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haku ipupulp and seeds of melon

haku kā koʻistone for chipping (Malo 51)

haku n. sponge-like material in a sprouting coconut. see lumi moe haku, pepeke haku. cf. niu haku. CN

haku A hard lump of anything; the tongue of a bell; a padlock; a hard bunch in the flesh; the ball of the eye; haku onohi; the name of several species of hard stones formerly used in working stone adzes; ua kapaia kela mau pohaku, he haku ka koi ka inoa.

1. v., To dispose of things in order; to put in order.

2. To arrange or tie feathers in a kahili; to make a wreath or lei; e haku i ka lei; e haku oe i lehua. Laieik. 146.

3. To put words in order, as in poetry; to compose a song.

4. To rule over people, i. e., to put and keep them in order; to act, as a lord over men.

5. By a change of letters, haku for kahu, to bake fish with hot stones.

6. FIG. The forming of a new affection in the mind; ka manawa i haku ai ke aloha ma ka naau.

7. Hoohaku. To rule over; to direct others. Oihk. 25:43. Haku mele, a composer of songs, i. e., a poet; nana ia i haku, he composed it.

kikino, Age, epoch, era, period.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Ke au haku kūlohelohe. Eolithic age, in anthropology.
  • Ke au haku kā pahi. Paleolithic age.
  • Ke au haku kā nahau. Mesolithic age.
  • Ke au haku ʻānai. Neolithic age.
  • Ke au haku keleaweʻula. Aeneolithic age.
  • Ke au keleawekini. Bronze age.
• References:
  • See Au Palaʻo, au paʻahau.

1. “Haku one was the small piece of land under cultivation by the peasant which the konohiki seized for his own use, though the peasant had to continue its cultivation. A peasant, for instance, has six taro patches; the aliʻi appropriated the best one for himself, and that was called koele. The konohiki, or haku aina, took another for himself and that was called haku one.” (DM) 2. Not a land division term, but refers specifically to a plot reserved for the exclusive use of the konohiki or haku ʻāina’, can be both wet and dryland areas under cultivation (ESH). 3. A small land division smaller in size than a kōʻele (T) (PE). 4. A small division of land, similar to or smaller that a kōʻele cultivated for the chief (AP). 5. Inland pond (PE).

kikino, Sponge-like material in a sprouting coconut.

• Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • See entries below and lumi moe haku, pepeke haku.
• References:
  • Cf. niu haku.

hamani, To make, as a test; to write, as a computer program.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Haku i ka hōʻike. To make a test.
  • Haku kōmi ʻōkuhi. To write a (computer) script.
  • Haku polokalamu. To write a program, as for a computer.
• References:
  • Cf. hana i ka hōʻike, kākau i ka hōʻike.

s. A lord; a master; an overseer; a ruler. Oihk. 21:4.

2. A hard lump of anything; the tongue of a bell; a padlock; a hard bunch in the flesh; the ball of the eye; haku onohi; the name of several species of hard stones formerly used in working stone adzes; ua kapaia kela mau pohaku, he haku ka koi ka inoa.

1. v., To dispose of things in order; to put in order.

2. v., To arrange or tie feathers in a kahili; to make a wreath or lei: e haku i ka lei; e haku oe i lehua. (Laieik. p. 146.)

3. v., To put words in order, as in poetry; to compose a song.

｜ No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Haku ʻānai. Neolithic, in anthropology.
    • Ke au haku ʻānai. Neolithic age, period.

Haku kā pahi. Paleolithic, in anthropology. Ke au haku kā pahi. Paleolithic age, period.

kikino Copper. Comb. keleawe + ʻula. Haku keleaweʻula. Aeneolithic, in anthropology. Ke au haku keleaweʻula. Aeneolithinic age, period.

kikino, Arrow, an indicator; arrowhead.

