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-u  second person singular poss. suffix in kāu and...

u-₁  prefix to some words to denote plural, as
 

u-₂  prefix to many words with meanings ‘quality or state’; there is variation in some words of...

ū-  rare var. of u-₂, prefix to many words with meanings ‘quality or state’...; (probably length of ū- was due to assimilation of the long vowel in the...

ū₁  n. breast, teat, udder.

ū₂  vs. moist, soaked; to drip, drizzle, ooze; impregnated, as with salt.

ʻu-  see u- 2.

-ʻu  first person singular poss. suffix in kaʻu,...

ʻū-  see u- 2.

ʻū-  a prefix indicating the instrument or cause of a particular action.

ʻū₁  interj. to grunt, groan, moan, sigh, hum, coo, mourn, grieve, complain; grief, sorrow; an...

ʻū₂  vi. to hold the breath.

ʻū₃  vs. snub-nosed (used with ihu).

ʻū₄  n. short for ʻulu, breadfruit, as in the place name Kaʻūpūlehu.

ʻū₅  n. the letter "u."

-ua  R   indicator of the dual number in first and third persons of pronouns and poss. only (...

ua₁  R  nvi. rain; to rain; rainy. see rain. Rain was...

ua₂  R  demon. aforementioned, the one talked of. ua is often followed by a noun and ...

ua₃  R   common part. preceding verbs and denoting completed or recently completed action; to become.

ʻuā  R   var. spelling of ʻuwā, shout, cry out...

ʻuʻa₁  R  vs. useless, unproductive, vain, to no profit, good-for-nothing, worn-out; completely...

ʻuʻa₂  R  n. a coarse mat or tapa.

ua (noun) nei  R   see ua₂.

Uaakalīpoa  R  n. name of a fine, cold rain. lit., rain by the

ua ʻawa  R  n. cold, bitter, drizzling rain. fig., hard experience.

uahāʻao  R   same as hāʻao₃, a tapa pattern.

ua hānai  R  n. rain that nurtures the earth.

uahi, uwahi  R  nvs. smoke; smoked; dustlike, spraylike; dust, spray, wisps.
 

uahiapele₁  R  n. a native variety of sugar cane, heavy-stooling, light red-purple, the nodes hairy-fringed...

uahiapele₂  R  n. several varieties of taro described at

uahiapele₃  R  n. a variety of sweet potato.

uahiapele₄  R  n. a tree (Pelea barbigera), endemic to

Uahiapele₅  R  n. a wind associated with Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi...

uahi ʻawa  R  n. pungent sulphur smoke, as from a volcano. lit., bitter smoke.

uahi lepo  R  n. dust wisps.

uahi wai  R  n. mist, spray, steam. lit., liquid spray.

uahoa  R  vs. hard, severe, harsh, indifferent to the distress of others.

uai, uwai  R  vt. to move, as an object; to push aside; to move from place to place, as a tethered animal; sliding...

uʻai  R   plural of ʻai, to eat.

uaiki  R  n. offspring of a chief and a mother of no rank. lit., little rain.

uakaha  R   same as uauakaha, stiffness of neck...

uakea₁  R  n. mist (famous at Hāna, Maui). lit., white...

uakea₂  R  vs. white as mist, mist-white, white as breaking surf or snow.

uakeʻe  R  n. bend, crook, as in a path.

uaki, uati, uwaki, waki. wati  R  n. watch, clock; a watch, as of a sailor.

uāki  R  vt. var. spelling of uaki, to time. also cf. helu manawa.

uaki helu manawa  R  n. stopwatch. lit., watch (to) compute time. also

uaki hoʻāla  R  n. alarm clock.

uaki kikohoʻe  R  n. digital watch or clock. lit., watch (with) digits. also...

uaki lima kuhikuhi  R  n. analog watch or clock, i.e. a watch or clock with hands. also...

uaki pūlima  R  n. wrist watch.

uakoko₁  R  n. a low-lying rainbow. lit., blood rain.

uakoko₂  R  n. a rain so heavy that it turns stream waters red-brown with the wash of the hillside.

uakoko₃  R  n. reflection of rainbow colors in the clouds.

ʻuala₁, ʻuwala  R  n. the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), a perennial, wide-spreading vine, with...

ʻuala₂, ʻuwala  R  n. a variety of sugar cane, a yellow mutant of

ʻuala₃, ʻuwala  R  n. see uhi ʻuala, a variety of yam (...

ʻuala₄, ʻuwala  R  n. large muscles of the upper arm, biceps, brachii.

ʻuala₅, ʻuwala  R  n. a kind of cowry shell (no data).

ʻuala ʻawaʻawa  R  n. sweet-potato beer.

ʻuala hēʻī  R  n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻuala hoʻomalamala  R  n. mashed sweet potato, slightly fermented and eaten as

ʻuala hūpē  R  n. Madeira vine (Boussingaultia gracilis.) lit., mucus sweet potato.

ʻuala kahiki  R  n. the white or Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), a weak-stemmed herb about .9 m...

ʻuala kahiki kolikoli  R  n. hash-brown potatoes. lit., whittled potato.

ʻuala kahiki pepeiao  R  n. scalloped potatoes. lit., potatoes (like) scallops.

ʻuala koali  R   same as kūpala₃, a wild sweet potato.

ʻuala kolikoli  R   see ʻuala kahiki kolikoli.

ʻualalehu  R  n. a name later applied to yellow bamboo.

ʻuala lehu₁  R   same as lahi, a variety of sugar cane.

ʻuala lehu₂  R  n. a variety of sweet potato.

ʻuala nika  R  n. a variety of introduced sweet potato.

ua lanipili  R  n. a heavy rain, as one lasting for days and days, or a cloudburst.

ʻuala pepeiao  R   see ʻuala kahiki pepeiao.

ʻuala pilau  R  n. turnip (Brassica rapa). lit., smelly potato.

ʻuala ʻula kīnaʻu  R  n. a variety of red sweet potato.

ualeha  R  vs. lazy.

ualehe₁  R  vs. loose, loose-fitting, as a dress; sitting with the knees wide apart; stretching the mouth,...

ualehe₂  R  vs. wary of a hook, as a fish once caught and having escaped.

ualehe₃  R  vt. to oust a tenant from his land and deprive him of the fruit of his work; to evict.

Ualēhei  R   short for Kaualēheiomakawao.

ualehu₁  R  vs. gray, ashy-gray.

ualehu₂  R  n. a variety of taro.

Ualehu₃  R  n. wind name, Hālawa, Molokaʻi.

ualei  R  vt. to spread out, as a fish net.

ua limua  R  n. a period of constant rain. lit., mossgrowing rain.

ualo  R   var. spelling of uwalo, to call out, as for help; to resound; a call.

Uamakalaukoa  R  n. name of a rain at Nuʻuanu, Oʻahu. ...

ua mea  R   see mea₆.

uananahuki  R  n. tapa beater.

uaneʻi  R   short for auaneʻi₂, probably...

uāniʻi, uwāniʻi  R  nvs. stiff, as salted fish; stiffness.

ua noe  R  n. misty rain, fog.

ua o  R   same as ua ona o, aforementioned.

ʻuao, ʻuwao  R  nvt. to intercede, arbitrate, reconcile, mediate; referee, umpire, conciliator, arbitrator,...

uaoa  R  n. light rain, mist.

ʻuao haʻuki  R  n. referee, umpire; to referee.

ua oki  R   Cut! i.e. a command to stop the filming of a movie or video scene (pronounced...

ua ona o  R  idiom. aforementioned (often before names of people).

uapo, uwapo  R  n. wharf, pier, quay, dock, bridge.

ua pūnohu  R  n. a red rain in the sunshine.

uate  R  n. watt. abb. uat.

uati  R  var. spelling of uaki, watch...

uaʻu  R   var. spelling of uwaʻu, same as waʻu, to grate.

