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1. vs., Reddish; murky.

• Examples:
  • Ua ʻōmea ʻia ke kuahiwi (For. 6:369), the hills are reddish.

2. n., Beloved, respected person.

• Examples:
  • Ua hehi ka lā iā Hawaiʻi, he ʻōmea Pele no Hiʻiaka (prayer), the sun has trod upon Hawaiʻi, Pele is loved of Hiʻiaka.

3. vt., To sun.

• Examples:
  • E ʻōmea aku i ka moena, put the mat in the sun.

4. Same as ʻōuli.

• Rare

A kind of kōpiko (Psychotria [Straussia] hawaiiensis) with large leaves to about 18 by 9 cm, on stems 2.5 cm long, with midrib reddish below; the flowers covered with reddish down.

Two cardinalfishes: 1. spotted cardinalfish (Apogon maculiferus). A mostly reddish body, growing to 6 inches. 2. Iridescent cardinalfish (Apogon kallopterus). A pale-reddish or brownish body, marked with dark spots. Grows to 9 inches. Both of these fishes are also known as ʻūpalupalu, ʻupapalu maka nui.

Rain of reddish hue. Lit., reddish yellow. Kapu ka luna o Kaʻala i ka ua ʻUla-lena, the uplands of Kaʻala mountain are sacred to the red-yellow rain (chant).

s., Name of a reddish fish. See A above.

1. n. A surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri), famous for a strong odor. (PPN palangi.)

2. nvi. To stink, smell sour or rancid; a detested person; a kauā, outcast. hoʻo.palani To cause to go sour, rancid.

3. n. A variety of sugar cane, short, purple with deep olive-green cast when young, changing to reddish-yellow on exposure, pith dark. Probably the parent of ʻakoki. Sometimes qualified by hao or ʻula (For. 5:585).

4. n. A variety of sweet potato

5. Also barani n. Brandy. Eng. ʻUla palani, brandy red.

6. (Cap.) Also Farani nvs. France; Frenchman; French; Frank. Eng. Hula Palani (UL 203), same as the paʻi umauma hula.

7. n. Bran. Eng.

n., A small reddish crab (Macrophthalmus telescopicus) found on mud flats. Literally, long, bright eyes.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻāloa.

1. n., Dog (brought to Hawaiʻi by early Polynesians, considered an ʻaumakua by some).

• Related:
  • ʻĪlio moʻo, ʻīlio peʻelua, brindled dog.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻapowai, hula ʻīlio, nūkea, Gram. 2.9, Titcomb 1969, Hal. 22.16, Hoik. 22.15.
  • PPN kulii; The Hawaiian term may have come from Tuamotu kurio, with replacement of -u- by -i-.

2. A generic term for foreign quadruped.

• References:
  • See Gram. 2.9.2.

3. Cloud (poetic, or cloud with an omen).

• Examples:
  • ʻĪlio ʻehu, cloud with a ruddy tint.
  • ʻO ʻīlio uli, ʻo ʻīlio mea, ʻo Kū ke ao iki, ʻo Kū ke ao loa, ʻo Kū ke ao poko (PH 144), dark dog-cloud, reddish dog-cloud, Kū the small cloud, Kū the long cloud, Kū the short cloud.
• References:
  • See kū #11, the god.

4. Tie beam in a house, brace that holds rafter to crossbeam.

5. A seaweed, same as some of the hulu ʻīlio #5.

Reduplication of helo; reddish, bright, showy.

• hoʻohehelo Caus/sim.
  • Nā pāpale hulu manu like ʻole o nā aliʻi e hoʻohehelo ana i ka ʻōnohi o ka lā, the hats of the varying bird feathers of the chiefs shining brightly within the eyeball [sight] of the sun.

n. A place name. Lit., reddish water. See ex., pā ʻili.

reddish water. Name applied to several localities.

1 Having the color of sand; yellowish-red; sandy: Umiumi ehu, sandy beard.

2. Having or tinged with a red or reddish hue; flushed with red; florid; ruddy.

adj. Falling rain where the light shines through it and it appears reddish; e ku ana ka punohu i ka moana, ame ka ua koko. Laieik. 25.

1. Rainbow-hued; descriptive of fine rain or mist when taking the colors of the rainbow, as: ua koko.

2. Reddish appearance of falling rain where the light shines through it: e ku ana ka punohu i ka moana, ame ka ua koko.—Laieik. p. 25.