• Related:
  • Haku kā nahau. Mesolithic, in anthropology.
  • Ke au haku kā nahau. Mesolithic age, period.
  • Nahau ʻiole. Mouse arrow, pointer, or cursor, as in a computer program. Usually nahau. Cf. kahaʻimo. See pihi nahau.
• References:
  • PPN ngāsau .
  • See pua, ihe Existing dictionary word.

Haku kā pahi. Paleolithic, in anthropology. Ke au haku kā pahi. Paleolithic age, period.

Haku kā nahau. Mesolithic, in anthropology. Ke au haku kā nahau. Mesolithic age, period.

Pas/imp. of haku #2, haku #3.

1. Tenants at sufferance under the konohiki. Maikai v. A. Hastings & Co., 5 Haw. 133 (1884). 2. Tenant residing within an ahupuaʻa. Haalelea v. Montgomery, 2 Haw. 62, 66 (1858). 3. Native tenants. Oni v. Meek, 2 Haw. 87, 88 (1858). 4. Members of a hui. Pìlipo v. Scott, 21 Haw. 609, 611 (1913); Scott v. Pilipo, 23 Haw. 349, 351 (1916). 5. Tenant. Territory v. Bishop Trust Co., Ltd., 41 Haw. 597 (1957) (Territory II). 6. Tenants of an ahupuaʻa. Territory v. Bishop Trust Co., Ltd., 41 Haw. 358, 369 (1956). 7. Tenant, caretaker, as on a kuleana (PE). 8. A person to whom the haku ʻāina or konohiki commits the care of his land (AP). 9. A husbandman; a tiller of the ground for a haku ʻāina or konohiki (AP).

hamani, To take, as a test.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Also: hana.
  • Kākau i ka hōʻike. To take a test.
• References:
  • Cf. haku i ka hōʻike.

1. n. Swordfish, sailfish, marlin, spearfish (Istiophoridae 🌐).

• References:
  • See sayings, laʻa #2, ʻoloʻolo #3.
  • PPN haku.

2. pronoun. Me (used after e and me and fusing with iā to form iaʻu; Gram. 9.6.3).

• Examples:
  • Hana ʻia e aʻu, done by me.
  • Noho ʻoia me aʻu, he stayed with me.
  • Nānā mai ʻoia iaʻu, he looked at me.
• References:
  • PNP aku .

3. possessive My, mine (a-form, zero-class; Gram. 9.6.3).

• References:
  • PPN haʻaku .

s. A sovereign; one in whom is supreme authority. Tito 3:1.

2. Sovereignty; majesty; supremacy; it is applied to men and to gods, as haku, alli and akua. In the Old Testament it is applied to Jehovah. Heb. 8:1. In the New Testament it is applied to Jesus Christ. Heb. 1:3. Hoailona moe, a badge of supreme authority; applied to the Son of God. Heb. 1:8.

3. The name of one of the gods in the laukini.

adj. Supreme; royal; lordly; pertaining to the gods; haku, alii, akua.

Supreme; royal; lordly; pertaining to the gods; haku, alii akua.

1. A sovereign; one in whom is supreme authority.

2. Sovereignty; majestic; supremacy; it is applied to men and to gods, as haku, alii and akua. In the Old Testament it is applied to Jehovah. In the New Testament it is applied to Jesus Christ. Hoailona moi, a badge of supreme authority; applied to the Son of God.

3. One of the gods in a temple.

1. A border, edge or boundary of a thing where it unites or is near to another when in contact, as edges of bones; the seam or place of uniting in a garment.

2. A lot or portion in anything. Syn: Kuleana.

3. Union or nearness to; he mea e maopopo ai ke ano hoahanau ana, a thing that proves relationship.

4. With iki, a very small portion of a thing; lihi iki, a very small piece. Aole ona wahi lihi ike iki i ka ka Haku olelo, He has no knowledge at all of the Lord's word. Syn: Huna, a fragment.

1. nvs., Rock, stone, mineral, tablet; sinker (see ex., pīkoi #3); thunder; rocky, stony.

