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Kupeleleu (kū'-pĕ'-lĕ-lē'u), v.

/ kū'-pĕ'-lĕ-lē'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ku, stand, and peleleu, broad, extended.]

1. To stand in a broad or spreading posture, as one who blocks up the door or a narrow passage.

2. To be broad, as one with spreading or bulky baggage on his back: He aha kau e kupeleleu nei? What are you doing standing so big here?

1. Broad, wide land or plains. 2. To be broad; to be extended (AP). 3. Broad, wide (PE). Also, laʻa (T).

ākea

/ ā.kea / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Broad, wide, spacious, open, unobstructed, public, at large; full, as a skirt; breadth, width.

  • Figuratively, liberal.
  • Examples:
    • Piliwaiwai ākea, open gambling.
    • Ākea ka noʻonoʻo, broad-minded.
    • Hōʻike ākea, a public report; to lay before the public.
    • Ke hoʻolaha ʻia aku nei ma ke ākea, there is being widely advertised hereby.

2. (Cap.) n., Variant of Wākea.

Nā LepiliTags: epithets religion

Beam reach on the port side, i.e. sailing at a 90° angle from the direction of the wind, with the port side windward. Kele ama kāmoe.

hehele, Broad reach on the port side, i.e. sailing downwind at an angle between 90° and directly downwind, with the port side windward. Kele ama kaʻakepa.

Beam reach on the starboard side, i.e. sailing at a 90° angle from the direction of the wind, with the starboard side windward. Kele ʻākea kāmoe.

broad reach (starboard)

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Broad reach on the starboard side, i.e. sailing downwind at an angle between 90° and directly downwind, with the starboard side windward. Kele ʻākea kaʻakepa. See broad reach (port), beam reach (port, starboard), close hauled (port, starboard), downwind.

v. Ho for hoo, and akea, broad. To make broad or wide; to cause enlargement; hence, to deliver from difficulty.

Hoakea (hō'-ā-kē'-a), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ho for hoo, and akea, broad.]

1. To make broad or wide; to cause enlargement; hence,

2. To deliver from difficulty.

1. s., A land; an island.

2. A part separated or broken off.

3. A meal; an eating.

4. The Cape gooseberry.

5. The sound made in tearing a piece of cloth or in breaking a cord.

6. The sound of a flea hopping on a piece of paper.

7. Eng. A pine or fir tree. 2 Oihl. 2:8. Laau paina. 2 Oihl. 3:5.

8. Fine white cloth; he lole keokeo makalii; also, broad cloth; paa paina, a suit of broad cloth.

Nā LepiliTags: geography flora trees onomatopoeia food

laulā

/ lau.lā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvi., Broad, wide; liberal; width, breadth, extent; widely known; publicly.

  • Examples:
    • Hele laulā, to act with freedom or liberty, to go freely.
    • Inoa laulā, name generally known, not taboo.
    • Maʻi laulā, epidemic, contagious disease.
    • Manaʻo laulā, broad-minded; liberal ideas.
    • ʻŌlelo laulā, general conversation.
    • Unuhi laulā loa, free translation.
    • Ua ʻōlelo laulā ʻia, publicly stated.

laupapa

/ lau.papa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., A broad flat, as of coral, lava, reef.

  • Examples:
    • Kalaupapa (place on Molokaʻi), the broad flat area.
  • References:

2. n., Board, lumber.

  • Examples:
    • Pā laupapa, wooden fence.

This word is the causative prefix to verbs; as, malu, to shade, hoomalu, to cause a shade, to overshadow; pono, good, right, hoopono, to correct, to make right; akea, to be broad, hooakea, or hoakea, to cause to be broad, i. e., to extend, enlarge, &c. See Gram.§ 33 and§ 212, and the conjugations 7, 8, 11, 12, 15 and 16.

This prefix, though originally adapted to the verb, continues its influence though the verb with its causative prefix becomes a noun, adjective or adverb. Ua hele oia i ka hoike, he has gone to the exhibition; he kanaka hoopunipuni, a man causing deception, i. e., a deceitful man; olelo hooino iho la, he spoke causing reproach, i. e., he spoke reproachfully. Before words whose first letter is a vowel, the last o of the hoo frequently coalesces with the vowel of the word following, particularly before a, e and o; as, hoano for hooano; hoole for hooole, &c. (See the preceding pages from the word hoaa to hoo.) Some words have haa for their causative prefix instead of hoo; as, haaheo for hooheo (from heo, pride), to be haughty. This form seems to come from the Tahitian dialect. A few words take both forms for their causative, as hoonui and haanui, from nui, to be large. Hoawi, to give, is used for hooawi, but haawi is used oftener than either.

