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ā₃.  nvs. mold found in souring foods, especially poi, generally known as Oidium lactis or Oospora lactis, but now called Geotrichum candidum.

a.  s. Name of the white spots that appear in poi when pounding;

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

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.

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.

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

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

ʻaeʻae₁.  redup. of ʻae₃, fine, mashed, soft... see lole, mehelu.

hōʻaeʻaeto make soft, fine, etc

hulu ʻaeʻaedowny feathers

ka ʻai ʻaeʻaesoft food or poi

aeae [ae-ae].  To work over and over, as in pounding poi, until very fine. adj. Comminuted; small or fine, as dust; fine, as poi well pounded; he poi aeae, he poi uouo, he wali.

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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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

aimahaha [ai-ma-ha-ha].  s. A kind of hard kalo, difficult to make into good poi.

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.

ʻai puʻupuʻu [ʻai puʻu·puʻu].  n. lumpy poi.

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]

ʻākia₃ [ʻā·kia].  vi. to ferment; very sour, as poi.

ʻai ʻākiasour poi

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.

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

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.

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.

ʻalā.  n. dense waterworn volcanic stone, as used for poi pounders, adzes, hula stones; hard lava, basalt. Kinds of ʻalā rock, as used for adzes, are qualified by the phrases pia maka hinu, shiny-faced arrowroot; māhinu, shiny; and maka hinu, shiny face. also (Kam. 76:122) ʻalā haumeku ʻolokele, ʻalā lelekepue. [(OC) PPN *kalaa, hard, black, volcanic stone]

ʻalā o ka maʻaslingstone

Kaʻalāwaithe watery basalt (place name, Honolulu)

ʻalā.  cf. nukahaku, boulder, generic term, particularly outside of Hawaiʻi...

iwi ʻalācortical bone

pōhaku ʻalāboulder, in Hawaiʻi, referring to poi-pounder-size stones and larger

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.

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

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

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.

ʻaloʻalo₃.  vs. lumpy, as poi. rare. 

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.)]

ʻānana.  nvt. same as kānana, sieve, strainer; to strain, as kava in fibers...; to strain, as juice or poi.

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.

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)

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

ʻaʻohe.  interj. none; no, not; to have or be none; there is no one who (in subordinate phrases). ʻaʻohe is a contraction of the negative ʻaʻole and he, the indefinite article . It is often followed by zero possessives, as ʻAʻohe āna hana., he has no work; ʻaʻohe oʻu makemake i poi, I don't want any poi. Today a gesture is commonly used by all races to replace ʻaʻohe koena, there isn't any more, or ʻaʻole, no. The gesture, taken from Hawaiians, is a quick flick of the hand with the palm turned downward and away front the body, originally significant of an empty hand. (Gram. 10.2)  

ʻAʻohe āna hana.He has no work.

ʻAʻohe koena.There isn't any more.

ʻAʻohe oʻu makemake i poi.I don't want any poi.

ʻOia kamaʻilio aku ā ʻea ka waha, ʻaʻohe lohe ʻia mai.While talking until the tongue is coated, [yet] no one is listened to.

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.

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.

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.

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

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].

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)

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).

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

ʻāwala₁ [ʻā·wala].  vt. to throw a knife or stock with a back flip; to throw back the head so as to grab dangling food with an open mouth. cf. wala, to tilt.

ʻO ka ʻāwala ʻana me nā miki poi.Throwing back the head to grab dabs of poi.

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

aweawe poi [awe·awe poi].  n. drip of poi; an insult to the chiefs of Hawaiʻi, playing on the name of their chiefs, Keawe, with implication that poi is excreted in a sticky chain.

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...
 

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

ʻeke kūkaenalo [ʻeke kū·kae·nalo].  n. flour sack or sack of unbleached muslin (kūkaenalo), as formerly used for poi.

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.

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

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.

emowai [emo·wai].  n. an addition of water, as for mixing poi. Kauaʻi.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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)

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.

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.

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

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

haiwā [hai·wā].  vt. to plant far apart, as taro, coconut. rare. 

hākaokao₁ [hā·kao·kao].  vs. decaying, as taro in the field or a few days after cooking. cf. kaokao.

hakē.  vs. packed full, protruding, bulging, cramfull, swollen.

Hakē ka paʻi ʻai o ka Malulani.The Malulani [ship] is overloaded with bundles of hard poi [uncomplimentary reference to a pregnant woman]. (ON 416)

hoʻohakēto pack full, cram, push; to break, as a boil

haku₃.  n.
  • core,
  • lump, as of poi;
  • stone,
  • coconut sponge.
  cf. pōhaku, haku maka, haku ʻōnohi, rock, stone...; eyeball...; eyeball... [(AN) PPN *fatu, stone]

haku ipupulp and seeds of melon

haku kā koʻistone for chipping (Malo 51)

hakuhaku₁ [haku·haku].  vs. lumpy, as poi. cf. haku₃. (Kep. 165)

hakukele [haku·kele].  vs. wet, lumpy, as poi. (Kep. 163)

hakupaʻa [haku·paʻa].  n. new taro patch. lit., hard core. rare. 

hāloa₃ [hā·loa].  n. long stalk, poetic name for lauloa taro.

hāloa kea.  same as hāloa₃, poetic name for lauloa taro...

hanoa, hanowa.  vs. fermented.

ʻO nā ʻumeke piʻialiʻi, nohu, … ua hanowa i loko o ke kūmau.The bowls with piʻialiʻi and nohu taros … had fermented in the poi bowls.

hānunanuna₂ [hā·nuna·nuna].  first fermentation of fresh poi. (AP)

haokea [hao·kea].  n. a rather common native variety of taro; the leaves are narrow, the piko, leaf attachment, light, and petioles light green. This taro supplies some gray commercial poi and lūʻau greens. It was formerly used both medicinally and in religious ceremonies, as for dedicating new fish nets. According to (HP 17), it is a domesticated form of wild ʻāweu. The name may be qualified by the colors hāʻulaʻula and keʻokeʻo. Var. names reported include ʻahakea, haʻakea, and hāʻawikea.

hāpuʻu₄ [hā·puʻu].  n. a variety of taro, also hāpuʻupuʻu, that may be qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele,hāuliuli (favored by planters), kea or keʻokeʻo, lena, and ʻulaʻula. (HP 17, 18, 32)

hāpuʻupuʻu₆ [hā·puʻu·puʻu].  same as hāpuʻu, taro: the plant is said to be distinguished by its leaf stems: yellow-green above, and dark brownish on lower half. The corms yield good light-colored poi, the leaves good greens. This name is qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, and maoli. (HP 17, 32)

haʻulelani.  n. var. spelling of hāʻulelani₂, a freshwater alga found in taro patches.

hāʻulelani₂, haʻulelani [hāʻule·lani].  n. a freshwater alga found in taro patches.

hē₆.  n. poi from the center or core of taro, formerly reserved for chiefs, as it had not come into contact with dirt. (Kep. 165)

hekili₂.  n. a variety of taro.