ʻuaʻu, ʻuwaʻu  R  n. dark-rumped petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis), an endangered sea bird,...

uaua₁  R  nvs. tough, sinewy, glutinous, viscid, leathery; not easily broken, as cord. fig.,...

uaua₂  R  n. a variety of taro. The name may be qualified by the terms...

uaua₃  R  n. tendon.

uʻauʻa  R  n. a tapa dyed as with

ʻuāʻuā  R   var. spelling of ʻuwāʻuwā, shout, cry out... redup. of ʻuā.

ʻuʻaʻuʻa  R   redup. of ʻuʻa, useless, vain...

uauahi  R  nvs. smoky-gray color, as of tapa; gray quality, as of a...

uauahoa  R   redup. of uahoa, hard, severe, harsh, indifferent to the distress of others...

uauai  R   redup. of uai, to move, as an object; to push aside...

uauakaha  R  nvs. stiffness of the cords of the neck.

ʻuaʻuala, ʻuwaʻuwala  R  nvi. sour odor, as of fermenting or decaying sweet potatoes; to smell thus.

uaʻuali  R   var. spelling of uwaʻuwali, limp, weak...

uaua loli  R   see limu uaua loli.

ʻUaʻukaha  R   same as Kaʻuaʻukaha, a lua fighting stroke...

ʻuaʻu kani  R  n. wedge-tailed shearwater or moaning bird (Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus). ...

ʻuaʻu kēwai  R  n. a variety of ʻuaʻu, petrel...

ʻUaʻukomohewa  R   same as Kaʻuaʻukomohewa, a lua fighting stroke...

ʻUaʻulewalewa  R   same as Kaʻuaʻulewalewa, a lua fighting stroke...

uauoʻa, uauwoʻa  R  n. distant sound, as of blended voices.

uauwoʻa  R  var. spelling of uauoʻa, distant sound...

ue₁, uwe  R  vt. to jerk, pull, twist, pry, turn, sway.

ue₂, uwe  R  nvi. a hula step: the caller announces the step to drummer (who...

ue₃, uwe  R  vs. tall, far apart. rare except in proper names.

ue₄, uwe  R   a kind of mat, made without stripping the pandanus leaves.

uē₁, uwē  R  nvi. to cry, weep, lament, mourn; a cry, lamentation, weeping.

uē₂  R  nvi. to salute, greet...

uea, uwea  R  n. wire.

uea  R   wire.

uea aweʻama  R  n. fiber optic cable.

uea hakahaka  R  n. wire screen; screen, as on windows. lit., space wire.

uea kau lole  R  n. hanger. lit., wire (for) placing clothes.

uea kelepona  R  n. telephone wire.

uea kukū  R  n. barbed wire.

uē ʻalalā, uwēʻalalā  R  vi. to wail loudly, yelp.

uea maka ʻupena  R  n. chicken wire. lit., net-mesh wire.

uea makika  R  n. screen, as for windows. lit., mosquito wire.

uea moana  R  n. undersea cable.

uea nākiʻi  R  n. twist tie, as used with plastic bags. lit., tying wire.

ueaʻole  R  n. wireless.

uea ʻōlelo  R  n. telegraph wire. lit., speaking wire.

uea pale lua  R  n. coaxial cable, a double-shielded cable commonly used in cable television hookups,...

uea peleki  R  n. brake cable, as on a bicycle. Niʻihau.

uea poepoe  R  n. smooth wire. lit., round wire.

uea wili  R  n. twisted pair cable. lit., twisted cable.

uēʻehene, uwēʻehene  R   same as ehehene, to laugh merrily, giggle in glee...

ʻuehe  R   var. spelling of ʻuwehe, to open, uncover, reveal...

uē helu  R  nvi. a wailing call of grief and love, recounting deeds of a loved one and shared experiences; to...

uē ʻino  R  nvi. to cry loudly; tantrum.

ueka  R   var. spelling of uweka, dirty.

uē kanikau  R  vi. to wail; wailing prayer.

ʻueke  R   var. spelling of ʻuweke, same as ʻuwehe₁, open, ʻuwehe₂, hula...

Uēki ʻAilana  R  n. Wake Island.

ueko  R   var. spelling of uweko, bad-smelling, musty...

uekoeko  R   var. spelling of uwekoweko.

uē leo nui  R  vi. to cry loudly, bawl.

uene₁, uwene  R  vi. to move back and forth, oscillate.

uene₂, uwene  R  vi. to break wind slightly.

uene₃, uwene  R  n. name of a string figure.

uepa₁, uwepa  R  n. wafer.

uepa₂, uwepa  R  n. whip.

uepa₃, uwepa  R  nvt. wax seal, as used on envelopes; to seal.

uepa ihoiho  R  n. paraffin. lit., candle wax seal.

ueue, uweuwe  R   redup. of ue₁; to wriggle, squirm.

uēuē, uwēuwē  R   redup. of uē, cry, weep...

ueueko  R   var. spelling of uweuweko, bad-smelling, musty...

ʻueʻuele, uweʻuwele, ueʻuele  R  vs. wet (used with kēhau, dew).

ʻUgana  R  n. Uganda; Ugandan.

uha  R  n. large intestine, alimentary canal, colon. cf.
 

ūhā  R   same as puhi ūhā, an eel.

ʻuha  R  nvt. wasteful, extravagant; waste, extravagance; to waste.

ʻūhā₁  R  n. thigh, lap, shoulder; hindquarters, as of a horse, beef, or pig.

ʻūhā₂  R  n. foster parent of a chiefly child, or guardian, so-called because he might hold the child on...

ʻūhā₃  R   var. of pūhā₁, abscess, pūhā₂, hollow, pūhā₃, belch, pūhā₄, breath air, as a sea turtle...

ʻūhā₄  R   rare var. of hāhā, to grope.

ʻuha ʻai  R  n.v. to waste food or anything; to squander; extravagant; extravagance. (The old Hawaiians did...

uhae  R   same as hahae, tear, strip, as leaves...

uhaele  R   plural of haele, to go, come

ʻūhā hame  R  n. leg of ham.

ʻūhā heke  R   correction of ʻūhā kākau.

uhahemo  R  n. hemorrhoids.

ʻūhā hipa  R  n. leg of mutton.

ʻūhā hope  R  n. hindquarters, as of horse, beef, pig.

uhai  R   same as hahai, follow, pursue, hunt, accompany...

uhaʻi₁  R   same as uhaki, to break

uhaʻi₂  R  n. covering for door opening, doorway frame.

uhaʻi₃  R   similar to ʻalu, depression, gutter...

uhaiāholo  R  vt. to pursue or run swiftly; to pass swiftly, as time.

ʻūhā kākau  R  n. subjects of the high chief. lit., tattooed thighs.

ʻūhā kapu  R  n. a taboo lap, said of persons unable to raise children successfully, believed due to...

uhakē  R   same as hakē; broad, wide.

uhakeʻe  R  vs. crooked, as a road.

uhaki  R   same as hahaki, to break.

uhakole  R  vi. to strain in an effort to evacuate the bowels. fig., disobedient, stubborn. lit....

uhaku  R  vt. to put together, roll up.

uhalalē  R  vs. obese.

uhalehe  R   same as wahalehe, wide open... fig., to exaggerate. lit., wide mouth...

uhalei  R   same as helei.

uhalena  R  vs. lazy, overstuffed with food. lit., lazy colon.

ʻuhaloa  R  n. a small, downy, American weed (Waltheria indica var. americana), with ovate...

uhalu  R   same as puhalu₁, soft, flabby..., halu, same as puhalu, uhalu...; to deplete.

uhaluhalu  R   redup. of uhalu, soft, flabby...

uhalula₁  R   same as hālula, a sea urchin.

uhalula₂  R  vs. lazy.

