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

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

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

aʻa moku i ke poʻocerebral hemorrhage

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

ke koko maloko o nā aʻablood in the veins

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

ʻŌ kuʻu aʻa kēia,This is my offspring.

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

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

ʻaʻa haoleforeign cloth

ʻaʻa maluna o ke akecaul above the liver

ʻAʻole kanaka ʻaʻa ʻole.No man without his scrip.

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

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

ʻaʻaʻa.  nvs. clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; vascular bundles in taro corm, chaff, tissue; fibrous, stringy. also hāʻaʻa.

ʻaʻaʻaʻa.  redup. of ʻaʻaʻa, fibrous...

ʻAʻaʻaʻa hoʻi kēia ʻuala.This sweet potato is full of fibers.

aʻaahi [aʻa·ahi].  n. scion or shoot of sandalwood.

ʻaʻae.  n. second or third crop, as of taro; taro patch where the taro has been pulled up. also ʻae.

aae [a-a-e].  s. See aa, fine roots. A kalo patch where the kalo is pulled. The young shoots of kalo remaining in the ground after the old is pulled. SYN. with oha. as, pau ke kalo i ka hukiia, o ka oha wale no koe, oia ka aae.

ʻaʻahokau [ʻaʻaho·kau].  same as haupia, coconut and arrowroot pudding.

aaka [a-a-ka].  Peeled; skinned, as a banana.

ʻaʻaka₄.  n. wood of the naio, bastard sandalwood.

aʻa kolo, ʻaʻa kolo.  n. a root running horizontally that produces roots below and above; a rhizome, creeping root.

ʻaʻa kolo.  n. var. spelling of aʻa kolo, a root running horizontally that produces roots below and above; a rhizome, creeping root...

ʻaʻaliʻi [ʻaʻa·liʻi].  n. native hardwood shrubs or trees (Dodonaea, all species), 30 cm to 10 m [1-33 ft] high, more or less sticky at branch tips; leaves narrow, 2 to 10 cm [¾"-4"] long; flowers small; fruit a yellow, red, or brown papery capsule about 1 cm long and with two to four wings. Fruit clusters are made into leis with their own leaves or ferns and worn in the hair. (Neal 536–7), (FS 57). symbol of independent people of Kaʻū. (Wight)

ʻaʻaliʻi kū ma kuaʻaʻaliʻi standing in back

ʻaʻaliʻi kū makaniʻaʻaliʻi standing [in] wind

He ʻaʻaliʻi au, ʻaʻohe makani e hina aiI am an ʻaʻaliʻi shrub, no wind can push me over. (a boast of the people of Kaʻū. see similar ex., ʻulaʻa.) (ON 507)

aalii [a-a-lii].  s. Name of a hard timber; more generally alii.

ʻaʻaliʻi mahu [ʻaʻa·liʻi mahu].  same as pūkiawe, shrubs.

ʻaʻa lole.  n. clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; European cloth.

aalole [a-a-lo-le].  s. Aa, cloth of cocoanut leaves. The name first given to cloth by the people of Kauai.

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

ʻaʻamoʻo₁ [ʻaʻa·moʻo].  n. young clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; gauze, as of a veil; diaphanous cloth. lit., ʻaʻa portion.

aamoo [a-a-moo].  s. See aa. The cloth-substance around cocoanut leaves; a veil; thin white cloth; o ka mea keokeo e lalahi ana i ka moo, he mea lahilahi a puaweawe; whatever is light, thin, as thin cloth. adj. Light; thin, as cloth; o ka inoa o ka lole lahilahi loa.

ʻaʻa niu.  clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond.

aaniu [a-a-ni-u].  s. See aa and niu, cocoanut. The covering like a coarse cloth around cocoanut leaves; a hookahekahe ma ka aaniu.

ʻaʻao₂.  n. uncultivated bananas. rare. 

aao [aa-o].  adj. A species of tall, wild banana, he maia aao.

ʻaʻao hoʻokahi [ʻaʻao hoʻo·kahi].  same as ʻao kahi, one remaining leaf (ʻao) on an old taro stalk, said of an old taro about to die...

E hele ke kalo ā ʻaʻao hoʻokahi.The taro grew until there was only one leaf left.

ʻaʻapehihi [ʻaʻape·hihi].  n. pothos [plant].

ʻaʻapehihi lau liʻiphilodendron

ʻaʻapu₁.  nvs. coconut-shell cup; cuplike. also ʻapu.

hōʻaʻaputo form a cup of the hollow of the hand; to fold a leaf into a cup

aapu [a-a-pu].  s. See apu, a cup. A thin piece of wood, such as will bend up. A concave vessel. Hoo. To turn the hollow of the hand upward; e hooaapu ae i kou poho lima.

ʻaʻapuwai [ʻaʻapu·wai].  same as ʻapuwai, a variety of taro.

ʻaʻawa₂.  same as ʻaʻawa hua kukui, a native tree (Pittosporum hosmeri and its varieties)...

ʻaʻawa hua kukui.  n. a native tree (Pittosporum hosmeri and its varieties), about 6 m high, with leaves 10 to 25 cm by 1.5 to 6 cm, shiny and wrinkled above, brown-wooly beneath; small, clustered, cream-colored flowers; ovoid fruits about 5 cm long, each with two to four thick valves containing orange pulp and black oily seeds. also hōʻawa, hāʻawa. (Neal 382–4)

aʻe₁.  n. several native trees, the soapberry (Sapindus saponaria f. inaequalis), and all species of Zanthoxylum (also known as Fagara, Zanthoxylum having yellowish wood formerly used for digging sticks and spears); seeds of all (largest in the soapberry) are black, round, and used for leis. also mānele. [PPN *ake, tree sp]

aʻe₆.  n. Maui name for maua₂, trees.

ʻae₂.  n.
  • sap wrung from seaweed or leaves of plants such as taro;
  • liquid remaining after dregs have settled, as of pia, arrowroot starch;
  • saliva, drooling of the mouth.

ʻae limujuice remaining on the pounding board after seaweed (limu) is pounded; mixed with salt it is used to flavor sauce for ʻōʻio or other fish

Kahe ka ʻae o ka waha.Mouth saliva flows [mouth waters; fig., to desire avidly].

ʻae₃.  vs.
  • fine, mashed, comminuted, as dust or powder;
  • silky soft, as down;
  • smooth, as well-mixed poi or bread dough.

ʻae kīfine portions of ti root baked in the oven; to break ti root so cooked into fine bits

ʻae moadowny chicken feathers

he ahi ʻā nopu hōʻaea hot glowing fire that pulverizes

hōʻaeto make fine, pulverize, refine, soften

ʻae₅.  n. a native fern (Polypodium pellucidum) commonly seen at Kīlauea Volcano. It has oblong fronds 15 to 40 cm long, once divided into about fifteen or more pairs of oblong segments, each of which bears many round fruit dots. cf. ʻae lau nui. (Neal 25)

ʻae₇.  n. shoots from main root portion of the wauke plant. see ohi₃.

aʻeaʻe₁ [aʻe·aʻe].  vt. mixing of a dark or brilliant color with a lighter one, as feathers in a lei; of dark hair of a young person with streaks of gray; to mix, as drinks.

Aʻeaʻe mohala i luna o ke kukui.Streaks of silvery gray showing on the candlenut tree. [said of a graying person] (ON 5)

aeae [ae-ae].  Dark, obscure, as a vision, indistinctly seen; po aeae, a night of indistinct vision, not totally dark, i. e., light and darkness mixed.

aʻeaʻe₂ [aʻe·aʻe].  n. a kind of banana with green and white striped leaves and fruits. also koaʻe, manini. (Neal 249) [(MQ) PPN *ake, banana variety]

ʻaeʻae₂.  n. a small native shrub (Lycium sandwicense) growing near salt marshes and among rocks near the sea. It has light-colored bark; succulent, narrow pale-green leaves about 2.6 cm long; small white to blue-tinted flowers; and small red berries. also ʻākulikuli ʻaeʻae, ʻākulikuli ʻōhelo, ʻōhelo kai. (Neal 740)

ʻaeʻae₃.  n. water hyssop, a succulent herb (Bacopa monnieria). Niʻihau cf. (Neal 759).

ʻaeʻahaukaʻe.  n. var. spelling of ʻaeʻa haukaʻe₂, a variety of wild sweet potato, good only as pig food.

ʻaeʻa haukaʻe₂, ʻaeʻahaukaʻe [ʻaeʻa hau·kaʻe].  n. a variety of wild sweet potato, good only as pig food.

ʻae lau nui.  same as ʻae₅, with large leaves.

āewa₁ [ā·ewa].  vi. thin, tall spindly; to weave to and fro, as seaweed; to sway, as a branch or sea eddy. cf. ewa, māewa. [PPN *ʻaʻewa, walk about: *(q)aqewa]

ulu maikaʻi a āewa hua ʻolegrowing well but spindly and fruitless [of bananas] (Kep. 159)

ʻaha₂.  nvi.
  • sennit;
  • cord braided of coconut husk, human hair, intestines of animals;
  • string for a musical instrument;
  • to stretch the ʻaha cord for the outline of a house so that the posts may be properly placed;
  • measurement of an edge or border.
  [(MP) PPN *kafa, sennit]

E kiʻi i ke kaula e ʻaha ai.Get a cord to stake out the house with.

hōʻahato make or braid ʻaha; to tie up a calabash

Ua like nā ʻaha.The sides are of equal length [as of a rectangle].

aha [a-ha].  s. A cord braided from the husk of the cocoanut. A cord braided from human hair. Strings made from the intestines of animals; ka naau i mea aha moa, the intestines for strings to tie fowls with; he aha, pulu niu; he aha waa a me ka aha hoa waa, a cord for tying and strengthening a canoe in a storm; he aha palaoa, he lauoho i hili nilo ia. v. To stretch the cord by which the first posts of a house were put down or set straight; e kii i ke kaula e aha ai, fetch the rope to make straight with. FIG. Aha, oia ka ana a me ka aha pololei no ke anpuni, aha, that is, to measure and direct straightly the government. s. Used in the expressions, ua like na aha, the sides are equal; aha like, meaning side—measure perhaps.