1. Misty; clouded; obscure; smoky.

2. Reddish; inflamed; bloody.

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. vs., Ripe, mellow; yellow, as leaves; soft, as an infected boil; rotten, as taro corm.

• Examples:
  • Pala ʻeʻehu ka lau o ka ʻulu, the breadfruit leaves are reddish-yellow.
• Related:
  • hoʻopala Caus/sim.; To ripen, turn yellow.
    • Hoʻopala maiʻa, to ripen bananas [as by burying in a pit].
• References:
  • Cf. huapala, pala ʻehu, pala heheʻe, pala lau hala.
  • PPN pala.

2. n., Daub, smear, smudge, blot; dab of excreta (cf. pala kūkae).

• Related:
  • hoʻopala Caus/sim.; To daub, besmear.
• References:
  • Cf. also ʻai pala maunu, hāpala, kāpala, pala niho, pala ʻole.

3. vs., Underdone. Pupuhi ka umu, moʻa pala ka ʻai, the oven smokes, food is underdone.

4. vs., Coated, as the tongue.

• References:
  • Cf. waha pala.

5. n., A form of gonorrhea.

6. n., Intoxicating drink made of watermelon juice.

7. n., A native fern (Marattia douglasii), with a short trunk and large, long-stemmed, much divided, dark-green fronds. In time of famine, the thick, starchy, hoof-shaped bases of the frond stems, which cover the short trunk, were eaten after being baked in an imu over night. The mucilaginous water resulting from slicing and soaking the raw stems in water was used medicinally. Pieces of the fronds mixed with maile leis enhanced their fragrance. The fern was used also in heiau ceremonies.

• References:
  • Neal 6, 7.
  • PNP pala.

8. n., A variety of sweet potato.

9. n., A variety of taro.

10. n., Seaweeds or scum.

11. n., Parlor. English.

s., A parent-in-law, that is, a father-in-law, makuakane kolea, or a mother-in-law, makuawahine kolea; he kane hou na ka makuahine, he wahine hou na ka makuakane.

2. The name of a small fish.

3. The name of a fowl of the duck genus.

4. The name of a tree having a very astringent bark, which is red and used in coloring black; the wood reddish and used for boards.

1. Reduplication of ʻula #1; bay, as a horse.

• Examples:
  • ʻUlaʻula o ke ahi, the red of fire; figuratively, a flush of intoxication, newly distilled liquor.
  • ʻIli ʻulaʻula a naʻau ʻulaʻula, venom-tongued and heart filled with hate.
• Related:
  • hōʻulaʻula Caus/sim.; To redden, make red.
    • Mea hōʻulaʻula lehelehe, lipstick.
    • Mea hōʻulaʻula papālina, rouge.
• References:
  • PPN kulakula .

2. n., Various red snappers of the family Lutjanidae 🌐 as Etelis marshi.

• Related:
  • Varieties are qualified by the terms hiwa, koaʻe (tropic bird, perhaps named because of the long streamer on the fishʻs tail thought to resemble the bird), maoli, ʻōpūlauoho.

3. n., A native variety of taro, with red or purple petioles, small leaf blades with purple piko, reddish flowers, the corms used for both poi and table taro, grown in wetland and upland culture.

• Related:
  • ʻUlaʻula may be qualified by the terms kumu, moano, and poni.
• References:
  • Whitney 50–52.

4. The cardinal, Kentucky cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis 🌐), established in about 1930

5. n., Blood.

6. n., A red tapa.

7. n., A variety of sugar cane.

• References:
  • HP 222, 225.

adj. See ULA above. He helohelo; slight red; reddish.

Red; rosy; reddish; blushing; he helohelo; slight red.

s. The name of a species of fish; a dark or reddish color.

name of a dark or reddish fish (Pseudupeneus sp.). Elevation Hamakua. Hawaii.

adj., Reddish; raw, as meat half cooked; red; flushed with red; uncooked in the oven.

adj., Reddish; raw, as meat; red; flushed with red.

1. n., Reddish discharge preceding labor in childbirth, amniotic fluid.

• Examples:
  • Ua hemo ka ʻinaʻina o ke keiki, ua kokoke paha i ka manawa e hānau ai, the prebirth matter has been discharged, perhaps the time of birth is near.

2. vs., Tiny ʻina.

• References:
  • See ʻina #1.

s. Anger; hatred. Kin. 3:15. Malice; wrath.