ʻūhā moa  R  n. chicken thigh.

ʻūhā mua  R  n. shoulder, as of a cow, horse, pig.

ʻuhane  R  nvs. soul, spirit, ghost; dirge or song of lamentation (rare); spiritual.

ʻuhane haukaʻe  R  n. wandering, friendless spirits.

ʻuhane hele  R  n. a traveling spirit, usually of a living person.

ʻUhane Hemolele  R  n. Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit.

ʻuhaneʻino  R  n. unclean or evil spirit, demon. (Bib.)

ʻuhane kiaʻi  R  n. guardian spirit.

ʻuhane kīhei pua  R  n. a spirit partially controlling a person and giving him strength, animation, or...

ʻuhane noho  R  n. a spirit possessing a person completely and talking through him.

uhanui  R  vs. fat, weak. lit., big colon.

uhao₁  R   same as hao₃, scoop, pick up, hao₄, come with force...

uhao₂  R  n. cone-shaped base from the kāhili staff to...

uhao₃  R  n. tenderloin.

ʻūhā puaʻa  R  n. ham.

uhau₁  R   var. of hahau₁, to strike, hit, whip, beat, switch, smite, wield, thrash...

uhau₂  R   var. of hahau₂, to offer a prayer or sacrifice; to lay before...

uhāuhā  R  vi. to pant, puff, as a dog or as the wind.

ʻuhaʻuha  R   redup. of ʻuha; prodigal, wastrel; to squander, debauch, dissolute.

uhauhakō  R   same as pāwale, a plant; used as medicine the name may have been uhau...

uhauhalalē  R   rare redup. of uhalalē, obese...

uhauhau  R   redup. of uhau, strike, hit...

uhaʻuhaʻu  R   same as haʻuhaʻu, snort...

uhau hili kinipōpō  R  n. batter (in baseball).

uhauhui  R  nvt. presentation of a prayer, especially in

uhauhumu  R  vt. to sew together, as sails; to lay together, as stones in a wall; to interlock.

uhaʻula  R  vs. lazy, good-for-nothing.

uhau ʻupena  R  v. to strike with a net, as a bird-catching net on a long handle.

uhe  R  n.v. offering place for fish on a heiau; to offer,...

ʻuhē  R  vs. chilly, wet and cold.

uheʻe  R   plural of heʻe₂, slide, heʻe₃, melt, heʻe₄, hang down...

ʻūheheʻe  R  n. solvent.

uheheu  R  vi. to fly or hurry as though on wings (ʻēheu).

ʻuheke  R  vs. plump, fat-cheeked, fleshy.

ʻūhekeheke  R   redup. of ʻuheke, plump...

uhele₁  R   plural of hele, to go.

uhele₂  R   rare var. of helehele, to cut, skin, strip off bark or rind.

uhelehe  R  vs. sulky, annoyed, vexed.

uhelei  R   same as helei, straddle...

uhemo  R   same as hemo, loose, separated...

ʻuhene  R  interj. to play a merry tune, converse quietly and romantically, tease coquettishly;...

ʻuhenehene  R   same as henehene, ridicule...

ʻūheona  R  n. aesthetic element, esthetic element.

ʻuhēʻuhē₁  R   redup. of ʻuhē, chilly, wet and cold...

ʻuhēʻuhē₂  R  interj. similar to ʻūhīʻūhā, ha ha!

ʻuheʻuhene, ʻuhēʻuhene  R   redup. of ʻuhene; tra-la-la; refrain

ʻuhēʻuhene  R   var. spelling of ʻuheʻuhene, tra-la-la; refrain...

uheule  R  vs. weak, imbecilic, impotent (an epithet applied to men).

uhi₁  R  nvt. covering, cover, veil, film, lid, solid tattooing, tent ; to cover, spread over, engulf,...

uhi₂  R  n. large, bluish-brown birthmark.

uhi₃  R  n. the yam (Dioscorea alata), from southeast Asia, a climber with square stems,...

uhi₄  R  n. mother-of-pearl bivalve, mother-of-pearl shank.

uhi₅  R  n. turtle shell piece used for scraping olonā.

uhi₆  R  n. mark made by the gall of raw pūpū ʻawa (a...

uhia  R   pas/imp. of uhi₁, covering, cover, veil, film, lid, solid tattooing, tent...

uhi ʻālela  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber having white flesh and skin; grown in

uhiʻāpana  R  vt. to debate, argue.

uhi ʻāpana  R  n. patchwork cover or spread.

uhi hoʻonohonoho  R  n. a variety of yam.

uhi kalakoa  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber with mottled red and white flesh and white skin; grown at...

uhi keʻokeʻo  R  n. a variety of yam, grown throughout the islands; tuber with white flesh and skin.

uhikino  R  n. body covering, garment, shield.

uhi laha  R   see laha₃.

uhi lehua  R  n. a variety of yam, grown in Kona, Hawaiʻi,...

ʻūhili  R  n. bat, club, racket.

uhi maka  R  n. veil, mask.

uhi moe  R  n. bedspread.

uhina  R  n. covering; throw or cast net.

uhina lau  R  n. cuticle, a waxy covering of plants, usually found on leaves. lit., leaf covering.

ʻūhini₁  R  n. long-horn grasshopper (Tettigoniidae); cricket (Grillidae); locust.

ʻūhini₂  R  vs. fine, weblike, tapering into a fine point; slender.

ʻūhini₃  R   short for ʻuhinipili₁, same as ʻunihipili, spirit of a dead person..., ʻuhinipili₂, thin, tapering, feeble, weak...., ʻuhinipili₃, flexed position in which Hawaiians were often buried...

ʻūhini₄  R  n. carob, an evergreen (Ceratonia siliqua).

ʻūhini ʻakelika, ʻūhini akerida, ʻūhini akelika  R  n. grasshopper.

ʻūhini akerida  R  var. spelling of ʻūhini ʻakelika, grasshopper...

ʻūhinihone  R   Pāpapa ʻūhinihone.

ʻūhini huluhulu  R  n. cankerworm. lit., hairy grasshopper.

ʻūhini-hulu-ʻole  R  n. var. spelling of ʻūhini hulu ʻole, palmer worm, caterpillar. lit., hairless grasshopper.

ʻūhini hulu ʻole, ʻūhini-hulu-ʻole  R  n. palmer worm, caterpillar. lit., hairless grasshopper.

uhi Niʻihau  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber with pink flesh; grown in

ʻūhini lele  R  n. beetle, cricket. lit., flying grasshopper.

ʻūhini nēnē  R  n. cricket. lit., chirping cricket.

ʻūhininēnē Makaleha  R  n. palikū Kauaʻi tree cricket...

ʻūhini paʻawela  R  n. an edible locust. lit., seared locust.

ʻuhinipili₁  R  n. same as ʻunihipili, spirit of a dead person...

ʻuhinipili₂  R  vs. thin, tapering, feeble, weak.

ʻuhinipili₃  R  vs. flexed position in which Hawaiians were often buried.

ʻūhini poʻo ʻoiʻoi Alakaʻi  R  n. Kauaʻi flightless conehead...

ʻūhini pua  R  n. young ʻūhini (locusts) as found on...

ʻūhinipule  R  n. praying mantis. lit., praying grasshopper.