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

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

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

ʻahakea₁ [ʻaha·kea].  n. native trees (species of Bobea) with small to medium-sized, oblong leaves; small greenish or white flowers; and small, purple-to-black juicy fruits. The wood is yellow and formerly was used for poi boards and canoe rims. [(NP) PPN *ʻafa-tea, tree sp. (nauclea)]

I ke aha hoʻi? I ka ʻahakea.Why then? The ʻahakea [a saucy, retort containing a pun on the word aha, what]. (ON 1199)

ahakea [a-ha-kea].  s. Name of a species of yellowish wood used for rims of canoes. It is also used for making poi boards, canoe paddles, &c.

ʻahakea₂ [ʻaha·kea].  same as haokea, a taro.

ʻahaniu [ʻaha·niu].  n. a native sedge (Machaerina mariscoides subsp. meyenii) with pointed, leathery leaves about 90 by 1.6 cm, mostly basal around a more or less zigzag spike, which bears light-brown scattered flower clusters. see also ʻuki, all species of Cladium and Machaerina. (Neal 89)

ʻāhē₂.  n. wild taro. Kauaʻi. Varieties are qualified by the colors keʻokeʻo and ʻulaʻula. Called ʻāweu on Hawaiʻi.

ʻahea.  same as ʻāheahea₂, a native shrub (Chenopodium oahuense) ...

ʻāheahea₁ [ʻā·hea·hea].  vi. to wilt, as a plant; warm, insipid.

aheahea [a-he-a-he-a].  adj. Warm, as water by standing in the sun.

ʻāheahea₂ [ʻā·hea·hea].  n. a native shrub (Chenopodium oahuense) and an introduced weedy herb (C. album), both with narrow to triangular or rhomboidal, thickish leaves; flowers small, in panicles. Young plants, leaves, and plant tips are used for greens, wrapped in ti leaves and cooked on hot coals. Also ʻahea, ʻāhewahewa, alaweo; alaweo huna (Niʻihau), ʻāweoweo. (Neal 331)

ʻahele.  nvt. snare; to snare. also pahele.

ʻahele pulu niusnare of coconut fibers, as for ʻaʻama, a crab

ahele [a-he-le].  s. A snare; used in a former translation for pahele. Ier. 18:22. A snare; same us pahele, but is more used.

ʻāhewa₃ [ʻā·hewa].  n. Oʻahu name for the mānā fern.

ʻāhewa₄ [ʻā·hewa].  a mimosa tree. (AP)

ʻāhewahewa [ʻā·hewa·hewa].  same as ʻāheahea₂, a shrub.

ahewahewa [a-he-wa-he-wa].  s. Name of a tree on the mountains.

ʻāhihi₁ [ʻā·hihi].  n. a low spreading bush (Metrosideros sp.), formerly numerous in Nuʻuanu. Also ʻāhihi lehua, lehua ʻāhihi, ʻāhihi kū ma kua.

ahihi [a-hi-hi].  s. Name of a tree or shrub in Nuuanu; he lei no ka huakaihele o Kona.

ʻāhihi₂ [ʻā·hihi].  n. any plant with long runners or creepers, as cup of gold; any creeping vine. cf. hihi, entangled.

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)

ahinahina [a-hi-na-hi-na].  Name of a plant living in cold, dry places; so named from its color, a light silver gray; known as the "silver sword."

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)

ʻāhinahina ʻōmaʻomaʻo [ʻā·hina·hina ʻō-maʻo-maʻo].  n. Maui greensword. lit., green silversword.

ʻāhina kuahiwi [ʻā·hina kua·hiwi].  n. a native fern (Cyrtomium caryotideum), with fronds 25 to 35 cm long, once divided into 6 to 18 broadly sickle-shaped pinnae, lobed at the base. also kāʻapeʻape.

ʻāhiu₁ [ʻā·hiu].  vs. wild, untamed, as animals or plants. shy, of people (NKE12)

ʻāhiu [ʻā·hiu].  vs. wild, general term; shy. cf. lapa. see lōhiu, lakauā.

ahiu [a-hi-u].  adj. Wild; untamed, as a horse; he aa; aole laka mai. See hihiu.

ahuahu [ahu·ahu].  nvi. healthy, vigorous; strength and vigor, as of animal or plant; to grow rapidly, thrive. also ehuehu₂.

ke ahuahu kōa healthy sugar-cane plant (For. 5:646)

ulu ahuahuto grow fast, to be big for one's age

ahuahu [a-hu-a-hu].  s. Young sprouts or shoots from layers, as from sugar-cane. A boy or girl that grows up quickly.

ʻahu ʻao.  n. choice mat of fine strands of soft white young pandanus leaves, about 3 cm mesh.

ahuao [a-hu-ao].  s. The young and tender leaves of the hala for making mats; ahu moena, ahu pawehe, ahuao.

ʻahuʻawa₁.  n. a sedge (Cyperus javanicus) about .3 to 1.3 m high, with a basal tuft of long narrow leaves and a radiating inflorescence borne at the tip of a long slender stem. also ʻehuʻawa, puʻukaʻa haole. (Neal 86–7)

Ōpū ʻahuʻawa hānau.Born in a clump of ʻahuʻawa [of a humble birthplace].

ahuawa [a-hu-a-wa].  s. A species of strong rush of which cords are made; the leaves are made into hats. The name of the cord itself; mai hoka au i ke ahuawa.

ʻahuʻawa₂.  n. another coarse sedge (Cyperus hypochlorus) similar to the preceding one, but with green instead of brown flowers.

ʻahuʻawa haole.  n. the umbrella plant, a leafless ornamental sedge (Cyperus alternifolius), 30 to 180 cm high, the umbrella-shaped flowering head with about 20 grasslike rays at the top of a slender stalk. also puʻukaʻa haole. (Neal 84–5)

ahuhinalo [a-hu-hi-na-lo].  s. A garment or cloth made of the hala leaf.

ʻahu hīnano [ʻahu hī·nano].  n. soft, fine mat garment plaited from fine strands of dried bracts of male pandanus fruit.

ʻāhui [ʻā·hui].  n. bunch or cluster, as of bananas, grapes; whole pandanus fruit consisting of keys. [(EP) PPN *kaa-fui, bunch (of fruit etc.) (clk): *kaa-fui]

ʻāhui wainacluster of grapes

ahui [a-hu-i].  s. A bunch or cluster of fruit, as bananas, grapes, or hala.

ʻāhui hala₁ [ʻā·hui hala].  n. pandanus fruit.

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

ahu lāʻi, ʻahu lāʻī.  n. ti-leaf raincoat or cape.

ʻahu lāʻī.  n. var. spelling of ahu lāʻi, ti-leaf raincoat or cape.

ʻahu ʻula₃.  see limuʻahuʻula, an upland moss...

ʻai₁.  nvt.
  • food or food plant, especially vegetable food as distinguished from iʻa, meat or fleshy food;
  • often ʻai refers specifically to poi;
  • harvest (Oihk. 19.9) ;
  • to eat, edible.
  • to taste, bite, take a hook,
  • destroy or consume as by fire;
  • to erode;
  • grasp, hold on to;
  • fig., to rule, reign, or enjoy the privileges and exercise the responsibilities of rule, and one who does so, as
  - ʻai ahupuaʻa: to rule an ahupuaʻa, the ruler of one;
  - ʻai ʻāina: to own, control, and enjoy land; the owner of land;
  - ʻai aliʻi, ʻai lani, and ʻai liʻi, to enjoy the comforts and honors and exercise the responsibilities of being a chief;
  - ʻai ʻili: to control an ʻili land division, one who does control the ʻili;
  - ʻai moku: to rule a district or island [moku], one who rules one.
    cf. ʻaialo, ʻai kanaka, ʻai nui, ʻai ʻokoʻa, ʻai paʻa, ʻai pala maunu, ʻai pilau, ʻai ʻuhaʻuha, ʻai waiū.
  • Various ways of eating may qualify ʻai, as
  - ʻai hele, ʻai lau, and ʻai noa, to eat freely and without observance of taboos (see also ʻai kū);
  - ʻai kapu, to eat under taboo;
  - ʻai kau, to feed by dropping poi directly from the fingers into the mouth, especially to feed a favorite child this way;
  - ʻai maka, to eat raw;
  - ʻai pau, to eat all.
  [(AN) PPN *kai, food, eat: *kai-nga]

ʻai ʻahato tie with sennit

ʻAʻohe ʻai ʻo ka maʻi.The disease makes no advance.

ʻAʻohe kapu o kaʻu pā hula, he ʻai kū, he ʻai hele.There are no taboos in my hula troupe, eat standing, eat on the run.

hiki ke ʻai ʻiaedible

hōʻaito feed, give food to, board

kāna ʻaihis food

kona ʻaihis eating

mōhai ʻaicereal offering (Oihk. 2.14)

pāʻū ʻai kauasarong worn in battle (For. 4:53)

aʻiaʻi₂ [aʻi·aʻi].  n. a native tree or shrub (Streblus sandwicensis [Pseudomorus sandwicensis and P. brunoniana are synonyms]), with narrow-ovate leaves, and milky sap; a member of the fig family. (Neal 299)

ʻaiakanēnē [ʻai-a-ka-nēnē].  n. a native trailing, woody plant (Coprosma ernodeoides), with narrow, tiny leaves and black, berry-like fruits. lit., food of the nēnē goose. also kūkaenēnē, leponēnē, pūnēnē. (Neal 803)

ʻaiea₁ [ʻai·ea].  n. all species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Nothocestrum, soft-wooded shrubs and trees with ovate or oblong leaves, yellowish flowers, and whitish to reddish berries. One slender species was used for thatching sticks (ʻaho) and fire-making.

aiea [ai-ea].  s. Name of a species of tree found on Lanai and other islands used for finishing off canoes.