2. The reddish evacuation which precedes labor; ua hemo ka inaina o ke keiki, kokoke paha ka manawa e hanau ai.

The reddish evacuation which precedes labor in childbirth. Ua hemo ka inaina o ke keiki ua kokoke paha i ka manawa e hanau ai.

1. Variant of ʻiʻiwi, a bird; considered by some an ʻaumakua.

• References:
  • PCP kiwi .

2. nvs., Reddish.

3. n., Twitching of the eye, sometimes accompanied by contraction of the mouth.

• Related:
  • hōʻiwi Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PPN kiwi .

s. Ko, sugar-cane, and ula, red. A variety of sugar-cane, which is of a reddish color.

[Ko, sugar-cane, and ula, red.] A variety of sugar-cane, which is of a reddish color.

1. n., Some representatives of an endemic genus (Isodendrion 🌐), members of the violet family. They are small shrubs beating greenish-white or reddish flowers, which have equal petals and none spurred.

• References:
  • Cf. wahine noho kula.

2. Niʻihau name for naupaka kahakai.

n.

1. A strong mountain wind, often destructive, at Lahaina, Maui. Lit., the red rain [referring to red soil washed away by a storm]. Ke kukui pio ʻole i ke Ka-ua-ʻula, the light not extinguished by Ka-ua-ʻula [in praise of Lahaina Luna school].

2. (Not cap.) Kind of soft, reddish porous stone used for polishing and smoothing and as sinker for octopus lure.

1. n., A native tree in the buckthorn family (Alphitonia ponderosa), found on the six main Hawaiian islands, with alternating leaves, oblong to narrow and woolly below; its hard wood was used for spears and mallets.

• Related:
  • Also: kauwila.
  • Its wood was one of three kinds from trees on Mauna Loa, Molokaʻi, that were rumored to be poisonous from that location alone, and were used in black magic. The three trees were called kālai pāhoa; the others were ʻohe and nīoi.
• References:
  • Neal 541.

2. n., A native tree in the buckthorn family (Colubrina oppositifolia), found only on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi, with opposite leaves, ovate and to 15 cm long. Its hard wood was valued for spears and tools, and was not reputed to be poisonous.

• Related:
  • Also: kauwila.
  • Called oʻa on Maui.
• References:
  • Neal 541.
  • Cf. ʻānapanapa.

3. n., Taboo ceremony consecrating a temple; ceremonial re-adorning of images with feathers.

• Related:
  • Also: kauwila.

4. n., Hard, reddish rock resembling ʻalā.

5. n., A kind of black, tough sugar cane.

• Related:
  • Also: māikoiko, kō ʻeleʻele.

6. See puhi kauila.

s. Name of a species of hard reddish wood resembling mahogany.

2. He oa no Puukapele.

3. Puhi kauila.

4. He kapu kauila.

5. I kahi a lakou i pee ai a noa ke kauila.

A species of hard reddish wood. Same as kauwila.

s. Wai and ahulu, reddish; dirty. Water of a muddy color; dirtyish red water.

[Wai, water, and ahulu, reddish; dirty.] Water of a muddy color; dirty red water.

s. Water of a dirty reddish color; he waiapo, he wainao, he wai me he kukae hao la; water of the color of iron rust.

Water of a dirty reddish color; he waiapo, he wainao, he wai me he kukae hao la; water of the color of iron rust.

s., Name of a species of reddish fish. See alalauwa.

1. A slight ripple on the water.

2. The ridges oi twilled cloth; lole nao; the streaks on tapa.

3. The crossgrain in wood.

4. The thread on a screw hence kuinao.

5. Mucous from the nose.

6. Dark red dyestuff; reddish color.

1. nvs. Red, redness; to blush. See ex., pano. (PCP weo.)

2. n. Dried banana bark, perhaps so called because of a reddish color.

3. n. A variety of taro. Also mana weo (PCP weo.)

A species of reddish colored crab.

1. A fern (Sadleria cyatheoides) used as sizing or as a reddish dye.

2. A covering made of amau fronds.

3. A god that inhabits a certain species of ferns, the amaumau being the preferred species; a fern-god. Applied especially to the god Kupulupulu.

nvs. Reddish, pink.

Pink; reddish.

1. nvs. Reddish.

2. See limu hāʻula.

adj. Red; reddish; spotted with red.

