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-a  pas/imp. suffix.

a₁  prep. of, acquired by. This a forms part of the...

A₂  nvs. abbreviation of ʻākau, north, as in surveying...

a₃  var. spelling of ā₄, when, at the time when, until, to, as far as, and, or... and, when, until, to, etc.

-ā-  simulative ligature in the sequence 'verb + noun' compounds; particle for forming verb compounds...

-ā₁  pejorative suffix, often written wā after...

-ā₂  personal article occurring only after the preposition

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

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

ā₃  nvs. mold found in souring foods, especially poi, generally known...

ā₄, a  conj., prep. when, at the time when, until, to, as far as, and, and then, or (rare), but ...

ā₅  a word used only at the end of a sentence or phrase, with meanings such as: I told you so; don't...

ʻa-₁  prefix to numbers from one through nine, especially for counting in series.

ʻa-₂  same as ʻā-, in the nature of...

ʻā-  in the nature of (as hina, white,...

ʻā₁  nvi. fiery, burning; fire; to burn, blaze. fig., to glitter or sparkle, as a gem; to burn, as...

ʻā₂  nvi. ʻaʻā lava, or lava rock, as distinguished from...

ʻā₃  same as ʻaʻa₁, to dare

ʻā₄  n. red-footed booby bird (Sula sula rubripes), brown booby (Sula leucogaster plotus),...

ʻā₅  n. young stage of damselfish (ʻāloʻiloʻi).

ʻā₆  interj. Oh! Well! Ah! Er …

ʻā₇  vt. to drive, as fish or cattle.

ʻā₈  n. the letter "a".

aʻa₁  R  n. small root, rootlet, vein, artery, nerve, tendon, muscle. fig., womb, offspring.
 

aʻa₂  R  nvt. to send greetings or love; joyous hospitality; joy at greeting a loved one.

ʻaʻa₁  R  vt. to brave, dare, challenge, defy , check, venture; to accept a challenge; bold, venturesome,...

ʻaʻa₂  R  nvt. belt, girdle, waist; to gird, tie on.

ʻaʻa₃  R  n. bag, pocket, caul, envelope for a foetus, scrip [archaic: bag or wallet...

ʻAʻa₄  R   same as Maʻaʻa, a wind.

ʻaʻa₅  R   same as ʻā₄, booby bird.

ʻaʻā₁  R  nvi. to burn, blaze, glow; fire; staring, as eyes. fig., angry; fury.
   

ʻaʻā₂  R  nvs. ʻaʻā lava; stony, abounding with...

ʻAʻā₃  R  n. Sirius, a zenith star that passes over Tahiti and Raʻiātea, formerly believed used by...

ʻaʻā₄  R  n. young stage of damselfish (ʻāloʻiloʻi).

ʻāʻā₁  R  nvs. dumbness, inability to speak intelligibly, a dumb person ; dumb, silent, still; to stutter and...

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

ʻāʻā₃  R  vs. demented, panic-stricken.

ʻāʻā₄  R   probable var. of ʻā₄, booby bird.

ʻāʻā₅  R  n. male ʻōʻō bird.

aʻaʻa  R  n. network of veins.

ʻaʻaʻa  R  nvs. clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; vascular bundles in

ʻaʻaʻā₁  R   redup. of ʻaʻā₁, to burn, blaze, glow

ʻaʻaʻā₂  R   redup. of ʻāʻā₁, dumbness, inability to speak intelligibly...

ʻaʻaʻaʻa  R   redup. of ʻaʻaʻa, fibrous...

aʻaahi  R  n. scion or shoot of sandalwood.

ʻaʻaahi  R  n. bag for carrying fire-making equipment (ʻaʻa,...

ʻaʻaʻa hunaola  R  n. tissue, as structural material of a plant or animal. lit., cell tissue. ...

ʻaʻaʻaki  R   redup. of ʻaʻaki, to nip repeatedly; to take a nip and hold on...

ʻaʻae  R  n. second or third crop, as of taro; taro patch where the...

ʻaʻaea  R  interj. the sound ay that infants make in calling for attention; to make this sound.

ʻaʻaha  R  n. netted carrier for a calabash, made of sennit or

aʻahaʻapupū  R  n. arteriosclerosis, in medicine.

ʻaʻahi  R   same as ʻiliahi, sandalwood.

ʻāahi  R  n. burning fire.

aʻahia  R   pas/imp. of aʻa₂, to send greetings or love; joyous hospitality...

ʻaʻaho₁  R  n. thatch purlin; rails, as in a fence.

ʻaʻaho₂  R  nvt. container, as for pia, arrowroot starch; to...

ʻaʻahokau  R   same as haupia, coconut and arrowroot pudding.

ʻaʻahu  R  nvt. clothing in general, garment, array, attire, costume, mantle, gown; to put on or wear...

aʻahua  R  n. oviduct. lit., vein (tube for) egg.

ʻaʻahua  R   pas/imp. of ʻaʻahu, to put on or wear clothing...

ʻaʻahuā, ʻaʻahuwā  R  nvi. to speak reproachfully, contemptuously, deride, jeer; jealous challenge.

ʻaʻahu aliʻi  R  n. regal attire, a royal robe, a type of colored tapa...

ʻĀʻahualiʻi, ʻĀʻāhualiʻi  R  n. a fabulous being said to have had extraordinary strength, to have come from the center...

ʻĀʻāhualiʻi  R  n. var. spelling of ʻĀʻahualiʻi, a fabulous being said to have had extraordinary strength, to have come from the center of the earth, and to have been the creator of all dwarfs.

ʻaʻahu a poʻo  R  n. head shield; protection for the head in war, as helmet, shield.

aʻahuʻi  R  n. aching veins, varicose veins.

ʻaʻahu kaua  R  n. armor, war garment.

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

ʻaʻahuki, aʻahuki  R  n. tendon. lit., pulled vein.

ʻaʻahu makaloa  R  n.v. a long malo or ornamented band made...

ʻaʻahu ʻoihana piha  R  n. full regalia, dress uniform. Lit., full professional garment.

ʻaʻahu pāwehe  R  n. garment made of pāwehe, patterned...

ʻaʻahu ʻula  R   var. of ʻahu ʻula₁, feather cloak or cape...

ʻaʻahuwā  R   var. spelling of ʻaʻahuā, to speak reproachfully...

ʻaʻai₁  R   redup. of ʻai₁, to eat, destroy or consume as by fire; to erode...; eating, spreading, festering, increasing, as a sore; ulcerous, cancerous, malignant; to eat...

ʻaʻai₂  R  vs. bright, vivid, as of contrasting colors.

ʻaʻai₃  R   same as ʻaʻei, a net.

ʻaʻaia  R  vs. demented.

ʻāʻaia  R  n. var. spelling of ʻā ʻaia, legendary bird believed to have taken the shape of the ʻā, booby bird.

ʻā ʻaia, ʻāʻaia  R  n. legendary bird believed to have taken the shape of the

ʻaʻaiaanilā  R  vs. weathered; weathering. lit., eroded by weather.

ʻaʻaianalu  R  vs. eroded or cut by waves, as a cliff. lit., eroded by surf.

ʻaʻaiʻanuheakāne  R  n. legendary bird. Lit., caterpillar eater of

ʻaʻaiawā  R  vi. erosion; to erode; eroded. lit., eroded (by) time.

ʻaʻaʻina  R   redup. of ʻaʻina, crackling, snapping; an explosive sound, sharp report...

ʻaʻaiole  R  nvs. inferior, weak, said of breadfruit or fruit with a weak stem that may fall before maturity;...

ʻaʻaka₁  R  vs. surly, cranky, roiled, complaining, irritable, peevish, bad tempered, cantankerous, cross;...

ʻaʻaka₂  R  vs. dry, as coral of the reef at low tide; parched, wrinkled, dry and thirsty; peeling...

ʻaʻaka₃  R  n. rocky undersea cavern. , .

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

ʻaʻa kānāwai  R  vt. civil disobedience, i.e. breaking a law because it goes against personal morals. ...

ʻaʻaki  R   redup. of ʻaki₁, to take a nip and let...

