Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., Flower, blossom, tassel and stem of sugar cane; to bloom, blossom.

• Examples:
  • Pāpale pua, pāpale pua kō, hat made of stem of sugar cane.
  • Pua ka wiliwili, nanahu ka manō, the wiliwili tree blooms, the sharks bite [a blossoming girl is desired by males; sharks are believed to mate when the wiliwili blooms and to be especially ferocious].
  • E hauʻoli hoʻi ka wao akua, ā e pua mai hoi (Isa. 35.1), the wilderness shall be glad and blossom too.
• References:
  • PPN pua.

2. vi., To issue, appear, come forth, emerge, said especially of smoke, wind, speech, and colors, hence to smoke, blow, speak, shine.

• Examples:
  • Pua ka uahi, the smoke rises.
  • E pua ana ka makani, the wind rises.
  • Kapu ka nū, ka ʻī, i ka pua o ka leo, forbidden to groan, to speak by sound of voice.
  • A ʻike pua iki aku nō ʻoe iā Kaʻula, and you barely see Kaʻula.
• Related:
  • hoʻopua Caus/sim.
    • Mai hoʻopua ʻoe, do not say a word.
• References:
  • Cf. pua ahi, pua ehu, pua ʻehu, pua ʻena, pua hina, puana, puka.
  • PCP pua.

3. nvi., Progeny, child, descendant, offspring; young, spawn, fry, as of āholehole, ʻamaʻama, ʻanae, awa, kāhala, ʻōʻio, uouoa, to produce progeny or young.

• Examples:
  • Pua aliʻi, descendants of chiefs, royal progeny.
  • Pua ʻūhini, young ʻūhini, a grasshopper.
  • Kana mau pua, his descendants.
  • Pua iʻa, baby fish, fish fry.
  • Lau kō pua, netting drive for young fish.
  • Ua pau, ua hala lākou, a koe nō nā pua (song), they are gone, passed away, and the descendants remain.

4. n., Arrow, dart, sometimes made from flower stalks of sugar cane.

5. Same as olopua #1, a tree.

• References:
  • Perhaps PPN pua.

6. n., Float, buoy.

• Rare

7. Short for ʻōpua, a cloud bank.

8. (Cap.) n., A Molokaʻi sorcery goddess.

9. A fishhook for turtles.

• References:
  • And.

kikino, Post-larvae.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

s., A pae pū mai, a hiki lāua (mau mea heʻenalu) ma uka, e lana ana kekahi mouo, ua kapa ʻia kēlā mea he pua. [Wehewehe Wikiwiki translation: And they landed together, and they arrived upon the shore, there was a buoy floating, and that thing is called a pua.]

Child.

Hook used for catching turtle.

Goddess, sister of Kālai-pāhoa and Kapo, who came from a foreign country and entered certain trees, sources of poison. Also the goddess of mercy.

Child, descendant of a chief, progeny.

Large native tree (Osmanthus sandwicensis). (NEAL 676.) See Plants: Uses.

Large native tree (Osman thus sandwicensis), growing to 60 feet in most forests but at low altitudes. The wood is dark brown with black stripes, hard, heavy, and strong. It was formerly used for spears, adze handles, and digging sticks for cultivating the soil. Also called olopua. (NEAL 676.)

Arrow used with a bow. Pūʻā, puʻe, to besiege. (2 Sam. 11:1.) War in the Biblical reference, sport in early Hawaiʻi.

I. he pua pana, he mea kaua ia, a he mea pepehi i na holoholona hihiu kekahi iwaena o na Iudaio. He ohe wale no ia i kekahi manawa i hanaia a oi, a i kekahi manawa hoi ua paa i ka hulu manu, a ua uia no hoi i kekahi manawa i ka laau make, Iob. 6:4. He nui ke ano o ke kakaka, he laau kekahi, he mea metala kekahi, Hal. 18:34. He mea kilokilo i kekahi wa, Ez. 21:21; a i ke kaua he mea hoolele i ke ahi e wela'i ka hale o na enemi. Ua hoohalikeia ka pua me na keiki, Hal. 127:4, 5, me ka uila, Hal. 18:14; Hab. 3:11, me na poino i lele koke mai, Iob. 6:4; Hal. 38:2; 91:5; Ez. 5:16, a, me na olelo awahia. a me ka hoopunipuni kekahi, Hal. 64:3; 120:4.

blossom, flower; arrow.