Strictly speaking, hoo in a Dictionary should not begin a verb, but verbs having this prefix should be set in their places, and their meanings be modified by the hoo as it occurs; as, ike, to know, &c., hoo. or ho., to cause to know, to show, to exhibit; ikeia, to be known, hoo., to be made known, to be shown; ikeike, to know clearly, hoo., to make known clearly or frequently, &c.; but a large class of words have been found beginning with the causative prefix hoo, whose roots are not known or have not come to light, or are out of use. It is true, such a root might be assumed as being in existence or having once existed, as Greek Lexicographers often assume an obsolete theme; but there would be much danger in Hawaiian of getting the wrong word: hence, we know not where to put such roots unless we retain the hoo for the beginning of the word. This occasions some repetition, but it is hoped it will not be a serious inconvenience. The following words beginning with hoo are such as were first found in that form and whose root was not known. They are now retained in that form because many are other parts of speech than verbs. Where the words beginning with hoo have been defined under their roots, the definitions here will be very short and the reader referred to the root.

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

Causative prefix to verbs; as, malu, to shade, hoomalu, to cause a shade, to over-shadow; pono, good, right, hoopono, to correct, to make right; akea, to be broad, hooakea or hoakea, to cause to be broad, that is, to extend, enlarge, etc.

This prefix, though originally adapted to the verb, retains its causative meaning when the word becomes a noun, adjective or adverb. Ua hele oia i ka hoike, he has gone to the exhibition; he kanaka hoopunipuni, a man causing deception, that is, a deceitful man; olelo hooino iho la, he spoke causing reproach, that is, he spoke reproachfully.

Before words whose first letter is a vowel, the last o of the hoo frequently coalesces with the vowel of the word following, for the sake of euphony, particularly before a, e and o; as, hoano for hooano; hoole for hooole, etc. Some words have haa (but very seldom) for their causative prefix instead of hoo; as, haaheo for hooheo (from heo, pride), to be haughty. This form seems to come from the Tahitiian dialect. A few words take both forms for then-causative, as hoonui and haanui, from nui, to be large. Hoawi, to give, is used for hooawi. but haawi is used oftener than either.

Strictly speaking, hoo in a dictionary should not begin a verb, but verbs having this prefix should be set in their places and their meanings be modified by hoo as it occurs; as, ike, to know, etc hooike or hoike, to cause to know, to show, to exhibit; ikeia, to be known, hooikeia, to be made known, to be shown; ikeike, to know clearly; hooikeike, to make known clearly or frequently, etc. But a large class of words begin with the causative prefix hoo, whose roots are not known or are out of use. Though such a root might be assumed as being in existence or having once existed, as Greek lexicographers often assume an obsolete theme, there would be much danger in Hawaiian of getting the wrong word: hence it has seemed advisable to retain hoo as the beginning of the word. This occasions some repetition, but it is hoped it will not be a serious inconvenience.

This prefix always takes the glottal sound.

Nā LepiliTags: grammar

laukahi

/ lau.kahi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Broad-leafed plantain (Plantago major 🌐), a Eurasian stemless weed, with thick broad leaves, 2.5 to 25 cm long, forming a rosette near the ground, and with tiny flowers developing in a cylindrical head at the tip of a slender stalk; used externally to ripen and heal boils, internally for diabetes and other ailments. Literally, single leaf.

2. n., Marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle verticillata 🌐).

  • Source:
    • Niʻihau.
  • References:

Nā LepiliTags: flora

pālaulau

/ pā.lau.lau / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Reduplication of pālau #3; broad, flat, extended; a wrapper, especially apron or skirt used as a conveyor; to carry in a wrapper.

  • Examples:
    • He aha kā ʻoukou pālaulau? He lāʻī nō! What's your wrapper? Just ti leaves.