ʻaʻaki makau  R  n. a hook nibbler, said of small fish that nibble away the bait; to nibble at a hook.

aʻa kino  R  n. vein. cf. aʻa puʻuwai.

aʻa kino ʻāʻī  R  n. jugular vein. lit., neck vein.

aʻa kino akemāmā  R  n. pulmonary vein. lit., lung vein.

aʻa kino hakuʻala  R  n. renal vein. lit., kidney vein.

aʻa kino hilo  R  n. femoral vein.

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

aʻa kino kū wāwae  R  n. tibial vein.

aʻa kino wenakawa  R   see wenakawa.

ʻaʻako₁  R   redup. of ʻako₁, to cut, shear, clip, trim, as hair... repeated plucking.

ʻaʻako₂  R   redup. of ʻako₂, lust... insatiable lust.

ʻaʻako₃  R   to get into action.

ʻaʻako ē  R  vs. proactive, i.e. acting in advance to deal with a problem. lit., get into action...

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

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

aʻa koko kino  R  n. vein. also aʻa kino.

aʻa koko puʻuwai  R  n. artery. also aʻa puʻuwai...

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

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

ʻaʻako pane  R  vs. reactive, i.e. acting in response to deal with a problem. lit., get into action...

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

ʻaʻakū, aʻakū  R  n. name of a combination of diseases: liver complication resulting in hardening of the veins,...

aʻa kūkūkū  R  n. varicose veins. lit., raised veins.

ʻaʻala₁  R  nvs. fragrant, sweet-smelling; fragrance, perfume, fume, aroma, sweet scent. fig., of high...

ʻAʻala₂  R  n. winds.

aʻalāʻau  R  n. arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, in medicine.

ʻAʻala Honua  R  n. name of a wind accompanied by rain associated with

ʻaʻalaihau  R  n. a fish (no data; perhaps a local name for one of the chaetodons).

ʻaʻalaʻihi  R  n. young of the ʻalaʻihi fishes.

ʻaʻalaioa  R  nvs. wild, demented person; uncivilized.

ʻaʻalakai₁  R  vs. insipid, unsavory, tasteless.

ʻaʻalakai₂  R  vs. large, plump.

ʻAʻala Loloa  R  n. wind name.

ʻaʻalaʻula  R   velvety-green, succulent-appearing seaweeds, one of several species of Codium. It yields...

aʻalele  R  n. pulse. lit., leaping vein.

ʻaʻali  R   redup. of ʻali₁; scarred, marked, grooved;...

ʻaʻaliʻi  R  n. native hardwood shrubs or trees (Dodonaea, all species), 30 cm to 10 m [1-33...

ʻaʻaliʻi mahu  R   same as pūkiawe, shrubs.

ʻaʻalina₁  R  vs. scarred.

ʻaʻalina₂  R  vs. large, fat, weak, as a fat person.

ʻaʻalo  R   redup. of ʻalo₁, to dodge, evade, ʻalo₂, to be with, accompany...

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

aʻalolo  R  n. nerve. lit., brain vein.

aʻalolo mākala  R  n. motor neuron. lit., muscle nerve.

aʻalonoa  R  n. receptor, as of nerve endings in the body, in biology.

ʻaʻalu  R  n. ravine, small stream, valley, depression.

ʻaʻama₁  R  n. a large, black, edible crab (Grapsus grapsus tenuicrustatus) that runs over shore...

ʻaʻama₂  R  vi. to spread and relax, as the fingers. [The

ʻaʻama₃  R   redup. of ʻama₁, to talk.

ʻaʻā maka  R  n.v. to stare or glare with wide-open eyes, as in desire, fear, or intent to frighten; one who...

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

ʻaʻamo  R   same as ʻamo₂, contraction of anal muscles.

aʻa moku  R  n. broken blood vessel.

ʻaʻa moni  R  n. purse. (Bib.)

ʻaʻamoʻo₁  R  n. young clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond; gauze, as of a veil; diaphanous cloth. ...

ʻaʻamoʻo₂  R  n. snakeskin; slime, as on fresh water. lit., lizard

ʻaʻana  R  vi. to use abusive language, revile, malign.

ʻaʻanahoa  R  n. adventure, as a story or movie.

ʻaʻanai  R   redup. of ʻānai, to rub, scrub, scour, polish, grind, grate...; to curse...

ʻaʻanaliʻi  R   var. of kakanaliʻi, stunted.

ʻaʻanapuʻu  R   redup. of ʻanapuʻu, bumpy.

ʻaʻanema  R  vt. to criticize maliciously; malign.

ʻaʻa niu  R   clothlike sheath at base of coconut frond.

ʻaʻano₁  R  vs. overbearing, arrogant, bold, defiant, daring; bully.

ʻaʻao₁  R  vs. greedy, voracious.

ʻaʻao₂  R  n. uncultivated bananas.

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

ʻaʻapa  R   rare redup. of ʻapa, delay, waste time...

aʻapau  R  n. valve of a vein.

ʻaʻapehihi  R  n. pothos [plant].

ʻaʻā pele  R  nvs. ʻaʻā lava or flow, volcanic.

ʻaʻapi  R  vs. warped, curved.

ʻaʻapo  R  vt. to learn quickly, to catch the meaning quickly, apt.

ʻāʻapo  R  n. flanker, in football.

aʻapū, ʻaʻapu  R   same as aʻapau, valve of a vein...

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

ʻaʻapu₁  R  nvs. coconut-shell cup; cuplike.

ʻaʻapu₂  R  vi. to warp, bend, ruffle.

ʻaʻa pua  R  n. arrow case, quiver.

aʻa pūhaka, ʻaʻa pūhaka  R  n. girdle, belt. lit., loin belt.

ʻaʻa pūhaka  R  n. var. spelling of aʻa pūhaka, girdle, belt. lit., loin belt.

aʻa puʻupuʻu₁  R  n. capsular ligament.

aʻa puʻupuʻu₂  R  n. knots in a fish net.

ʻaʻā puʻupuʻu  R  n. sharp or waterworn, coarse gravel or rock.

aʻa puʻuwai  R  n. artery. also aʻa...

aʻa puʻuwai ʻāʻī  R  n. carotid artery. lit., neck artery.

aʻa puʻuwai akemāmā  R  n. pulmonary artery. lit., lung artery.

aʻa puʻuwai hakuʻala  R  n. renal artery. lit., kidney artery.

aʻa puʻuwai hilo  R  n. femoral artery.

aʻa puʻuwai kā  R  n. iliac artery. lit., pelvic-bone artery.

aʻa puʻuwai kū wāwae  R  n. tibial artery.

ʻaʻapuwai  R   same as ʻapuwai, a variety of taro.

ʻaʻau₁  R  vi. to move here and there, wander, rove; to ripple, as the sea.

ʻaʻau₂  R   redup. of ʻau, stalk.

ʻāʻaua  R  vs. coarse, as wrinkled or blotched skin; lean, as fish.

ʻaʻawa₁  R  n. wrasse fishes, Hawaiian hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus), considered...

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

ʻaʻawa₃  R   name given for an insect that destroys potatoes.

ʻaʻawa hua kukui  R  n. a native tree (Pittosporum hosmeri and its varieties), about 6 m high, with...

ʻaʻawe  R   same as ʻawe, to carry.

Aba  R  var. spelling of ʻApa₃, Abba...

Abiba  R  var. spelling of ʻApipa, Abib...

acida  R  nvs. var. spelling of ʻakika; acid.

adama  R  vs. var. spelling of ʻakama; adamant.

Adamu  R  var. spelling of ʻAkamu, Adam...

ʻadenosine posapahatekolu  R  n. adenosine triphosphate, ATP.

adimarala  R  var. spelling of ʻakimalala, admiral...

Adiriatika  R  var. spelling of ʻAkiliakika, Adriatic...

Adironadaka  R  var. spelling of ʻAkilonakaka, Adirondack...

adobie  R  nvs. var. spelling of ʻakopie; adobe.

aduletere  R  var. spelling of ʻakulekele, adultery...

aʻe₁  R  n. several native trees, the soapberry (Sapindus saponaria f. inaequalis), and all species...