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)

hihiawai [hihia·wai].  n. the swamp fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides), an edible, somewhat succulent fern, distributed through the tropics. It grows in mud or water, as around taro patches, in tufts about 30 cm high. The fronds are triangular and are finely divided into long, narrow parts. Young fronds are eaten with fresh-water shrimps. also palai kahawai. (Neal 12)

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

hīlea [hī·lea].  vs. careless, shiftless (named for the people of Hīlea village, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, reported to have brought poorly prepared poi to a chief).

Hīlea i kalo ʻekaʻeka.Hīlea of the dirty taro [a saying applied to anyone careless or inefficient in work].

hīnālea₂ [hīnā·lea].  n. a variety of taro.

hinapū₁ [hina·pū].  n. a rare native variety of upland taro, with green leaves, reddish leaf juncture (piko), dark-green petioles, and white corm. Perhaps same as lauloa uliuli. (HP 18, 32)

hinupuaʻa₂ [hinu·puaʻa].  n. a native variety of upland taro. also ‘eleʻele.

holo₅.  n. a long bundle, as of hard poi. [(NP) PPN *solo, food made with grated taro]

holo ʻai.  n. food bundle, especially ti-leaf bundle of hard poi. cf. paʻi ʻai, pūkeleʻai.

holoai [ho-lo-ai].  s. See holo, bundle, and ai, food. A bundle of baked kalo.

hona₂.  n. a variety of taro. (HP 32)

hoʻowali.  to make soft, smooth, as soil, to mix, as poi or dough; to digest; to mix fine particles with liquid to form a semi-liquid, as poi (NKE12). see wali, smooth, thin, as poi; fine, mashed, soft, powdery, supple, limber, as a dancer's body.

ʻaila hoʻowali penapaint thinner

nā lio kaʻinapu hoʻowali luagraceful, doubly supple horses (chant)

nā mea hoʻowali a lokodigestive organs

ʻuala hoʻowali ʻiamashed sweet potatoes

ʻūlei hoʻowali ʻualadigging stick of ʻūlei wood that softens [the earth for] sweet potatoes [sexual reference]

hōwai [hō·wai].  vs. watery, as thin poi; soggy.

pā hōwaia dish containing liquids

hū₁.  nvi. to rise or swell, as yeast or souring poi; to ferment, leaven, overflow (Isa. 8.7) , percolate, effervesce, boil over; to surge or rise to the surface, as emotion; to gush forth; rising, swelling, outburst. cf. huaʻi.

he hū wale mehe wai lāunstable as water (Kin. 49.4)

hoʻohūto leaven, cause to rise, inflate, swell, overflow; yeast, baking powder

Hū ka ʻaka.To burst into laughter, guffaw.

Hū ka pele.To pour forth lava, erupt.

Hū mai ke aloha no ka ʻāina.Love for the homeland swells forth.

Inā hū aku kou ʻuhane i ka poʻe pōloli.If your soul has compassion for the hungry people. (Isa. 58.10)

perena hū ʻoleunleavened bread

hu.  v. To rise or swell up, as leaven or new poi; to effervesce.

huaʻā.  vs. very sour, of poi.

hūhū [hū·hū].  redup. of hū₁, to rise or swell, as yeast or souring poi...; to bulge; to effervesce. PPN *suusuu.

huhuki.  redup. of huki; to pull hard or frequently. PPN *fufuti.

hoʻohuhukito pull, cause to pull. Fig., headstrong

koi huhukicompelling, insistent urge

Pau ke kalo i ka huhuki ʻia.All the taro was pulled up.

hūkākai₁ [hū·kā·kai].  vs. insipid, tasteless, brand, as food or poi made of immature taro; brackish. also ʻōkākai.

hukihuki₁ [huki·huki].  nvt.
  • to pull or draw frequently, or by many persons;
  • to pull by jerks or continuously, as in the tug-of-war game (see hukihuki₃);
  • to gather, as taro;
  • friction, dissension. (see hukihuki₂)
  PPN *futifuti.

Hele maila lākou ā hukihuki i ka wai.They came to draw water. (Puk. 2.16)

huli₄.  n. taro top, as used for planting; shoot, as of wauke (see ʻae₇). see ex. ʻōmaka₁. [(AN) PPN *suli, a banana or taro shoot]

huli [hu-li].  The name of kalo tops for planting. See hulikalo.

huli mio.  n. taro stalk with spent strength.

hulipūloa [huli·pū·loa].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 32)

humuhumu₃ [humu·humu].  n. a variety of taro with coloring like that of the humuhumu (fish); the leaf stem is pink at base, dark-purple midway and green above. (HP 18, 32)
 

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iʻa₃.  n. any food eaten as a relish with the staple (poi, taro, sweet potato, breadfruit), including meat, vegetable, or even salt. also ʻīnaʻi.

ka iʻa lauoho loloa o ke kuahiwithe long-haired relish of the mountain [greens] (ON 1361)

iʻa Pākē [iʻa pā·kē].  n. an introduced fish (Ophiocephalus striatus) found in rice or taro patches and streams. lit., Chinese fish.

ʻieʻie₂.  n. a native variety of taro with leaf blades and flowers suggesting ʻieʻie₁; the leaves are dark and glossy, the petioles reddish with yellow-green stripes. (HP 18, 32)

iheihe₂ [ihe·ihe].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 32)

iheihe lei [ihe·ihe lei].  n. a variety of iheihe taro.

ihi.  vt. to peel, as an orange or taro. cf. uhole.

ʻiʻi₅.  short for hāpuʻu ʻiʻi₁, ₂, ferns.

ʻamaʻu ʻiʻia fern

pala ʻiʻia taro

ʻiʻiaao, ʻīʻīaao [ʻiʻi·aao].  n. cooked and partly dried taro or sweet potato that becomes sour or ferments.

iiaao [i-i-a-ao].  s. Hard mouldy poi.

ʻīʻīaao.  n. var. spelling of ʻiʻiaao, cooked and partly dried taro or sweet potato that becomes sour or

īkā₂ [ī·kā].  n. sides of taro patch or garden. rare. 

ika [i-ka].  s. Name of the sides of a kalo patch, or of a mala where the grass is thrown; oia ka mea e malu ai na ika. i lilo ole ka mea kanu a kekahi i kekahi.

ʻiliʻā.  n. a variety of taro.

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

ʻiliuaua [ʻili·ua·ua].  n. a variety of taro with large, thick, firm leaf blades. The corms are very large, with white flesh tinged with pink; good as table taro but not for poi; leaves good for lūʻau. lit., tough hide. also kalo Pākē.

ʻīnaʻi [ʻī·naʻi].  nvi. accompaniment to poi, usually meat, fish, or vegetable; to serve as ʻīnaʻi. fig., to flavor, garnish, spice. [(NP) PPN *kiinaki, food eaten with another food as relish]

Kuʻu lā pōloli, ā ola i kou aloha, ʻīnaʻi pū me ka waimaka.On my day of hunger, your love saves me, seasoned with tears. (PH 86)

ʻiʻoaweawe [ʻiʻo·awe·awe].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

ʻiʻo lūʻau.  n. greenish meat of turtles, considered the best, so named because its color resembled cooked taro tops (lūʻau).

ipuolono₁ [ipu-o-Lono].  n. a variety of taro used as offering to the gods; it may be qualified by the terms kea and ʻulaʻula.
 

