Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of ʻula #1; bay, as a horse.

• Examples:
  • ʻUlaʻula o ke ahi, the red of fire; figuratively, a flush of intoxication, newly distilled liquor.
  • ʻIli ʻulaʻula a naʻau ʻulaʻula, venom-tongued and heart filled with hate.
• Related:
  • hōʻulaʻula Caus/sim.; To redden, make red.
    • Mea hōʻulaʻula lehelehe, lipstick.
    • Mea hōʻulaʻula papālina, rouge.
• References:
  • PPN kulakula .

2. n., Various red snappers of the family Lutjanidae 🌐 as Etelis marshi.

• Related:
  • Varieties are qualified by the terms hiwa, koaʻe (tropic bird, perhaps named because of the long streamer on the fishʻs tail thought to resemble the bird), maoli, ʻōpūlauoho.

3. n., A native variety of taro, with red or purple petioles, small leaf blades with purple piko, reddish flowers, the corms used for both poi and table taro, grown in wetland and upland culture.

• Related:
  • ʻUlaʻula may be qualified by the terms kumu, moano, and poni.
• References:
  • Whitney 50–52.

4. The cardinal, Kentucky cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis 🌐), established in about 1930

5. n., Blood.

6. n., A red tapa.

7. n., A variety of sugar cane.

• References:
  • HP 222, 225.

｜ No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Manu ʻulaʻula. Cardinal. Also: manu mākaʻi.

Red, reddish; blood; a red kapa.

Two snappers: 1. Etelis carbunculus. Red in color above, pale yellowish below. Lives in deep water and grows to 36 inches. 2. Marshʻs snapper (Etelis marshi). A reddish body above, silvery below. Lives in deep waters outside the reef.

Red kapa. (PE.)

A deep claret-red cane of medium size when young, changing to black-purple on exposure. Has a purple leaf sheath and leaves with a strong purple cast. Pith is deep orange-brown.

Red, as a blaze seen in the night. Lit., tongue of fire. (CMH.)