kaʻa₁to roll, turn, twist, wallow, wind, braid, revolve... (OC) PPn *taka, revolve, to roll, to go roundabout, wander
kaʻa
₁
• to roll, turn, twist, wallow, wind, braid, revolve; rolling, twisting, turning,
• sloping.
• to scud or move along, as clouds;
• to wield, as a club;
ka
kaʻa
to roll, whirl, turn over; to revolve, as a wheel; to turn aside, deviate; rolling, turning, etc. see maka kakaʻa.
kahu₂to tend or cook at an oven fire; to build an oven fire; to burn, as lime in a pit; one who tends an oven, a cook. fig., to seethe with hot rage. [(FJ) PPn *tafu, to light a fire, burn v.t.]
hoʻo
kahu
₂
to make a fire for cooking in the oven; to act as kahusee kahu₂, to tend or cook at an oven fire; to build an oven fire; to burn, as lime in a pit; one who tends an oven, a cook. Fig., to seethe with hot rage.
kahu
₂
to tend or cook at an oven fire; to build an oven fire; to burn, as lime in a pit; one who tends an oven, a cook. fig., to seethe with hot rage.
kahu
ʻai
to cook taro or vegetable food; to keep the store of such food; to make poi; a keeper or cook. same askahu umu or kahūmu. cf. kahu₂.
to rank, as from small to large. lit., put ranks in sequence. see pae.
hoʻoka
kaʻi
to lead, take along see kakaʻi, to walk along with a group; to follow in line, as chickens after a hen; procession; litter, as of pigs.
hoʻokake
kaʻi
na
to mix up the order, jumble. lit., disturb (the) order.
hoʻolau
kaʻi
to coordinate, put in order. [comb. hoʻo- + laukaʻi.]see hoʻokaʻina, to put in order, sequence..., laukaʻi, coordinated, put in order...
hoʻomā
kaʻi
to act as a policeman; to appoint or invest as a policeman see mākaʻi₁, policeman, guard; to police, inspect, spy.
hoʻomā
kaʻi
kaʻi
to take others on a visit; to show the sights; to escort see mākaʻikaʻi, to visit, the sights; to stroll, make a tour, take a walk; to look upon; spectator.
hopena
kaʻi
na
consequence. lit., sequential result.
hua ala
kaʻi
a leading note in music, the major seventh of any scale, a semitone below the tonic.
excursion, field trip. lit., trip (for) exploring. also huakaʻi.
hua
kaʻi
pō
night procession or parade, especially the night procession of ghosts that is sometimes called ʻoiʻo.
kaʻi
₁
• to lead, direct,
• lift up and carry;
• to walk or step in a row or procession, or as a child learning to walk;
• to train, as for racing. cf. alakaʻi, a prayer or service..., hākaʻi, to lead, guide..., huakaʻi, to move along...; trip, voyage... (Malo 219)
• to lead against the will, as a young child;
• to lead here and there without permission;
• to waddle, move with difficulty;
• to carry about everywhere.
a herringbone design, as in mat plaiting or in the pāpale ʻie.
haʻina ke
keʻe
irregular verb.
hoʻo
keʻe
to make a turn, as in cutting paper or cloth; to turn, as in walking; to bend, form an angle. see keʻe₁, crookedness; fault, defect, flaw, deformity; crooked, bent, full of faults.
to crook, bend, twist out of shape, pervert. see kekeʻe₁, redup. ofkeʻe₁, but more common; distorted, crooked, twisted. Fig., unrighteous, erroneous, distorted.
hoʻokī
keʻe
to go zigzag see kīkeʻe, to bend, crook; bending, zigzag; perverted.
same askelakela, excelling, exceeding, projecting beyond...
kela
₁
excelling, exceeding, projecting beyond, reaching high above; to jut out, excel. cf. ex.,ʻoi₂. cf.:
kākela, to perform well...
pākela, excel; exceedingly; great person who excels...
poʻokela, foremost, best, superior, prime, outstanding, greatest...
pā
kela
excess; excessive, surpassing, intemperate; to exceed, surpass, excel; exceedingly; great person who excels. cf. kela, to exceed
grease, as used in machines or for tools with moving parts. [comb. hinu + kele.]
holo
kele
wai
runoff, as water running from the land into the sea. lit., muddy flow.
hoʻo
kele
₁
• to make muddy;
• to sprinkle;
• to soak material, as pandanus leaves, in water to make pliable for plaiting;
• to feed, fatten, especially with soft food or liquids... see kele₁, watery, muddy, wet, swampy, greasy, fat, lush. Fig., impurity...