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kāʻai₂.  vt. to dig food crops, as taro, sweet potatoes.

kaʻele₁.  nvs.
  • empty and hollow, as of a bowl, poi board, drum, canoe hull;
  • hull;
  • inside bottom as of a calabash or poi board.
  also ʻele. [(FJ) PPN *takele, base, bottom (of canoe), keel]

iwi kaʻelekeel

kaʻele papadug-in poi board

Mehe kaʻele papa lā Hilo, i lalo ka noho, kāʻele wale Hilo i ke ālai ʻia e ka ua.Like a poi board Hilo, dwelling below, darkened Hilo by the blocking rain. (UL 60)

kaʻeo lau.  n. a variety of taro.

kaʻeo nui.  n. a variety of taro.

kahania₂ [kaha·nia].  vs. sour, as of poi.

kahi₁.  nvt.
  • to cut longitudinally, shave, plane,
  • rub or stroke, as in a massage, with gentle pressure of the open palm of the hand; press,
  • to run the fingers along the side of a poi bowl so as to remove the poi clinging to the side;
  • comb; to comb,
  • to scrape; scraper, as for olonā fiber.
  [(AN) PPN *tasi, scrape, shave, whittle]

hale kahi olonāfiber-combing house (Laie 607 [180])

hoʻokahicaus/sim

kahu ʻai.  vt. to cook taro or vegetable food; to keep the store of such food; to make poi; a keeper or cook. same as kahu umu or kahūmu. cf. kahu₂.

kahuai [ka-hu-ai].  v. Kahu, to bake, and ai, food. To bake kalo in the ground.

kāī [kā·ī].  n. a variety of taro, the corms of which are fragrant when cooked and, though tough, yield excellent poi. Kinds are qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, kea, keʻokeʻo (said to be reserved for chiefs), koi, nenene, pala, ʻulaʻula, uliuli, welo ʻeka.

Ua ʻai i ke kāī koi o ʻEwa.Having eaten of the very choice kāī koi taro of ʻEwa. [said of a sweetheart one can't forget]. (ON 2770)

kaiehu₁ [kai·ehu].  vt.
  • to scatter or stir up, as dust or dirt;
  • tossed, as spray;
  • to moisten or sprinkle with fine drops of water, as of poi being pounded.
  cf. ehu.

ʻAʻole pono ke kaiehu ka ʻōʻō ma ia apoapo ʻana.It is not right to stir up dust while digging and hilling [sweet potatoes]. (Kep. 157)

kaikā [kai·kā].  n. cultivated patch; bank of taro patch.

kaika [kai-ka].  s. The border of a cultivated plat; the border of a kalo patch.

kakaʻalawa [kakaʻa·lawa].  vs. far apart, not close.

kanu kakaʻalawa i ka hulito plant taro stalks sufficiently far apart

kakakē [kaka·kē].  vs. poor quality, as of taro not fit for poi. rare. 

kalalau [kala·lau].  n. a variety of taro; corm white, yielding gray poi; perhaps originated in Kalalau, Kauaʻi.

kale₁.  vs. watery, nearly liquid, as thin poi. cf. kakale, kalekale. probably PCP *tale.

hoʻokaleto make liquid (less used than hoʻokakale)

waha kaleto drool at the mouth, talk excessively, gush

kale [ka-le].  v. To be thin and watery, like very thin poi. See kakale and kalekale. adj. Thin and watery; very nearly liquid poi so mixed with water; he ai kale.

kālepa₁ [kā·lepa].  nvt. trader, merchant, salesman, peddler; to trade, sell as merchandise, peddle; mercantile. trading (HE). lit., to strike flag, so called because a salesman hoisted a small flag to show that poi or another article was for sale.

moku kālepatrading ship

kalepa [ka-le-pa].  adj. Trading; peddling; he mau moku kalepa kekahi, some were trading ships. NOTE—It is the custom of Hawaiians when they have poi or other articles to sell, to hoist a small flag (lepa); hence kalepa. to sell; to make market. See lepa and lepalepa.

kalo₁.  n. taro (Colocasia esculenta), a kind of aroid cultivated since ancient times for food, spreading widely from the tropics of the Old World. In Hawaiʻi, taro has been the staple from earliest times to the present, and here its culture developed greatly, including more than 300 forms. All parts of the plant are eaten, its starchy root principally as poi, and its leaves as lūʻau. It is a perennial herb consisting of a cluster of long-stemmed, heart-shaped leaves rising 30 cm. or more from underground tubers or corms. (Neal 157–60) Specifically, kalo is the name of the first taro growing from the planted stalk; names of generations as listed for Hawaiʻi Island (Kep. 153) are (1) kalo: see ex., palili, (2) ʻohā or muʻu, (3) ʻaʻae or ʻae, (4) ʻōnihinihi, (5) kokole, (6) pahūpahū. [(AN) PPN *talo, taro (colocasia esculenta)]

kipi kalotaro chip

Kō mākou kalo kanu o ka ʻāina.Our planted taro of the land [proud and affectionate reference to a chief]. (saying)

kalo [ka-lo].  s. The well known vegetable of the Hawaiian Islands; a species of the arum esculentum; it is cultivated in artificial water beds, and also on high mellow upland soil; it is made into food by baking and pounding into hard paste; after fermenting and slightly souring, it is diluted with water, then called poi, and eaten with the fingers. NOTE.—The origin of the kalo plant is thus described in Hawaiian Mythology (see Mooolelo Hawaii by Dibble, p. 37): ulu mai la ua alualu la, a lilo i kalo, the fetus grew (when it was buried) and became a kalo.

kalo kalakoa [kalo kala·koa].  n. caladium (Caladium bicolor), a tropical American herb, an aroid grown in gardens for the many color forms of its heart-shaped leaves. lit., calico taro. (Neal 160–1)

kalo paʻa.  n. cooked unpounded taro.

Loaʻa ʻoe i ke kalo paʻa.You got hit by solid taro [i.e., you received a terrible blow]. (saying)

kalo Pākē [kalo pā·kē].  same as ʻili uaua, a taro.

kalo Pākē [kalo pā·kē].  n. lotus. lit., Chinese taro. also līkao.

kāmau₃ [kā·mau].  n. small taro or sweet potato that serves as food until the major crop matures.

kamau [ka-mau].  Name of a kind of kalo.

kāmukumuku [kā·muku·muku].  redup. of kāmuku₁.

Kāmukumuku ka ʻai a kākou.Our taro is growing less thriftily.

kanalo.  n. a variety of taro.

kānana ʻai [kā·nana ʻai].  nvt. poi strainer, cloth through which poi is strained; strained poi; to strain, as poi.

kanawao₂ [kana·wao].  var. name for nāwao₁, a taro.

kāniʻo₅ [kā·niʻo].  n. a variety of taro.

kāō₄ [kā·ō].  vt. to bake in the oven without leaf wrapping, as taro, breadfruit. rare. 

kāokoʻa.  vs. var. spelling of kāʻokoʻa, whole...

kāʻokoʻa, kāokoʻa.  vs. whole, entire; separated, independent, neutral, standing apart, definite. cf. ʻokoʻa, different, kūʻokoʻa, and holoʻokoʻa, entire. see kūʻai.