ʻaihē.  center of a taro corm. (Kep. 16.5)

ʻai kalo paʻa.  n. unpounded taro. fig., difficult problem that must be chewed, as whole taro.

ʻaikola [ʻai·kola].  nvs. interj. of scorn or derision, especially rejoicing over others' misfortunes, with meaning "serves you right" or "I told you so"; as a verb, to use this term. [(NP) PPN *ka-itoʻa, expression of satisfaction at misfortune of others]

hōʻaikolato treat contemptuously; to rejoice over the misfortunes of others; sarcastic, contemptible

Hōʻaikola nohoʻi kāu hana.You do such contemptible things.

Hōʻaikola nohoʻi nā lāʻau kaʻa maluna ou.The fir trees rejoice at thee. (Isa. 14.8)

aikola [ai-ko-la].  v. See akola. Used only in conj. 13. Hoo. To despise; to spurn from; to triumph over; to treat contemptuously. Hal. 22:24. FIG. Applied to trees; to rejoice over, in view of victory. Isa. 14:8. See also hoonaikola, another form of the same word. s. Hoo The subject of scorn or derision; he mea hoaikola a akaaka hoi, a subject of scorn and derision. Hal. 79: See hoaikola. int. An expression of triumph mixed with contempt, as aha! Ezek. 25:3.

ʻaikūpele.  n. var. spelling of ʻai kūpele, medicinal juices mixed with poi or mashed sweet potato...

ʻai kūpele, ʻaikūpele [ʻai kū·pele].  n. medicinal juices mixed with poi or mashed sweet potato, used to build up strength. lit., kneaded poi.

ʻaila kolī [ʻaila kolī·].  n. castor oil. lit., castor-bean oil.

ʻai lau₂.  n. a bundle of cooked taro wrapped in ti leaves.

ʻāina pua.  n. poetic name for China. lit., flower land.

ʻai ʻokoʻa.  n. cooked unpounded taro. lit., whole taro. Kauaʻi. also kalo paʻa.

ʻai paʻa.  n. cooked taro pounded into a hard mass not mixed with water, sometimes preserved in ti-leaf bundles. fig., a difficult problem. lit., hard poi.

aipaa [ai-paa].  s. Ai, food, and paa, hard. Hard food; food, that is, kalo prepared for keeping.

ʻaiwi.  n. ivy. also lau hihi pā. Eng.

aka₅.  n. knuckles, as of hands or ankles; joints of the backbone; node and stalk of kava; kava slip for planting.

ākaʻa.  vt. var. spelling of ʻākaʻa, to tear off...

ʻākaʻa, ākaʻa [ʻā·kaʻa].  vt.
  • to tear off, peel;
  • to break open, as a seal (Hoik. 5.2) ;
  • to fall off or down, as old thatching of a house;
  • to break up, as the sides of a house;
  • to uproot;
  • ruffled, as feathers.

hoʻākaʻacaus/sim

niu ʻākaʻacoconut with flesh that shakes; such coconut flesh

akaa [a-kaa].  v. To break open, as a seal. Hoik. 5:2. To tear or take up, as a mat. adj. Anything broken up; not cohering; he akaa wale, he pipili ole.

akaaka₃, akaka.  n. a downy, thorny branching plant (Solanum aculeatissimum), 30 to 90 cm high, from tropical America. It bears round scarlet fruits 2.6 em in diameter, which are strung for leis. also kīkānia lei. (Neal 742–3)

akaʻakaʻawa.  n. an endemic begonia (Hillebrandia sandwicensis), a succulent herb with oblique, rounded lobed leaves 10 to 20 cm in diameter and with sprays of small pink or white flowers, found only in shaded, damp ravines. Kauaʻi. also pua maka nui. (Neal 602)

ʻakaʻakai₁ [ʻakaʻa·kai].  n. the great bulrush (Scirpus validus, formerly called S. lacustris) that grows on the edge of fresh or brackish water marshes in Hawaiʻi. The plants have unbranched, slender, green stems, 1 to 3 m high, looking like giant onion plants. Formerly Hawaiians used them for house thatch or plaited them into mats for the lower layers of beds or for some temporary purposes, as the material is not durable. S. californicus on Niʻihau. (Neal 88)

ʻai ʻakaʻakaito eat bulrushes [fresh poi, which was not liked]

akaakai [a-kaa-kai].  s. Bulrushes out of which mats and bags are made.

ʻakaʻakai₂ [ʻakaʻa·kai].  n. the common onion (Allium cepa); the tops look like those of the great bulrush. (Neal 198)

ʻakaʻakai [ʻaka·ʻakai].  see ilo ʻakaʻakai, lina, ʻoʻa, onion maggot...; green onion, having a white bulb with purple inside...

akaakai [a-kaa-kai].  Onions have taken the same name from the similarity of the tops, Nah. 11:5.

ʻakaʻakai lau [ʻakaʻa·kai lau].  n. green onion (Allium fistulosum); its leaves are eaten with salt salmon. lit., leaf onion. (Neal 198)

ʻakaʻakainaku.  n. var. spelling of ʻakaʻakai naku, bulrush.

ʻakaʻakai naku, ʻakaʻakainaku [ʻakaʻa·kai naku].  n. bulrush.

ʻakaʻakai pilau [ʻakaʻa·kai pilau].  n. garlic (Allium sativum). (Neal 198–9)

ʻakaʻakaipoepoe.  n. var. spelling of ʻakaʻakai poepoe, round onion.

ʻakaʻakai poepoe, ʻakaʻakaipoepoe.  n. round onion. (NKE)

akaʻawa.  n. a tall endemic climber (Smilax sandwicensis) with tendrils and shiny, leathery, heart-shaped leaves; used for tying rafters. also hoi kuahiwi. (Neal 211)

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

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

ʻākala₂ [ʻā·kala].  n. two endemic raspberries (Rubus hawaiensis and R. macraei); and the thimbleberry (R. rosaefolius), from southeastern Asia. also ʻākalakala, ōlaʻa. (Neal 390–1) [(CE) PPN *kaa-tara, ??]

akala [a-ka-la].  s. A berry, something like a strawberry; a raspberry.

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

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

ʻākia₁ [ʻā·kia].  n. endemic shrubs and trees (Wikstroemia spp) with small leaves, tiny yellowish flowers, and yellow to red, small, ovoid one-seeded fruits. The bark yields a fiber; the bark, roots, and leaves (as W. oahuensis) a narcotic used for fish poisoning (Neal 616), and according to Kep., used in ʻanāʻanā sorcery. Varieties are qualified by the terms lau nui, mānalo, and pehu. also kauhi.

akia [a-ki-a].  s. Name of an intoxicating shrub; its qualities are like the anhuhu; it is also called haakea. The bark is used to poison fish in fresh water as auhuhu is in salt.

akiahala [akia·hala].  same as kanawao₁, small endemic trees.

akiahala [a-ki-a-ha-la].  s. Name of a tree; also called puahanui.

ʻakiahala [ʻakia·hala].  n. an endemic, small, hairy, pink-flowered shrub (Hibiscus youngianus), usually found in marshy places. also hau hele, ʻakiohala. (Neal 560)

ʻakiʻaki₂.  n. seashore rush grass (Sporobolus virginicus), a coarse grass growing on sandy beaches; used to exorcise spirits. also mānienie ʻakiʻaki, mānienie māhikihiki, mānienie maoli. (Neal 66–7)

ʻakiʻaki haole.  n. buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), an American grass used for lawns. Some people believed that buffalo grass could be used to exorcise spirits because it had been given the same name (ʻakiʻaki) as the seashore rush grass, which was used for this purpose. also mānienie ʻakiʻaki. (Neal 72–3)

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

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

ʻakilolo₃ [ʻaki·lolo].  n. a variety of taro.

ʻakiohala [ʻakio·hala].  n. an endemic, small, hairy, pink-flowered shrub (Hibiscus youngianus), usually found in marshy places. also hau hele, ʻakiahala. (Neal 560)

akiohala [a-ki-o-ha-la].  s. Name of a plant; the marshmallows; the same perhaps as akiahala above.

ʻakipohe₁ [ʻaki·pohe].  vt. to nip.

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

ʻākiukiu [ʻa·kiu·kiu].  redup. of ʻakiu, to search, seek, probe, penetrate, spy...

A me ka makani ʻākiukiu kīpē pua hala a Puakei.And the penetrating wind pelting the pandanus blossoms of Puakei.

akiukiu [a-ki-u-ki-u].  v. See kiu. To act the part of a spy; to search into; to penetrate. adj. Searching; penetrating; a me ka makani akiukiu kipe pua hala o Puakei, the searching wind pelting the hala blossoms of Puakei.

ʻako₁.  vt.
  • to cut, shear, clip, trim, as hair;
  • to break or pluck, as flowers.
  [(EP) PPN *kato, pick, pluck (of flowers)]

kanaka ʻako lauohobarber

nā mea ʻako hulu hipawool shearers (1-Sam. 25.7)

ako [a-ko].  v. To cut, as with scissors; to cut, clip off; to crop off. Ezek. 17:4. To pluck, as flowers or fruit. Hal. 80:12. To shear, as sheep. Kin. 31:19. To cut off, as hair. Ier. 7:29. Ua ako ia ka lauoho; ua ako ia i ka hulu o ka hipa; ua akoia ka lau o ka nalu i ka makani. To clip off, as the wind the top of the surf.

ʻakoa.  n. a small tree resembling koa; dye was made from its bark, and to color tapa. (And) But cf. kūʻoulena.

akoa [a-ko-a].  s. Kapa of a snuff color; so named from the dye made of the akoa tree; he kapa i kuku ia ma ka akoa; he paupau akoa.

ʻakohi.  n. a variety or taro. Heb. egowz.

