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1. nvt., To anoint, consecrate, oil, crown, ordain, appoint, inaugurate; to daub; ointment.

• Examples:
  • Haʻiʻōlelo poni a ke kiaʻāina, governor's inaugural address.
  • Ipu ʻalapaka poni (Luka 7.37), alabaster box of ointment.
  • ʻOia ka lā poni mōʻī, i poni ʻia ai nā aliʻi, that was the coronation day on which the monarchs were crowned.
• Related:
  • hoʻoponi Caus/sim.; To anoint, crown, ordain, consecrate, inaugurate.
• References:
  • PPN pani.

2. nvs., Purple, any purplish color (a color associated with the first glimmer of dawn).

• Examples:
  • He poni uliuli ā he poni ʻulaʻula kō lākou lole (Ier. 10.9), dark-purple and reddish-purple were their clothes.
• References:
  • Cf. poni liʻulā, poniponi.

3. n., A variety of taro, used as medicine.

• Related:
  • The term poni may be qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele or uliuli, kea, ʻulaʻula.

4. Same as maiʻa ʻoa, a banana.

5. n., A variety of sweet potato.

• References:
  • HP 142.

6. n., A variety of yam.

• References:
  • HP 169.

1. v., To besmear; to daub over.

2. To anoint. Ioan. 12:3. To consecrate by anointing, as a priest. Puk. 23:41. To anoint, as a king. Lunk. 9:8. Mea poni, an anointed one.

3. To rub over some odoriferous matter; to cause a pleasant odor.

4. To be cold, as in bathing early in the morning when the water is cold (and the skin turns purple.)

s., A variety of the kalo with purple stalks. NOTE.—In using, the outside of the stem is stripped off, squeezed in water, and then lemon juice and poi are added for stiffening, which makes a beautiful red.

2. Color; coloring matter. Ier. 10:9.

3. A mixture of colors; purple. Puk. 25:4. The light indistinct shades of colors in cloth.

4. The early dawn of the morning.

5. The anointing of a chief or god; ka hamo ana i ka mea ala i alii, i akua; ointment. Ioan. 12:3.

1. adj., Of or pertaining to color, as colored cloth or garments; aahu poni uliuli. Eset. 8:15. Having the changeable colors of silk; hence, lole poni, purple. Oih. 16:14. Lole poni mahana, the warm, sweetscented (variegated) garments. Lunk. 8:26.

2. Sweet smelling; agreeable; odoriferous, as perfumed colored kapa; mea poni, ointment.

3. Skillful at diving so as not to spatter water; poni ia wahi kanaka.

adv. Suddenly; in an instant; without waiting; kaili poni ka make o ka puhi baka; kaili poni ka hanu.

adv., Suddenly; in an instant; without waiting: kaili poni ka make o ka- puhi baka; kaili poni ka hanu. (Used only with kaili, as in kaili poni.)

1. n., A variety of taro with purple stalks.

2. n., Purple coloring matter.

3. n., A mixture of colors; purple; the light indistinct shades of colors in cloth.

4. n., The early dawn.

5. n., The anointing of a chief or god; ka hamo ana i ka mea ala i alii, i akua.

6. n., Ointment.

1. v., To besmear; to daub over.

2. v., To anoint; to consecrate by anointing, as a priest.

3. v., To rub over with some odoriferous matter; to cause a pleasant odor.

4. v., To be purple.

An inedible banana. See maiʻaʻoa.

Mixture of colors; light, indistinct shades of color in cloth; a variety of sweet potato, purplish in color. A beautiful red dye can be made from kalo, a variety of taro. The stem is stripped off and squeezed in water; then lemon juice and poi are added for stiffening. (A.)

Odoriferous, as in colored and scented kapa.

Wood used in ceremony of anointing; to anoint. (Ioane 12:3.) To consecrate by anointing, as a priest. (Puk. 23:41.) To annoint, as a king. (Lunk. 9:8; A.) Probably not a reference to a Hawaiian wood but possibly to a wood distillate used in biblical times to anoint a monarch. (KILO.)

To consecrate by anointing, as a priest; to anoint, as a king. (Lunk. 9:8.) To rub in some odoriferous substance to cause a pleasant odor.

Variety of sweet potato, most of its parts colored some shade of purple. (NP 126.)

purple: to besmear, daub, anoint; be purple.

moi’, coronation; carnation.