Aʻe₂  R  n. northeast tradewind.

aʻe₃  R  n. blight.

aʻe₄  R  directional. upward, sideways, nearby, contiguous, adjoining, next, approaching (often expresses space and...

aʻe₅  R   replacement of e in songs (commonly written...

aʻe₆  R  n. Maui name for

ʻae₁  R  interj., nvt. yes; to say yes, consent, conform, grant, agree, approve, let, confirm, admit, permit, allow,...

ʻae₂  R  n. sap wrung from seaweed or leaves of plants such as taro;...

ʻae₃  R  vs. fine, mashed, comminuted, as dust or powder; silky soft, as down; smooth, as well-mixed...

ʻae₄  R  vi. to rise, of the tide.

ʻae₅  R  n. a native fern (Polypodium pellucidum) commonly seen at

ʻae₆  R   same as ʻaʻae, second or third crop...

ʻae₇  R  n. shoots from main root portion of the wauke...

ʻae₈  R   see ʻae kai, water's edge.

ʻae₉  R  vt. to lend, not to borrow.

ʻaʻe  R  nvt. to step over, get on top of, tread upon, trespass; to get into by stepping up, as into a...

aea  R  vi. to rise up; to raise the head; to come up from under water.

ʻaea  R  n. cord, as used in joining two or more nets into a larger one.

ʻaeʻa  R  nvi. wandering, shiftless, unstable; to wander, stray; tramp.

ʻaʻea  R   pas/imp. of ʻaʻe, to step over, get on top of, tread upon, trespass; to raise...

aeae₁  R  nvi. a prolonged sound, wail; to prolong, stretch.

aeae₂  R  n. andante.

aʻeaʻe₁  R  vt. mixing of a dark or brilliant color with a lighter one, as feathers in a

aʻeaʻe₂  R  n. a kind of banana with green and white striped leaves and fruits.

aʻeaʻe₃  R  n. a fish (no data).

ʻaeʻae₁  R   redup. of ʻae₃, fine, mashed, soft...

ʻaeʻae₂  R  n. a small native shrub (Lycium sandwicense) growing near salt marshes and among rocks...

ʻaeʻae₃  R  n. water hyssop, a succulent herb (Bacopa monnieria).

ʻaeʻae₄  R   redup. of ʻae₄, to rise, of the tide...

ʻaʻeʻaʻe  R   redup. of ʻaʻe, to step over, get on top of, tread upon, trespass; to raise...

aeāea  R  n. a small green fish resembling the hīnālea,...

ʻAeʻaeahiwa  R  n. name of a star (no data).

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

ʻaeʻa haukaʻe₁  R   see ʻaeʻa.

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

ʻaʻehi  R  vi. to cross, as a street.

ʻaʻehina  R  n. crosswalk.

ʻae hoʻokū kaʻa  R  n. parking permit.

ʻaʻei  R  n. fine net, as used for ʻōpelu and...

āēīē  R  interj. chant refrain.

āēī eia  R  interj. chant ending.

ʻaʻe kaʻa  R  n. a step, as on a carriage; running board of an automobile.

ʻae kai  R  n. place where sea and land meet; water's edge.

ʻaekai mokiha  R  n. ancient type of tapa (no data).

ʻaʻe kānāwai  R  vt. to break the law. also haʻihaʻi...

ʻAekeana  R  n. Aegean.

ʻaekelona, aeselona  R  n. falcon, vulture.

ʻaeko₁, aeto  R  n. eagle.

ʻaeko₂, aeto  R  n. alto.

ʻaeko kula  R  n. golden eagle.

ʻae komo  R  n. pass, as a pass to enter a room, building, or area. lit., entry pass.

ʻāeko poʻo hina  R  n. bald eagle. lit., white-haired eagle. also

aʻela  R   directional part. aʻe + demon....

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

ʻaelike  R  nvi. agreement, contract, truce, accord, deal; to come to an agreement; contracted.

ʻaelike hoʻōki  R  n. cloture, i.e. a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken. ...

ʻaelike mālama kānāwai  R  n. compact, i.e. a written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of...

āelo  R  vs. rotten, of eggs that do not hatch due to infertility. fig., spoiled, worthless.

Aʻe Loa  R  n. name for the trade wind. see ex.,

ʻaʻena  R  n. violation, as in basketball.

aʻe nei  R   just now, lately; nearby, not far; ordinary, insignificant.

aeʻo₁  R  n. stilts.

aeʻo₂  R  n. Hawaiian stilt bird (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), an endemic subspecies of stilt,...

aeʻo₃  R  n. same as kīholo₁, wood fishhook. Kauaʻi

ʻae o hope  R  n. train of a dress (origin uncertain).

ʻaeʻoia  R  vi. to be well supplied with comforts and necessities.

ʻaeokahaloa  R  n. a kind of fine tapa, used in

aeʻolele  R  n. pogo stick. lit., stilt (for) jumping.

ʻae omowaho  R  n. solvent front, i.e. the leading edge of a moving solvent as in a developing...

ʻae one  R  n. sandy beach.

ʻaʻe palena  R  vt. to go out of bounds, in sports. lit., trespass (a) boundary.

ʻaeselona  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaekelona; falcon, vulture.

aeto₁  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaeko₁; eagle.

aeto₂  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaeko₂; alto.

āewa₁  R  vi. thin, tall spindly; to weave to and fro, as seaweed; to sway, as a branch or sea eddy.

āewa₂  R  vi. possessing a family or lineage.

ʻAfekanisana  R  n. Afghanistan; Afghan, Afghani.

Aferika  R   var. spelling of ʻApelika, Africa...

agata  R  n. var. spelling of ʻakaka₂; agate.

agate  R  var. spelling of ʻakake, agate...

agati  R  n. var. spelling of ʻakaki; agate.

agena  R  var. spelling of ʻākena₁, agent...

agoza  R  n. var. spelling of ʻakoka; a nut.

aha  R  inter. Why? What? For what reason? To do what? To ask what? (

āhā  R  interj. aha (exclamation of surprise).

ʻaha₁  R  n. meeting, assembly, gathering, convention, court, party. Many types of

ʻaha₂  R  nvi. sennit; cord braided of coconut husk, human hair, intestines of animals; string for a...

ʻaha₃  R  n. a prayer or service whose efficacy depended on recitation under taboo and without...

ʻaha₄  R  n. millepede, so called because it coils itself up like a string.

ʻaha₅  R  n. any of the needlefishes of the family Belonidae. The young are called...

ʻaha₆  R  n. design supposed to resemble the continuing track of a duck, carved on

ʻahā  R  num. four (usually in counting in series): four times.

ahaaha  R  vi. to pant, to breathe hard with heat, as a dog.

ʻahaʻaha₁  R  n. cordage.

ʻahaʻaha₂  R  vi. to sit with back stiff and upright, arms akimbo, head up, as with haughty air of...

ʻahaʻaha₃  R  n. young of the ʻaha, a fish.

ʻahaʻaina  R  nvi. feast, dinner party, banquet; to feast, lit., meal gathering. Many types of...

ʻAhaʻaina a ka Haku, ʻAhaʻāina a ka haku  R  n. Holy Communion, Lord's Supper; feast of the Lord.

ʻAhaʻāina a ka haku  R  n. var. spelling of ʻAhaʻaina a ka Haku, Holy Communion, Lord's Supper; feast of the Lord.

ʻAhaʻaina Berena  R  var. spelling of ʻAhaʻaina Pelena, Holy Communion...

ʻahaʻaina hebedoma  R  n. var. spelling of ʻahaʻaina hepekoma; Feast of weeks.

ʻahaʻaina hebedoma  R  var. spelling of ʻahaʻaina hepekoma, Feast of weeks...

ʻahaʻaina hepekoma, ʻahaʻaina hebedoma  R  n. Feast of weeks.

ʻahaʻaina hoʻolaʻa  R  n. feast of consecration or dedication, as of a house, church, canoe, or fish net.

ʻahaʻaina hoʻolilo  R  n. feast of dedication.

ʻahaʻaina hoʻomanaʻo  R  n. commemorative or anniversary feast.

ʻahaʻaina kahe  R  n. feast given at the time of a boy's subincision. Called in Christian times...

ʻahaʻaina kahukahu  R  n. feast given at the completion of a student's first work (as mat, quilt,...

ʻahaʻaina kala hala  R  n. feast given to ask pardon of the gods. lit., feast to forgive sins.