one who fishes for octopus by looking through a glass-bottomed box; formerly the kilo heʻe spit chewed kukui nut on the sea to calm the water, then examined (kilo) the sea bottom for octopus; to fish thus. Alsoʻōkiloheʻe.
kilo
hi
to glance, gaze, as into a mirror (kilo + hi, transitivizer).
kilo
hia
pas/imp. ofkilo, to watch closely, spy, examine, look around, observe...
kilo
hōkū
astrologer, astronomer, astronomy; to observe and study the stars.
kilo
iʻa
a man who observes fish movements from a high place and directs fishermen; to so act.
goddess of corals and spiny creatures of the sea, appearing as a woman and as a coral reef. From her shells Māui made his famous hook for drawing the islands together. lit.,Hina stomach passing coral. (HM 219)
shrine, often consisting of circular piles of coral or stone, built along the shore or by ponds or streams, used in ceremonies as to make fish multiply; also built on bird islands, and used in ceremonies to make birds multiply.
koʻa
kā
coral shoal with rough sea where two or more opposing currents meet. fig., valiant. lit., dashing coral. (1 Sam. 14.52)
a variety of loli, perhaps Chirodota rigida. lit., blood loli.
loli mā
koko
a variety of loli, perhaps Chiridota rigida. lit., blood-red loli.
luaia
koko
Luai and koko, blood. A vomiting of blood.
luaʻi
koko
any kind of sickness with vomiting of blood; to vomit blood.
mā
koko
₁
fresh-water leech or bloodsucker. cf. koko, blood.
nui lama
koko
blood alcohol level. lit., amount (of) intoxicating drink (in) blood. cf. ana lama hanu.
omo
koko
bloodsucker, leech; to suck blood.
pākela
koko
piʻi
hypertension, i.e. abnormally high arterial blood pressure. lit., excessive high blood pressure.
Papaʻa
koko
land section on the Kahana side of Lāʻie, Oʻahu, the one-time site of a place of refuge. lit.: secured blood.
pili
koko
blood relationship, blood relative; related by blood.
pū
koko
to appear red, as sunset glow or blood.
puni
koko
bloodthirsty.
puʻu
koko
clot of blood; heart; blood-clot foetus, in which shape the heroes of some of the tales are born.
ua
koko
₁
a low-lying rainbow. lit., blood rain. see ex. kīʻohuʻohu.
ʻulaʻō
koko
blood-red.
waha
koko
Waha and koko, blood. To contend; to quarrel.
waha ʻō
koko
to slander one's own blood. lit., mouth that pierces blood.
Wai
koko
stream and land section, Hanalei district, Kauaʻi. lit.: blood water.
wai
koko
plasma. lit., blood fluid. also palasema.
waiwai
koko
ola
wealth taken to cause by sorcery the death of an innocent person — this was punishable by the sorcerer's own death. lit., live blood goods. (Kam. 64:120)
waiwai
koko
pīlau
wealth taken to cause by sorcery the death of a sorcerer who had prayed others to death. lit., foul blood goods. (Kam. 64:120)
koleraw, as meat; inflamed; red, as a raw wound or as red earth.
heʻe mā
kole
squid beginning to decompose, with a pinkish color and a bad odor, liked by some.
to prepare octopus in this fashion see mākole₂, slightly decomposed pinkish octopus, relished by some; to turn pinkish, as octopus.
hoʻomā
kole
₁
to cause redness or soreness of the eyes see mākole₁, inflamed or sore eye; bloodshot; red-eyed; red-hot; red or yellow, as dying leaves; red, as a tinted cloud.
a creeping variety of ʻihi with red stems (differing in this from ʻihi ʻawa), yellow flowers, and no bulbs; used medicinally. lit., red-eyed ʻihi. also ʻihi maka ʻula.
gulch, stream, and beach park, Waipiʻo and Mauna Kea qds., Hawaiʻi. Mountains, Mākena qd., Maui. Pass and road from Schofield Barracks through the Waiʻanae Range, Oʻahu. A large stone at the pass on Oʻahu has been called a sacrificial stone, but it was probably never so used; others say the stone represents a woman named Kolekole who guarded the pass; students of lua fighting lay in wait here to practice their skill on travelers. In a battle here Maui forces killed the last of the Oʻahu people who had escaped the massacre at Niuhelewai. seePuʻukolekole. lit.: raw, scarred. (In one explanation of the name, a woman on the pass saw an apparently blind man approaching; doubting his blindness, she exposed herself. He opened his eyes and exclaimed, Aʻula,kolekole! Red, raw!)
kole
kole₁
redup. ofkole₁:
• raw, as meat;
• inflamed;
• red, as a raw wound or as red earth...
kole
kolea₂
variety of moana, goatfish, perhaps Parupeneus chrysonemus. rare.
same asmākole, inflamed or sore eye; bloodshot; red-eyed...