• Related:
  • Mauna Pōhaku, Rocky Mountains.
  • Ke kaʻa maila ka pōhaku, the thunder peals.
  • hoʻopōhaku Caus/sim.; To harden, as lava; to petrify; hard. Figuratively, stubborn.
• References:
  • See haku #3.
  • PPN fatu, PCP poo-fatu.

2. vs., Weighted with rocks, hence stationary, not moving.

• Examples:
  • Pōhaku kaomi moena, a stone weighing down a mat, said of a homebody.
  • Pōhaku ʻau waʻa lā leʻaleʻa i kai nei (chant), fleet of canoes at anchor, happy here at sea.
• Related:
  • hoʻopōhaku Caus/sim.; To remain long in one place; to stay at home.
    • E hoʻopōhaku, e noho mālie (chant), stay, rest quietly.

3. n., Type of crab.

1. vt., To open, as the eyes; open, watching.

• Examples:
  • E noho ʻoe e kaʻakaʻa i ka hale, stay and watch the house.
  • Ē ka Haku ē, i kaʻakaʻa koʻu mau maka (Mar. 10.51), Lord, that I might receive sight.
• Related:
  • hoʻokaʻakaʻa Caus/sim. Rare
• References:
  • PCP takataka.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star or constellation, said to be on the border of the Milky Way.

• References:
  • (KL. line 1865).

3. Rare variant of koʻa, coral head, fishing grounds.

• Rare

nvt. To plant, bury; planting, burial. Figuratively, hereditary.

• Examples:
  • Kanu papahu wili, to set solidly into the ground by twisting in and then tamping with a post; literally, plant stick twist.
  • He moʻopuna na kō lākou haku kanu, he was a grandson of their hereditary lord.
• Related:
  • Mea kanu, crops, plants.
  • hoʻokanu Caus/sim.; To cause to plant or bury.
• References:
  • PPN tanu.

hamani, To report.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Haʻiʻōlelo hōʻike. Oral report, presented as a speech.
  • Haku i ka hōʻike. To make a test.
  • Hana i ka hōʻike, kākau i ka hōʻike. To take a test.
• References:
  • Cf. hōʻike haʻi waha, hōʻike palapala.

kikino, As for a computer, Program; As in a computer program, Application.

• Source:
  • English.
• Related:
  • Haku polokalamu. To write a program, as for a computer.
  • Pā polokalamu. Program disk. Preceded by ke.
  • Polokalamu hōkeo ʻikepili. Database program.
  • Polokalamu kikokiko palapala. Word processor.
• References:
  • See pakuhi makaʻaha.

1. nvi. To go down, descend; downhill, towards the sea; to subside; go south or before the wind; descent.

• Related:
  • hoʻoiho Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PPN hifo.

2. n. Core, as of an apple, breadfruit, or pandanus; cob, as of corn; heart, as of celery; spongy white growth in the center of a sprouted coconut, sometimes called coconut sponge (cf. lolo niu); pith, spadix; flesh of the octopus after the skin is removed; axis, as of the earth; axle, as of a wheel.

• Related:
  • Iho ʻole, without core, said of koa trees easily shaped into canoes.
  • Also haku.
• References:
  • PPN uso, PCP iso.

3. n. Collective terms for inner layers of white sleeping tapas below the kilohana.

4. n. Block used in plaiting a hat to give shape to the crown.

• Related:
  • Also: pahu pāpale.

5. n. Battery, electric plug.

6. directional. Down, below.

• Examples:
  • Maluna iho, just barely on top.
  • Hele iho, go down, descend.
• Related:
  • Iho + demonstrative la is pronounced and written as a single word, ihola.
• References:
  • Table 12, Gram. 7.2.
  • PPN hifo.

7. Same part. and reference as above but with reflexive meaning, often following words describing activities of the body, as eating, drinking, thinking.

• Examples:
  • ʻAi iho, to eat.
  • Noʻonoʻo iho, to think.
  • Make wai ihola ʻo Kāwika (Oihn. 11.17), David was thirsty.
• References:
  • PPN hifo.