ʻAhaʻaina Kauhalelewa  R  n. Feast of Tabernacles. (Bib.)

ʻahaʻaina komo  R  n. initiation feast.

ʻahaʻaina laulima  R  n. feast held after completion of a joint project or cooperative undertaking,...

ʻahaʻaina lima luhi  R   similar to ʻahaʻaina maka luhi, feast given to honor those who prepared the feast and served...

ʻahaʻaina maka luhi  R  n. feast given to honor those who prepared the feast and served, the workers being...

ʻahaʻaina make  R  n. funeral feast, intended to comfort the mourners.

ʻahaʻaina male, ʻahaʻaina mare  R  n. wedding feast or reception.

ʻahaʻaina mare  R  var. spelling of ʻahaʻaina male, wedding feast or reception...

ʻahaʻaina māwaewae  R  n. feast given shortly after the birth of the first child, intended to clear the way...

ʻAhaʻaina Mōliaola  R  n. Feast of the Passover. (Bib.)

ʻAhaʻaina Pelena, ʻAhaʻaina Berena  R  n. Holy Communion. lit., feast of bread.

ʻahaʻaina piha makahiki  R  n. feast on the first birthday of a child, or to celebrate any anniversary. ...

ʻahaʻaina pī wai  R  n. feast given principally to break the monotony of country life; those instigating...

ʻahaʻaina puka  R  n. graduation feast.

ʻahaʻaina ʻūniki  R  n. graduation feast, as for hula dancing or...

ʻahaʻaina waimaka  R  n. feast of tears, held on the first anniversary of a death, a happy occasion, as the...

ʻahaana  R  n. design said to resemble duck tracks, carved on tapa...

ʻaha ʻāpana  R  n. district court.

ʻAha Aupuni Hui Pū ʻia  R  n. United Nations (UN). lit., conference of unified nations.

ʻaha ʻelele  R  n. convention of delegates; name for American presidential conventions.

ahāhā  R   var. of ahahana, syllables repeated in chants, usually at ends of verses...

ahahana₁  R  interj. syllables repeated in chants, usually at ends of verses, similar to

ahahana₂  R  interj., v. a taunting singsong teasing phrase, used especially by children, meaning "Oh! Oh! Aha!...

ʻaha hāwele  R  n. cord support for gourd water bottles.

ʻaha hele honua  R  n. ceremonial measuring of the dimensions of a

ʻaha hīmeni  R  n. song festival, concert.

ʻaha hōʻike makahiki  R  n. annual meeting of Sunday Schools, as of Congregationalists.

ʻaha hoʻokō  R  n. executive council.

ʻaha hoʻokō kauoha  R  n. probate court.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo  R  n. general name for court assembly. Names of several types of courts are listed...

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ʻāpana  R  n. district court.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo hoʻomalu  R  n. police court.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo kaʻapuni  R  n. circuit court.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo kākau  R  n. old name for ʻaha kākau,...

ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe  R  n. Supreme Court.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo koa  R  n. military court, court martial.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo koʻikoʻi  R  n. superior court.

ʻaha hoʻokolokolo malalo iho  R  n. lower court.

ʻaha hoʻokuʻikahi  R  n. convention, i.e. an assembly of people who meet for a common purpose, in politics....

ʻaha hoʻolohe  R  n. hearing, i.e. a time for presenting official testimony or argument. lit.,...

ʻaha hoʻomalu  R  n. administrative body, assembly.

ʻAha Hoʻomalu Lawaiʻa o ka Pākī pika Komohana  R  n. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.

ʻaha hoʻonā ʻāina  R  n. land court. lit., court (for) settling land claims.

ʻaha hoʻoponopono i ka nohona  R  n. court of domestic relations.

ʻaha hoʻoponopono waiwai hoʻoilina  R  n. probate court. Lit., court settling inheritance property.

ʻahahui  R  n. society, club, association, organization, company, convention. Various types are listed...

ʻAhahui ʻEuanelio Pae ʻĀina  R  n. a term used in 1911 for evangelical conference of all the islands.

ʻAhahui Hōʻikaika Kalikiano  R  n. Christian Endeavor Society.

ʻahahui hoʻole wai ʻona  R  n. Temperance union. Lit., society forbidding intoxicating liquor.

ʻahahui ʻimi naʻauao  R  n. academy, learned society.

ʻAhahui Kanu Kō Hawaiʻi  R  n. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association.

ʻahahui kula Kāpaki, ʻahahui kula Sabati  R  n. Sunday School association.

ʻahahui kula Sabati  R   var. spelling of ʻahahui kula Kāpaki, Sunday School association...

ʻAhahui Makaʻala Holoholona  R  n. Humane Society. lit., society (which) attends to animals.

ʻahahui malū  R  n. secret society.

ʻAhahui Māmakakaua  R  n. Sons and Daughters of Hawaiian Warriors. Lit., warriors' society.

ʻAhahui Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi  R  n. Hawaiian Historical Society.

ʻahahuina₁  R  n. corporation, association.

ʻAhahuina₂  R  vs. congregational.

ʻAhahui Wāhine Kalikiano Hōʻole Wai ʻOna  R  n. Women's Christian Temperance Union.

ʻaha hulahula₁  R  n. assembly for ballroom dancing; a ball.

ʻaha hulahula₂  R  n. ancient assembly for the hulahula...

ʻahahuluhulu  R  n. bristle worm, a hairy sea creature (Eurythoe complanata).

ʻāhai  R  n. commemorative wooden or stone pillar (probably short for

ʻāhaʻi₁  R  vt. to carry off, chase, rout; to flee, run away.
 

ʻāhaʻihaʻi  R   redup. of ʻāhaʻi₁, to carry off, chase...

ʻāhaʻikapupuhi  R  vi. to go with the wind, to disappear completely.

ʻaha iki  R  n. small gathering for private conversation; small or secret council, as called in an...

ʻahaʻilono  R  n.v. var. spelling of ʻāhaʻilono, reporter, messenger, bringer of news; in legends, the sole survivor of a disastrous defeat who reports the news; to tell news.

ʻāhaʻilono, ʻahaʻilono  R  n.v. reporter, messenger, bringer of news; to tell news. in legends, the sole survivor of a...

ahaʻina  R   short for aha ʻia ana.

ʻāhaʻina  R   same as ʻāhaʻi, to carry off, chase, rout; to flee, run away...

ʻaha inu  R  n. drinking party, as:

ʻāhaʻi ʻōlelo  R  n.v. messenger; to carry word.

ʻaha kaʻapuni  R  n. Circuit court.

ʻaha kākau  R  n. court of records.

ʻaha kapu₁  R  n. a sacred assembly.

ʻaha kapu₂  R  n. sacred sennit cord belonging to a high chief and kept on a high place before his house;...

ʻaha kau kānāwai  R  n. session of the legislature.

ʻaha kaulike  R  n. an 1854 name for the highest court.

ʻaha kauoha  R  n. probate court.

ʻahakea₁  R  n. native trees (species of Bobea) with small to medium-sized, oblong leaves; small...

ʻahakea₂  R   same as haokea, a taro.

ʻahakea lau liʻi  R  n. a small-leafed ʻahakea (Bobea...

ʻahakea lau nui  R  n. a large-leafted ʻahakea (Bobea...

ʻaha kenekoa  R  n. senate.

ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe  R  n. Supreme Court.

ʻaha kiule kiʻekiʻe  R  n. grand jury.

ʻAha Koʻikoʻi  R   same as ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Kiʻekiʻe; lit., powerful court.

ʻaha koi pohō ʻuʻuku  R  n. small-claims court, small-debts court. lit., court (to) sue for small...

ʻahakū  R  n. cord used for measuring, as in laying out a garden or house.

ʻaha kuhina  R  n. cabinet, assembly of ministers.

ʻaha kūkā  R  n. council meeting, discussion meeting, advisory council, conference.

ʻaha kūkā malū  R  n. privy council, secret deliberative meeting.

ʻaha kūkā poʻo aupuni  R  n. summit, i.e. a conference of highest-level officials, as heads of government....

ʻaha limalima  R   see limalima.

ʻahalualike  R  n. rectangle. lit., two equal sides.