He ʻuala kāʻokoʻa kāna.He had a whole sweet potato.

hoʻokāʻokoʻato separate from others, keep away, abstain

Ua kāʻokoʻa nō kāna kalo mai kā mākou.His taro was separated from ours.

kāpala poi [kā·pala poi].  n.v. to daub with poi.

ʻahaʻaina kāpala poipoi-daubing party; a person daubed with a finger of poi had to provide an extra contribution to the feast; much amusement was afforded among the planners of the feast by attempting to daub one another. cf. ʻahaʻaina pī wai.

kāpiki₁ [kā·piki].  n. poi made with an inferior grade of soggy taro.

kapiki [ka-pi-ki].  s. A kind of poi.

kau₅.  nvi. a method of feeding children or high-born persons as a special honor; the recipient held back his head and opened his mouth; the morsel of poi was dropped into his mouth; much enjoyed by children as a game.

ʻai kauto eat in this way

kaupapaloʻi [kau·papa·loʻi].  n. Molokai term for taro patch. Barrère-1969

keiki₁.  nvi. child, offspring, descendant, progeny, boy, youngster, son, lad, nephew, son of a dear friend; calf, colt, kid, cub; worker; shoot or sucker, as of taro; to have or obtain a child; to be or become a child. cf. keiki kāne. [(CE) PPN *taiti, young male child]

kāu keikiyour son

keiki a ka pueochild of the owl [one whose father is not known]

keiki hānau o ka ʻāinaa native son, one born on the land

Ua keiki kākou no ke Akua.We are the children of God. (Roma 8.16)

kele₃.  vt. to scrape cooked taro with ʻopihi or spoon after peeling is removed, to clean it in preparation for pounding. [PPN *tele, peel, pare, shave]

kele₆.  n. any kind of wild taro. rare. 

kelemania.  n. var. spelling of kelemānia₂, earthen crock as used for poi, said to have been introduced from Germany.

kelemānia₂, kelemania [kele·mā·nia].  n. earthen crock as used for poi, said to have been introduced from Germany.

kelemānia ʻia [kele·mā·nia ʻia].  n. poi crock.

kele wai.  vs. thin, as watery poi; muddy, as water. hoʻo.kele wai To use much water in mixing or pounding poi, or in irritation.

kewe₃.  n. stasis diffusion of lymph, said to be due to prolonged wetting of the feet, as in taro patch, sometimes called " Hawaiian elephantiasis," but no relation to elephantiasis as found in the South Seas.

kiaʻimakalae₂.  same as mākoko, a variety of taro.

kīhele [kī·hele].  nvt.
  • hook; to hook;
  • to feed poi to a child on the finger, which is bent (like a hook) so as to dislodge the poi.

Kīhele ia ulu.Bail the center of a canoe [ambiguous expression: it may refer to the action of the hands in bailing].

kihi lau nui₂.  n. a taro.

kiʻihekekē₁ [kiʻi·heke·kē].  n. a variety of taro.

kīkīpalapala [kī·kī·pala·pala].  n. a variety of taro.

kiliʻapu.  nvi. a dipper or water carrier made of taro or ʻape leaf.

kini ʻai.  n. pail for carrying poi (ʻai) or other food.

kīʻoʻe.  nvt.
  • ladle, dipper, cup; scoop or spoon made of coconut shell;
  • dip, as of poi; arm or wrist motion in paddling or dipping; to dip, ladle, scoop;
  • to skim, as cream from milk;
  • net-mending instrument; to join nets together;
  • to twist and snap, as breadfruit with a lou stick.
  cf. ʻoʻe, to probe.

ka ʻai kīʻoʻe lāʻauthe food reached with a stick [breadfruit] (ON 1270)

kīʻoʻe poi.  n. finger or single dip of poi.

kiʻoʻōpae [kiʻoʻō·pae].  n. taro-leaf container as held in the mouth, so as to form a basket to hold shrimps (ʻōpae) while groping with the hands for shrimp. Also pūʻolo ʻōpae.

kio poi.  poi calabash. (And.)

kiopoi [ki-o-po-i].  s. Kio, and poi, food. A poi calabash.

kīpapa₂ [kī·papa].  vi. to be close together, as clouds, or as taro neatly packed in a load; to shoot together (see papa₃). (Kel. 45)

kipi₂.  n. Hilo name for mound taro patches.

kō₄.  vt. to break up lumps in poi by pressing against the side of a container.

koaʻe₃.  a taro; varieties are qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, ʻulaʻula.

koʻekoʻe₂ [koʻe·koʻe].  vs. tasteless; insipid, bland, as unsalted food or as too fresh poi; flat, unsavory, as warm food that has chilled.

kohā lua.  vi. to resound loudly, as poi being vigorously pounded.

kohanamimi [kohana·mimi].  n. taro growing in front of the door and about the house. lit., naked urine (so called because people urinated there). rare. 

kōhi₁.  nvt.
  • to gather, as fruit;
  • to break off neatly, as taro corm from the stalk with a stick or knife;
  • to split, as breadfruit; splitter, as stick, stone, knife.
  PPN *tofi.

Nā wāhine kōhi noni.The noni-gathering women [an insult to Pele, perhaps likening her disposition to sour noni fruit]. (FS 217)

kohi [ko-hi].  To take up; to separate, as the kalo from the huli.

kōhi ʻai.  to separate taro corm from stalk; to pick taro.

kōhina [kō·hina].  n. part of taro where the corm is cut away from the top; splitting of a breadfruit for cooking.

kokōhikū [kokōhi·kū].  vt. to lay waste, especially to devastate crops.

kokōhikū i nā kaloto lay waste the taro

kokohiku [ko-ko-hi-ku].  v. To do evil to a land; to pull up the food and throw it away; hele mai la ia, a kokohiku i na kalo o Walpio.

kokole₂.  n. taro of the fifth generation. See kalo for names of generations. (Kep. 153)

kōmou [kō·mou].  n. prepared poi not yet mixed with water, softer than paʻi ʻai.

kuaio [kua·io].  n. border or bank as between taro patches or cultivated fields. cf. ioio.

kuaio [ku-a-i-o].  s. The side or border of a kalo patch; the border of a cultivated plot; the separating line between two fields. See kuaauna.

kuakua₂ [kua·kua].  n. strip, especially space between lines of stitching in quilting; embankment between taro patches that was kept under cultivation (Malo 19, Emerson note); leaf midrib; narrow land strip; strip of fish netting; ridged cloth, as corduroy or piqué.

hoʻokuakuato heap up, as in banks; to make spaces between lines of stitching in quilting

kuakuakū [kua·kua·kū].  n. newly made taro patch embankment; process of packing the earth for the banks and floor of a taro patch.

kuakuaku [ku-a-ku-a-ku].  s. A kalo patch.

kuala₃, kuwala.  n. cooked, unpounded taro (same as kalo paʻa, nēʻū).

kuala [ku-a-la].  Hard kalo; heavy food.

kūālani [kū·ā·lani].  vs. sour, especially of calabashes that have held poi and have not been soaked in the sun after washing.