8. Same part. and reference as above, with meaning “self” personally.

• Examples:
  • E hana ʻoia nona iho, he will work for himself.
  • Paʻakiki ma kāna iho (Kep. 103), stubborn with his own self.
  • ʻO au iho nō me ka mahalo, I am, yours respectfully.

9. Same part. and reference as iho 6–8, but used with words of time, usually present or future, but past if followed by nei.

• Examples:
  • Mahope iho, afterwards.
  • Kēia Lāpule iho, this coming Sunday.
  • ʻO ko manawa ihola nō ia, it's just the time.
  • ʻĀnō iho nei, just now, just a short time ago, recently.
  • I kēia mau lā iho nei, a few days ago.

v. Pa, a wall, and ku, to stand. To partition off; to guard; to defend; to shield one from harm; manao iho la au e haliu ae i ko kakou Haku me ka i aku, e paku mai oe ia'u; to parry off; to defend by some means; a paku aku la na kanaka i ka moena no ka pu, and the people put up their mats as a defense against the guns.

2. To cast away; to drive off; to tread or trample down; e hahi, e hehi, e peku.

[Pa, a wall, and ku, to stand.] To partition off, to guard; to defend; to shield one from harm: manao iho la au e haliu ae i ko kakou Haku me ka i aku, e paku mai oe ia'u; to parry off; to defend by some means; a paku aku la na kanaka i ka moena no ka pu, and the people put up their mats as a defense against the guns.

See haku, lord.

ʻaʻano Invented. Ua hakuhia iā ia kekahi mīkini hou. A new machine was invented by him/her. Comb. haku + -hia. Cf. hoʻohakuhia.

hamani, To take, as a test.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Hana i ka hōʻike. To take a test.
• Related:
  • Also: kākau.
• References:
  • Cf. haku i ka hōʻike.

kikino, Directions.

• Source:
  • Shortened from ʻōlelo + kuhikuhi.
• Related:
  • Kōmi ʻōkuhi. Script, i.e. a set of computer codes programmed to run consecutively in a computer system. Haku kōmi ʻōkuhi. To write a (computer) script; scripting.

v. To make tracks.

2. To walk over ground; aole loa i meheu aku na wahi a makou i hana pu ai me na haku, the place are no longer trodden by us where we worked with our masters.

3. To walk over a particular spot frequently so as to make a path. See MAA.

v., To complain, as a person of a perverse or sour temper; to grumble; chide; find fault; to strive. Nah. 20:13. Iole makou e aaka a koea iho, that we may not think hard and refuse.

2. To be very dry; to be exceedingly thirsty.

3. To burst or crack open, as a ripe melon or banana.

4. To be hard, severe, as labor or toil; aole i aakaia ka hana a na haku, the work for the lords was not hard.

1. v., To complain, as a person of a perverse or sour temper; to grumble, chide, find fault; to strive: I ole makou e aaka a koea iho, that we may not find fault and refuse.

2. v., To be very dry; to be exceedingly thirsty.

3. v., To burst or crack open, as a ripe melon or banana.

4. v., To be hard, severe, as labor or toil: aole i aakaia ka hana a na haku: the work for the lords was not hard.

vs., Clever, skillful, dexterous, wise, artistic, talented, expert, technical.

• Examples:
  • He wahine noʻeau i ka haku lei hulu, a woman skillful at making feather leis.
• Related:
  • ʻŌlelo noʻeau, wise or entertaining proverb, saying.

s. One who is false to his trust.

2. An act of villainy; fraud, or artifice.

3. Falsehood; forgery, by getting property in the name of another; haku epa, one who speaks falsely to the hurt of another.

v., Haku and apa and epa, false. To speak falsely; to speak to the hurt of one; to detract.

1. n., All species of native fan palms (Pritchardia 🌐).

• Related:
  • Hats are plaited of its leaves bleached white.
  • Also: noulu.
• References:
  • Neal 97–9.
  • Cf. hāwane.