ʻaha lunakahiko  R  n. Presbytery, meeting of elders.

ʻaha lunakānāwai  R  n. judiciary session, meeting of judges.

ʻaha maha  R  n. place or assembly for practice of athletic games, as sham fights. lit., assembly...

ʻahamaka₁  R  n. hammock, as of tapa, fastened to the...

ʻahamaka₂  R  n. cord with which edges of cracks in gourd bowls were sewn together in crisscross patterns...

ʻahamaka₃  R  n. strangling in lua fighting, as with green vines.

ʻahamaka₄  R  n. secret meeting of priests to pray for a chief.

ʻahamele  R  n. a yellow-spotted needlefish.

ʻaha mele  R  n. concert, song concert, song festival.

ʻahamoa₁  R  n. an assembly watching a lua contest of the kind called ...

ʻahamoa₂  R  n. a cord made from the entrails of an enemy killed in a lua...

ʻaha mokupuni  R  n. island conference, with representative from a single island, especially of...

ahana  R   same as ahahana, syllables repeated in chants, usually at ends of verses...

ʻaha nīele  R  n. inquisition, inquest.

ʻaha ninaninau  R  n. court of inquiry.

ʻahaniu  R  n. a native sedge (Machaerina mariscoides subsp. meyenii) with pointed, leathery...

ʻahao  R   probably similar to hao₃, to scoop, pick up, grasp, plunder, loot..., hao₄, to come with force, as wind or rain...

ʻahaʻōlelo  R  n.v. legislature, assembly, council meeting, congress; to hold such meetings; to serve in the...

ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai  R  n. Legislature, lawmaking body.

ʻaha ʻōlelo lāhui  R  n. var. spelling of ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui, Congress of the United States; national assembly.

ʻahaʻōlelo lāhui, ʻaha ʻōlelo lāhui  R  n. Congress of the United States; national assembly.

ʻahaʻōlelo lunakahiko  R  n. conference of elders.

ʻahaʻōlelo nui  R  n. Congress.

ʻaha o nā lunakānāwai ʻāpana  R  n. District court.

ʻaha paeʻāina  R  n. convention of delegates from all the islands, especially as held by the Hawaiian...

ʻaha pane hoʻopiʻi  R  n. arraignment, i.e. a court hearing in which a defendant is formally charged with a...

ʻahapiʻi  R  n. a kind of tapa dyed with

ʻaha pule  R  n. congregation, prayer assembly.

ʻaha ʻuao, ʻaha ʻuwao  R  n. board of arbitration.

ʻahaʻula  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaha ʻula, council of chiefs. lit., regal meeting.

ʻaha ʻula, ʻahaʻula  R  n. council of chiefs. lit., regal meeting.

ʻaha ʻuwao  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaha ʻuao; board of arbitration.

ʻaha ʻuwao  R   var. spelling of ʻaha ʻuao, Board of arbitration...

ʻahawa  R   waterhead, beginning of a water-course; to overflow.

ahe  R  nvi. breeze; to blow or breathe gently. waft; softly blowing.

ahē  R  vi., interj. var. spelling of āhē, to exclaim, to oh and ah; yes, so that's it, so, oh.

āhē, ahē  R  vi., interj. to exclaim, to oh and ah; yes, so that's it, so, oh.

ʻahē  R  nvi. a hacking cough; to cough. Also ʻehē.

ʻāhē₁  R  vs. timid, shy, wary.

ʻāhē₂  R  n. wild taro.

āhea₁  R   pas/imp. of ahe, breeze, blow gently...

āhea₂  R  inter. when (future).

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

aheahe₁  R   redup. of ahe, breeze; to blow or breathe gently...; soft, gentle in sound.

aheahe₂  R   weak.

ʻahēʻahē  R   redup. of ʻahē, cough...

ʻāheahea₁  R  vi. to wilt, as a plant; warm, insipid.

ʻāheahea₂  R  n. a native shrub (Chenopodium oahuense) and an introduced weedy herb (C. album...

ʻāheahea₃  R   var. name for pakai₂, slender amaranth (...

ʻāheahea₄  R   same as heahea, to call.

ʻahele  R  nvt. snare; to snare.

ʻāhewa₁, āhewa, ʻahewa  R  nvi. to condemn, blame, censure, reproach, convict; condemnation, blame, conviction.

ʻāhewa₂  R  vs. wall-eyed, cross-eyed (with maka).

ʻāhewa₃  R  n. Oʻahu name for the

ʻāhewa₄  R   a mimosa tree.

ʻāhewahewa  R   same as ʻāheahea₂, a shrub.

ahi  R  nvs. fire, match, lightning; to burn in a fire, destroy by fire.

ʻahi  R  n. Hawaiian tuna fishes, especially the yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares), an important...

ahia  R  vs. faded.

ʻahia₁  R   same as ʻāhiahia, faint, obscure, faded; dim, as colors in tapa or cloth....

ʻahia₂  R  inter. how many?

ʻāhia  R  n. tinder resulting from plowing with the fire plow; the powdery rubbings that ignite.

ahiahi  R  nvi. evening, late afternoon; to become evening.

ʻahiʻahi  R  nvt. to defame, slander, tattle against; false report, defamation, slander.

āhiahia  R  vs. var. spelling of ʻāhiahia, faint, obscure, faded; dim, as colors in tapa or cloth.

ʻāhiahia, āhiahia  R  vs. faint, obscure, faded; dim, as colors in tapa or...

ahiahihia  R   pas/imp. of ahiahi, overtaken by evening.

Ahiahi Kalikimaka  R  n. Christmas Eve, Christmas night.

Ahiahi Makahiki Hou  R  n. New Year's Eve.

ahi ʻai honua  R  n. volcano, volcanic fire. lit., fire destroying land.

ʻāhiehie  R  vs. silvery gray, faded. Niʻihau.

ʻāhihi₁  R  n. a low spreading bush (Metrosideros sp.), formerly numerous in Nuʻuanu. ...

ʻāhihi₂  R  n. any plant with long runners or creepers, as cup of gold; any creeping vine.

ahihoʻoleʻaleʻa  R  n. fireworks. lit., fire (for) amusement.

ahikananā  R   var. spelling of ʻahi kananā, a shark or a fierce and courageous fighter...

ʻahi kananā, ahikananā  R   same as kananā, a shark or a fierce and courageous fighter.

ahikao  R  n. fireworks (perhaps from Eng. scow [

ahikao lele  R  n. skyrocket, rocket.

ahikoe  R  n. match. lit., scratching fire.

ahi koli  R  v. to pass fire from one candlenut to the next on a chain (

ʻahiku  R  num. seven (especially in counting in a series); seven times.

ahi lele  R  n. fire fountain, firebrands thrown over cliffs at

ʻāhilu  R  n. bits of crustacea and bones found at the opening of an octopus burrow.

ahimakani  R  n. gasoline. lit., wind fire.

ʻahina  R  n. var. spelling of ʻāhina₂, blue denim cloth, dungarees, blue jeans.

ʻāhina₁  R  vs. gray, gray- or white-haired.

ʻāhina₂, ʻahina  R  n. blue denim cloth, dungarees, blue jeans.

ʻāhinahina₁  R  n. same as ʻāhina₁, gray, gray- or white-haired..., ʻāhina₂, blue denim cloth, dungarees, blue jeans...

ʻāhinahina₂  R  n. the silver-sword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense), a native plant found only at...

ʻāhinahina₃  R  n. a native spreading shrub to 1 m high, (Artemisia australis); leaves divided into...

ʻāhinahina₄  R   same as hinahina₂, Florida moss.

ʻāhinahina ʻōmaʻomaʻo  R  n. Maui greensword. lit., green silversword.

ʻāhina kuahiwi  R  n. a native fern (Cyrtomium caryotideum), with fronds 25 to 35 cm long, once...

ahio  R  vi. lazy, indolent; to shirk work, loiter.

ʻahi pālaha  R  n. albacore, Thunnus alalunga (family Scombridae). lit., flat...

ahipele  R  n. match.

ahi pōkaʻuwili  R  n. pinwheel (fireworks).

ʻāhiu₁  R  vs. wild, untamed, as animals or plants. shy, of people

ʻĀhiu₂  R  n. name of a wind common in the mountains of Kahana,...