kuamū₁ [kua·mū].  n. a variety of taro. also kuapapa.

kua papa.  v. to hew boards or planks; to hew out a poi-pounding board.

kuapapa₃ [kua·papa].  same as kuamū₁, a variety of taro...

kuapapa loʻi [kua·papa loʻi].  n. group of taro patches.

kuāuna, kuaauna [ku·ā·una].  n. bank or border of a taro patch; stream bank.

kuauna [ku-a-u-na].  s. The bank of a stream; the side or border of a kalo patch. See kuaio. Ke hele nei makou ma na kuauna poho, we are traveling at present on the borders of kalo patches liable to sink in.

kuelo, kuwelo.  n. hard, cooked taro. also kūpuʻu.

kuʻi ʻai.  n.v. to pound food, especially poi; one who pounds food, as poi.

kuiai [ku-i-ai].  s. Kui, to pound, and ai, food. The act of pounding poi or food.

kuʻi poi.  to pound poi, pound taro (EH)

kūkaeʻiole₂ [kū·kaeʻiole].  n. taro found growing in inaccessible spots, as a tree crotch, believed carried there by rats.

kūkanawao [kū·kana·wao].  n. general name for weeds. lit., resembling the kanawao, wild taro. rare. 

kula₁.  n. plain, field, open country, pasture. An act of 1884 distinguished dry or kula land from wet or taro land.

kō kula kaishore dweller

kulaʻi, kūlaʻi.  vt.
  • to push over, knock down, overthrow, shove, push to one side;
  • to brush off, as a horse switches flies with its tail;
  • to dash to pieces (Isa. 13.18) ;
  • to hurl.
(Probably kū₁+ -laʻi) see ex. kūpahu. [(MP) PPN *tulaki, push over, knock over]

hoʻokulaʻicaus/sim

kulaʻi ʻohāto break off main parent taro and leave room for young shoots to grow

kulaʻi pauto push completely over, as would a strong wind. (see ex., kikiʻi₁)

Naʻu nō ia e hoʻokulaʻi i ka pahi kaua.I, indeed, am the one to cause [him] to fall by the sword. (Isa. 37.7)

kūlapa₁ [kū·lapa].  nvt. earth piled on the sides of a ditch, as of a plowed furrow or as on the edge of a taro patch; to dig or plow and cast up earth or furrow.

kulapa [ku-la-pa].  A hill or small mound on which kalo is planted.

kuleana, kūleana [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

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

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kūleana.  nvt. var. spelling of kuleana, right...

kūlepe₁ [kū·lepe].  vt. split open from head to tail, as fish prepared for drying and salting; to slit thus; to hew out roughly, as a canoe; to make a hole or dig out.

Kūlepe mai ka mahi ʻai i nā ʻeka lepo.The farmer dug out blocks of earth [in a taro patch]. (For. 5:683)

kūlolo [kū·lolo].  n. pudding made of baked or steamed grated taro and coconut cream. cf. lololo₂, niu kūlolo.

kulolo [ku-lo-lo].  s. A pudding made of kalo and cocoanut, or of breadfruit and cocoanut; imi oia i kulolo, he mea ono loa ia ai.

kūmau₂ [kū·mau].  n. deep wooden bowl with a thick base, as for poi.

Nā kūmau palapaʻa o Nāʻālehu, ʻoia mau no ka pāpaʻa.The thick-based cabashes of Nāʻālehu are always crusted [with dried poi; strict adherents to principles, are the thick-headed natives of Nāʻālehu; the old poi stays in the calabash]. (ON 2244)

kūmū₃ [kū·mū].  n. a variety of red-stalked taro; varieties are qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, kea, kū loa poni, ʻulaʻula, welo-welo lā.

kūʻoho₁.  n. a variety of taro; petiole is grass-green with darker shading midway, light above. Hawaiʻi.

kūpaʻakai [kū·paʻa·kai].  nvt. same as pū paʻakai; to eat poi or sweet potatoes with salt or relish such as ʻinamona, and without meat or greens; hence a place without fish or meat.

Mai kākou e kūpaʻakai.Come and let's have some poi with a little salt.

kūpele₁ [kū·pele].  vt. to knead, as bread dough or very hard fresh poi.

kupele [ku-pe-le].  v. To bruise, as fruit to soften it; to soften; to pound up, as kalo. v. To mix up or work over poi the day after it is made. See hoowali. Huli ka waha (ka waa) iluna, alaila kupele maloko.

kūpele₂ [kū·pele].  vt. to dub out the inside of a log for a canoe hull; to scoop out, as a trench; to dig and plow, as a taro patch. [(CE) PPN *pere, sudden, sharp movement, as in adzing, weeding, throwing]

kūpele₃ [kū·pele].  n. concoction of juices of herbs mixed with poi, tender taro leaves, coconut cream, mashed sweet potato, and other food.

kupuʻeu₂.  hero, wondrous one, so called because the hero of tales often as a youth was mischievous and fond of plundering taro or stealing chickens (as Kamapuaʻa), a means of showing his exemption from the taboos of ordinary men. (Laie 475)

kūpuʻu [kū·puʻu].  nvi. taro or sweet potatoes eaten with no preparation other than scraping or baking, i.e., without being pounded into poi or mixed with coconut cream; to take food from the oven and eat it informally; to have potluck.
 

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lā-₁.  short for lau₁, leaf, frond... with k- of the following word omitted: lāʻalo for lau kalo, taro leaf; lāʻī for lau kī, ti leaf; lāʻō for lau kō, sugar-cane leaf. Also lāʻie for lau ʻie, lākī for lau kī.

lāʻalo.  n. mature taro tops too tough to eat, and good only for wrapping (contraction of lau kalo, taro leaf).

laalo [la-a-lo].  s. The name of kalo tops when dry.

laʻaloa₂ [laʻa·loa].  var. of olaʻaloa, a variety of hard taro.

lāʻau hoʻowali ʻai [lāʻau hoʻo·wali ʻai].  n. implement for mixing poi or poi palaoa.

laʻolaʻo₃ [laʻo·laʻo].  n. kindling; small sticks placed at a break in a bank of a taro patch; trash.

laolao [la-o-la-o].  Little sticks put down to help sustain the kuauna or bank of a kalo patch; ka laolao nahele kuakua loi.

lapa₇.  n. a variety of taro.

lauʻalo.  contraction of lau kalo, taro leaf.

laualo [lau-a-lo].  s. The kalo leaf; the same as laukalo.

lau ʻawa₂.  n. first two or three taro leaves, as offered with kava leaves with prayers for a good food supply.

lauawa [lau-a-wa].  s. The leaf of the kalo when it first shoots out after the huli is planted. The first two leaves or shoots of the huli.

lau kalo.  n. taro leaf.

laukapalala [lau·kapa·lala].  n. legendary name for broad leaves of the first taro, said to have been born of a woman. cf. lau kapalili₂.

laukapalala [lau-ka-pa-la-la].  s. The kalo leaf that grows up from the midst of other kalo leaves sustaining the life of the kalo; he mau maka no Luaipo.