2. n., Umbrella, so called because the loulu palm leaf was formerly used as protection from rain or sun.

3. n., Alutera monoceros, a fish, perhaps so called because its greenish-white skin resembled the loulu palm; used in sorcery to cause death because the name contains the word lou, to hook.

4. n., Type of heiau said to be built for prevention of epidemics, famine, destruction; long rituals dedicating a temple including kauila nui, fetching of the ʻōhiʻa logs for images (haku ʻō hiʻa), kuili and hono rituals (Ii 38).

v. To be thorough going; to persevere; to hold out; to have a strong desire for a thing; e hoomanawanui a loaa mai; he kanaka hoomakaulii haku, a nolaila e malama pono i ka waiwai; he hoomakaulii ma ka manao i ke Akua.

1. nvt., Song, anthem, or chant of any kind; poem, poetry; to sing, chant (preceded by both ke and ka).

• Examples:
  • Kāna mele, his song [sung by him or composed by him].
  • Kona mele, his song [in his honor].
  • Ke Mele a Solomona (Biblical), the Song of Solomon.
  • Mele ʻoli, gay song.
• Related:
  • hoʻomele Caus/sim.; To cause to sing or chant.
• References:
  • Cf. haku mele.
  • Cf. oli, a chant that is not danced to.
  • PNP umele .

2. vs., Yellow.

3. vs., Merry.

• Source:
  • English.
• Examples:
  • Mele Kalikimaka, merry Christmas.

v. To turn towards or from, as mai or aku is used.

2. To turn one's attention to a thing; to turn round to look.

3. To turn the ear; to listen.

4. To turn aside from following one. 2 Sam. 2:21, 22.

5. To turn from a direct road. Kanl. 1:40. With pepeiao, to listen.

6. To turn towards one with love and respect; manao iho la au e haliu ae i ka Haku, I determined to turn to the Lord.

7. Hoo. To cause to turn, as the attention or care. 1 Nal. 8:58.

1. To turn towards or from, as mai or aku is used.

2. To turn one's attention to a thing; to turn round to look.

3. To listen.

4. To turn aside or from.

5. To turn towards one with love and respect: manao iho la au e haliu ae i ka Haku; I determined to turn to the Lord; E haliu mai ko alo; turn your face this way.

ʻaʻano, Fiction; fictitious.

• Source:
  • Combination of haku + puni.
• Examples:
  • Hakupuni kohu ʻoiaʻiʻo. Realistic fiction.
  • Hakupuni mōʻaukala. Historical fiction.
  • Puke hakupuni. Fiction book.
• References:
  • Cf. hakuleʻi.
  • See mōhihiʻo.

ʻaʻano, Nonfiction.

• Source:
  • Shortened from haku + pololeʻi.
• Examples:
  • Puke hakuleʻi. Nonfiction book.
• References:
  • Cf. hakupuni.

kikino Bedroom. Dic. Lumi moe haku. Master bedroom. Lumi moe malihini. Guest room.

Same as kūlōʻihi, short for kūloa.

• Examples:
  • E kūlō aʻe ana au i kuʻu haku, I am waiting long for my master.

1. s., A thing to be looked at as curious; a curiosity; nana iho la maua me ka milimili, we two looked at as a curiosity.

2. A lord; a chief; a foster-child. Laieik. 20. He haku, he alii, he hanai.

s. Anger at the haku for his requiring too much labor; anger laid up and cherished in the mind (#x201C;nursing one’s wrath to keep it warm.#x201D; Burns.) E noi aku ia ia me ka hoowahawaha ole ame ke kunukunu ole; na noho ia i keia wahi me ka hoomanawanui ame ke kunukunu ole.

1. Expression of discontent at the haku, overseer, for his requiring too much labor.

2. Anger laid up and cherished in the mind. E noi aku ia ia me ka hoowahawaha ole ame ke kunukunu ole; ua noho ia i keia wahi me ka hoomanawanui ame ke kunukunu ole.

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