var. of māhune₂.

māhuna₄ [.huna]n. a variety of taro.

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

kahuna₁nvi. priest, sorcerer, magician, wizard, minister, expert in any profession (whether male or female); in the 1845 laws doctors, surgeons, and dentists were called kahuna. See kahu and many examples below; for plural see kāhuna. PPN *tufunga, PCP *t(a,o)funga.

hoʻokahunato cause to be a kahuna or pretend to be one; to ordain or train as a kahuna

kahuna₂nvi. oven cooking; to cook. cf. kahu₂.

ʻoihana kahuna₁ [ʻoi.hana kahuna]n. priesthood, office and duties of a priest, minister, or sorcerer.

ʻoihana kahuna₂ [ʻoi.hana kahuna]n. Book of Leviticus in the Old Testament.

papa kahunan. priestly class.

Kekahuna [ke.kahuna]n. the book Ecclesiastes.

pāpale kahuna [.pale kahuna]n. mitre, priestly hat. (Oihk. 8.9)

moʻo kahunan. genealogy of succession of priests; history of the priesthood.

nahunan. bite.

hunahuna [huna.huna]n. fragments, particles, crumbs, scraps.

hunahuna mea houbits of news

kāhunahuna [.huna.huna]vi. to sprinkle tightly, especially with salt. cf. huna, fine.

pahunan. a pushing, thrust, hurling, piercing, etc., as of an ihe spear. cf. pahu₃.

Hoʻokahi ia pahuna, ʻo ka hāʻule ia.But a single thrust and he fell.

lua hunan. hidden or secret cave or pit, as where bones of the dead were hidden.

ʻahunan. coat, garment, ti-leaf raincoat.

ʻōpae huna, ʻōpae hune [ʻō.pae huna, ʻō.pae hune]n. an indigenous shrimp, Palaemon debilis, almost transparent, found in brackish ponds. lit., small shrimp.

māwae huna [.wae huna]n. hidden cleft, as where things were hidden.

kalēhuna [kalē.huna]n. root of koali, a vine.

lelehuna, lelehune [lele.huna, lelehune]nvi. fine windblown rain spray, dust, mist; to fall as fine rain.

nane hunan. hidden riddle, conundrum.

palai huna same as pai, a native fern.

kilihuna [kili.huna] var. of kilihune.

kilikili huna [kili.kili huna] redup. of kilihuna, fine rain.

alaweo huna [ala.weo huna] same as ʻāheahea₂, a shrub, Niʻihau.

ʻōlelo huna [ʻō.lelo huna]n. secret language, speech with hidden meaning.

ʻōhuna₁ [ʻō.huna]n. secret, hidden thing. see huna₂.

He ʻōhuna nalo ʻole kāu i ka ʻike a kuʻu ʻohe nānā.Yours is a secret that cannot be hidden from my telescope. (song)

ʻōhuna₂ [ʻō.huna] same as ʻōhune₁, .

poʻo hunavs. hidden, mysterious, invisible, as the gods.

Poʻo huna i ke ao uli.Godheads hidden in the dark clouds.

huhuna redup. of huna; particles, fragments.

huhuhuna [huhu.huna] redup. of huhuna.

kuna₁n. a variety of fresh-water eel. PPN *tuna.

kuna₂ same as kunakuna₁.

kuna₃n. schooner. Eng.

lakuna, rakunan. raccoon. Eng.

kunakuna₁ [kuna.kuna]nvt. itch, scabies; scabby skin condition; to itch.

kunakuna₂ [kuna.kuna]n. doorposts. also lapauila. rare. 

pekunan. a kick.

mokunan. division, boundary, border, as of land; severed portion, cut piece, part, severance; chapter, section, as of a book; platoon, as of soldiers (a mokuna may be divided into mahele, sections, and into paukū, squads). PCP *motunga.

holomokuna [holo.mokuna] same as holomoku₂.

kukunan. ray, as of the sun; radius of a circle; spoke of a wheel; antenna of a lobster; spike of hāʻukeʻuke, a sea urchin; feeler of any creature; pistil of a flower; gate, door, or gable post; end post of a Hawaiian house other than the main post and the corner posts. (Malo 119)

Kukuna X.X-ray.

pou kukunan. gable post. see kukuna.

lukunan. destruction, slaughter. PCP *lutunga.

luna₁loc.n. high, upper, above, over, up; on, in, to, into. Luna follows particles as ā, i, , ma-, mai, no, o. (Gram. 8.6)   PPN *lunga.

i luna oon top of, over, upon

Kau i luna o ke kaʻa.Get into the car.

luna₂n. foreman, boss, leader, overseer, supervisor, headman, officer of any sort, commissioner, superintendency, control, rule.

hoʻolunato appoint as foreman, officer, etc.; to act as officer

ka mea iāia ka lunathe superintendency (For. 6:4)

luna₃ chief piece in the kōnane game. (And.)

hāluna₁ [.luna] same as haluhalu₂.

hāluna₂ [.luna]vt. to summon men to work. rare. 

pāluna, baluna [.luna]n. balloon. Eng.

wāluna [.luna] prophecy. (And.)