lau kapalili₂ [lau kapa·lili].  n. legendary name for trembling leaves of the first taro, said to have been born of a woman. cf. laukapalala. (Malo 244)

laukapalili [lau-ka-pa-li-li].  s. Lau and kapalili, to tremble or vibrate quickly. The name of the kalo leaf that first grew on the Hawaiian Islands.

laulau₁ [lau·lau].  nvt. wrapping, wrapped package; packages of ti leaves or banana leaves containing pork, beef, salted fish, or taro tops, baked in the ground oven, steamed or broiled; any cloth, net, or leaves used as a wrapper or carrier; to wrap or carry in such bundles. [PPN *laulau, basket or leaves for serving or carrying food; to serve food]

laulau monibundle of money (Kin. 42.35)

lauloa₁ [lau·loa].  n. a variety of taro, said to be the original taro brought to Hawaiʻi. Sometimes poetically called hāloa₃, long stalk, because a god of that name was said to have been in the form of this taro. This name may be qualified by the terms hāʻeleʻele or ʻeleʻele; ʻeleʻele ʻōmaʻo, ʻeleʻele ʻula or palakea ʻeleʻele; hāʻula, koko, ʻulaʻula, or palakea ʻula; uliuli or hāuliuli; keʻokeʻo; manini; ʻōniʻoniʻo; palakea or palakea papamū; pānaʻe; poni. (HP 33), (TC 3). cf. hinapū.

lauloa [lau-lo-a].  s. Lau and loa. LIT. Long leaf. Name of a species of kalo.

launui [lau·nui].  n. a variety of taro. lit., large leaf, large design. (HP 33)

laupaʻe [lau·paʻe].  n. first two leaves of a taro shoot (according to some, the first three leaves).

laupae [lau-pae].  s. A single branch of a kalo top.

laupaʻi₁ [lau·paʻi].  same as laupaʻe, first two leaves of a taro shoot...

lehua₄.  n. a variety of taro, used for red poi. Cultivars may be qualified by the terms keʻokeʻo (white) or maoli (native). (TC 4)

lehua [le-hu-a].  Name of a species of kalo; also called lehuakuikawao.

lehua ʻeleʻele.  n. a variety of taro; corm white or slightly pink; may be a sport of a true lehua. lit., black lehua.

lehua keʻokeʻo [lehua keʻo·keʻo].  n. a variety of taro called waiākea in Kona, Hawaiʻi. lit., white lehua.

lehuakūikawao.  n. a variety of pink lehua taro. lit., lehua standing in the uplands.

lehuakuikawao [le-hu-a-ku-i-ka-wao].  s. A species of kalo.

lehuakūkuahiwi [lehua-kū-kua·hiwi].  n. a variety of taro. lit., hill-standing lehua taro. (HP 33)

lehua maka ʻiʻi.  n. a variety or taro. lit., small-eyed lehua. (HP 33)

lehua ʻōniʻoniʻo [lehua ʻō·niʻo·niʻo].  n. a variety of taro. lit., spotted lehua. (HP 33)

lehua palaʻiʻi.  n. a variety of taro, of common upland culture in Kona, Hawaiʻi. The plant is short to medium, slender, with lilac-purple corm flesh and dark green petioles; used for poi. also palaʻiʻi, ʻiʻi.

-leinawao. 

hoʻoleinawaoa variety of wild taro. Lit., thrown [into] wilderness

leʻo₂.  vs. a variety of taro that cannot be eaten either cooked or as fresh poi without throat irritation. After fermentation, however, the poi is tasty.

lepo loʻi.  n. taro-patch mud.

lī ʻapu [lī·ʻapu].  a variety of taro (no data). (HP 33)

lihilihi mōlina₂ [lihi·lihi mō·lina].  n. a variety of taro.

līlīlehua₂ [lī·lī·lehua].  n. a variety of taro (no data).

lima heheʻe.  n. a thinning hand, of one whose poi thins and ferments quickly.

limameke [lima·meke].  short for lima ʻumeke, index finger, so called because poi was dipped from the bowl (ʻumeke) with it.

limu kalawai [limu kala·wai].  n. one or more kinds of dark green, slippery fresh-water algae (usually Spirogyra spp.) consisting of rows of cylindrical cells in unbranched filaments, common to fresh-water rivulets, dripping places, and taro patches. also pālāwai. [(??) PPN *tala-wai, ??]

lina₁.  vs. soft; adhesive, sticky, clayey, gummy, tenacious; glutinous, as taro of poor quality. cf. nina, papālina, ʻūlika, ʻūlina.

līwali [lī·wali].  soft, thin, as poi or dough. (And.)

liwali [li-wa-li].  adj. Soft; thin; worked up like thin poi.

loʻi.  n. irrigated terrace, especially for taro, but also for rice; paddy. [(OC) PPN *loki, enclosed area, such as an inner room]

loi [lo-i].  s. A water kalo patch; an artificial pond where kalo is cultivated.

loʻiʻai.  n. taro patch.

loʻi kalo.  taro patch (EH)

loʻiloʻi₁ [loʻi·loʻi].  nvs. pools of water; having many pools; taro patches. cf. hāloʻiloʻi, loʻi.

loʻi paʻahao [loʻi paʻa·hao].  n. a 'prison' taro patch, meaning that if a tenant failed to pay for use of the land he was imprisoned.

loʻi Pōʻalima.  n. a 'Friday' taro patch, meaning one worked for the konohiki (supervisor), as Friday was the work day.

loko iʻa kalo.  n. combination fishpond and taro patch. Summers-1964:23

lola₃.  n. a variety of taro.

loliloli₂ [loli·loli].  vs. soggy, gummy, tough and watery, as overripe taro.

loliloli [lo-li-lo-li].  adj. A term applied to water-soaked vegetables, especially to kalo; tough; changed for the worse; applied also to vegetable food.

loli lūʻau.  n. a variety of loli (Holothuria). lit., tarotops loli.

lua₁.  n. hole, pit, grave, den, cave, mine, crater. lua is a hole that has a bottom, contrasting with puka, perforation. [(MP) PPN *lua, hole, pit]

hoʻoluato bake in the oven. cf. hoʻolua under lua₃ and kālua

Hoʻopiha i ka lua o ka inaina.Fill the pit of wrath [eat heartily].

puaʻa hoʻoluapork and taro tops baked in ti leaves, called laulau today

luaʻa.  vt. to pound poi. (For. 6:397)

lūʻau₁.  n. young taro tops, especially as baked with coconut cream and chicken, or octopus. [PPN *lukau, edible greens: *lu(u)-kau]

luau [lu-au].  s. The petal of a plant; the leaf of the kalo; boiled herbs. i. e., the young kalo leaves gathered and cooked for food.

lūʻau₂.  n. Hawaiian feast, named for the taro tops always served at one; this is not an ancient name, but goes back at least to 1856, when so used by the Pacific Commercial Advertiser; formerly a feast was pāʻina or ʻahaʻaina.

lūʻau₃.  n. greenish meat in a turtle, considered a delicacy; so named because the color of its meat suggested the color of taro tops.

lūʻau Haole [lū·ʻau haole].  n. spinach. lit., foreign taro tops.

lūkea [lū·kea].  n. a kind of taro, probably Kauaʻi name for haokea.

lulumi.  redup. of lumi₁, to crowd uncomfortably; to overturn, pound, crush, as the surf; to press...; crushed, crumpled, wrinkled.

