Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Tail feathers, as of a cock; rump, as of a chicken; streamer; coattails; this word is used as a means of avoiding answering questions: Aia ʻoia i hea? Aia i ka puapua. Where is he? Gone to get tail feathers.

• Related:
  • Kuka puapua, swallow-tailed coat.

2. Reduplication of pua #2.

• Related:
  • hoʻopuapua Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hoʻopua; to appear again and again.
• References:
  • PCP puapua.

3. n., Spike in the back of sphinx moths.

4. Same as pupua #3.

5. n., A variety of banana.

6. Same as ʻāpua #2, fishhook shank.

v. To force; to urge on; to compel. See PUEPUE. To overwhelm; to overcome.

2. To hang down like the tail of an animal.

3. To project like the tail feathers of a cock.

4. To be glorious; to be beautiful.

s. See PUA, bundle. A bundle of brush-wood, sticks or grass. Oih. 28:3.

2. The name of a fly that bites.

adj. Unpalatable; disagreeable; vicious.

Nauseous.

[Pua, bundle.] A bundle of brush-wood, sticks or grass.

1. The long tail feathers of a bird.

2. A streamer.

1. To force; to urge on; to compel.

2. To collect into bundles and bind.

1. To hang down like the tail of an animal.

2. To project like the tail feathers of a cock.

[Puaa, to bind tightly.] To gather up into a bundle, as fagots or sticks for kindling a fire.

To project out and up, as the tail feathers of a cock.

Anal horn or spike on the sphinx-moth larva; fly that bites. (A.)

Nauseous.

tail feathers; coat tails.