2. n., Broad, flat part of a paddle or tool, as of a pickaxe, hoe.

3. n., A kind of red fish resembling the ʻūʻū (no data).

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

Pakiikii (pā'-ki'i-ki'i), adj.

/ pā'-ki'i-ki'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. [Pakii, broad.] Broad; extensively spread out; fallen down flatly.

2. Applied to a fish net, a small net: i ka upena pakiikii.

Kalaupapa

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

1. Dive site, Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. One of several dive sites on the leeward side of the peninsula. 2. Harbor, Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. Small harbor on the southwest side of the peninsula where supplies for the village are delivered by tug and barge twice a year. Improvements made in 1967 included a 144-foot-long rubblemound breakwater, a turning basin, and an entrance channel through the reef. Also known as Dawson Wharf. 3. Light, Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. Same as Molokaʻi Light. 4. Peninsula, Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. Broad, low basaltic shield volcano that became a peninsula when lava from Kauhakō Crater flowed against the great sea cliffs of East Molokaʻi. Although the peninsula consists of three land divisions—Kalaupapa, Makanalua, and Kalawao—it is known as Kalaupapa Peninsula. Kalaupapa has been the permanent settlement on the peninsula since the 1930s. In 1866, the Board of Health selected the peninsula to be the site of an exile colony for Hansen's Disease patients. Father Damien arrived in 1873 as the first resident Catholic priest and died there in 1889. 5. Trail, Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. The historic 3-mile cliff trail with twenty-six switchbacks begins 1,664 feet above sea level in Palaʻau State Park and descends to ʻAwahua Beach on the west side of the peninsula. Lit., the flat plain or the broad, flat reef.

uhakē

/ uha.kē / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Same as hakē; broad, wide.

  • Examples:
    • Uhakē nā iwi pāpā kole, the hip bones are broad.

v. See AKEA, broad. To enlarge; to spread out; to widen; to make broad.

Hooakea (ho'o-ā'-kē'-a), v.

/ ho'o-ā'-kē'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hoo and akea, broad.] To enlarge; to spread out; to widen; to make broad. See hoakea.

1. vs. Broad. Cf. ʻololī. Hānau kāne iā wai ʻololī, ʻo ka wahine iā wai ʻololā (KL. line 34), man is born for narrow stream, woman for broad stream.

2. n. A small flying fish resembling the puhikiʻi.

kūpeleleu

/ kū.pele.leu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Sprawling, occupying all the space so that others have no room; broad, as hips.

  • Examples:
    • Kūpeleleu ke kīkala, hips broad.

v. Ku and peleleu, a short wide canoe. To stand in a broad or spreading posture, as one who blocks up the door or a narrow passage.

2. To be broad, as one with spreading or bulky baggage on his back; heaha kau e kupeleleu nei? what are you doing standing so big here?

vs. Broad. Lit., broad surface.

adj. Pi and lalahi. See LAHI. Broad; wide; extended; flat, as a broad, flat surface.

Moanaana (mō'-ă'-nă-ā'-na), v.

/ mō'-ă'-nă-ā'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Moana, broad.]

1. To be broad; to be extended.

2. To be opened widely.

3. To be left without care; to be neglected. Waiho moanaana, waiho wale.

n.

1. An endemic fern (Thelypteris keraudreniana), with large, broad, pale, subdivided fronds, the last divisions triangular or oblong, the spores arranged in small dots scattered on the frond back. Also alaʻalai.

2. A native fern (Pteris excelsa), with large, broad, bright-green, subdivided fronds, in general like waimakanui 1, but the last divisions longer and subfalcate, and the spores arranged in a line under the curled frond margin.

Broad-leafed plantain (Plantago major), the seeds of which are a mawai (cathartic) to infants. Its purpose is to carry off the meconium. (A.) This broad-leafed plantain was used externally to “ripen” and heal boils, internally for diabetes and other ailments. (BHK; NEAL 792.)

, the causative prefix of verbs, as akea to bo broad, hooakea to cause to be broad i. e. to extend, enlarge, &c. The prefix, often continues though the word becomes a noun, adjective or adverb. Ua hele aia i ka hoike he has gone to tbu exhibition. He kanaka hoopunipuni a man causing deception; that is, a deceitful man. Before words whose first letter is a vowel, tho last o of the hoo frequently coalesces with the vowel, particularly before a, e, and o; as honno for hooano, hoole for hooole. Some words take haa for the causative prefix instead of hoo; as haaheo for hooheo. A few. words also take both forms as hoonui and haanui. Houwi is used, for hooawi, haawi is also common.

s., A barren, fruitless plant or tree.