E lulumi ana nā ʻale o Kaunā.The billows of Kaunā rush pell-mell. (chant)

Huki i ke kalo nui, lulumi i ka lepo ā popoʻi i ka mauʻu.Pull up the big taro, press the earth firmly and cover with grass.

lulumi [lu-lu-mi].  v. See lumi. To gather into small compass; to come together, as a rush of people; to press upon one, as in a crowd; to come together in multitudes. Luk. 20:33. To rush along irregularly; e uhauha ma ke alanui; to fold up; to press hard, as dirt around kalo; huki i ke kalo nui, lulumi i ka lepo, a popoi i ka mauu.
 

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māʻauʻau.  n. poi calabash as used by poi peddlers. cf. māʻau, going from place to place.

maauau [ma-au-au].  s. A poi calabash.

māʻauea₂, māʻauwea [māʻau·ea, māʻauwea].  same as manauea, a taro.

maʻawe₂.  n. a variety of taro.

māea₂ [mā·ea].  n. a variety of taro. Hawaiʻi.

māhāhā [mā·hā·hā].  vs. dry and hard, as poi made of poor quality taro.

-māhāhā. 

hoʻomāhāhāto place taro tops together until they begin to sprout and are ready for planting (perhaps a contraction of hoʻomaka hāhā, to start stems)

mahahaʻulaʻula.  n. a variety of taro.

mahakea₁ [maha·kea].  n. once uncultivated land, as for bananas, sweet potato, taro; fallow land. cf. kūmahakea.

mahakea₂ [maha·kea].  a variety of taro.

mahamaha₅ [maha·maha].  n. a variety of taro, sometimes qualified by keʻokeʻo, white.

māhani₁ [mā·hani].  vi. smooth.

Hahau ka wēlau kō, ā māhani ʻāpaʻapaʻa.The sugar-cane tops were beaten [into the banks of taro patches] smooth and compact.

māhelu [mā·helu].  vt. to dig, rake, scratch the earth; to spread loose soft earth over a taro patch after the bottom has been pounded hard to make it impervious. see helu₄. Probably PPN *maselu.

mahelu [ma-he-lu].  To spread loose soft dirt over a kalo patch after the bottom has been pounded hard. See paluku.

mahiki₇.  n. a variety of taro.

mahū.  vs. weak, flat, as diluted kava or stale beer; insipid, as fresh poi kept too long in the icebox; quiet, peaceful, undisturbed. cf. mahūmahū. [PPN *mafu, stale]

mahūmahū [mahū·mahū].  redup. of mahū, weak, flat... (commonly said of tasteless poi).

māhuna₄ [mā·huna].  n. a variety of taro.

maiʻa Polapola [maiʻa pola·pola].  n. a species of banana (Musa troglodytarum, syn. M. fehi) recently introduced to Hawaiʻi, known in the South Pacific from Mangareva west to the Moluccas. It has a tall, black trunk and upright fruiting stalk bearing large fruits with reddish-orange skin, yellow flesh, edible when cooked, sometimes made into poi maiʻa. lit., Borabora [i.e., Tahitian] banana. (HP 177), (Neal 250). also akua, maiʻa hēʻī, maiʻa akua, maiʻa Kāne, maiʻa liko.

maihua [mai·hua].  n. a variety of taro.

māʻiʻi₁.  short for māʻiʻiʻi, suregeonfish; taro...

māʻiʻiʻi₂.  n. a variety of taro.

māʻili₃.  n. small taro, as found growing in weeds.

māʻiʻo₄.  n. a variety of taro.

makaiʻa₂ [maka·iʻa].  n. a kind of stone, used for adzes and poi pounders. also māhikihiki.

makaili [maka·ili].  n. rocky patches where sweet potatoes or taro were cultivated (For. 6:165) ; soil consisting of coarse sand, cinders, or gravel. cf. ʻili, pebble.

makalua [ma-ka-lu-a].  s. Maka, eye, and lua, pit. A hole dug for planting upland kalo in; also a hole for planting vines. Isa. 5:2.

mākālua₁ [mā·kā·lua].  nvi. hole for house posts or for planting, as taro; to dig such a hole.

makamaka₃ [maka·maka].  n. buds, as forming on the corm of a taro. (HP 5)

makaʻōpio [makaʻō·pio].  n. a variety of taro.

makaua₃.  n. a variety or taro.

makawai [maka·wai].  n. small outlets for water through banks of taro patches; small waterways; water sources.

makawī [maka·wī].  see pahapaha₃, Oʻahu name for a kind of stone used for poi pounders. Called makawī on Kauaʻi.

makika₂.  n. plant blight that attacked sweet potato, taro, and other food crops, believed caused by mosquitoes.

mākohi₂ [mā·kohi].  n. a red variety of taro, used for pink poi, sometimes qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele or ʻulaʻula. also mōkohi.

makohi [ma-ko-hi].  s. A species of red kalo.

mākoko₃ [mā·koko].  n. a variety of taro, used for red poi. also nohu. (HP 22)

mālaʻai.  n. taro patch, food garden or plantation. see māla.

māla kalo.  n. taro patch. see māla.

malule [ma-lu-le].  To be soft, as poi.

mamalahia [mamala·hia].  vs. sour, as poi.

māmane₃ [mā·mane].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

mamauea [mamau·ea].  same as manauea₁, ₂, māʻauea₂, a small red seaweed...; a variety of taro...; same as manauea, a taro.

mamauea [ma-mau-e-a].  s. Wild kalo growing in uncultivated places. See aweoweo.

mana₆.  n. 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)

mana [ma-na].  The name of a species of kalo.

mana ʻeleʻele.  n. a variety of taro; petiole and leaf with red-black markings.lit., black mana taro. (HP 23)

mana hua.  n. a variety of taro (no data). (HP 33)

mana keʻokeʻo [mama keʻo·keʻo].  n. a native variety of taro; white corm; mainly used as table taro, a favorite for making kūlolo; consistency tough for poi. (HP 23)

mana kūkulu hema [mana kū·kulu hema].  n. a variety of taro, introduced from Samoa; chalky-white corm; a fair table taro. lit., mana [from] southern border.

mana lau loa.  n. a native, large-leaved variety of taro, chiefly used as table taro; leaf stem pink and green below grading upward to light-green. lit., long-leaved mana.

mānalo₁ [mā·nalo].  vs. sweet, potable, of water that may be drunk but is not deliciously cool (huʻihuʻi); firm and tasty, as taro or sweet potato. Waimānalo (place name), potable water. [PPN *maaŋalo, palatable, sweet]

hoʻomānaloto remove bitterness or saltiness, as of overly salty salmon

Mānalo iki kēia wai.This water is drinkable, but perhaps a little brackish.

manalo [ma-na-lo].  Firm; hard, as good kalo, in distinction from loliloli.