ʻāhiuhiu  R   redup. of ʻāhiu₁, wild, untamed, as animals or plants...

ʻāhiwa  R  vs. dark, dusky, somber.

Ahiwela  R  n. Fomalhaut, a star.

aho₁  R  n. line, cord, lashing, fishing line, thong, kite string.

aho₂  R  nvi. breath; to breathe.

aho₃  R  idiom. it is better or preferable (used after e,...

ʻaho  R  n. thatch purlin. Also...

aho ʻea  R  n. monofilament.

ʻahohui  R  n. thatch purlin support.

aho kā  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaho kā, small lashing on the pueo main purlin.

ʻaho kā, aho kā  R  n. small lashing on the pueo main purlin.

ʻahokele  R  n. horizontal thatch purlin.

ʻaho kopekope  R  n. name given for roof thatching on top of the ridgepole.

āhole  R  n. an endemic fish (Kuhlia sandvicensis) found in both fresh and salt water. The mature...

Aholehia, ʻAholehia  R  n. stroke in lua fighting.

ʻAholehia  R  n. var. spelling of Aholehia, stroke in lua fighting.

āholehole, ʻāholehole  R  n. young stage of the āhole, Hawaiian...

ʻāholehole  R  n. var. spelling of āholehole, young stage of the āhole, Hawaiian flagtail.

ʻaholo  R  n. sliding rock, landslide, avalanche.

aholoa  R   same as more common ahonui, patience, patient... lit., long-breath.

aho lolo, ʻaho lolo  R   see lolo₄.

ʻaho lolo  R   var. spelling of aho lolo, pole placed above ridgepole...

ahona  R  vs. better, well, well-being, fortunate, improved; to need (

ahonui  R  nvs. patience; patient, enduring, long suffering; to tolerate. lit., great breath. see...

aho ʻōwili  R  n. lashing fastening kaupaku roof to...

ʻahopiʻo kuahui  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaho piʻo kuahui, thatch purlin support.

ʻaho piʻo kuahui, ʻahopiʻo kuahui  R  n. thatch purlin support.

aho pueo  R  n. lashing on the pueo main purlin.

ʻahopueo  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaho pueo, main purlin in a house.

ʻaho pueo, ʻahopueo  R  n. main purlin in a house.

ahu  R  nvs. heap, pile, collection, mound, mass; altar, shrine, cairn; a traplike stone enclosure made...

ʻahu  R  nvt. garment or covering for the upper part of the body and shoulders, as a cape, shirt, coat; to...

āhua  R  nvi. var. spelling of ʻāhua₁, to swell, as a wave; heap, mound, hillock, knoll, pile; heaped, humped; tremendous.

ʻāhua₁, āhua  R  nvi. to swell, as a wave; heap, mound, hillock, knoll, pile; heaped, humped; tremendous.
...

ʻāhua₂  R  n. young, as of the aku,

ahuahu  R  nvi. healthy, vigorous; strength and vigor, as of animal or plant; to grow rapidly, thrive.

ahu ʻai  R  vi. to overeat, waste food, squander.

ahuake  R   rare var. of ahuwale, exposed, conspicuous, prominent, obvious, in plain view...

ahu a lālā kukui  R   var. spelling of ʻāhua lālā kukui, kukui branches strewn about, as after a storm.

ʻāhua lālā kukui, ahu a lālā kukui  R   kukui branches strewn about, as...

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

ahu ʻawa  R  n. kava dregs.

ʻahuʻawa₁  R  n. a sedge (Cyperus javanicus) about .3 to 1.3 m high, with a basal tuft of long...

ʻahuʻawa₂  R  n. another coarse sedge (Cyperus hypochlorus) similar to the preceding one, but with...

ʻahuʻawa haole  R  n. the umbrella plant, a leafless ornamental sedge (Cyperus alternifolius), 30 to...

ahue  R  vt. to make two thicknesses by folding; to double up, fold, as paper or

ahu ea  R  n. air mass, as in weather. lit., mass (of) air.

ʻahu hīnano  R  n. soft, fine mat garment plaited from fine strands of dried bracts of male pandanus fruit.

ʻahu honua  R  n. Earth's mantle.

ahu hoʻokoe  R  n. cache, as in computer program. lit., cache pile.

ʻāhui  R  n. bunch or cluster, as of bananas, grapes; whole pandanus fruit consisting of keys.

ʻāhui hala₁  R  n. pandanus fruit.

ʻāhui hala₂  R  n. protuberance of the vagina resulting from syphilis; the roughness of the skin was...

ahu kāloaʻa  R  n. capital, i.e. anything produced in an economy that is accumulated or used to produce...

ahukū  R  nvt. to stone to death; slaughter by burying the victim under a pile of stones. Hākau, half brother...

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

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

ahulau  R  nvs. pestilence, epidemic, heaped up, as dead bodies.
 

ʻāhuli  R  n. var. of kāhuli; mutation; to mutate.

ahuliʻu  R  vs. overheated, as over stones; white-hot.

ahulu  R  vs. overdone, overcooked; overcultivated, as soil.

ʻahulu  R  vi. discolored, foamy, feathery, choppy, uneven, mussed.

ʻāhuluhulu₁  R  n. young of the kūmū fish.

ʻāhuluhulu₂  R   same as huluhulu₂, frayed, splintered, rough, not smooth...

ʻahu moena  R  n. fine patterned mat, plaited with materials of different colors.

ahuna  R  n. pile, heap.

ʻahuna  R  n. coat, garment, ti-leaf raincoat.

ahunāliʻi  R  n. a land division.

ʻahunāliʻi₁  R  n. a tapa for chiefs, colored with candlenut and...

ʻahunāliʻi₂  R  n. issue of a union of a male chief and a commoner.

āhunihuni  R  n. name given for a fish of the ʻōpakapaka...

ʻahuʻoʻeno  R  n. var. spelling of ʻahu ʻoʻeno, matting with twilled pattern, associated with Kauaʻi.

ʻahu ʻoʻeno, ʻahuʻoʻeno  R  n. matting with twilled pattern, associated with

ahuoi  R  n. clue; to give a clue about.

ahup  R   abbreviation for ahupuaʻa₁, land division...

ahupapa  R  n. composite, as volcanic cone. lit., mound (of) strata.

ʻahu poʻo nui  R  n. cloth bound about the head of warriors.

ahupuaʻa₁  R  n. land division usually extending from the uplands to the sea, so called because the...

ahupuaʻa₂  R  n. the altar on which the pig was laid as payment to the chief for use of the...

ʻahu ua  R  nvi. old type of raincoat made of dried ti leaves fastened...

ʻahu uhi waʻa  R  n. mat canoe covering that protected paddlers in storms.

ʻahuʻula  R  n. var. spelling of ʻahu ʻula₁, feather cloak or cape made of the feathers of the ʻōʻō...

ʻahu ʻula₁, ʻahuʻula  R  n. feather cloak or cape made of the feathers of the

ʻAhuʻula₂  R  n. a lua fighting stroke. lit., the feather cloak.

ʻahu ʻula₃  R   see limuʻahuʻula.

ahuulu  R   see ʻupena ahuulu.

ahu waiwai  R  n. storehouse, heap of goods.

ahuwale  R  vs. exposed, conspicuous, prominent, obvious, in plain view; heaped up.

ai₁  R  nvt. coition; to have sexual relations, cohabit (frequently pronounced

ai₂  R  inter. pronoun. same as wai₅, who, whom, whose, what (animate antecedents)...

ai₃  R   linking or anaphoric part. frequently pronounced ei.

ai₄  R   short for aia, there.

aī  R  interj. of surprise.

-aʻi  R   nonproductive transitive suffix. see huaʻi...

aʻi₁  R   same as aʻiaʻi₁, bright as moonlight; fair, white...

aʻi₂  R  part. replacing i often in songs; usually written...

ʻai₁  R  nvt. food or food plant, especially vegetable food as distinguished from

ʻai₂  R  n. score, points in a game, stake, wager.

ʻai₃  R  n. dancing style or type.

ʻai₄  R  n. stroke or hold in lua fighting; spear thrust.
 

ʻai₅  R  n. stone used in the kimo game other than the...