2. A soldier; plural, soldiers; an army; a multitude.

3. The horned coral; the same as akoakoa; the coral rock; koa ahi and koa opelu, places among the coral rocks where the fishes ahi and opelu are found; o ke koa a lakou e lawaia ai, the coral is where they fished; he puu koa, a clump of coral rocks.

4. A mean beggar.

5. The name of a large tree growing on the mountains, good for furniture, of which canoes are made and instruments of war.

6. A mistake in speaking or acting; doing what was not designed.

7. In geography, a sound; a strait; a channel; waha koa, a strait. See KOWA.

8. A broad, prominent forehead.

vs., Extended, spread out, broad, published, circulated, distributed, disseminated, promulgated, advertised, broadcast, widespread, increased, numerous, common, general, ordinary.

  • Examples:
    • Ua laha nui ka pānini, cactus grows far and wide.
  • References:

2. n., Gourd calabash painted with patterns.

  • References:
    • HP 208.

3. n., A kind of yam with white flesh under the skin (HP 168), contrasting with those with purple-red flesh under the skin that were liked for medicine.

v. To spread out; to extend laterally; to make broad; to enlarge.

2. To extend; to spread abroad, as a report; aole hoi i laha nui ka ai noa ia la, the free eating (i. e., the report of it) did not extend greatly on that day.

3. To be distributed far and wide.

4. To be circulated, as a proclamation.

5. To increase; to spread out; to become numerous, as a people. Kin. 48:16.

6. Hoo. To spread intelligence extensively.

7. To promulgate, as a law or decree among the people. Luk. 2:1.

8. To increase greatly; applied to beasts, birds, fish and men.

s. Name of a calabash broad and flat, but not high; he ipu nou. See NOUU.

adj. Broad; extended; spread out.

Laha (lā'-ha), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Broad; extended; spread out. Syn: Palahalaha.

Laha (lā'-ha), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A calabash broad and flat, but not high; he ipu nou. Also called nounou or paka.

2. Seed of the gourd which produces the laha.

s. Dizziness; drowsiness; in-clination to sleep.

2. The sensation felt when one flies a saw.

3. A broad smooth place, as a reef un-covered with water.

maiʻapōpōʻulupuapuanui

/ maiʻa-pō.pō-ʻulu-pua.pua-nui / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., A Hawaiian variety of banana, resembling maiʻa iho lena, but the fruit broad-tipped. Literally, bigtailed pōpō ʻulu banana.

Nā LepiliTags: flora food maiʻa

Lalo, haʻa, haʻahaʻa, pē, pēpē, emi; pāpapa (as a reef). See tide. Low and broad, as a door or bowl, pākākā. Low-growing, neneʻe. Low-lying, neʻineʻi.

adj., Broad; spacious; open; not crowded; public; ua kaawale ka hale, ua akea oloko.

1. v., To be broad or wide, as a land.

2. To be separate, as different, things, a space being between them; ua akea ka aina, aole pilikia. Mostly used in the causative sense.

3. Hoo. To enlarge; widen out. Isa. 54:2.

4. To make room for one, i. e., to set free from difficulty, and supply one’s wants. Kanl. 12:20.

5. To enlarge one’s heart. Isa. 60:8. To become generous.

s., A broad open space; a place not concealed.

akea

/ ā-ke'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Broad; spacious; open; not crowded; public; ua kaawale ka hale, ua akea oloko.

akea

/ ā-ke'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A broad open space; a place not concealed.

akea

/ ā-ke'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be broad; to be vast; to be remote; to be extended in breadth.

1. vs., Different, separate, unrelated, another; whole; entirety; a whole note in music; entirely, wholly, completely; altogether, fully, independently, exclusively.