ʻūhini wāwae hā  R  n. bald locust. lit., four-legged grasshopper.

uhinu  R   same as hinu, oil, grease, hinuhinu, bright, lustrous...

uhi ʻōniʻoniʻo  R   same as uhi kalakoa, a variety of yam...

uhipaʻa  R  n. mother-of-pearl hook that might be used at any time of day. lit., solid cover.

uhi pākaukau  R  n. tablecloth.

uhi pela  R  n. bed sheet, mattress cover.

uhi poni  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber with red skin and red and white flesh; grown on the island of ...

uhipū  R  n. apoplexy.

uhi pūkuʻi  R  n. hub cap.

uhi ʻuala  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber like a sweet potato; grown on the island of

ʻūhīʻūhā  R  vi. sonorous puffing and blowing sounds, as accompanying the surging of volcanic fires; to puff...

uhiuhi₁  R   redup. of uhi₁, covering...

uhiuhi₂  R  n. an endemic legume (Mezoneuron kauaiense), a tree with pink or red flowers and thin,...

ʻuhīʻuhī  R  nvi. whine, as of a child; to whine.

uhi ʻula, uhi ʻulaʻula  R  n. a yam, probably the same as uhi lehua.

uhi ʻulaʻula  R  var. spelling of uhi ʻula, a yam...

uhiwai₁  R  n. heavy fog, mist. lit., water covering.

uhiwai₂  R  n. type of tapa.

uhohoʻi  R   plural of hohoʻi, redup. of hoʻi₁, to leave, to return often.

uhoʻi  R   plural of hoʻi, to leave.

ʻuhola  R   same as hola, to unfold, spread. fig....

uhole  R   plural of hole; to strip, as tough skin of fish such as manini...

uholo  R   plural of holo, to run

ʻūhōloʻa  R  n. dispenser, i.e. a dispensing container of any kind.

ʻūhōloʻa kakalina  R  n. carburetor, as in an internal-combustion engine. lit., gasoline dispenser.

ʻūhōloʻa māʻōʻāna  R  n. buret, i.e. a precision-made piece of glassware used to measure and deliver...

uholo uila  R   see awe uholo uila, mea uholo uila.

ʻūholo uila  R  n. electrode. lit., instrument (for) conducting electricity.

uhoni  R   plural of honi, to kiss; a kiss; formerly, to touch noses on the side in greeting...; to smell, sniff, scent...

uhu₁  R  n. the parrot fishes, of which Scarus perspicillatus is among the most abundant and largest...

uhu₂  R  n. a variety of sugar cane.

uhu₃  R  vi. to bolt, break away, as a horse; to pull, strain, chafe under restraint; willful, headstrong.

ʻuhū  R  vi., interj. to sigh, moan, groan; to grunt as a pig; (often used after

ʻūhū  R  n. enzyme.

uhuao  R   rare var. of ʻuao, intercede, mediate...

-uhuhī  R   To tease, annoy, vex, nag.

uhuki  R   same as huhuki, pull hard...

ʻuhuku  R   var. of ʻōhuku.

Uhumākaʻikaʻi  R   same as Kauhumākaʻikaʻi.

Uhumakaliʻi  R  n. a stroke in lua fighting. (containing reference to...

uhu pākali  R  n. an uhu fish used as a decoy. fig.,...

uhu pānuhunuhu  R  n. same as pānuhunuhu.

ʻuhūʻuhū  R   redup. of ʻuhū; to neigh , bray, cough, hem; to hawk, as in clearing the throat.

ui₁  R  n.v. to ask, question, appeal, turn to for help or advice, query; question, catechism.

ui₂  R  v. to stir up, activate.

ui₃  R   rare var. of uhi₁, cover, lid, tent...

uʻi  R  nvs. youthful, youthfully stalwart, heroic, handsome, pretty, beautiful, vigorous; youth; youthful...

ūi  R  interj. halloo.

ʻuī₁  R   var. spelling of ʻuwī₁, to squeak, squeal; to gnash, as teeth; such sounds...

ʻuī₂  R   var. spelling of ʻuwī₂, to twist, squeeze, wring, grind; to express, as juice from fruit; to milk, as a cow...

uia  R  n. a variety of taro.

uifi  R  n. whiff.

uihā  R  vs. weary, tired, bored, tiresome, burdensome.

ʻuiki₁, ʻuwiki  R  vi. to glimmer, especially of a light through a hole, crack, or narrow opening; to twinkle...

ʻuiki₂, ʻuwiki  R  n. piping, as used for dress trimming.

ʻuiki₃, ʻuwiki  R  n. wick.

ʻuiki₄, ʻuwiki  R  n. whist.

ʻuiki ʻā  R  n. filament, as in a light bulb. lit., wick (for) lighting.

ʻuiki uila  R  n. fuse. lit., electric fuse.

ui kula Sābati  R  n. Sunday school catechism.

uila, uwila  R  nvs. lightning, electricity; electric.

uila aukahi  R  n. direct current (DC) electricity. lit., electricity flowing together.

uila au māʻaloʻalo  R  n. alternating current (AC) electricity. lit., electricity (with) current...

uila huila makani  R  n. wind-generated electricity. lit., electricity (from) windmill.

uila māhu pele  R  n. geothermal electricity. lit., electricity (from) volcanic steam.

uilani  R  vs. to chafe under control, fret; restless, irritated by restraint; constantly seeking pleasure,...

uila puhi wāwahie  R  n. thermoelectricity; thermoelectric. lit., electricity (from) burning fuel.

uila wai kahe  R  n. hydroelectricity; hydroelectric. lit., electricity (from) flowing water.

uilo  R  n. square-shaped braid, as in lei palaoa...

ʻuʻina₁  R  nvi. sharp report, as crack of a pistol; to crack, snap, crackle, creak (as joints); to make...

ʻuʻina₂  R  n. glottal stop.

ʻuʻinakolo  R  nvi. rustle, roar; to rustle (ʻuʻina and...

uinihapa  R   var. spelling of winihapa, brick.

uinihapa ʻakopie  R  n. adobe block. lit., adobe brick.

uipouila  R  n. whippoorwill. also manu uipouila.

uiui  R   redup. of ui₁, ask, ui₂, stir up...

-uʻiuʻi  R   hoʻo.

ʻuīʻui  R   var. spelling of ʻuwīʻuwī₂, a variety of triggerfish...

ʻuīʻuī  R   var. spelling of ʻuwīʻuwī, squeak; twist...

ʻuiʻuiki, ʻuwiʻuwiki  R   redup. of ʻuiki₁, glimmer...

uiuilani  R   redup. of uilani, chafe under control...

ʻuʻiʻuʻina  R   redup. of ʻuʻina, sharp report, crack...

ʻuiwi  R  n. a small endemic undershrub (Hedyotis cookiana) with narrow leaves and slender branches.

-uka₁  R   Cf.

-uka₂  R  

uka  R  loc.n. inland, upland, towards the mountain, shoreward (if at sea); shore, uplands (often preceded by...

ʻuka₁  R  n. wrinkles

ʻuka₂  R  vs. good-for-nothing, worthless.

ʻukā  R  interj. a word used in calling hogs; to gobble noisily, as a pig; to eat loudly, smack.

ukaʻawale  R   plural of kaʻawale, to separate, isolate or reserve, withdraw...

ʻūkaʻe  R  vs. having no teeth; sloppy and smeary in eating, as one without teeth.

ūkākā  R  n. female of ʻōʻō and

ʻukakai  R   same as ʻuʻulukai, bloated, swollen, dropsical...

ʻūkake uila  R  n. commutator, i.e. a switch on a motor running on direct current that causes the current...

uka lāʻau  R  n. forested uplands.

ukalekale  R  vs. watery, fluid. fig., deceitful.

ukali₁  R  nvt. to follow, come after, succeed, attend, accompany, escort; follower, attendant;...

Ukali₂  R   same as Ukalialiʻi, Mercury...