ʻakoko.  n. endemic shrubs and trees (Euphorbia spp.) with jointed stems, opposite leaves, and milky sap. Buds and leaves of one species (E. multiformis) were chewed for debility. also ʻekoko, koko, kōkōmālei. (Neal 515–6) [(CE) PPN *katoto, a shrub]

ʻakole₂.  n. a large endemic fern (Dryopteris unidentata), 1 m or more high, with triangular-oblong fronds much subdivided.

ʻākōlea₁ [ʻākō·lea].  n. a native fern (Athyrium microphyllum syn. A. poiretianum) with beautiful, large, lacy fronds. see hākonakona₁. (Neal 25)

akolea [a-ko-le-a].  s. Name of a species of shrub, grass, or fern.

akoloa [a-ko-loa].  s. A species of fern.

ʻakū.  n. an endemic lobelia (Cyanea tritomantha), a small tree 2 to 3 m high, with clustered leaves (up to 78 by 20 cm), somewhat downy beneath. The leaves were cooked and eaten like cabbage. cf. ʻakūʻakū.

akua₅.  same as maiʻa Polapola, a banana.

ʻakūʻakū₃.  n. an endemic lobelia (Cyanea rollandioides) 1 to 1.4 m high, with rough leaves to 50 by 15 cm. The leaves were cooked like cabbage or taro tops or sweet potato leaves, with pork or salt beef. cf. ʻakū.

akuaku [a-ku-a-ku].  s. A species of rush.

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

ākuli.  nvi. var. spelling of ʻākuli, to collect...

ʻākuli, ākuli [ʻā·kuli].  nvi. to collect, as leaves in a stream; to dam a stream thus; forest pool where leaves and rubbish have accumulated. fig., to cast a reflection.

ʻĀkuli ke aka o ka lāʻau i ka wai.The reflection of trees is cast on the water.

akuli [a-ku-li].  v. To collect in a stream of water, as leaves, blossoms, &c. To dam up the water by such collection; ua akuli ka wai, a ua halana; a ua akuli ka lau o ka laau iloko o ka wai. Akuli ka pua o ka laau i ka wai, Lulana ahu i ka ae waililua, He wai hoopaa ia nolaila No ua'kua la, o Maua, o Limaloa.

ʻākulikuli₁ [ʻā·kuli·kuli].  n. general name for succulent plants. [(NP) PPN *katuli, a herb]

ʻākulikuli₂ [ʻā·kuli·kuli].  a coastal herb (Sesuvium portulacastrum), known in many warm regions, somewhat like wild portulaca (ʻākulikuli kula), but with longer, narrower leaves, and with small white to magenta flowers at leaf axils. (Neal 340) [(NP) PPN *katuli, a herb]

akulikuli [a-ku-li-ku-li].  s. A kind of water herb, perhaps purslain; he mea ulu ma ka aina, ma na aliali, a he papapa kekahi inoa.

ʻākulikuli ʻaeʻae [ʻā·kuli·kuli ʻaeʻae].  same as ʻaeʻae₂, a small native shrub (Lycium sandwicense) growing near salt marshes and among rocks near the sea...

ʻakulikuli kai₁, ʻākulikuli kai [ʻa·kuli·kuli kai].  n. a tropical American, low succulent (Batis maritima), commonly forming a continuous green cover by salt marshes. Locally called pickleweed. (Neal 339)

ʻākulikuli kai.  n. var. spelling of ʻakulikuli kai₁, a tropical American...

ʻākulikuli kula [ʻā·kuli·kuli kula].  n. purslane (Portulaca oleracea), a cosmopolitan weed, a small succulent, prostrate herb, with spatula-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. It is eaten by people, poultry, and stock. lit., plain succulent. (Neal 342)

ʻākulikuli lau liʻi [ʻā·kuli·kuli lau liʻi].  same as ʻākulikuli kula, purslane (Portulaca oleracea)...

ʻākulikuli lei [ʻā·kuli·kuli lei].  n. ice plant (Lampranthus glomeratus) from Africa, a low succulent, with thick, narrow leaves, and pink, rose, or orange flowers (used for leis). (Neal 341)

ʻakupa₂.  n. a small endemic tree (Bobea mannii). cf. ʻahakea.

ʻala₂.  n. a variety of taro, said to be pungent-smelling when cooked. Varieties are qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, ʻōpelu; cf. also ʻalaopuna.

ala [a-la].  s. A variety of kalo, tough and stringy.

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

alaa [a-la-a].  s. A kind of tree.

ʻālaʻa₂ [ʻā·laʻa].  nvt. ʻŌʻō digging stick made of ʻālaʻa or any wood; to prod or dig with a stick, as in taro cultivation. Fig., to dig into the mind; to be dislodged, as by the wind.

ʻālaʻa₃ [ʻā·laʻa].  n. small corm, as of taro.

ʻalaʻala₃.  n. aerial tubers of bitter yam, hoi (Dioscorea bulbifera). [(??) PPN *kala, male genitalia (problematic)]

alaala [a-la-a-la].  The name of potatoes that grow on the leaf of the potato.

ʻālaʻalaʻa [ʻā·laʻa·laʻa].  n. small tubers, as of taro.

ʻalaʻalahua [ʻalaʻala·hua].  same as māhoe₂, kinds of trees.

alaʻalai₂ [alaʻa·lai].  n. type of taro patch built on artificial mounds, known near Hiloas kipi; mucky claylike soil, as in this type of patch. (HP 125)

alaalai [a-la-a-lai].  s. The name of a kalo patch formed by bending down the rushes and covering them with dirt and irrigating it; hence

alaʻalai₃ [alaʻa·lai].  same as waimakanui, a kind of large coarse endemic fern (Thelypteria keraudreniana).

ʻalaʻala pūloa.  var. spelling of ʻalaʻala pū loa, a weed...

ʻalaʻala pū loa, ʻalaʻala pūloa.  same as ʻuhaloa, a weed.

Aia i kula, i ka ʻalaʻala pū loa.There in the fields. [for ʻalaʻala pū loa, a wild-goose chase]

alaalapuloa [a-la-a-la-pu-loa].  s. A plant with small yellow blossoms; called also uhola, a species of useless shrub; auhea o mea? aia i kula i ka alaalapuloa, i. e., gone on a wild goose chase, or on a fool's errand.

ʻalaʻalawainui.  n. var. spelling of ʻalaʻala wai nui₁, all species of Peperomia...

ʻalaʻala wai nui₁, ʻalaʻalawainui.  n. all species of Peperomia, small native succulent forest herbs, related to ʻawa. The name is qualified by the terms kāne (on Oʻahu) or kupa liʻi (on Hawaiʻi), pehu, pōhina. also ʻawalauakāne. (Neal 293)

alaalawainui [a-la-a-la-wai-nui].  s. Name of a small plant growing in stony places; he a ahi ulu liilii ma ke ahu pohaku.

ʻalaʻala wai nui₂.  n. a small weedy herb (Plectranthus parviflorus), in the mint family. This name may be qualified by the terms pua kī, wahine. (Neal 736)

ʻalaaumoe [ʻala·au·moe].  n. a West Indian shrub, night cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum), Chinese inkberry, with narrow leaves and narrow, tubular, green-to-creamy white flowers, which are most fragrant at night. also kūpaoa, onaona Iāpana. (Neal 751)

ʻalae₂.  same as ʻiwa, a fern.

ʻalaea₃.  n. annatto dye plant (Bixa orellana), a tropical American shrub or small tree, bearing fruit with scarlet seeds, used for dyeing. Sometimes called ʻalaea lāʻau to distinguish from the earth; locally also called lipstick plant. also kūmauna. (Neal 589)

ʻalaea lāʻau.  lipstick plant. (EH)

alaheʻe, walaheʻe [ala·heʻe, wala·heʻe].  n. a large native shrub or small tree (Canthium odoratum; synonym Plectronia odorata) with shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers. The wood is hard and was formerly used in making the ʻōʻō digging stick; also used medically. also ʻōheʻe. (Neal 797)

alahee [a-la-hee].  s. Name of a tree; a species of tree, very hard, of which instruments were made to till the soil with; o na oo mahiai i ka wa kahiko, o ka ulei a o ke alahee, the diggers for farming in ancient times were made of ulei and alahee.

alaheʻe haole [ala·heʻe haole].  n. mock orange (Murraya paniculata), an ornamental hedge plant with shiny, dark-green leaves, small fragrant white flowers, and red berries. also walaheʻe haole. (Neal 480)

ʻalakapaika [ʻala·kapaika].  n. allspice. Eng. (Neal 634–5)

ālālā [ā·lālā].  n. sweet potatoes that bear front branch (lālā) vines.

alala [a-la-la].  s. A specie of potato with fruit on the leaves. See alaala.

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

alani [a-la-ni].  s. Name of a timber tree used in fitting up canoes.

alani₃.  an upland moss.

ʻalani, ʻālani.  n. any kind of orange, both fruit and tree, as Citrus sinensis. Eng. (Neal 483)

ʻalani nuigrapefruit (Kahananui 75)

melemele ʻili ʻalaniorange-yellow color

poloka kau lāʻau ʻālaniorange tree frog

alani [a-la-ni].  s. Eng The Hawaiian pronunciation of the word orange; an orange, a foreign fruit; also, the name of the tree.