mana melemele [mana mele·mele].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

mana ʻoene, mana ʻowene.  n. a variety of taro, same as mana ʻulu except that the petiole is pinker. This term may be qualified by the colors keʻokeʻo, lenalena, melemele, ʻulaʻula. (HP 24)

mana ʻohe.  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

mana ʻōpelu [mana ʻō·pelu].  n. a native variety of taro, named for a fish, ʻōpelu, the corms of which were used as ʻōpelu bait; the leaf stem is green with white streaks, becoming maroon above. (Whitney), (HP 23).

mana piko.  n. a native variety of taro, distinguished by purple on leaf center and extending on main veins; a fair table taro. (Whitney), (HP 24)

mana pipika.  n. a variety of taro. lit., crinkled mana.

mana uauahi [mana ua·uahi].  n. a variety of taro, the leaf stem mainly light green, the leaf blade with white leaf center, veins, and edges. lit., smoky-gray mana. (HP 24)

manauea₂, manauwea [manau·ea].  a variety of taro.

manaʻuele, manaʻuwele.  same as mana ʻoene, a taro.

manaʻūhā puaʻa [manaʻū·hā puaʻa].  n. a variety of taro.

manaʻulaʻula.  n. a rare variety of taro, distinguished by its purplish-red flecked petioles; mainly used as table taro. also mana hāʻulaʻula. (HP 24)

mana uliuli [mana uli·uli].  n. a variety of taro, introduced from South Seas; makes good poi of yellow color. The corms are tough and rubbery when cooked. Noted for prolific branching. lit., dark mana.

mana ʻulu.  n. a native variety of taro distinguished by pinkish petioles. The corms have orange-yellow flesh when cooked (like fruit of breadfruit) and are used mainly as table taro. lit., breadfruit mana. (Whitney 27), (HP 24). cf. mana ʻoene.

mana wai₂.  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

manawaikeʻohe [mana-wai-ke-ʻohe].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

mana weo.  n. a variety of taro, probably the same as weo; distinguished by dark-purple petiole edges; a fair table taro.

maneʻo.  nvs. itch; itchy; smarting, as the throat after eating raw taro or certain fish; prickly, as some clothes; sexually titillated; ticklish; tickling. [PPN *maŋeho, itch(y), stinging; sexually titillated: *mag(e,i)ho]

hoʻomaneʻoto cause to itch; to tickle

Ke piʻi nei koʻu maneʻo.I am beginning to itch.

nahele maneʻonettle

maneo [ma-ne-o].  To be bitter or pungent to the taste, as after eating raw kalo or red pepper. s. An itching pain; the sensation after eating red peppers or raw kalo.

manini₅.  n. a variety of dryland taro with striped petiole. The name may be qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, hā kikokiko, hā uliuli, kākau, kea, lau kikokiko, uliuli.

manini [ma-ni-ni].  Name of a species of kalo.

manini ʻōpelu [manini ʻō·pelu].  n. a taro cultivar. (TC 4)

manini ʻōwali [manini ʻō·wali].  n. a taro cultivar. (TC 3)

manua₂.  same as mana kūkulu hema, a taro.

maumau₂ [mau·mau].  vs. not sticky, not tenacious; of poi of medium texture, neither hard nor watery.

miki₂.  vi.
  • to suck in, dip in;
  • to shrink, as clothes or as salt beef in boiling;
  • to spring together, as sides of a steel trap;
  • to draw in, as an octopus;
  • to contract; to recede, as an undertow;
  • to shrivel, as a leaf;
  • to take up with the fingers, as poi;
  • evaporated, as water by boiling.
  see nalu miki. [(EO) PPN *miti, suck, lick up]

miki poidab of poi, as on the finger

miki pololeifresh poi, said to be so called because it wasn't tasty and one was content with a dab or two

miki.  vt. to take up with the fingers, as poi.

manamana mikiindex finger. also manamana kuhikuhi

miki [mi-ki].  v. To eat poi or other food by putting the fingers into it. Mar. 14:20.

mikiʻai.  n.v. finger of poi, a finger-dip of poi; to dip poi on the finger.

miki pākahi.  to dip poi with one finger (EH)

miki pāpākahi.  to dip poi with one finger (EH)

miki pāpālua.  eat poi with two fingers (EH)

mīkoi [mī·koi].  vt. to nibble, eat in small pinches, as salt or ʻinamona with poi.

kāmano mīkoisalmon eaten in small bits

mimiʻiole.  n. wild taro on inaccessible cliffs believed carried there by rats. lit., rat urine.

moʻa.  nvi. cooked; burned, as by sun; cooking, cooked food; made brittle, as tobacco leaves over a fire. PPN *moho.

ʻAi i kalo moʻa.Eat cooked taro. [enjoy a life of ease, contentment] (FS 83)

hoʻomoʻato cook, bake

moʻa hapapartially cooked, soft-boiled

moʻa loaovercooked, well done, hard boiled

moala.  vt. to raise to the mouth, as poi, or as a Chinese feeds rice into his mouth. cf. ala, to rise. rare. 

moano₄.  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)

mōhāhā₁ [mō·hā·hā].  redup. of mōhā₁, developed, spreading...

E ulu ana me ka mōhāhā o kona mau lālā i nā lau uliuli.Growing with branches spreading wide with green leaves.

Mōhāhā kāna kalo.His taros are well filled out.

moho₃.  vi. to unfold, of leaves, especially upper leaf of a plant, as sugar cane, taro. [(CE) PPN *moho, come into leaf: *mo(f,s)o]

moho [mo-ho].  v. To evolve or show the upper or top leaf of a plant of sugar-cane, kalo, &c.; to bud out; to break or unfold, as the bud into leaves.

moi₃.  n. a native variety of taro, with short, stocky growth, the leaf stems light green, the base pinkish, and base of leaf blade whitish; used for poi and table taro. This name may be qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, and ʻula. (HP 25), (Whitney 69). also neʻeneʻe.

mōkaʻokaʻo [mō·kaʻo·kaʻo].  vs. hard and lacking moisture, as of tasteless bananas, taro, meat, poi.

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

moko₂.  vs. flooded, filled with water, as a taro patch.

hoʻomokoto flood, fill with water

mōkohi [mō·kohi].  same as mākohi, a taro.

moku₄.  n. a stage of pounded poi (such poi sticks together as a mass and can be separated cleanly, moku, from the pounding board). (Kep. 165)

muʻu₁.  n. second generation of taro. same as ʻohā. see kalo for names of generations.

ʻO ke kalo ka mua, ā mahope ka muʻu, ā mahope loa ka ʻae.First the kalo, then the muʻu, and finally the ʻae. (Kep. 153)
 

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nahiolea [nahio·lea].  n. a variety of taro.

naio₁.  n. pinworm, as in the rectum; white specks in feces; larvae, as of mosquitos; worm in dung or in taro. see pala naio. [(CE) PPN *ŋaio, threadworm, grub]

naio₂.  n. inferior taro left in the field after the crop is removed.

naioea [naio·ea].  n. a native variety of taro, with long, blackish leaf stem; blades large, dark-green; grown in uplands, valued for its red poi. also ʻeleʻele and also qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele and ʻulaʻula. (Whitney 48), (HP 25).

nalilikoʻi [nalili·koʻi].  n. a variety of taro. (HP 33)