ʻai₆  R  n. byte, in computer terminology.

ʻai₇  R  n. credit, as for a school course.

ʻāʻī  R   neck, neck of a shirt or dress, neck of the

aia₁  R  idiom. there, there it is, there are (sometimes shortened to

aia₂  R  idiom. depending on, only if, only when, whatever, whenever.

aiʻa  R  interj. Here! Here it is!

ʻaiā  R  nvs. ungodly, godless, irreligious, wicked, unbelieving, careless of observance of taboos;...

aia hoʻi  R  interj. behold! see there! look! suddenly.

aiāhua, ʻaiāhua  R   same as ʻaiā, ungodly, wicked...

ʻaiāhua  R   var. spelling of aiāhua, ungodly, wicked...

aiāhulu, ʻaiāhulu  R   same as ʻaiā, ungodly, wicked...

ʻaiāhulu  R   var. spelling of aiāhulu, ungodly, wicked...

aʻiaʻi₁  R  nvs. bright as moonlight; fair, white, clear, pure, brilliant, shining; brightness, clearness.

aʻiaʻi₂  R  n. a native tree or shrub (Streblus sandwicensis [Pseudomorus sandwicensis and...

-ʻaiʻai  R   hō.

ʻaiʻai₁  R   see ʻōpū ʻaiʻai

ʻaiʻai₂  R  n. dependent, one living on the resources of another.

ʻaiʻaiā  R   redup. of ʻaiā, ungodly, godless, irreligious, wicked, unbelieving...

ʻaiʻaiele  R  nvs. swinging, unsteady motion.

aʻiaʻi hauʻoki  R  vs. opaque. lit., frosty clear.

aia i hea  R  inter. Where? also: ai hea.

aia i laila  R   there, to be there.

aia i lalo  R   down there.

aia i loa  R  var. spelling of ai loa, away off in the distance...

aia i luna  R  vi. up there.

ʻai ʻāina  R  v. to rule or own land.

ʻaiʻaiohua  R   name given for persons sacrificed for not observing taboos during the offering of prayers...

aia kā  R  interj. There now! So it's there after all!

ʻaiakahonu  R   same as hulu manu, a seaweed. lit., food of the turtle.

ʻaiakanēnē  R  n. a native trailing, woody plant (Coprosma ernodeoides), with narrow, tiny leaves...

aia lā  R  interj. There! I told you so! There it is!

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

ʻai aliʻi  R  v. to rule (or eat) as a chief.

ʻaialo  R  n. attendant of the chief's household, intimate of a chief. lit., eating [in the]...

ʻaiāmanō  R  vi. var. spelling of ʻai ā manō, to eat like a shark. Fig., to have a ravenous appetite.

ʻai ā manō, ʻaiāmanō  R  vi. to eat like a shark. fig., to have a ravenous appetite.

ʻaiʻami  R  nvi. type of hula with little foot movement, but with hip...

ʻaiana  R  nvt. clothes iron; to iron, press, as clothes.

aia naʻe  R  conj. but, furthermore.

ʻaiaola  R  vi. to eat nutritious food.

ʻai ā puaʻa  R  vi. to eat like a pig; to eat greedily; to wolf food.

ʻaiau₁  R  vi. to look about with covetous or jealous eyes; to practice sorcery or poisoning.

ʻaiau₂  R  vs. weary, discouraged by long continued work.

ʻaiʻē  R  nvt. debt; to owe.

ʻaiea₁  R  n. all species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Nothocestrum, soft-wooded shrubs and trees...

ʻaiea₂  R  n. same as kāwaʻu, a native Ilex; holly. Kauaʻi.

ʻaiea₃  R  n. exhaustion.

ʻaieana  R   same as ʻaiea₃, exhaustion...

Aigupita  R  var. spelling of ʻAikupika, Egypt...

ʻai haʻa₁  R  nvi. hula step danced with bended knees; the chanting for...

ʻai haʻa₂  R  vs. allegro.

ʻai hāʻawi wale  R  n. ace, in volleyball. Niʻihau.

ʻai hamu  R   see hamu₂.

ʻaihē  R   center of a taro corm.

ai hea  R  inter. Where? also: aia i hea.

ʻai hele  R   similar to ʻai kū, to eat freely; to do as one wishes; to break taboos or transgress...; lit., to eat walking.

ʻai hele wale  R  n. point from block, dink, or spike, in volleyball.

ʻai hemo  R  vt. to remove food from one's mouth and then eat it again, as gum.

ʻai hīnaʻi  R  n. basket, a score in basketball. lit., basket score.

ʻai holo  R  n. touchdown, in football. lit., run score.

ʻai hoʻokano  R  vt. to eat proudly of high-priced food, as a rich person; fig., to have many women.

ʻai hopu  R  n. touchback, in football. lit., catch score.

aihuawaʻa  R   vagabond; to wander, roam.

ʻaihue  R  nvt. to steal, rob, pilfer, filch, cheat; thief, robber, theft, larceny.

ʻaihueea, ʻaihuehia, ʻaihuelia, ʻaihuenia  R   pas/imp. of ʻaihue, to steal, rob, pilfer, filch, cheat...

ʻaihuehia  R   var. spelling of ʻaihueea, pas/imp of ʻaihue, to steal, rob, pilfer, filch, cheat...

ʻaihue kanaka  R  n.v. to kidnap; kidnapper.

ʻaihuelia  R   var. spelling of ʻaihueea, pas/imp of ʻaihue, to steal, rob, pilfer, filch, cheat...

ʻaihuenia  R   var. spelling of ʻaihueea, pas/imp of ʻaihue, to steal, rob, pilfer, filch, cheat...

ʻaihumuhumu  R  vt. to eat in order to destroy; to destroy wantonly or by violence or sorcery.

ʻaiʻili loko  R  v. to have the use of fish ponds (loko);...

ʻaika  R  vs. hard and poor tasting, as thin or inferior fish.

aikahaʻula, aikahaula  R   cf. .

ʻāʻīkala  R  n. collar. lit., neck collar.

ʻāʻīkala kū  R  n. stiff collar.

ʻaikalima  R  n. ice cream.

ʻai kalo paʻa  R  n. unpounded taro. fig., difficult problem...

ʻAikanaka₁  R  n. name of a star.

ʻAikanaka₂  R   lit., man-eating.. an older cousin of

ʻAikanaka₃  R   an Oʻahu chief who sent men to fetch the...

ʻAikanaka₄  R   a Maui chief who married

ʻai kanaka₅  R  n.v. cannibal, man-eater; to eat human flesh.

aikāne  R  nvs. friend; friendly; to become a friend.

ʻaikapa  R  nvs. a privileged friend who shares the profits of a friend's land, sometimes sharing in the work...

ʻai kapu  R  v. to eat under taboo; to observe eating taboos.

ʻai kāwele  R   see kāwele₂.

ʻaikena  R  vs. sick and tired of a person or situation, surfeited, exhausted, discouraged, fatigued.

ʻai kepa  R  vt. to cut or tear obliquely, as with teeth or edged instrument; to seize or tear with the...

ʻaikepakepa  R   redup. of ʻai kepa, to cut or tear obliquely, as with teeth or edged instrument...; to snap the jaws; to speak rapidly, as with overlapping words; to talk too much or too...

ʻai keu  R  n. extra credit, bonus. lit., extra point. also

ʻaiki  R  vi. var. spelling of ʻāiki, to light up dimly; to look furtively, peek, peer.

ʻāiki, ʻaiki  R  vi. to light up dimly; to look furtively, peek, peer.

ʻAikikauelono, ʻĀikikauelono  R  n. name of a star, possibly Sirius. Also called

ʻĀikikauelono  R  n. var. spelling of ʻAikikauelono, name of a star...

ʻAikiopa, Aitiopa  R   Ethiopia; Ethiopian.

ʻaikola  R  nvs. interj. of scorn or derision, especially rejoicing over others' misfortunes, with meaning...

ʻai kolu  R  n. a successful three-point shot, in basketball. lit., three points.

ʻAikoʻo  R  n. name of a wind at Nuʻalolo, Kauaʻi.

ʻai kū  R  vt. to eat freely; to do as one wishes; to break taboos or transgress.

ʻāʻīkū₁  R  n. high collar, stiff collar.