  • Examples:
    • ʻAi ʻokoʻa, cooked unpounded taro; literally, whole food.
    • No ke kōkua ʻole ʻia mai, hana ʻokoʻa ihola nō wau, because of not being helped, I worked independently.
    • He hoʻokuli ʻokoʻa iho nō. (FS 217), a pretense of being stone deaf.
    • Moe ʻokoʻa (FS 149), to lie down and stay, as of one exhausted.
    • Holo ʻokoʻa, to run far away.
    • Haʻawipio ʻokoʻa, to give up completely; unconditional surrender.
  • References:

2. To be early or continuing, of time of day.

  • Examples:
    • I ka lā ʻokoʻa (FS 31), while still daylight; in broad daylight.

Nā LepiliTags: music time

close hauled (port)

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Close hauled on the port side, i.e. sailing into the wind at the closest angle possible, generally 67°, with the port side windward. Kele ama kūnihi. See beam reach (port, starboard), broad reach (port, starboard), close hauled (starboard), downwind.

close hauled (starboard)

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Close hauled on the starboard side, i.e. sailing into the wind at the closest angle possible, generally 67°, with the starboard side windward. Kele ʻākea kūnihi. See beam reach (port, starboard), broad reach (port, starboard), close hauled (port), downwind.

To sail directly ~. Kele kaʻalalo. See beam reach, broad reach, close hauled.

līpahapaha

/ lī.paha.paha / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., A general term for sea lettuce (Ulva fasciata and Monostroma oxyspermum), common green seaweeds with delicate broad blades, usually with wavy margins.

Nā LepiliTags: flora limu food Kauaʻi Hawaiʻi Maui Molokaʻi Oʻahu

uhiuhi

/ uhi.uhi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Reduplication of uhi #1.

  • References:
    • PPN ʻufiʻufi.

2. n., An endemic legume (Mezoneuron kauaiense 🌐), a tree with pink or red flowers and thin, broad, winged pods (Neal 435). The wood is hard and heavy and formerly was used for hōlua (sleds), spears, digging sticks, and house construction.

Nā LepiliTags: flora

s. A sailing about in a canoe with a sail, or walking about quickly.

2. The brim of a broad-brimmed hat turned up.

kikihi

/ kĭ'-kī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A sailing about in a canoe with a sail.

2. n., Walking about quickly. Both (1) and (2) are generally used with a prefix: as he holo kikihi.

3. n., The brim of a broad-brimmed turned up hat

4. n., A door frame.

5. n., The side posts of a door; the door casing. Also called kukuna and kikina. The door itself is now generally puka.

1. n., Ocean, open sea, lake.

2. n., Campground, consultation place for chiefs.

3. vs., Broad, wide, extended, expansive, spread out.

adj., Broad; wide; extended.

moana

/ mō'-ă'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Broad; wide: extended.

noʻonoʻo

/ noʻo.noʻo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt., Thought, reflection, thinking, meditation; to think, reflect, meditate, concentrate; to consider, as a case at law; thoughtful, mental.

  • Examples:
    • Noʻonoʻo makua, to be thoughtful and considerate of parents and elders, filial.
    • Noʻonoʻo pono, to think carefully, meditate, concentrate.
    • Noʻonoʻo mua, to anticipate, estimate (see ʻōlelo noʻonoʻo).
    • Noʻonoʻo hāiki, narrow-minded; a narrow mind.
    • Noʻonoʻo laulā, broad-minded.
    • Noʻonoʻo nui, to think much, concentrate, meditate; meditation.
  • References:

1. n. Post, pole, pillar, shaft. (PPN pou).

2. n. Ridge, as of nose; lump (Kam. 64:108).

3. n. Mast of canoe.

4. n. Machine gun.

5. n. Part of snood lashing on composite hook, as for bonitos; sometimes shaft of a hook is so called.

6. n. Spool pins on a sewing machine.

7. Same as poupou 1.

8. n. A canoe, broad for its length and wide and blunt at the ends, used for baggage.

9. n. An internal hardening or tumor.

1. s., A broad axe; a hoe; an adze; koiholu, an adze.

2. The depth of the sea; the deep ocean; the flood tide.

pōhuehue

/ pō.hue.hue / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., The beach morning-glory. (Ipomoea pes-caprae 🌐 subsp. brasiliensis), a strong vine found on sandy beaches in the tropics, the smooth, broad leaves notched at the tip; the flowers pink, bell-shaped; a white-flowered form is rare in Hawaiʻi; the fruits small, dry, round, four-seeded. Hawaiians still use the vines to drive fish into nets. Roots, stems, and seeds were used for medicine, though poisonous in large amounts.