ʻalani ʻawaʻawa.  n. calamondin (Citris mitis), a small tree with flattened-globose fruits to 2.6 cm in diameter, orange-colored, few-seeded, sour. (Neal 484)

ʻalani Pākē [ʻalani pā·kē].  n. tangerine, mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. ‘deliciosa’), a small tree with small leaves and small, loose-skinned, orange, flattened globose, sweet fruits. lit., Chinese orange. On Niʻihau, identified as C. grandis; cf. (Neal 481). (Neal 482)

ʻālani pomelo [ʻā·lani pomelo].  n. grapefruit. lit., pomelo orange. see iāpona, pomelo.

alani wai.  n. a low native shrub (Pelea waialealae), found only on high, wet parts of Kauaʻi. also ʻanonia.

alanui [ala·nui].  n. street, road, highway, thoroughfare, waterway, course. lit., large path. PCP *alanui.

alanui a ke kuʻukuʻuroad of the spider (poetic name for the equator)

alanui heleany traversed road

alanui i ka piko o Wākearoad at Wākea' navel (poetic name for the equator)

alanui maʻawe ʻula a kanaloaroad of the scarlet footprint of Kanaloa [the western sky]

alanui o ke keʻastation of the cross

alanui polohiwa a Kanaloathe dark path of Kanaloa [southern limit of the sun in its yearly cycle, about the 15th and 16th days of the month Hilina Mā]

alanui polohiwa a Kānethe dark path of Kāne [northern limit of the sun, about the middle of the month Kaulua]

ʻalaopuna [ʻala-o-Puna].  n. a variety of taro, growing wild, also cultivated dry in Puna, Hawaiʻi; fragrant when cooked, like kāī. also welowelolā.

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

alapuka [a-la-pu-ka].  Applied to kalo which has spots of dry-rot; he kalo alapuka.

alaweo [ala·weo].  same as ʻāheahea₂, a shrub.

alaweo huna [ala·weo huna].  same as ʻāheahea₂, a shrub, Niʻihau.

ale₃.  n. an endemic mountain plant (Plantago princeps), 60 cm to 2 m high, rarely branching, stem woody, with long narrow leaves at top; related to the laukahi.

aleguma [a-le-gu-ma].  s. See alekuma.

ʻaleka, areza.  n. large tree of the pine family, cedar, fir. (Bib.) Hebrew 'erez.

ʻalekuma, aleguma [ʻale·kuma].  n. algum tree. (Bib.) Eng.

alekuma [a-le-ku-ma].  s. Heb. A later orthography for aleguma; name of a timber tree, as below; name of a tree found in the deserts of Arabia; the algum tree. 2 Oihl. 2:8. Also, by a change of letters, alemuga. See below. Supposed by Kitts to be the sandal-wood.

ʻālela [ʻā·lela].  see uhi ʻālela, a yam.

aleloahi [alelo·ahi].  n. a kind of introduced flower (no data).

ʻalemone, alemona [ʻale·mone].  nvs. almond (Prunus dulcis), hazel tree (KJV), almond (RSV) (Kin. 30.37) . Eng. (Neal 396)

alemone [a-le-mo-ne].  adj. Eng of an almond. s. A hazle. Kin. 30:37. The almond tree. Kekah. 12:15.

ʻalemuka, alemuga [ʻale·muka].  same as ʻalekuma, algum tree...

alena.  n. 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)

aliʻipoe [aliʻi·poe].  n. the ornamental cannas (Canna indica, forms and hybrids), large tropical American herbs, with large oval or narrow leaves and large red or red and yellow flowers. The round black seeds are worn in leis and are also placed in fruit shells of the laʻamia for hula rattles. Cannas are both cultivated and wild in Hawaiʻi. also liʻipoe. (Neal 263–4)

aloalo₁ [alo·alo].  n. all kinds of hibiscus, including the native white hibiscus (Hibiscus arnottianus); often called pua aloalo, pualoalo. A law was passed in 1923 making the aloalo the flower of the Territory of Hawaiʻi. Qualifying terms: hua moa (egg) or pele (bell) (Abutilon pictum, (Neal 550)), koʻakoʻa (Hibiscus schizopetalus or coral hibiscus, (Neal 558); see also kulapepeiao); lahilahi (all single-flowered forms), pahūpahū (Malvaviscus arboreus var. penduliflorus; lit., firecracker, (Neal 554)), ponimōʻī (Hibiscus, an introduced variety with red double flowers 8 cm. wide or less, lit., coronation, carnation, (Neal 556)), pupupu (Hibiscus, all double-flowered forms), waikāhuli (Hibiscus mutabilis, (Neal 558–9), during the day flowers changed from white to pink or red). Formerly the blossoms were used as laxatives. [(SO) PPN *kalo-kalo, erythrina flower (problematic)]

ʻaloe.  n. aloe, any plant of the genus Aloe; also the pānini ʻawaʻawa. Eng.

aloe [a-lo-e].  s. Eng. Aloes. Mel. Sol. 4:14.

alohalua [aloha·lua].  n. name given to the kāmole plant used in hana aloha sorcery. lit., mutual love.

ʻaluʻalu [ʻalu·ʻalu].  n. bark, of a plant; skin. Niʻihau. also ʻili.

ālula, ʻalula [ā·lula].  n. an endemic member of the lobelia family (Brighamia spp.), presently known only on Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, believed extinct on Maui and Niʻihau, an unbranched, succulent, thick-stemmed perennial about 1.5 m high, topped with a rosette of large oval leaves and racemes of long, white, fragrant flowers. also hāhā. see pua ʻala, ʻōlulu. (Neal 815–7)

ʻalula.  n. var. spelling of ālula, an endemic member of the lobelia family (Brighamia spp.)...

ʻāmana₁ [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, mana₂. (Kam. 76:68) [(CE) PPN *kaa-maŋa, branch, fork]

amana [a-ma-na].  s. Two sticks crossing each other at oblique angles. The branches of a tree in the form of the letter Y. adj. Crossing; put together in the form of a cross or gallows; na laau amana kauia’i o Kuhama; he aleo kahi hale, he amana kekahi hale. v. Amana man ke kani ana o ka pu; amana mau ke kani o ka pu a ka anela.

ʻamaʻu₁.  n. all species of an endemic genus of ferns (Sadleria), with trunk more or less evident. The fronds are narrower, smaller, and less divided than those of the hāpuʻu. At least one species has at the top of the trunk a mass of soft scales (pulu) used as pillow stuffing. Formerly, in times of famine, the tasteless pith of the trunk was cooked and eaten. The fronds were used to mulch dry-land taro, the stems for plaiting and as sizing for tapa. The ʻamaʻu was one of the forms that Kamapuaʻa, the pig god, could take at will. Also maʻumaʻu, maʻu. see maʻumaʻu. (Neal 22–3) [(CE) PPN *mamaku, fern (cyathea sp.)]

ʻamaʻu₂.  place where ʻamaʻu₁ ferns are found.

ʻamaʻumaʻu, ʻāmaʻumaʻu [ʻamaʻu·maʻu].  n. young ʻamaʻu ferns; many ʻamaʻu ferns, ferny, abounding in ʻamaʻu ferns; a covering of ʻamaʻu ferns (preceded by ke). (FS 215)

amaumau [a-mau-mau].  adj. A god growing among the ferns on the mountains; i na ’kua amaumau o ke kula. s. The fern; the brake.

ʻāmaʻumaʻu.  n. var. spelling of ʻamaʻumaʻu, young ʻamaʻu ferns; many ʻamaʻu ferns...

ʻamokiʻi₁ [ʻamo·kiʻi].  n. stem of fruits or tubers; small end of sweet potato tuber.

ʻamomo.  n. amomum, a genus of plants in the ginger family. Gr. amomon.

amomo [a-mo-mo].  s. The general name of odoriferous herbs mentioned in Hoik. 18:13. Latin, amomus.

ʻanaliʻi₂ [ʻana·liʻi].  n. a native fern (Asplenium lobulatum) with narrow fronds to 45 cm long, having many narrow lobes along two opposite sides of the axis. also piʻipiʻilaumana mana.

ʻānapanapa₂ [ʻā·napa·napa].  n. Hawaiian soap plant (Colubrina asiatica), a twining shrub, distributed from Africa, India, and Australia to Polynesia, with ovate- to heart-shaped leaves and small round fruits. The leaves form a lather in water and have long been used as soap on Pacific islands. The plant is mistakenly reported to be poisonous. Also kauila ʻānapanapa, kukuku; kolokoloon Niʻihau. (Neal 541)

anapanapa [a-na-pa-na-pa].  s. A species of tree, the bark of which is used for soap.

ʻānapanapa₃ [ʻā·napa·napa].  n. red seaweeds (Gelidium spp.); small, stiff, branching, edible plants. also limu loloa.

anapanapa [a-na-pa-na-pa].  s. A species of limu.

ʻānaunau₂ [ʻā·nau·nau].  n. a small shrubby mustard, called peppergrass (probably a native species, Lepidium bidentatum var. o-waihiense); the root was used medicinally. also kūnānā, naunau. (Neal 370)

ʻānaunau₃ [ʻā·nau·nau].  n. according to (Rock) (1913) a large native peppergrass (Lepidium serra), with narrower leaves, found only on Kauaʻi.

ʻānihinihi₂ [ʻā·nihi·nihi].  n. small taro tubers. Less used than ʻōnihinihi.

anihinihi [a-ni-hi-ni-hi].  s. Kalo tops; he kalo, he anihinihi, he oha. See oninihi.

ānini [ā·nini].  n. Eurya sandwicensis, a native tree or shrub in the tea family. also wānini. (Neal 582)

ʻāniʻuniʻu [ʻā·niʻu·niʻu].  n. root connecting sweet potato to vine.

ʻanoʻano [ʻano·ʻano].  n. seed.

wahī ʻanoʻanoseed pod

ʻanoʻi.  nvt. desire, longing, love, desired one, lover; to desire, yearn; loved, beloved.

ʻanoʻi aku e ʻike iāiagreat desire to see her

ʻanoʻi ka manaʻohope

ʻanoʻi puacherished flower, sweetheart

ka mele i ʻanoʻi nui ʻiathe greatly beloved song

Mai hoʻopouli mai ʻoe, ē ka hoa, ʻo wau nō kēia ʻo ka ʻanoʻi.Do not feign ignorance, O companion, this is I, the lover. song

anoi [a-no-i].  v. To desire very strongly; to covet; e anoi ana na alii wahine. s. A thirst; a strong desire for a thing; eia ka pono, o ka noonoo, o ka anoi, o ke ake e loaa.