Mā
kole
land area, northwest Kauaʻi. Land section and point, southeast Lānaʻi. lit.: red-eyed.
mā
kole
₁
• inflamed or sore eye; bloodshot; red-eyed;
• red-hot;
• red or yellow, as dying leaves;
• red, as a tinted cloud.
mā
kole
₂
slightly decomposed pinkish octopus, relished by some; to turn pinkish, as octopus. also heʻe pulu.
mā
kole
₃
rainbow.
mā
kole
₄
a small, smooth, succulent herb (Nertera granadensis var. insularis, commonly known as N. depressa), creeping on damp forest floors, a member of the coffee family with small ovate leaves and round, red to yellow, berry-like fruits. (Neal 794)
a variety of fresh-water ʻoʻopu. lit., red-tailed ʻoʻopu. It is believed that this fish drives other fish away, and hence must be thrown out of a net with an exclamation of disgust.
• brace, support, wand, prop, helper; • small stalks to which feathers on large kāhili, standards, are tied, and which are attached to the main pole; • pole as used in pushing a canoe; to pole, push with a pole,
• to prop; • sprit of a canoe's sail; • stick fastened across a small fish net near the meeting of the sticks (kuku) supporting the net; • to uphold. cf. kākoʻo, kanikoʻo. (Isa. 63.5)
koʻo
koʻo₁
• cane, staff, rod;
• support, means of livelihood;
• staff in music
koʻo
koʻo ʻāmana
cane with a handle. lit., tee-shaped cane.
koʻo
koʻo kālele
crutch.
koʻo
koʻo ʻoihana
mace. lit., professional cane.
koʻo
lele
pole vault. lit., pole (for) jumping. see lele koʻo.
pipe used to hold up clear plastic sheeting over an aquaculture tank. lit., support pipe.
puke kā
koʻo
supplementary text or book; any book which supplements a primary text. lit., supporting book.
pū kō
koʻo
sugarcane clumps held up with sticks to prevent the long stems from falling down and taking root. also pūkoʻo.
pū
koʻo
same aspū kō koʻo, sugarcane clumps held up with sticks...
kuʻu₁to release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken; to pay out, as a line or cable... [(CP) PPn *tuku, put down, leave, release, let go]
hoʻo
kuʻu
• to release, let go, put down, dismiss, send away, abandon, disperse, adjourn;
• to expel, as from school;
• to discharge, as from work;
• to free, acquit, let, permit, excuse, exempt, liberate;
• to settle, clear up;
• slope of a hill (rare) ... see kuʻu, to release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield...
hoʻo
kuʻu
ʻaelike
to cede, as land or territory. lit., release (by) agreement.
exemption from arrest see kuʻu₁, to release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken; to pay out, as a line or cable; to settle, as earth; to diminish, as stream water; to fail to help...
hoʻo
kuʻu
kāua
let's stop [as a meeting] see kuʻu₁, to release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken; to pay out, as a line or cable; to settle, as earth; to diminish, as stream water; to fail to help...
hoʻo
kuʻu
kuʻu₁
• lenient, permissive;
• to pay out, as a fishline.
caus/sim ofkuʻukuʻu₁, to let down gradually, slack off a little at a time...
hoʻo
kuʻu
maikaʻi
honorable discharge see kuʻu₁, to release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken; to pay out, as a line or cable; to settle, as earth; to diminish, as stream water; to fail to help...
hoʻo
kuʻu
no ka manawa
suspension, as from school; to suspend. lit., expel temporarily. cf. hoʻapaʻiʻauʻa.
kuʻu
₁
• to release, let go, discharge, abandon, free, dismiss, give up, yield, slacken;
• to pay out, as a line or cable;
• to settle, as earth;
• to diminish, as stream water;
• to fail to help (Kanl. 31.6) ;
• to finish, as a chant;
• to adjourn,
• put down,
• subside.
• fig., to be at peace
(see idioms that follow).
kuʻu
lala
unrestrained, promiscuous, wanton (Iak. 5.5) ; free to do as one wants, whether right or wrong.