ʻāʻīkū₂  R   spasmodic affection of the neck muscles which draws the head toward the affected side, a...

ʻāʻīkū₃  R   croup.

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

ʻai kūpele, ʻaikūpele  R  n. medicinal juices mixed with poi or mashed sweet...

ʻAikupika, Aigupita  R  nvs. Egypt; Egyptian.

ai lā  R   short for aia lā, There!...

ʻaila  R  nvt. any oil, grease, lard; to oil, grease, lubricate. Many kinds of oil and grease are listed...

ʻai lā  R  v. scorched or sunburned.

ʻaila ʻaʻalo paʻahau  R  n. antifreeze. lit., oil (to) resist freezing.

ʻailaea  R   same as ʻailea, gasoline...

ʻaila hōʻākaʻa  R  n. shortening, as used in coooking. lit., oil (to make) flaky.

ʻailahola  R  n. gasohol.

ʻailahonua  R   kerosene. lit., earth oil.

ʻaila hoʻohinuhinu  R  n. wax, as for polishing a car. lit., oil (for) polishing.

ʻaila hoʻomaloʻo pena  R  n. turpentine. lit., oil for drying paint.

ʻaila hoʻonahā  R   castor oil. lit., purge oil.

ai laila  R   there, to be there.

ʻaila kā, ʻaila tā  R  n. petroleum. lit., tar oil.

ʻailakele  R  n. fat. also meaʻai...

ʻaila kēpama, ʻaila sepama  R  n. sperm oil.

ʻaila koda  R  var. spelling of ʻaila koka, cod-liver oil...

ʻaila koka, ʻaila koda  R  n. cod-liver oil.

ʻaila kolī  R  n. castor oil. lit., castor-bean oil.

ai lalo  R   down there.

ʻaila māhu  R  n. kerosene. lit., steam oil.

ʻaila meakanu  R  n. vegetable oil. lit., plant oil.

ʻailana₁  R  vs. in love.

ʻailana₂  R  n. island.

ʻAilana Kanaka  R  n. Isle of Man.

ʻaila ʻōlala  R  n. suntan lotion. lit., ointment (for) basking (in the sun).

ʻaila paʻa  R  n. thick grease.

ʻaila palai  R  n. frying oil.

ʻaila pale lā  R  n. sunscreen, the lotion. lit., ointment (to) protect (against) sun.

ʻaila puaʻa  R  n. lard, pork grease.

ʻaila sepama  R  var. spelling of ʻaila kēpama, sperm oil...

ʻaila tā  R  n. var. spelling of ʻaila kā; petroleum. lit., tar oil.

ʻai lau₁  R  vt. to eat a great deal.

ʻai lau₂  R  n. a bundle of cooked taro wrapped in

ʻailea  R  n. gasoline (contraction of ʻaila, oil, and...

ʻāʻīlepe  R   ruffles, folds, gathers about the neck; to make ruffles; to ruffle feathers, as a grouse.

ʻai lepo  R  v. to eat filth (insulting).

ʻāʻili₁  R  vi. to struggle for breath; to breathe with convulsions, gasp, pant, twitch, jerk.

ʻāʻili₂  R  vt. to pull, as weeds.

ʻaʻīlia  R   pas/imp. of ʻāʻili, to struggle for breath...; to pull, as weeds...

ʻailihi  R   same as ʻaikapa, share, sharer...

ʻāʻiliʻili  R   redup. of ʻāʻili, spasm.

ʻAiliki, Airisi  R  nvs. Irish.

ʻAilimaiki  R  n.v. a method of lua fighting; to grab little finger of an...

ai loa, aia i loa  R  vi. away off in the distance.

ʻAiloli  R  n. name of a wind at Kaupō, Maui. lit.,...

ʻailolo₁  R  nvt. ceremony usually marking the end of training, so called because the student ate (...

ʻailolo₂  R  vt. skilled, adept, expert, trained, proficient.

-ʻailona  R   hō.

ai luna  R  vi. up there.

ʻai māmā  R  n.v. light meal, snack; to eat such.

ʻai manuahi  R  n. point after touchdown, in football. lit., free point.

ʻAimaunu  R  n. name of a wind at Hāna, Maui. lit.,...

ʻaimīkana  R  n. linnet, California house finch, papaya bird (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis), an...

ʻai moku  R  n.v. ruler of a moku, district or island; to...

aina  R  n. sexual intercourse.

ʻaina₁  R  n. meal. cf. ʻaina ahiahi,...

ʻaina₂  R   pas/imp. of ʻai₁, to eat, destroy or consume as by fire...; eaten, consumed devoured.

ʻaina₃  R  vs. rejected, as refuse, especially of sugar cane.

ʻaina₄  R   see ʻaina kea, ʻaina kea melemele.

ʻainā  R  nvi. sore aching; stiffness, as from overexercise.

ʻaʻina  R  n. crackling, snapping; an explosive sound, sharp report, bang (rare), loud prolonged sound,...

ʻāina  R  n. land, earth. cf. ʻai, to eat;...

ʻĀina Ahi  R  n. Tierra del Fuego.

ʻaina ahiahi  R  n. evening meal, supper, dinner.

ʻaina awakea  R  n. noon meal, lunch.

ʻāina ʻē  R  n. foreign land.

ʻāina hānau  R  n. land of one's birth, native land, homeland, birthplace.

ʻāina haole  R  n. foreign land, mainland United States.

ʻĀina Hau  R  n. Iceland.

ʻĀina Hemolele  R  n. Holy Land.

ʻaʻinahia  R   pas/imp. of ʻaʻina, crackling, snapping...

ʻĀina Hōʻano  R  n. Holy Land.

ʻāina hoʻokūʻonoʻono  R  n. homestead, homesteading land. lit., land for security.

ʻāina hoʻomalu  R  n. reserve, i.e. a reservation or tract of land set apart. lit., land (to)...

ʻĀina Hoʻomalu Holoholona Lōhiu o Hawaiʻi  R  n. Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

ʻāina hoʻopulapula  R   homesteading lands, especially for rehabilitation of Hawaiians...

ʻaʻinaʻina  R   redup. of ʻaʻina, crackling, snapping...

ʻāina kaʻahemo  R  n. ceded land.

ʻaina kakahiaka  R  n. morning meal, breakfast.

ʻaina kea  R  n. a good-looking variety of sugar cane, of medium height, striped red and green or yellow,...

ʻaina kea melemele  R  n. a variety of sugar cane, the yellow mutant of

ʻĀina Kilipaki  R  n. Gilbert Islands.

ʻainakini  R  n. navy blue cotton cloth.

ʻaina kō  R  n. cane trash, bagasse.

ʻāina kūʻai  R  n. land purchased or for sale; land in fee simple.

ʻāina kula laulaha  R  n. plain, an expanse of flat land. lit., widespread-plain land. also ...

ʻāina kumu wai  R  n. watershed, i.e. an area from which water drains. lit., water source land.

ʻāina kūpono  R  n. land free from all rent and taxes.

ʻāina lei aliʻi  R  n. crown lands.

ʻāina loliloli  R  n. transition area, i.e. an area where natural topography changes from one land feature...

ʻāina makua  R  n. fatherland, mainland.

ʻāina mauʻu  R  n. grassland.

ʻāina muli panalāʻau  R  n. post-colonial country. lit., after-colony land.

ʻāinana  R   short for makaʻāinana, commoner...

ʻāina noho kahu ʻia  R  n. trust territory.

ʻāina no ka lehulehu  R  n. public land. lit., land for the public.

ʻāina nui  R  n. great power, great land, mainland.

ʻaina ʻole  R  vs. not eaten or consumed; without vegetable foods.

ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo  R  n. var. spelling of ʻĀinaʻōmaʻomaʻo, Greenland.

ʻĀinaʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo  R  n. Greenland.

ʻainaonao  R  n. anteater.

ʻĀina Pākē  R  n. China. also Kina.

ʻĀina Pilipino, ʻĀina Pinopino  R  n. Philippines.

ʻĀina Pinopino, ʻĀina Pilipino  R  n. Philippines. Niʻihau.

ʻāina pōhaku ʻaʻaiawā  R  n. badlands. lit., land (of) eroded rock.