Ukalialiʻi  R  n. the planet Mercury. lit., following the chief [i.e., the sun].

ukali haʻiʻano  R  n. adjective complement.

ukali haʻiinoa  R  n. noun complement.

ukamu  R  n. oakum.

ukana  R  n. baggage, luggage, freight, cargo, supplies.

ʻUkana  R  n. Uganda.

ʻūkaomi hano kui  R  n. syringe plunger. [%%] also

-ukauka  R   hoʻo.

ʻukāʻukā₁  R   redup. of ʻukā, gobble...

ʻukāʻukā₂  R  v. rolling up of waves.

ukaukai  R  vs. fat, feeble.

ʻukē₁  R  vi. to swing, sway, as breasts of a large-busted woman or as a pendulum.

ʻukē₂  R  nvi. sound of a thud, collision, tick, tap; to thud, tick, rap, tap.

ʻūkeʻe  R  vs. twisted, crooked, as the mouth.

ʻukeke₁  R   same as ʻukekeke, , a bird. ʻakekeʻe, a bird.

ʻukeke₂  R   same as haʻukeke, to quiver.

ʻūkēkē  R  nvt. a variety of musical bow, 40 to 60 cm long and about 4 cm wide, with two or commonly three...

ʻūkēkē hahau  R  n. Jew's-harp. lit., striking musical bow.

ʻūkēkē hao  R  n. Jew's-harp. lit., metal musical bow.

ʻukekeke  R  n. same as ʻukeke, , a bird. ʻakekeʻe, a bird.

ʻūkele  R  nvs. muddy; oily; slush.

ʻūkelekele  R   redup. of ʻūkele, muddy; oily; slush...

ʻUkelena  R  n. Ukraine.

ʻukemu  R   same as kemu₁, to absorb, consume.

ʻukeni  R  n. small change. Kaʻū.

ʻukēʻukē  R   redup. of ʻukē₁, to swing, sway, as breasts of a large-busted woman or as a pendulum..., ʻukē₂, sound of a thud, collision, tick, tap...

ʻukeʻukele  R   redup. of ʻūkele, muddy; oily; slush...

uki  R   same as ukiuki, anger...

ʻuki  R  n. coarse native sedges of several genera.

ʻukī  R  n. an unpleasant odor, as halitosis.

ʻūkī  R   same as ʻuwī, to wring.

ʻuki haole  R  n. all cultivated forms of Gladiolus (as G. blandus), ornamental plants in the iris...

ʻūkihi₁  R  nvi. cold sores, any sores about the corners (kihi...

ʻūkihi₂  R  n. name of a bird (no data).

ʻukiki₁  R  vs. thin, puny, small, stunted, sickly.

ʻukiki₂  R   same as ʻūkīkiki₁, early stage of both ʻōpakapaka and ʻulaʻula, fish...

ukikiʻi  R  vt. to fetch, of several.

ʻūkīkiki₁  R  n. early stage of both ʻōpakapaka and...

ʻūkīkiki₂  R   redup. of ʻukiki₁, thin, puny, small, stunted, sickly...

ukione  R  n. extreme unction.

ʻūkiu₁  R   same as ʻūkiʻukiu₁, broken kukui nut shells, as after the kernel has been extracted...

ʻŪkiu₂  R  nvi. name of a chilly north wind associated with

ukiuki  R  nvt. anger, resentment ; angry, annoyed, offended, vexed, displeased , irritated, peeved;...

ʻukiʻuki  R  n. Dianella sandwicensis, a native member of the lily family, with a short stem and...

ʻukīʻukī  R   redup. of ʻukī, unpleasant odor...

ʻūkiukiu  R  n. var. spelling of ʻūkiʻukiu₁, broken kukui nut shells, as after the kernel has been extracted.

ʻŪkiukiu  R  n. var. spelling of ʻŪkiʻukiu₃, diminutive ʻŪkiu wind; to blow gently, as this wind.

ʻūkiukiu₁  R   var. spelling of ʻūkiʻukiu₁, broken...

ʻŪkiukiu₂  R  n. perhaps the same as ʻŪkiu, but a...

ʻūkiʻukiu₁, ʻūkiukiu  R  n. broken kukui nut shells, as after the...

ʻūkiʻukiu₂, ʻūkiukiu  R   same as palakiu, rotted.

ʻŪkiʻukiu₃, ʻŪkiukiu  R  n. diminutive ʻŪkiu wind; to blow gently, as...

ūkō  R  vs. fulfilled. fig., pregnant.

ʻuko  R  n. cerebrum.

ʻuko  R  n. use (often used with ʻole).

ukokole₁  R  vs. sore, inflamed, as eyes.

ukokole₂  R   same as mūʻokole, to stop budding.

ukokomo  R  vi. to enter together.

ukole  R   same as kole, a fish.

ukolekole  R   same as ukokole₁, sore, inflamed, ukokole₂, stop budding...

ʻūkōmi  R   see ʻūkaomi hano kui.

ukoʻo  R  n. a human sacrifice or pig substitute, as made after a chief was a victim of sorcery, in order...

ʻuko ʻole  R  vs. useless, of no use.

uku-  R   see ukuhi.

uku₁  R  nvt. pay, payment, wages, fee, fare, toll, commission, reward, recompense, compensation, remittance,...

uku₂  R  n. a deep-sea snapper (Aprion virescens).

ʻuku₁  R  n. louse, flea.

ʻuku₂  R  vs. small, tiny (less used than ʻuʻuku).

uku ʻākena  R   see uku ʻēkena.

uku egena  R   var. spelling of uku ʻēkena, agent's fee...

uku ʻēkena, uku egena  R  n. agent's fee, commission.

ʻukuʻele  R  n. name given for a sea creature (no data).

uku hala  R  n.v. penalty for wrongdoing; to pay for wrong done, as damages. Sugar cane, as...

uku hana  R  n.v. wages, salary, pay for work; to pay wages.

uku hapa  R  n.v. installment payment; to pay in part.

ukuhi₁  R  vt. to pour out, dip, as water. (-hi is a...

ukuhi₂  R  vt. to wean, as a child.

ukuhia  R   pas/imp. of ukuhi₁, to pour out, dip, as water...

ukuhina  R  n. a pouring out, dipping, weaning.

ʻuku hipa  R  n. tick, mite (Acari).

uku hoʻēmi  R  n. cheap or reduced price, discount.

uku hoʻomau  R  n. pension, alimony. lit., permanent pay.

uku hoʻopaʻa  R  n. premium, as insurance; down payment, deposit. lit., payment [to] solidify.

uku hoʻopaʻi  R  n. reparations. lit., pay (as) punishment.

uku hoʻopaʻi  R  n. fine, forfeit.

uku hoʻopaneʻe  R  nvt. interest, usury; to pay interest.

uku ʻinikua  R  n. insurance premium.

uku kaʻa  R  n. carfare, transportation charge.

ʻuku kai  R  n. a sand hopper, probably an amphipod.

uku kākoʻo  R  n. subsidy, monetary aid, grant-in-aid.

ʻuku kapa  R  n. body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus). lit.,

uku kaulele  R  n. interest on principal, premium, extra or overtime pay. lit., payment added on.

uku keu  R  n. extra pay, bonus, left-over pay.

uku kīpē  R  n.v. bribe, to bribe.

uku koʻakoʻa, ʻuku koʻakoʻa  R  n. coral polyp.

ʻuku koʻakoʻa  R  n. var. spelling of uku koʻakoʻa, coral polyp.

uku komo  R  n. entrance fee.

uku komokina  R  n. commission (pay).

ūkūkua  R  vs. besieged, pressed with work, crowded.

ukukuhi  R   redup. of ukuhi, pour out...

uku kūʻike  R  n. cash payment.

uku kula  R  n. school tuition.

uku kūmau  R  n. customary or usual fees; dues, taxes.

uku kuwala  R  n. interest payment, bounty.