  • Examples:
    • E kā i ka pōhuehue, strike with the pōhuehue. [One hit the sea with this vine to make a rough sea for surfing, or to kill an enemy who was in the sea.]
  • References:
    • Neal 709.

2. n., Poetic name for a fisherwoman's skirt, so called because the goddess Haumea draped pōhuehue, vines about herself as she fished.

3. n., A variety of yellow sweet potato.

4. n., A kind of stone used for polishing canoes.

Nā LepiliTags: flora ʻuala

v., To be broad; to be wide; to be extended.

adj., Broad; wide; he keena laula, a wide room.

laula

/ lă'u-lā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Broad; wide; he keena laula, a wide room.

laula

/ lă'u-lā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be broad; to be wide; to be extended.

Laula

/ lău-lā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

broad. Land section, Kona, Hawaii.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Hawaiʻi

s. Lau and papa, a board. A broad smooth plane.

Laupapa (lă'u-pā'-pa), n.

/ lă'u-pā'-pa / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Lau, leaf, and papa, a flat surface.] A broad smooth plane; hence the name of a district on the island of Molokai: Kalaupapa.

Laupapa

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Reef, Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. Reef on the north side of Kalaupapa Wharf that was leaf-shaped prior to the construction of the wharf. Lit., broad, flat reef.

1. v., To feel after a thing.

2. To spread out; to be broad, as a leaf.

3. To be numerous or many. See the noun. Ma keia kula panoa kanaka ole, lau kanaka ai, in this dry uninhabited place there are now many people.

kihikihi

/ KI-HI-KI-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The curving of the horns of the moon; that is, the extremities are the kihikihi.

2. The curve of the wings of a bird.

3. The broad part of an ancient cocked up hat, as the brim was turned up and made sharp corners; ua kihikihi ke poo, curved are their heads, viz.: the officers of Captain Cook's ships with their cocked hats on.

kihikihi

/ kī'-hĭ-kī'-hĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., The curving of the horns of the moon; that is, the extremities are kihikihi.

2. n., The curve of the wings of a bird.

3. n., The broad part of an ancient cocked hat, the brim of which was turned up and made sharp corners: ua kihikihi ke poo, curved are their heads, referring to Captain Cook's officers with their cocked hats on.

4. n., A species of fish, the Moorish idol (Zanclus canescens) white with black bands.

5. n., A species of surgeon fish (Zebrasoma veliferum) black with six bands of white and yellow.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

1. vs., Green.

2. n., The native cotton (Gossypium sandvicense), a shrub in the hibiscus family, bearing yellow flowers and seed cases containing brown cotton.

3. n., The hoary abutilon (Abutilon incanum 🌐), a small native, velvety shrub, in the hibiscus family, with small heartshaped leaves, small pink and red flowers, and small dry fruits.

  • References:
    • Neal 550.

4. n., The hairy abutilon (Abutilon grandifolium 🌐), a weedy, hairy, South American shrub, with large, broad leaves, orange, ʻilima-like flowers, and ten-parted, black, dry fruits. When green and soft, these fruits are used in making ʻilima leis, one for each end of the lei.

  • References:
    • Neal 550.

5. Same as ʻōmaʻo, thrush.

  • References:
    • PCP mako.

Nā LepiliTags: color flora

1. n., All kinds of bamboo; reed (Mat. 27.48); flute; pipe, hose, tube; bamboo tube for preserving fish.

  • Examples:
    • Puhi ʻohe, to play a wind instrument; player of a wind instrument.
    • Hula ʻohe (UL 135), dance to the music of the nose flute.
  • References:

2. n., A coarse, jointed, native grass (Isachne distichophylla), to 190 cm high, with stiff, pointed leaves and open flowering panicle.

3. n., A native bamboo-like plant (Joinvillea ascendens), with stem about 3 m high, 2.5 cm or less in diameter, unbranched; leaf blades 60 to 90 cm by 8 to 13 cm, pointed and plaited; flowering panicle about 30 cm long.

  • References:
    • Neal 166.