ʻanonia₂ [ʻano·nia].  same as alani wai, a plant.

ʻānunu₁ [ʻā·nunu].  n. a native genus of cucurbit vines (Sicyos). cf. kūpala. (Neal 808)

ʻao₁.  n. a new shoot, leaf, or bud, especially of taro. cf. ʻahu ʻao, ʻao kahi, ʻao lūʻau. (UL 17) [(EP) PPN *kao, new shoot; to sprout]

ʻao₂.  n. dried baked taro or sweet potato; in Kaʻū this food was hung in baskets in the wind so that it dehydrated; it was used on sea journeys and is perhaps related to ō, sea rations. [(NP) PPN *kao, dried food, such as sweet potato, taro or fish]

ao.  s. Dried kalo or potatoes (i. e., kalo or potatoes baked and dried,) used for food.

ʻaoa₄.  n. name for sacrificial places near fishponds where semiannual offerings were made, as of taro, bananas, mullet, kohekohe sedge, and black pigs. (Ii 26)

aoaoa [ao·aoa].  n. a small seaside shrub (Wikstroemia sp.). The root bark is used externally for sores, and stems and bark of branches for coughs. Branches and leaves are mixed with rasped seeds of Barringtonia asiatica (syn. B. speciosa) to stupefy fish. see ʻākia₁. [(CP) PPN *ʻaoa, banyan tree (ficus sp.)]

ʻaoʻao leo nui.  n. a variety of taro (no data).

ʻao kahi.  n. one remaining leaf (ʻao) on an old taro stalk, said of an old taro about to die.

ʻao lūʻau.  n.v. unexpanded leaf blade of taro; to offer as a sacrifice.

E ʻao lūʻau a kaulima.Offer young taro leaves five times as sacrifice.

ʻāpala [ʻā·pala].  n. apple (Pyrus malus syn. M. sylvestris). also poma. Eng. (Neal 388)

ʻāpane₁ [ʻā·pane].  n. a kind of lehua tree with dark-red flower.

apane [a-pa-ne].  A species of the lehua, the ohia, with red blossoms, which are food for birds.

ʻape.  n. large taro-like plants (Alocasia macrorrhiza, Xanthosoma robustum). A number of beliefs concerning ʻape have been recorded. ʻape was planted by a gate or fence because the irritating sap of the leaves was thought to ward off evil spirits; leaves were placed under tapas or mats on which the sick lay for the same reason. ʻape was not planted near the house for fear the residents might become sick. Varieties are qualified by the colors kea or keʻokeʻo (white), or hiwa or ʻeleʻele (dark). (Neal 156, 162) [PPN *kape, a plant (alocasia macrorrhiza)]

ape [a-pe].  s. A plant with broad leaves, acrid to the taste, like kalo, but more so; it is eaten for food in times of scarcity.

ʻapeʻape₁.  n. all endemic species of Gunnera, huge leafed forest perennial herbs, with thick, prostrate stems rising at the tip to about 120 cm. Called hāhā on Kauaʻi. (Neal 651)

apeape [a-pe-a-pe].  The name of a remarkable plant found near the top of Waialeale on Kauai; length of stalk, twenty feet or over; leaves, six feet in diameter, somewhat resembling, in shape, the ape ; the leaf is round and attached to the stem in the center.

ʻapelekoka, aperekoka [ʻapele·koka].  n. apricot (Prunus armeniaca). Eng. (Neal 396)

ʻāpiʻi₃ [ʻā·piʻi].  n. a variety of taro in the piko group, having light-colored corms which are good for poi or table taro; red (ʻula) and white (kea) forms exist; it is called "curly" (ʻāpiʻi) because of crinkles under the leaf.

apii [a-pii].  s. A species of large kalo.

ʻāpiʻi₄ [ʻā·piʻi].  n. a ti plant with green, crinkly leaves.

ʻāpikipiki₃ [ʻā·piki·piki].  vt. to clean taro greens by peeling the stems. rare. 

ʻapo₂.  n. a variety of sweet potato (no data). (For. 5:664–5)

apo [a-po].  s. A particular variety of sweet potatoes.

ʻapo₃.  n. a variety of taro (no data).

apoapo [apo·apo].  nvt. hill, as of sweet potatoes; bunch, as of taro; to hill up plants.

apoapo [a-po-a-po].  s. A bunch, as of kalo; a hill of potatoes; he apuepue.

ʻapowale [ʻapo·wale].  n. a native variety of wet-land taro grown chiefly for poi.

Ē! loaʻa akula ke kalo, ʻo ka ʻapowale.O, you get taro, to grasp-foolishly taro [a waste of time, pun on ʻapo wale, to grasp needlessly].

ʻapu₁.  n.v.
  • coconut shell cup;
  • to drink. [kava]
  (For. 6:471) [PPN *kapu, cup-like container]

apu [a-pu].  s. A cup made of cocoanut shell for drinking awa; he apu ka iwi o ka niu. A dish; a cup of any material.

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

kalo ʻaputaro used as medicine

ʻapu₃.  n.v. a taro cultivar, perhaps related to the ʻapuwai. (TC 3)

ʻapuʻapu₂.  n. type of agricultural land, as for sweet potatoes, mentioned in 1848 land claims, perhaps a pocket-like area.

ʻapu ʻauhuhu [ʻapu ʻau·huhu].  n. cup containing ʻauhuhu plant concoction used for stupefying fish; poison cup.

apuauhuhu [a-pu-au-hu-hu].  s. Apu, cup, and auhuhu, the poison plant. A cup for containing the auhuhu.

ʻapuʻu₁.  n. an endemic fern (Sadleria squarrosa), 30 to 60 cm high, with short trunk, narrow oblong leaves; related to ʻamaʻu.

ʻapuwai [ʻapu·wai].  n. a variety of taro: its corm is used for poi and table taro, its leaves for lūʻau. Varieties are white (kea) and red (ʻula).

au₆.  n. small sweet potatoes of poor quality that grow from the vine.

au₁₃.  n. Hedyotis acuminata, a native shrub (coffee family), with small green flowers, and unpleasant-smelling, ovate or narrower leaves. cf. pilo₂.

ʻauaʻa [ʻau·aʻa].  n. rhizome. lit., root stem.

aualaloʻi [auala·loʻi].  n. terraced taro patches.

ʻauʻau₂.  n. stick, stem (as of ti plant); spear made of loulu palm, with shark teeth on its end; extra ridgepole.

auau [au-au].  s. The stalk of loulu made into a spear; he ihe.

ʻau hau.  n. stalk of a hau tree, spear made of hau wood.

ahi ʻau haufirebrand (of light wood, as hau)

auhau [au-hau].  s. Name of a species of wood for making spears; he hau ka ihe e kaua ai, he auhau kekahi ihe, the spears for war are made of hau, some spears are made of auhau.

ʻauhau₃ [ʻau·hau].  n. stems of plants whose bark can be stripped, such as wauke and olonā, but not maile.

Inā e kua ʻia ka wauke, ā hohole ʻia ka ʻauhau ….If the wauke is cut and the stems stripped….

ʻauhōkū [ʻau·hō·kū].  n. delphinium. also pua ʻauhōkū.

ʻauhola [ʻau·hola].  same as ʻauhuhu, a shrub.

auhola [au-ho-la].  s. See hola. The name of the plant with which fish are intoxicated and caught. See auhuhu. v. From the foregoing. To catch fish by means of the auhola or hola.

ʻauhua [ʻau·hua].  n. corm, scientific usage. see hua.

ʻauhuhu [ʻau·huhu].  n. a slender, shrubby legume (Tephrosia purpurea syn. T. piscatoria), 30 to 60 cm high, with small, compound leaves, small white or purplish flowers, and narrow pods, used for poisoning fish. The plant is known from tropical Asia eastward into Polynesia. Also ʻauhola, hola. cf. pōpō ʻauhuhu. (Neal 448–9) [PPN *kawa-susu, a shrub (tephrosia sp.) used to poison fish *ka(wa,u)susu]

auhuhu [au-hu-hu].  s. A shrub; the name of a plant used in poisoning or intoxicating fish, that they may be caught. See auhola.

ʻAuhuhupaʻina [ʻau·huhu-paʻina].  n. var. name for the month of Makaliʻi, a time so dry that the ʻauhuhu plant became brittle (paʻina). See month.

ʻau kī.  n. stem of a ti plant.

auki [au-ki].  s. For lauki. The ki leaf.

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

ʻaulaʻo [ʻau·laʻo].  n. twig, small stick (preceded by ke).

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

āulu₃ [ā·ulu].  n. a tall endemic tree (Pisonia sandwicensis), with large, oblong, dark-green leaves; small, rounded flower heads, narrow, sticky fruits, and very soft wood. cf. kaulu, pāpala kēpau.

ʻaumakiki [ʻau·makiki].  n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻaumakua₁ [ʻau·makua].  nvt. family or personal gods, deified ancestors who might assume the shape of sharks (all islands except Kauaʻi), owls (as at Mānoa, O'ahu and Kaʻū and Puna, Hawaiʻi), hawks (Hawaiʻi), ʻelepaio, ʻiwi, mudhens, octopuses, eels, mice, rats, dogs, caterpillars, rocks, cowries, clouds, or plants. A symbiotic relationship existed; mortals did not harm or eat ʻaumākua (they fed sharks), and ʻaumākua warned and reprimanded mortals in dreams, visions, and calls. (HM, pp. 124–43, 559); (Nānā 38) fig.., a trustworthy person. (Probably lit.., ʻau₄, group, + makua, parent) see pulapula₂. [(NP) PPN *kau-matua, elderly man: *kauma(a)tu(q)a]

hōʻaumakuato acquire or contact ʻaumākua

ʻaumakua₃ [ʻau·makua].  vt. to ask someone to hula; the request was not refused without giving the caller a lei or flower.