ʻuku lāʻau  R  n. wood-eating beetle.

uku lawelawe  R  n. tip, gratuity, service charge. lit., service pay.

uku leka, uku leta  R  n. postage, postage stamp.

uku leka  R  n. postage. lit., letter fee.

ʻukulele  R  n. ukulele. lit., leaping flea, probably from the Hawaiian nickname of...

ʻuku lele  R  n. flea (Siphonaptera).

ʻukulele ʻea honu  R  n. turtle shell ʻukulele.

ʻukulele ʻelua puka  R  n. double-hole ʻukulele. lit., ʻukulele (with) two holes.

ʻukulele ʻewalu kaula  R  n. eight-string ʻukulele.

ʻukulele hāʻoi  R  n. baritone ʻukulele.

ʻukulele leo ʻekahi  R  n. soprano ʻukulele.

ʻukulele leo ʻekolu  R  n. tenor ʻukulele.

ʻukulele Liliʻu  R  n. Liliʻu ʻukulele.

ʻukulele Ohta-san  R  n. Ohta-san ʻukulele.

ʻukulele ʻokia  R  n. cutaway ʻukulele.

ʻukulele pahu kīkā  R  n. cigar-box ʻukulele.

ʻukulele pūniu  R  n. coconut shell ʻukulele.

uku leta  R   var. spelling of uku leka, postage...

ʻuku liʻi  R  nvs. tiny, small, petite; wee; small flea or louse.

uku liʻiliʻi  R  n. installment payment, small payment.

ʻuku limu  R  n. sand hopper, an amphipod. lit., seaweed bug.

ʻuku lio  R  n. bed bug (Cimex lectularius). lit., horse louse.

uku makahiki  R  n. annual payment or salary, annuity.

uku makana  R  n. tip; gift payment, bonus.

uku male, uku mare  R  n. dowry; marriage fee, as to the minister. lit., marriage payment.

uku manawa  R  nvi. installment payment; to pay on time.

uku mare  R   var. spelling of uku male, dowry...

uku moku  R  n. steamship fare.

uku ola lā  R  n. per diem, i.e. a daily allowance for living expenses while traveling in connection with...

ukupaʻa  R   same as ukupau.

uku palu  R  n. a variety of uku, a fish lit., soft uku.

uku pānaʻi  R  nvt. refund, redemption, ransom, reward; to redeem, refund.

uku paneʻe  R   same as uku hoʻopaneʻe, interest, usury...

ʻuku papa  R  n. crab louse (Phthirus pubis). lit., surface louse.

ukupau  R  nvt. piece labor, pay by the job rather than according to time, as on sugar plantations; used in...

ʻuku pepa  R  n. book louse (Atropus divinatoria). lit., paper louse.

uku pohō  R  nvt. damages; to pay damages.

ʻuku poʻo  R  n. head louse (Pediculus humanus capitus).

ʻuku puaʻa  R  n. pig louse (Haematopinus suis).

ʻukuʻuku  R   same as ʻuʻuku, tiny, small...

ukuwai₁  R  n. place in the grass house where host and guests visited, between the sleeping place and the...

ukuwai₂  R  n. name for that portion of a canoe between forward and after outrigger booms.

ʻuku wai  R  n. daphnia. lit., water flea.

ula₁  R  n. spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus and P. penicillatus). Varieties are qualified...

ula₂  R  nvi. a flame; to flame, blaze.

ʻula₁  R  nvi. red, scarlet; brown, as skin of Hawaiians; to appear red.

ʻula₂  R  n. short for koaʻe ʻula, red-tailed tropic bird.

ʻula₃  R  nvs. sacred; sacredness; regal, royal (probably so called because red was a sacred color).

ʻula₄  R  n. blood.

ʻula₅  R  n. agate.

ʻula₆  R   same as ʻula ʻai hāwane, small red honeycreeper...

ʻula₇  R  n. a ringing in the ears, as due to rising in altitude, believed by some to be a sign that one is...

ʻula₈  R  n. ghost, spirit.

ʻulaʻa  R   var. of hulaʻa, kulaʻa.

ula ahi  R  n. fire flames.

ʻulaahiwa  R   same as ʻula hiwa, purplish red...

ʻulaʻaihāwane, ʻulaʻaihāwane  R  n. a small red Hawaiian honey creeper, with black crown, wings and tail and gray neck (...

ʻula aliʻi  R  n. chiefly blood.

ula ʻāpapapa  R  n. slipper lobster. Niʻihau. also...

ʻulae  R  n. lizard fishes of the family Synodontidae, Synodus spp., Saurida gracilis, common...

ʻulahea  R  vs. faded red.

ulāheo  R   to appear and disappear quickly, as steam.

ulahi  R  n. flake.

ʻula hiwa  R  nvs. purplish red, dark red, as of a Rhode Island Red chicken; a red cock; formerly, a black...

ulaia  R   same as ʻūlala, crazy...

ula kahi  R   see kapuahi ula kahi.

ʻulakaiano  R  n. anthocyanin, i.e. a kind of pigment producing blue to red coloring in flowers and plants....

ʻUlakamakaiākuikuipahu  R  n. a stroke in lua fighting.

ʻula kīnaʻu  R  nvs. red streaked or dotted with dark, said of red feathers and a type of red feather cloak;...

ulakolako  R   plural of lakolako, redup. of lako, supply...

ʻūlala  R  vs. crazy, mad, demented, harmlessly deranged, silly.

ʻula lele  R  n. disembodied spirit. fig., esteemed favorite.

ʻUlalena  R  n. a reddish-hued rain associated with Haʻikū,...

ʻula lena  R  nvs. yellowish-red.

ʻulaleo  R  n. var. spelling of ʻūlāleo, an intense emotional appeal to the gods, as in chant; a voice from the spirits.

ʻūlāleo, ʻulaleo  R  n. an intense emotional appeal to the gods, as in chant; a voice from the spirits.

ʻulāliʻi₁  R  n. measles; red spots of measles

ʻulāliʻi₂  R  n. dotted swiss or other cloth with red spots; red spots.

ʻula mākuʻe  R  nvs. dark or purplish red.

ulana₁  R  vt. to plait, weave, knit, braid; plaiting, weaving.

ulana₂  R  vs. still, calm.

ulana₃  R  nvt. prophecy of a seer (kilokilo); to...

ʻulaʻōkoko  R  vs. blood-red.

ʻulapaʻa  R  n. a girl of preadolescent age prior to the time of menstruation. lit., held redness.

ʻula palani  R  vs. a bright-red percale; a vivid red, brandy red.

ula pāpapa  R  n. a gray crayfish (Parribacus antarcticus). lit., flat

ʻūlau  R  n. spatula, pancake turner. [%%] see ʻali ...

ʻulaʻula₁  R   redup of ʻula₁ red, scarlet; brown,...

ʻulaʻula₂  R  n. various red snappers of the family Lutjanidae as Etelis marshi. Varieties are...

ʻulaʻula₃  R  n. a native variety of taro, with red or purple petioles...

ʻulaʻula₄  R   the cardinal, Kentucky cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), established in about 1930

ʻulaʻula₅  R  n. blood.

ʻulaʻula₆  R  n. a red tapa.

ʻulaʻula₇  R  n. a variety of sugar cane.

ʻulaʻulaʻa  R   redup. of ʻulaʻa.

ʻulaʻula hāʻula, hāʻulaʻula  R  nvs. dark red, formerly said of dark bay horses.

ʻulaʻulaila  R  n. a child whose sire was a chief and whose mother a commoner. lit., birthmark red.