4. n., A native tree (Reynoldsia sandwicesis), an araliad, with leaves about 30 cm long, each leaf with seven to eleven broad leaflets with scalloped edges. (Neal 652.) The wood of this kind of tree growing at Mauna Loa, Molokaʻi, was reputed to be poisonous, was used for making poison images, and is the tree form of Kapo, a goddess. See kālaipāhoa, kauila. This tree growing elsewhere was not considered poisonous and was used for making stilts, hence it was also called ʻohe kukuluaeʻo or ʻoheokai or ʻohemakai.

5. n., A native variety of taro, thriving at altitudes above 450 m; leaf stem light-green, tinged with reddish-brown (perhaps like some variety of bamboo); the corm pink-tinted, making excellent poi.

  • Examples:
    • Lele nō ka ʻohe i kona lua, the ʻohe leaps into its hole [a legendary reference; each in his own place].
  • References:
    • Whitney 58.

6. n., Variety of fish (no data).

Nā LepiliTags: flora fauna trees kalo fish

1. n., Nose, snout, beak, bill, trunk of air elephant, toe of a shoe; a kiss.

  • Examples:
    • Moe ka ihu o ka puaʻa, the nose of the pig is laid down [a pig offered as a sacrifice].
    • Kū ka ihu, elevated nose; figuratively,, superior, proud.
    • ʻElepani ihu peleleu (song), longtrunked elephant.
    • ʻUme i ka ihu, to draw on the nose [with the hand, i.e., to weep].
    • Laʻa ka ihu iā Kekalukalu-o-kēwa (Laie 505), reserve the kiss for Kekalukalu-o-kēwā.
    • Aia i ka ihu a ka lio ka ʻai, the food is at the horse's nose [in the direction the horse is going].
  • References:

2. n., Prow or bow of a canoe or ship.

3. n., Thick end of pearl-shell shank.

1. nvt., Fan; to fan, brush, wave, signal, beckon, winnow.

  • Examples:
    • Ka mea i peʻahi ʻia i ka peʻahi (Isa. 30.24), which has been winnowed with the fan.
  • References:

2. n., The open hand, bones of the hand.

  • Examples:
    • Kou peʻahi ʻākau, a me kou lima (Hal. 44.3), your right hand and your arm.

3. n., A native fern (Microsorium spectrum syn. Polypodium spectrum) about 30 cm high, the fronds broad, pointed, commonly three-lobed.

  • References:
    • Neal 26.

4. n., A dark-colored stone with grain said to suggest the fingers of a hand.

  • Rare

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy flora geology rare

Laulā, ākea.

1. Concern. Hoihoi, kuleana, pili laulā (broad, general).

  • Examples:
    • I haven't the least interest, ʻaʻohe oʻu lihi hoihoi.
  • References:

2. On principal. Kuwala, kuala, puka, puka o ke kālā, uku paneʻe, uku hoʻopaneʻe, uku kaulele; kuwala ʻano hui, kuwala hoʻohui (compound).

1. n., Dragonfly.

2. n., Flying gurnard, a fish (Dactylopterus orientalis). Also loloaʻu.

3. vs., Blurred, as eyes of a drunkard.

4. n., Broad jump.

5. n., Perhaps a swing.

  • References:
    • For. 6:374.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish insects

s. Name of a large, broad, soft living creature found in the sea; it was forbidden to women to eat under penalty of death. See IHIMANU.

1. Intellect. Manaʻo, waihona noʻonoʻo, naʻau. Broad-minded, noʻonoʻo laulā. Narrow-minded, noʻonoʻo hāiki. A well-filled mind, ʻumeke kāʻeo (fig.). An empty mind, ʻumeke pala ʻole (fig.). To set the mind on, kau ka manaʻo. To change the mind, hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo.

2. Obey. Lohe; hoʻolohe (imperative); wiwo.

3. Heed. Mālama, maliu. Never mind, he mea ʻole, ʻaʻole pilikia.

adj. Broad; spread out; fallen flat down; edging along, as one moving on his belly.

Pakii (pā'-ki'i), adj.

/ pā'-ki'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Broad; spread out; fallen flat down; edging along, as one moving on his belly or side.