ʻāluna [ʻā.luna]n. descent, loosening, slackening, stooping. see ʻalu₁.

kia lunan. topmast.

kalunan. saloon. Eng.

maluna see luna.

kaʻa malunavi. to rise in station, to come up from under; to rule others.

koma lunan. apostrophe, glottal stop. lit., comma (Eng.) above.

pūlunaluna [.luna.luna]vs. scattered, blown helter-skelter.

walunan. clawing, scratching. cf. walu₁.

kaʻaluna [kaʻa.luna]vi. to sail or turn against the wind. fig., to dominate; overbearing. cf. kaʻalalo.

helunan. number, count, total sum, amount; grade or mark (evaluation).

He aha ka heluna o kāna poʻe moa?What is the total number of his chickens?

i luna see luna.

ai luna, aia i lunavi. up there.

paʻa-i-lunan. heavens above.

ʻili lunan. epidermis; outer bark.

Huihui-kōkō-a-Makaliʻi-kau-i-luna [hui.hui-kō.kō-a-maka.liʻi-kau-i-luna]n. a name for Pleiades. lit., Makaliʻi's net hanging above. (HM 368)

Hana-kaʻi-lunan. name of a lua stroke.

papahele o luna [papa.hele o luna]n. upper floor, upstairs.

paleʻili o lunan. undershirt. (Kel. 105)

palemaʻi o luna [pale.maʻi o luna]n. undershirt.

molunan.v. thief, robber; to rob, plunder, take by force. rare. 

uluna₁nvi. pillow, cushion, formerly made of pandanus; to use as a pillow (Kin. 28.18) . see ex., welehu₂. also ununa. PPN *ʻulunga; cf. PPN *ʻulu, head.

uluna₂n. upper part of the arm.

uluna₃n. center part of a net, as of a large ʻupena iheihe, (net used for iheihe fish). cf. ulu₇.

hakakauluna [haka.kau.luna] same as lona, canoe rest.

Hana-kau-luna₁n. name of a star associated with Hana-kalau-ʻai, and Haka-lau-ʻai; all were omens of pestilence or calamity.

Hana-kau-luna₂n. name of a death stroke in lua fighting.

pela ulunan. pillow.

pale ulunan. pillowcase. lit., pillow guard.

iwi ulunan. humerus or bone of the upper arm. lit., pillow bone.

kulukuluna [kulu.kuluna]n. flowing, leaking, dripping.

puluna₁n. one's child's parents-in-law or aunts and uncles by marriage; kāne, male, and wahine, female, may follow.

Inoa pulunaone's child's aunts and uncles by marriage. (The term puluna is used by the child's parents.)

Kona puluna kānehis child's father-in-law (in Hawaiian sense of father, which includes uncle, foster father)

Kona puluna wahinehis child's mother-in-law (in Hawaiian sense of mother, which includes aunt, foster mother)

puluna₂n. prune. Eng.

inoa puluna see inoa₃.

humunan. sewing, seam.

nuna₁ rare var. of luna, above.

nuna₂n. nun. Eng.

hānuna [.nuna]vi. to snore, to talk with nasalized sounds; blurred, as sound.

ihu hānuna [ihu .nuna]vi. to snore or speak with nasalized sounds.

nunanuna [nuna.nuna] same as nupanupa.

hānunanuna₁ [.nuna.nuna] redup. of hānuna.

hānunanuna₂ [.nuna.nuna] first fermentation of fresh poi. (AP)

ununa var. of uluna₁, , .

kununa same as kunu₁.

ʻO ke kununa maila ia.He's just been broiling food.

hōuna [.una]n. scooping. see ʻupena hōuna.

ʻupena hōuna [ʻupena .una]n. net made of fibers of hau and ʻahu-ʻawa. lit., scoop net.

pouna var. of paona, pound cf. paona, paona kaulike. (Luka 19.13)

hoʻouna [hoʻo.una]vt. to send. see -una.

puna₁n. spring (of water). cf. pūnāwai. PPN *puna.

Puna-houNew spring. (place)

wai punaspring water

puna₂n. coral, lime, plaster, mortar, whitewash, calcium; coral container, as for dye, coral rubber. PPN *punga.

E lawe ʻoia i ka puna hou e hamo i ka haleand he shall take new plaster and plaster the house (Oihk. 14.42)

puna₃n. section between joints or nodes, as of bamboo or sugar cane.

puna₄n. cuttlebone, as of octopus.

puna₅ short for kupuna as a term of address.

puna₆ short for punalua.

hoʻopunasame as hoʻopunalua

puna₇vi. to paddle with the hands, as to start a surfboard on its way to catch a wave. rare. 

puna₈n. spoon (preceded by ke). Eng.