-ʻulaʻula lehelehe  R   mea

-ʻulaʻula papālina  R   mea

ulawaiʻa  R  vt. to fish, of many persons or often.

ʻula waina  R  nvs. wine-red.

ʻula wena  R  nvs. a glowing red, as from fire.

ʻula weo  R  nvs. dark-red.

ule₁  R  n. penis. For imaginative compounds see ʻaʻawa₁, ...

ule₂  R  n. tenon for a mortise; pointed end of a post which enters the crotch of a rafter (also called...

ule₃  R  v. to hang.

ʻulea  R  n. urea.

ulehala  R  n. aerial pandanus roots.

ulehe  R   same as ulehelehe, unbound, unfastened, not tied...

ulehelehe  R  vs. unbound, unfastened, not tied, as a bundle; open, as a wound.

ulehihi  R   same as uhi, yam.

ule hilo  R  n. gonorrhea.

ulehole  R  n. channel markers in a harbor.

ule hole  R  n. pulled back penis (an insulting epithet for men).

ulei  R   same as hulei, lift, raise...

ʻūlei₁  R  n. a native spreading shrub (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia), closely allied to other species...

ʻūlei₂  R  n. digging stick of ʻūlei wood.

ule kahe  R  n. subincised or circumcised penis.

ulele₁  R  nvi. to leap at, get into action, do quickly, do at once; one moving swiftly.

ulele₂  R  vt. to set, as type.

ulele₃  R  vi. to take off, as a bird or plane taking flight.

ulele hua  R  vt. to set type, as for video captions.

ulele kikī  R  vi. fast break, as in basketball; to make a fast break. lit., leap swiftly into...

uleʻo  R  n. pendulum.

uleʻohiʻu  R  n. a type of sugar cane, unknown in 1978, once used as a salve ; perhaps the same as...

ulepaʻa  R  nvs. a male who has not known a woman; not to have or have had relations with a woman. lit....

ʻūlepe₁  R  n. harelip.

ʻūlepe₂  R  vi. erect, as a cockʻs comb; to stand erect; to bristle with anger.

ulepuaʻa  R   same as wilipuaʻa, corkscrew... lit., pig penis.

ʻuleu  R   same as ʻeleu, active, alert, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, dexterous, agile, spry...

uleule₁  R  vs. pendulous, hanging.

uleule₂  R  n. sty, as on the edge of the eyelid.

uleule hala  R   same as ulehala, aerial pandanus roots...

ʻuleulele  R  vs. spry, active, nimble.

ʻuleʻuleu  R   redup. of ʻuleu.

uleʻulu  R  n. male breadfruit flower. lit., breadfruit penis.

uli₁  R  nvs. any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the...

Uli₂  R  n. name of a goddess of sorcery, said to have come from Kahiki... called by Emerson the...

uli₃  R  n. early stage in the development of a foetus, as the body begins to form.

uli₄  R  n. name given by for subjects of the chief; says they are black-haired persons.

uli₅  R  nvt. to steer; steersman.

uli₆  R  n. short for ʻōuli, omen.

uli₇  R  n. crowing of a cock.

uli₈  R  n. type of sweet potato (no data).

ʻulī  R  vi. to rattle, especially of seeds in the ʻulīʻulī...

ulia  R  nvs. accident; sudden; to come upon suddenly.

ūlialia  R  n. coincidence.

ūlialia pōmaikaʻi  R  n. serendipity, i.e making a fortunate discovery by accident. lit.,...

uliʻeo  R  nvs. fitness, aptitude; preparedness, as for running.

ulihi₁  R  n. a small endemic shrub (Phyllostegia glabra and varieties), in the mint family. Leaves...

ulihi₂  R  vs. feebleness, of old age.

ʻūliʻi  R  vs. tiny, wee, petite.

ʻūlika  R  vs. soft, sticky, claylike, glutinous, adhesive, gluey.

ʻūlikalika  R   redup. of ʻūlika.

ʻulīkeke  R  n. baby rattle.

uli koa  R   bruises or wounds of a warrior.

ʻūlili₁  R  n.v. wandering tattler (Heteroscelus incanum), a slender regular winter migrant to Hawaiʻi...

ʻūlili₂  R  n. police whistle; ancient type of bamboo whistle; sound of these whistles.
The...

ʻūlili₃  R  n. a bamboo tube used for blowing on a fire; to use this tube.

ʻūlili₄  R  n. a musical instrument consisting of three gourds pierced by a stick; a whirring sound is made...

ʻūlili₅  R  n. hula step similar to

ʻūlili₆  R   same as hū, small gourd used as a spinning top...

ʻūlili₇  R  vs. steep, as a mountain road.

ʻūlili₈  R  vs. firm.

ʻūlili₉  R  n. a religious ceremony in ʻanāʻanā, sorcery.

ʻūlili₁₀  R   var. of hulili, dazzling light, vibration...

ʻūlili₁₁  R  n. poles separating bannisters, as on stairs; rails of

ʻulili wāwae  R  n. var. spelling of ʻūlili wāwae, flooring inside a peleleu canoe where paddlers might rest their feet.

ʻūlili wāwae, ʻulili wāwae  R  n. flooring inside a peleleu canoe...

Ulima, Urima  R  n. Urim.

ʻūlina  R  vs. soft, rubbery, plastic.

ʻūlinalina  R   redup. of ʻūlina, soft...

uliuli₁  R   same as uli₁, any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds...

uliuli₂  R  n. a kind of rock from which adzes were made.

Uliuli₃  R  n. name of a star (no data).

ʻulī-ʻulī  R  nvi. var. spelling of ʻulīʻulī, a gourd rattle...

ʻulīʻulī, ʻulī-ʻulī  R  nvi. a gourd rattle, containing seeds with colored feathers at the top, used for the...

Uliulikapaliokahikinui  R  n. a stroke in lua fighting. lit.,...

ʻūliʻuliʻu₁  R   rare variants for ʻūlili₃, ʻūlili₇.

ʻūliʻuliʻu₂  R   same as pūʻulīʻulī, a gourd.

ʻūlōlohi  R   same as lohi, slow

ʻulono  R  nvt. to cry out, as a prayer or lamentation; such crying.

ʻulonokū  R  n. a prayer as to a god not an ʻaumakua,...

ʻūlou  R  n. bonding instrument.

ulu-  R   see uluna₁.

ulu₁  R  nvi. to grow, increase, spread; growth; increase or rising of the wind; to protect , .
...

ulu₂  R  vi. possessed by a god; inspired by a spirit, god, ideal, person, as for artistic creation; stirred...

ulu₃  R  n. grove (see
  ulu kanu, garden...

ulu₄  R   same as the more common uluulu₃, tangled, snarled...

ulu₅  R  nvt. stick used in spreading hot oven stones; to spread the stones.

ulu₆  R  n. kind of tapa made at

ulu₇  R  n. center, as of a canoe or net.

ulu₈  R  n. a name used repeatedly in for Kaweloʻs...

ulu₉  R  n. compression, i.e. the most dense concentration of wave particles in a compressional wave. ...

ʻulu₁  R  n. the breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), a tree perhaps originating in Malaysia and...

ʻulu₂  R  n. round, smooth stone as used in ʻulu maika...

ʻulu₃  R  n. muscles in calf of leg.

ʻulu₄  R  n. name for kōnane stone.

ʻūlū  R  vt. to pack, as a suitcase.

ulua₁  R  n. certain species of crevalle, jack, or pompano, an important game fish and food item. cf....

ulua₂  R   similar to ulu₁, grow, ulu₂, inspired...

uluʻā  R   similar to pāʻuluʻā, abuse, mistreat...

ʻulua₁  R   same as ʻuluʻulu, collection, gathering...