ʻAumakua iā Kamuela,Samuel must dance!

aupaka₁ [au·paka].  n. some representatives of an endemic genus (Isodendrion), members of the violet family. They are small shrubs beating greenish-white or reddish flowers, which have equal petals and none spurred. cf. wahine noho kula.

ʻawa₁.  n. the kava (Piper methysticum), a shrub 1.2 to 3.5 m tall with green jointed stems and heart-shaped leaves, native to Pacific islands, the root being the source of a narcotic drink of the same name used in ceremonies (Neal 291), prepared formerly by chewing, later by pounding. The comminuted particles were mixed with water and strained, When drunk to excess it caused drowsiness and, rarely, scaliness of the skin and bloodshot eyes. Kava was also used medicinally. [PPN *kawa, plant sp. (piper methysticum) and drink made from it]

ʻawa kau lāʻauthe tree-resting kava, growing in tree crotches and famous in poetry concerning Puna, Hawaiʻi. Many varieties of kava are listed below

kupu ʻawato perform ceremony of offering kava to the gods [an unusual reference, as kava was not taken ceremonially, as in Samoa] (FS 57)

awa [a-wa].  s. Name of a plant, of a bitter acrid taste, from which an intoxicating drink is made. The name of the liquor itself expressed from the root of the plant; the drinking of awa causes the skin to crack and flake off for a time; i ka manawa e inu ai kekahi i ka awa, he maikai kona ili ke nana aku; a mahope, mahuna ka ili, nakaka, puehoeho, inoino loa ke nana aku.

ʻawalau.  n. var. spelling of ʻawa lau, a young kava plant (root...

ʻawa lau, ʻawalau.  n. a young kava plant (root, stem, and leaves) used as an offering to the gods.

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)

ʻawapuhi₁ [ʻawa·puhi].  n. wild ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), a forest herb with narrow leaves arranged along a stalk 30 to 60 cm high, bearing on a separate stalk small yellowish flowers in an oblong head, and having aromatic underground stems; a native of India. (Neal 257) The root was used to scent and dye tapa. Also ʻawapuhi kuahiwi, ʻōpuhi. Several varieties are listed below. [(CE) PPN *kawa-pusi, a fragrant plant]

ʻAwapuhi lau pala wale.Ginger leaves yellow quickly. [of things that pass too soon] (ON 247)

awapuhi [a-wa-pu-hi].  s. The ginger root; the bastard ginger, the smell odoriferous, used for dyeing.

ʻawapuhi₂ [ʻawa·puhi].  n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻawapuhi₃ [ʻawa·puhi].  n. a type of taro (no data). (For. 5.683)

ʻawapuhi ʻai [ʻawa·puhi ʻai].  same as ʻawapuhi Pākē; lit., edible ginger.

ʻawapuhiakanaloa [ʻawa·puhi-a-kana·loa].  n. Liparis hawaiensis, a small, endemic orchid with two large ovate leaves and small flowers. (Neal 273, 274)

ʻawapuhi keʻokeʻo [ʻawa·puhi keʻo·keʻo].  n. the white ginger (Hedychium coronarium), a large herb from India, both wild and cultivated in Hawaiʻi. White fragrant flowers, popular for leis and perfume, are borne in heads at tips of leafy stems. (Neal 252–3)

ʻawapuhi koʻokoʻo [ʻawa·puhi koʻo·koʻo].  n. torch ginger (Phaeomeria speciosa), a large herb, from the East Indies, grown in Hawaiʻi for its ornamental pink or red cone-shaped flower heads. These are borne on long stems separate from the longer leafy stems. lit., walking-stick ginger. (Neal 258–9)

ʻawapuhi luheluhe [ʻawa·puhi luhe·luhe].  n. the shell ginger (Catimbium speciosum), a large ornamental herb from East Indies. Clusters of irregularly bell-shaped flowers that are white and marked with red and yellow bend downward from the top of leafy, arching stems, which are 1.5 to 3.5 m high. lit., drooping ginger. (Neal 259–60)

ʻawapuhi melemele [ʻawa·puhi mele·mele].  n. the yellow ginger (Hedychium flavescens), similar to ʻawapuhi keʻokeʻo and similarly used, but the flowers are yellow. (Neal 252)

ʻawapuhi Pākē [ʻawa·puhi pā·kē].  n. ginger (Zingiber officinale), yielding a valuable commercial root spice. The plant looks much like ʻawapuhi kuahiwi and probably comes from southeast Asia. lit., Chinese ginger. also ʻawapuhi ʻai. (Neal 257–8)

ʻawapuhi ʻulaʻula [ʻawa·puhi ʻulaʻula].  n. the red ginger (Alpinia purpurata), an ornamental plant having a long flower spike with many red bracts. It is a native of some islands of the western Pacific. (Neal 260)

ʻāwela₃ [ʻā·wela].  n. a flowerless variety of sugar cane, named for the fish; it is green and yellow striped, becoming flushed with rose in the sun; the internodes are barrel-shaped and the leaves variegated. also puaʻole. (HP 221, 224)

āweoweo.  var. spelling of ʻāweoweo₃, same as ʻāheahea (Chenopodium oahuense).

ʻāweoweo₃, āweoweo [ʻā·weo·weo].  same as ʻāheahea₂, a native shrub (Chenopodium oahuense).

aweoweo [a-we-o-we-o].  s. A shrub or small tree resembling pig-weed, sometimes eaten by Hawaiians.

ʻāweu, ʻāweuweu [ʻā·weu, ʻā·weu·weu].  n. a native variety of taro, often growing wild; good for poi, but too acrid for table taro; the corms are shaggy and fibrous outside, the flesh white with yellow fibers. also māʻauea.

ʻāweuweu [ʻā·weu·weu].  same as ʻāweu, a native variety of taro, often growing wild...

ʻāwikiwiki₂ [ʻā·wiki·wiki].  n. a vine (Canavalia spp.), native to Hawaiʻi, related to the maunaloa (C. cathartica), but with narrower pods; used for small, temporary fish traps. also puakauhi.

awikiwiki [a-wi-ki-wi-ki].  s. A vine bearing black berries about the size and shape of American blackberries; they are used as a medicine, operating both as an emetic and cathartic; ke okole o makiki.

ʻāwiwi [ʻā·wiwi].  n. a small native herb (Centaurium sebaeoides, syn. Erythraea sebaeoids), with white or pale pink flowers, in the gentian family. (Neal 684)
 

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ʻeʻa₂.  n. mountain banana patch.

Līlā ka maiʻa o ka ʻeʻa, wili ka ʻōkaʻi.Spindly is the growth of the mountain banana patch, the blossom container twists [even a spindly plant may bear fruit].

ʻeāʻeā.  interj. at end of verses in some chants that maintains rhythm and affords pleasure in repetition, something like English tra-la-la.

Nani wale nā hala, ʻeāʻeā, o Naue i ke kai, ʻeāʻeābeautiful indeed the pandanus, tra-la, of Naue by the sea, tra-la (song)

ʻeʻelekū [ʻeʻele·kū].  redup. of ʻelekū₃, entirely black, coal-black... blackened or darkened, as leaves or fruit due to maturity or to pelting by storms; dark, gloomy, as clouds.

Ma ia malama o Nana, ua pau ka ʻeʻelekū o ka lau o nā lāʻau i ka noke a ka ua ma nā lā o ka hoʻoilo.In this month of Nana, the dark bruising of the leaves of trees by the pelting of the rains of the days of winter has ceased. (Kep. 89)

Ma ia malama ua ʻeʻelekū ka lani i nā ao ua … a ua ʻeʻelekū hoʻi nā lau o nā lāʻau a me nā mea ulu i ke oʻo.In this month the sky is dark with rain clouds … and the leaves of trees and growing things are dark with maturity. (Kep. 93)

ʻeʻepa.  nvs. extraordinary, incomprehensible, abnormal, deceitful, peculiar, as persons with miraculous powers; such persons. Many ʻeʻepa characters in mythology were born in strange forms, as a plant, an animal, or a piece of rope. cf. ʻepa₁, ʻepaʻepa, kino ʻeʻepa. The Menehune, Nāwā, and Nāmū of Waolani in Nuʻuanu Valley were ʻeʻepa. Trickery or deceit that passes comprehension is also ʻeʻepa.

hōʻeʻepamysterious, mystifying, incomprehensible

Hōʻeʻepa wale hoʻi nā hana a kēlā keiki.That boy's behavior is certainly mysterious.

eepa [e-e-pa].  s. See epa. Forgery; deceit; treachery.

ehu₄.  var. name for ʻōlapa₂, Cheirodendron trees.

ʻeka₃.  n. a variety of bananas. (PH 173)

ʻēkā₁ [ʻē·kā].  n. hand of bananas. Compare maiʻa for pejorative connotations. [PPN *taa, bunch of fruit, especially a hand of bananas]

E painuʻu ʻoe me nā mahalo a pala hinu nā ʻēkā maiʻa.You brag with praise of bright and ripe banana hands [worthless bragging]. (Kel. 138)

eka [e-ka].  s. The upper part of a bunch of bananas; he lila wale no mai ka eka luna a hiki i ka pola.

ʻekaʻeka₂.  n. Hawaiian name for a Japanese variety of taro (adado) grown in Hawaiʻi. (HP 32)

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

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

ʻēkaha₂ [ʻē·kaha].  n. a moss growing on rotted trees. Also limu ʻēkaha.

ekaha [e-ka-ha].  s. Name of a parasitical plant.

ʻēkaha ʻākōlea [ʻē·kaha ʻā·kō·lea].  same as pākahakaha, a small fern. (Neal 25)

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

ʻēkaha ʻula [ʻē·kaha ʻula].  n. a native fern (Elaphoglossum alatum), with entire, narrow fronds 24 to 64 cm long and with, close, parallel veins. The spore-bearing fronds are similar but smaller. cf. hoeamāui.

ʻekemauʻu [ʻeke·mauʻu].  n. gunny sack, burlap. lit., grass sack.