Ke iho ihola ke puna.The spoon is let down [the lower lip, of a pouter].

-puna- see kapuna, moʻopuna, punahele, punalua.

hāpuna₁ [.puna]n. spring, pool, puddle fig., child, as representing continuation of life.

hāpuna₂ [.puna]n. harpoon. Eng.

māpuna [.puna]n. bubbling spring; froth, as of a rough sea; source. fig., surging of emotion. PPN *ma(a)puna.

mai ka māpuna hoʻokahifrom the same source

wai māpunaspring water

piha punan. spoonful.

palaina punan.v. whitewash; to whitewash. cf. palai₂.

punapuna₁ [puna.puna]vs. mealy, firm, not soft or soggy, as taro or sweet potato.

punapuna₂ [puna.puna] redup. of puna₃; jointed. (KL. line 60)

he punapuna nohoʻi e like me ke jointed too, like sugar cane [of kava] (For. 5:607)

punapuna₃ [puna.puna]vs. scattered, wind-blown, pulverized. rare. 

hāpunapuna [.puna.puna] redup. of hāpuna₁. (Nak. 82)

māpunapuna [.puna.puna] redup. of māpuna.

Māpunapuna mai ana aloha iaʻu neiyour love stirs and excites within me (song)

papuna, babunan. baboon. Eng.

maiʻa Puna new name for maiʻa ʻeleʻele; lit., Puna banana.

hale punan. house built of limestone or coral.

wai punan. spring water. fig., a sweetheart. PPN *wai puna.

paʻi punav. to whitewash, plaster. lit., to slap coral.

kila paʻi punan. trowel, lit., steel slap lime.

Ka-hala-o-Puna a Mānoa beauty, the wife of Ka-uhi. In the legend gossips told Ka-uhi that she was unfaithful. He led her to a forest on Ka'ala mountain and slowly beat her to death and buried her under an ʻōhiʻa tree. Passers-by restored her to life. (HM 152-153) . In the story as told by Westervelt (Old Honolulu, pp. 128-130), her cruel lover, a Waikiki chief, killed her three times; each time she was resuscitated by an owl god, Pueo-aliʻi. lit., the pandanus of Puna.

ʻala-o-Punan. a variety of taro, growing wild, also cultivated dry in Puna, Hawaiʻi; fragrant when cooked, like kāī. also welowelo-lā.

hopuna₁n. grasping, seizing, taking; arrest.

hopuna₂n. pronunciation, accent.

leho punan. a white money cowry (Cypraea moneta). lit., coral cowry.

kokopuna [koko.puna]n. first menstruation. lit., spring blood.

hamo punan.v. whitewash, plaster; to plaster; one who plasters, bricklayer.

moʻopuna₁ [moʻo.puna]n. grandchild; great-niece or -nephew; relatives two generations later, whether blood or adopted; descendant; posterity. PPN *mokopuna.

hoʻomoʻopuna,to claim a moʻopuna relationship; to address and treat as a moʻopuna, as from affection

kāna moʻopunahis grandchild

Moʻopuna i ke alo.Beloved grandchild raised by a grandparent; lit., grandchild in the presence.

moʻopuna₂ [moʻo.puna] short for moʻopuna-a-ka-līpoa.

kani moʻopuna [kani moʻo.puna]vi. to become a grandparent, the state of being a grandparent; grandchild's wail.

hiʻimoʻopuna [hiʻi.moʻo.puna]n.v. to bear a grandchild in the arms; to be a grandparent (a term of pride and affection).

Ua hiʻimoʻopuna ʻoia.He has the joy of being a grandparent.

kupuna₁n. grandparent, ancestor, relative or close friend of the grandparent's generation, grandaunt, granduncle. PPN *tupuna.

hoʻokupunato take a person as a grandparent or grandaunt or granduncle because of affection; an adopted grandparent; to act as a grandparent

kupuna₂n. starting point, source; growing.

pōhaku puna [.haku puna]n. round coral piece, as used for polishing or rubbing; concrete.

moʻo kupunan. ancestral genealogy.

hulu kupunan. the precious few living blood relatives of the grandparent's generation (a term of affection and pride).

kūpuna plural of kupuna₁. PCP *tuupuna.

Mai kūpuna mai.From the ancestors, traditional.

Pili ma kūpuna.Related through a common ancestor.

haʻi kūpunan.v. to tell of ancestors; a chant concerning ancestors, genealogy.

kuʻuna₁nvs. slope of a hill; let down, descended. fig., traditional, hereditary.

maʻi kuʻunainherited disease

kuʻuna₂n. place where a net is set in the sea; to let down a fish net.

kuʻuna₃vs. relaxed, relieved.

Kuʻuna ka naʻau.The heart is relieved.

lapuʻunan. a hump, crook, arch; a humping, arching.

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