ʻelelū

/ E-LE-LU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A cockroach; ʻelelū liʻiliʻi, the small cockroach; ʻelelū papa, the flat, broad cockroach.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna insects

Waiākea

/ Wai-ākea / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Village and land section, Makuʻu qd.; land section and camp, Humuʻula qd.; land section, Hilo suburb, bay (another name is Byron's Bay), park (see Mahohuli), fishpond, forest reserve, mill, plantation, stream, and school, Hilo qd., Hawaiʻi. A legendary man, 'Ulu (breadfruit), lived here. He died of starvation and was buried near a running spring. Next morning a breadfruit tree laden with fruit was found there, ending the famine. The tidal wave of 1960 greatly damaged the Hilo suburb of Waiākea.

  • Literally, broad waters.
  • References:
    • See Kanukuokamanu, Mokuola.
    • HM 98; PH 27; UL 60.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi

Waiākea

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),
  1. Light, Waiākea, Hawaiʻi. Established in 1904 to mark the southeast side of Hilo Bay.
  2. Peninsula, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Low-lying peninsula on the southeast coast of Hilo Bay.
  • Literally, broad waters.

Nā LepiliTags: Hawaiʻi

1. Anatomy. Umauma, keʻapaʻa, houpo.

  • Examples:
    • Narrow-chested, umauma hāiki; paūhu (rare).
    • Broad-chested, umauma lahalaha.

2. Container. Pahu, holoaʻa.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy

pākākā

/ pā.kā.kā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Low and broad, especially of a wooden bowl or door; a low, wide wooden bowl, according to Buck the largest ever made. Puka pākākā (FS 119), low side door in a house, not the main door, through which one must stoop to enter. Nīnau pākākā, leading question. hoʻo.pā.kā.kā To shape into a low, wide door or bowl.

2. n., A variety of gourd: squatty, small, used for meat and fish (ipu kai). (HP 208.) Also noʻunoʻu.

3. Reduplication of pākā 2, 3, 4; slab, as of salted pork.

4. vt., To inflate, blow up, as a balloon with air.

See moana, campground, and moana, broad.

v. Pa and laha, to spread out. To be broad; to be widely extended. See PALAHALAHA.

Palalaha (pă'-lă-lā'-ha), v.

/ pă'-lă-lā'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Pa and laha, to spread out.] To be broad; to be widely extended. Syn: Palahalaha.

1. nvs. Extended, either longitudinally or horizontally; long, broad, wide, as a nose; spreading, extending; extension, projection. See huinakolu peleleu, huina peleleu. Waʻa peleleu, a very large canoe type, sometimes a double canoe. Kīkala peleleu, wide, spreading hips. I ʻĪnia aku nei au i ke kau ʻelepani ihu peleleu (song), I was in India riding long-trunked elephants. hoʻo.pele.leu To cause to spread, extend; same as above.

2. Same as lanai. Rare.

Peleleu (pĕ'-lĕ-lē'-u), adj.

/ pĕ'-lĕ-lē'-u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

(Peleleu is a noun. But it is also frequently used as an adjective with waa, canoe; as, waa peleleu, a short canoe: Kalai iho la ia ame na 'lii i na waa peleleu he nui loa, he and the chiefs hewed out a great many large war canoes.) It signifies short, thick and broad.

See beam reach, broad reach.

1. Vessel. ʻUmeke (for various types, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); ipu, pola; kava bowl, kānoa, kāʻawa; low, broad wooden bowl, pākākā; stone bowl, poho pōhaku; medium-sized bowl, puahala; small wooden bowl, puaniki; medium-sized deep bowl, kūʻoho; large wooden bowl, lawalawaihonua; elongated bowl, pā; low wooden bowl, pālewa; cooking bowl, pā ipu; poi bowl, ʻumeke poi, ʻumeke ʻai, kūmau, kūmauna; bowl of polished coconut shell, pūniu.

2. Game. ʻUlu maika, maika, paheʻe ʻulu, ʻolohū.

  • Examples:
    • The little fellow, he is a master bowler (For. 5:441), ʻo ka iki, makua ia o ka ʻulu (good in small packages).

Nā LepiliTags: sports

s. A large broad swelling of the neck.

adj. Broad, full and plump, as the neck when one has the mumps.

2. Proud; high-minded; disdainful.

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