ʻulua₂  R   same as ʻunua, shorten, pull up...

ulua aukea  R  n. a variety of ulua, probably Caranx...

ulua ʻeleʻele  R  n. a variety of dark-skinned ulua,...

uluāhewa₁  R  nvs. mania, delusion, craziness; deranged; somewhat crazy, sometimes believed due to possession...

uluāhewa₂  R  nvi. overgrowth; to grow wild and lush; bushy.

-ulu ʻai  R   hoʻo.

ulua kāniʻo  R   same as ulua paʻopaʻo; lit., striped ulua.

ulua kihikihi  R  n. a variety of ulua, ...

ulua kūkaenalo  R  n. probably a species of ʻōmilu, a...

uluʻālana  R  n. offering, especially as made to priests for them to offer to the gods.

ulualono  R  n. genealogist in the hale nauā.

uluamahi  R  n. officer in the hale nauā.

uluāoʻa₁  R  nvi. confusion, mob, disturbance, riot; tumult; gathered in excitement and confusion.

uluāoʻa₂  R  nvi. jungle; growing in wild profusion.

ulua ʻōmilu  R  n. probably same as ʻōmilu, a fish.

ulua paʻopaʻo  R   see paʻopaʻo.

Uluau  R  n. a wind associated with Waiākea, Hawaiʻi.

Uluaunui  R  n. name of a stormy Maui wind.

ulueki  R  n. brush, undergrowth, forest.

uluʻeo  R  n. name recorded by for a tree with hard wood.

uluhaʻehaʻe  R   same as haʻehaʻe, intense feeling.

uluhaka  R  n. elevated place in the high chiefʻs house where those of rank might rest.

ʻuluhaku  R  vs. lumpy, as of poi; knotty, bumpy, pimply.

ulu hale  R   same as moku hale, house set apart, as for training practitioners of sorcery or healing...

ulu hānau  R  vs. of the same age group, contemporary, lit., birth growth.

uluhaʻo  R  vs. rough, jagged, as rocks.

uluhaʻoʻa  R   same as ulu haʻo, rough, jagged...

uluhe  R  n. all Hawaiian species of false staghorn fern (formerly known as Gleichenia spp., now...

uluhe lau nui  R  n. a large species of false staghorn fern (Hicriopteris pinnata, formerly known as...

uluhia₁  R   pas/imp. of ulu₁, to grow, increase, spread; growth; increase or rising of the wind; to protect...

uluhia₂  R   pas/imp. of ulu₂, possessed by a god; inspired by a spirit, god, ideal, person, as for artistic creation...

ulu hōkū  R  n. constellation.

uluhua  R  vs. vexed, annoyed, discouraged, displeased , harassed, weary, offended, angry, upset.

uluhui  R   see ʻāwela melemele and uleʻohiʻu.

-ulu iʻa  R   hoʻo.

ulu imu  R   same as ulu₄, same as the more common uluulu₃, tangled, snarled...; to stir up an oven.

ulukai  R  n. water chestnut. lit., sea growing.

ulukake  R   var. of hōkake, to disturb.

ʻulu kani  R  n. clapper of a bell.

ulu kanu  R  n. garden patch.

ulu kau  R  n. unexplained acquisition of prophetic and interpretive powers without visible possession by a...

-ulu kauō  R   hoʻo.

Ulukoa  R  n. name of a star.

ulu koko  R  n. first victim slain in battle.

Ulukou₁  R  n. site of the Moana Hotel,

Ulukou₂  R  n. an old name for Howland Island. lit.,

Ulukou ʻAilana  R  n. Howland Island.

ulukū, ʻulukū  R  nvs. disturbed, upset, restless, depressed, nervous, agitated, perturbed; nervousness, agitation;...

ʻulukū  R  nvs. var. spelling of ulukū, disturbed...

ulukua  R   same as ulukū, disturbed, upset, restless, depressed, nervous, agitated...

ʻUlukuae, ʻUruguae  R  n. Uruguay; Uruguayan.

ulu kukui  R  n. candlenut grove.

ululā  R  n. ostrich , owl .

ulu lāʻau  R  n. forest, grove of trees. orchard

-ulu lāhui  R   see ulu₁.

ululele  R   a chiefʻs favorite.

Ululoa  R  n. name of a star, said to appear on the night of

ulūlu  R   var. spelling of uluulu, grow...

ulumāhiehie  R  vs. festive, attractively adorned and arrayed; to make a fine appearance, decorated,...

ʻulu maika  R  nvt. stone used in maika game; to play the ...

Ulumano  R  n. a strong wind blowing from a given direction in each locality, as a strong southeast wind in...

ulu manu  R  n. flock of birds.

ulumoku  R   same as ulupō₂, sudden sickness...

ulu moku  R  n. fleet, collection of ships.

uluna₁  R  nvi. pillow, cushion, formerly made of pandanus; to use as a pillow . headrest (e.g....

uluna₂  R  n. upper part of the arm.

uluna₃  R  n. center part of a net, as of a large ʻupena ...

ulunahele  R  n. wilderness, place of wild growth.

ulu niu  R  n. coconut grove.

uluō  R  n. momentum.

uluoʻa  R  vs. upright, erect.

Uluʻoa  R  n. var. of Ulukoa, name of a star... (see for alternation of glottal stop and k.)

ulupā  R  vt. var. spelling of ʻulupā, to break to pieces...

ʻulupā, ulupā  R  vt. to break to pieces, dash to pieces , burst forth, to rage, as a storm; raze to the ground...

ʻulu paʻa  R  n. cooked but unpounded breadfruit.

ulu pali  R  n. talus slope, transitional slope between cliffs and base.

ulupau  R  vi. to gather together; to go everywhere.

ulupē  R   same as pulu pē, thoroughly drenched... intoxicated.

ulupiʻi  R  vi. to shiver, shake, tremble, as with cold or fright.

ʻulu pilo  R  n. rotten breadfruit, a term of abuse for kauā...

ulupō₁  R  vs. dark or dense as growth.

ulupō₂  R  n. sudden sickness or stroke, the sign of which is a cock crowing at untimely hours; such...

ulupō₃  R  n. a fish said to resemble the pāpiopio.

ʻulu pohole  R  n. bruised breadfruit; fig., bruised, buffeted.

ulupono  R  vs. var. spelling of ulu pono, to grow well; progressive, thriving, successful.

ulu pono, ulupono  R  vs. to grow well; progressive, thriving, successful.

ulupua  R   same as olopua, a tree.

ulu pua  R  n. flower garden, growth of flowers.

ʻulu pū loa  R  n. a variety of breadfruit with oval, rather than round fruit.

ulupuni  R  vs. overcome by emotion, hysteria, passion, or an occult influence.

uluulu₁, ulūlu  R   redup. of ulu₁, grow, increase... growing things.

uluulu₂, ulūlu  R   redup. of ulu₂, possessed by a god...

uluulu₃, ulūlu  R  vs. tangled, snarled, snagged, mussed, ruffled, frayed; angry, violent, agitated.

uluulu₄, ulūlu  R   same as unuunu₁, to singe.

uluulu₅, ulūlu  R  n. diving or scoop net, its mouth being held open with two sticks.

uluulu₆, ulūlu  R  n. sea cavern.

uluulu₇, ulūlu  R   to munch.

ʻuluʻulu  R  n. collection, gathering, assembly.

uluulu lei  R  n. leis offered to the gods.

ulu waʻa  R  n. fleet of canoes.

ulu wale  R  vi. to grow easily or without care; spontaneous.
 

uluwehi  R  nvs. lush and beautiful verdure; a place where beautiful plants thrive; festively adorned. ...

uluwehiwehi  R   redup. of uluwehi, lush and beautiful verdure...

uluwela  R   same as kauluwela, glowing; swarming; taboo ceremony...