ʻekeʻula.  n. a type of banana. (Kam. 76:38)

ʻekī₂.  n. place where ti plants grow.

eki [e-ki].  adj. See elaueki. Pertaining to the top of a ki leaf.

ēkoa [ē·koa].  same as koa haole, false koa (Leucaena leucocephala), a plant.

ʻekoko.  same as ʻakoko and koko, shrubs and trees.

ʻekuʻeku. 
  • to soften the earth, as for planting.
  • redup. of ʻeku, to root, as a pig.
  • fig., prow of a canoe. (Kep. 155)

ʻēlaʻa [ʻē·laʻa].  var. of ʻālaʻa, a tree.

ʻele.  n. embryo of a plant. cf. hāuli.

ʻeleao₁ [ʻele·ao].  n. plant louse, aphid; germ, blight; blighted, as by ʻeleao. fig., troublemaker.

Ua ʻeleao ʻia ke kalo.The taro is blighted by insects.

ʻeleʻele₄.  n. a cooking banana (a form of Musa xparadisiaca), valued for shiny black skin of trunk, used for designs worked into pandanus mats and hats. also hinupuaʻa. (Neal 249)

ʻeleʻele₅.  same as hinupuaʻa and naioea, varieties of taro.

ʻeleʻele₇.  n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻeleʻele mākoko [ʻeleʻele mā·koko].  n. a taro cultivar. (TC 3)

ʻelemakaiāuli [ʻele·makai·ā·uli].  n. an expert taro farmer (no data). (For. 5:681) .

ʻelepaio₂ [ʻele·paio].  n. a native variety of taro; the leaves are mottled with white. (HP 17)

elepaio [e-le-pai-o].  A species of kalo with spotted leaves.

ʻelepeli [ʻele·peli]. 

pīʻai ʻelepelielderberry

eluehe [elu·ehe].  n. a Molokaʻi name for ʻūlei, a shrub.

ʻemoloa [ʻemo·loa].  n. a native grass (Eragrostis variabilis) 30 to 90 cm high, with long narrow flowering panicles, growing on open slopes and ridges. also kalamālō, kāwelu.

emu₂.  vt. to rid plants of weeds.

hoʻēmucaus/sim (Malo 199)

ʻenaʻena₂.  n. 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)

ʻeukalikia₂, eukalitia [ʻeu·kali·kia].  n. eucalyptus tree. also nuhōlani, palepiwa.

ēulu₁ [ē·ulu].  nvt. top of tree or plant; trimmed hedge top; cutting; to top, cut or crop off, as top branches.

ēulu [ē·ulu].  n. top of a tree or plant.

eulu [e-u-lu].  v. To cut or crop off a branch with some smaller branches; e oki aku i ka eulu me na lala liilii; no ka lau ka eulu pipili ka lani, oki ka honua. See ulu, to grow. s. See ulu, to grow. A branch cut off to be planted again; a layer. The top and branches of a tree which are cut off and left as good for nothing.

ēulu₂ [ē·ulu].  n. a kind of taro, qualified by the terms keʻokeʻo and kohu uauahi.

ʻewa hinahina.  n. endemic Hawaiian shrub, Achyranthes splendens, from 2' to 6' tall, with oval leaves 3/4" to 4 1/2" wide, growing at low elevation, generally from sea level to 100', in open dry areas on rocky soil or coraline plains. It is currently known to grow along the western coast of O'ahu, on the Kalaupapa peninsula on Maui, near Manele and Maunalei Gulch on Lana'i, in West Maui, and near Kula on East Maui. There are 2 varieties recognized; one of them, A. splendens var. rotundata, is a federally listed endangered species. A. splendens var. rotundata, grows on O'ahu, Moloka'i, and Lana'i. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
 

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hā₄.  nvs. stalk that supports the leaf and enfolds the stem of certain plants, as taro, sugar cane; layers in a banana stump. cf. ʻohana. [(AN) PPN *faʻa, stalk n]

ha.  s. The lower end of kalo tops or leaves when cut off from the root; the same also of cane tops; the lower part of that which is cut off. The stem of a kalo leaf or of sugar-cane. The outside leaves of the kalo when outside leaves are killed with cold or drought; ua maloo ka ha, ua pala ke kumu; ha ko, ha kalo, ha maia.

hā₇.  n. a native tree (Eugenia [Syzygium] sandwicensis), with red, edible fruit about 8.5 mm. in diameter, related to the mountain apple, ʻōhiʻa ʻai. The bark was used to color tapa black. also ʻōhiʻa hā, and pāʻihi (on Maui). (Neal 635)

ha.  s. A species of wood; ohia ha or haa.

haʻa₃.  n. a short variety of banana.

haʻā.  same as hame₁, native trees.

haa.  s. Name of a shrub or tree.

hāʻae₂.  n. a variety of sweet potato used to make beer.

haae [ha-ae].  The name of a beer made of the sugar-cane when fermented and foaming. The beer was intoxicating.

haʻakea₂ [haʻa·kea].  same as haokea, a native taro.

Mōʻī puni haʻakea.King fond of white taro. (song)

haʻakipu [haʻa·kipu].  vt. to breed animals or propagate plants. (Māori whakatipu.) cf. hoʻēhu pua, hoʻopiʻi.

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

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

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

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

haʻalelea₂ [haʻa·lelea].  n. man sacrificed when cutting an ʻōhiʻa tree for an image.

haalelea [haa-le-lea].  Name of a process in making gods. The name of the man sacrificed on cutting down a tree to make a god.

haʻāmaile [haʻā·maile].  same as hame₁, trees.

hāʻapuʻapu.  same as hāʻupuʻupu, sweet potato sprouts.

hāʻawa.  same as hōʻawa, trees.

haawa [ha-a-wa].  s. Name of a tree; also written hoawa.

hāʻaweʻawe₁.  n. runners on plants.

haaweawe [haa-we-a-we].  s. The growth of potatoes from some being left when the crop was dug; ka haupuupu, ka okupu.

hāʻawikea [hāʻawi·kea].  same as haokea, a taro.

haea₂.  see limu haea, a lichen...

haehae₃ [hae·hae].  n. a native variety of taro in the piko group, characterized by having the two basal lobes of the leaf blade separated up to the piko (point of joining with the leaf stem); a hardy taro often grown commercially for poi, formerly common at Kaʻanapali, Maui, where strong winds tore the leaves (hence haehae). also piko uliuli. (HP 29, 32)

hae Hawaiʻi₁.  n. hibiscus. lit., Hawaiian flag, from having red petals striped with white. (Neal 556)

hae Hawaiʻi₂.  n. carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus), petals red with white stripes, formerly a great favorite with Hawaiians. (Neal 345)

hae Hawaiʻi₃.  n. a variety of plumeria.

hāʻelelepo [hāʻele·lepo].  n. a variety of sweet potato. (HP 141)

hāhā₂ [hā·hā].  same as hā, stalk; striped taro leaves boiled or baked and eaten.

haha [ha-ha].  s. The inside of kalo tops used for food; the whole top is called huli. See ha.

hāhā₄ [hā·hā].  n. lobelias. see below and ālula, ʻōhā, ʻōhā kēpau, ʻōhā wai nui.

hāhā₅ [hā·hā].  n. Kauaʻi name for ʻapeʻape, all endemic species of Gunnera, huge leafed forest perennial herbs, with thick, prostrate stems rising at the tip to about 120 cm.

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

hahae₁.  same as haehae, to tear; to strip, as pandanus leaves for plaiting. cf. kīhae. PPN *sasae.

hahae [ha-hae].  v. See hae. To rend; to tear, as a garment. To break; to separate into parts; to split, as lauhala, lengthways.

hahae₂.  n. small sweet potatoes removed in thinning a hill. Kaʻū.

hahaʻi₁.  redup. of haʻi₁, to break or snap, as a stick... to break into pieces; to break off, as to thin sweet potato vines. PPN *fafaki.

hahai [ha-hai].  s. A breaking; a disjoining; a separating. See hae.

hahaʻi₂.  redup. of haʻi₂, to say, tell, mention, state, declare, confess...;

haha kā ʻupena.  n. var. spelling of haha kāʻupena, net spacer or mesh stick...

haha kāʻupena, haha kā ʻupena.  n. 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.

hahalu.  vs. empty, void; somewhat deflated, as a balloon; half rotten, as wood, taro. fig., hungry.

hahalu [ha-ha-lu].  adj. Rotten or defective inwardly; applied to wood, kalo, potatoes, &c., that are decayed inwardly.

hāhā lua [hā·hā lua].  n. a native tree lobelia (Cyanea leptostegia), found only on Kauaʻi. The trunk is slender, unbranched, to 12 m high, and bears a crown of narrow leaves that are up to 60 cm long. The many flowers are purplish-red, the fruits yellow berries.

hāhā nui [hā·hā nui].  n. a native shrubby lobelia (Cyanea horrida), from Maui, with thorny branches and rough, lobed leaves.

hahu₁.  var. of hehu, seedling or plant. (see ex., mānewanewa₂).

haʻi₃.  loc.n. edge, border (not used with the articles).

lepo ma haʻi o ke kalodirt on the edge of the taro (Kep. 155)

haikea₁ [hai·kea].  same as hākea₁, ₂, pale...; type of banana...

hāiki [hā·iki].  nvs. (in fast speech, haiki).
  • narrow, pinched;
  • limitation, restriction
 

aia nō i kahi hāikijust there in a narrow place [said of an unborn child]

Haʻihaʻi pua o kuʻu manawa ē, eia wau lā ua hāiki.Broken flowers of my heart, here I am in straits. (Laie 521 [120])

hāiki ka noʻonoʻo, hāiki ka ʻikenarrow minded

hoʻohāikito contract, shrink, restrict, curtail, narrow

ka hāiki o ka manawalimitations of time

kekahi mau hoʻohāiki o ka lawaiʻa ʻanacertain restrictions on fishing