Red; reddish; spotted with red. Syn: Aweawea.

s. A species of small fruit of a reddish color; the Hawaiian whortleberry. See HELO.

s. Another orthography for kauila. See KAUILA. A species of hard reddish wood found on Kauai, used for war spears, kapa mallets, &c.

n., A reddish-hued rain associated with Haʻikū, Maui, and Mt. Kaʻala, Oʻahu. Also a wind at Piʻiholo, Maui (Nak. 68).

• Examples:
  • Kapu ka luna o Kaʻala i ka ua ʻUlalena (chant), the uplands of Kaʻala mountain are sacred with the red-yellow rain.

1. s., See awa. Name of a species of fish, reddish and striped; he ia kokoke like ke ano me ko ka ea.

2. Also the name of a tree.

3. Name of an insect that destroys sweet potatoes; ua make ka mala uala i ka hoopalu, i ke pai. i ka peelua a me ka aawa.

1. n., All species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Nothocestrum 🌐, soft-wooded shrubs and trees with ovate or oblong leaves, yellowish flowers, and whitish to reddish berries. One slender species was used for thatching sticks (ʻaho) and fire-making.

2. n., Same as kāwaʻu, a native Ilex 🌐; holly.

• Source:
  • Kauaʻi.

3. n., Exhaustion.

• Rare

A species of small fruit of a reddish color; the Hawaiian whortleberry. See HELO.

1. n., An endemic woody, branching climber (Freycinetia arborea 🌐) growing luxuriantly in forests at altitudes of about 300 to 600 m. The ringed stems end in tufts of long, narrow, spiny leaves, in the center of which flowers are borne on cylindrical spikes surrounded by leafy bracts, which are orange or green with orange bases.

• Related:
  • ʻIeʻie was one of five plants used on the hula altar (see palai).
  • Also: ʻie.
• References:
  • Neal 54.
  • PNP kiekie.

2. n., A native variety of taro with leaf blades and flowers suggesting ʻieʻie #1; the leaves are dark and glossy, the petioles reddish with yellow-green stripes.

• References:
  • HP 18, 32.

3. vs., High, conceited.

• Related:
  • hōʻieʻie, hoʻoʻieʻie Caus/sim.

1. n., Fresh-water leech or bloodsucker.

• References:
  • Cf. koko, blood.

2. vs., Reddish.

• References:
  • Cf. heʻe mākoko, loli mākoko.

3. n., A variety of taro, used for red poi.

• Related:
  • Also: nohu.
• References:
  • HP 22.

s., A species of large fish of the squid kind, of a reddish color; it is eaten by whales; makoko, he wahi iʻa nui ʻano heʻe, ʻulaʻula, he ʻai na ke koholā.

n., A species of large fish of the squid kind, of a reddish color; it is eaten by whales; makoko, he wahi iʻa nui ʻano heʻe, ʻulaʻula, he ʻai na ke koholā.

1. n., A variety of sweet potato, sometimes qualified by the colors keʻokeʻo or ʻulaʻula.

2. n., A native mint (Stenogyne scrophularioides), more or less shrubby and climbing, leaves ovate, flowers reddish.

1. n., A sea bean, Dioclea wilsonii, a vine from Brazil growing wild in Hawaiʻi, the blue or white flowers used for leis, the beans for medicine.

• References:
  • Neal 463.

2. n., Canavalia cathartica 🌐, a vine from the Mascarene Islands, the white, lavender, pink, or reddish flowers commonly used for leis.

• References:
  • Neal 464.

Reduplication of ʻehu #5; reddish; a number of ʻehu persons.

• Examples:
  • Pala ʻeʻehu, to turn red or yellow, as leaves or fruit (riper than pala hāʻama).

vi. To shine brightly, as reddish flowers. Pua ʻehu maila uka (For. 6:545), the uplands sparkled with red color.

v. To be of a reddish color. See ONOHI, KINOHI and KIIONOHI.

To be of a reddish color.

s., Dust and dirt when carried by the wind and appears reddish.

n., Dust and dirt when carried by the wind, having a reddish appearance.

n., A native mint (Stenogyne rugosa), found only on the island of Hawaiʻi, a shrub with smooth, ovate, toothed leaves and reddish flowers grouped in whorls of six to ten at leaf bases.

1. vs., Reddish, brownish.

• References:
  • Cf. hāʻula.

2. n., An edible seaweed, perhaps the same as limu hāʻula.

1. Very hard reddish stones out of which ancient koi or axes were made.

2. A locality on the slope of Mauna kea.

1. n. Sea-urchin sauce (the crushed shells were placed in salted water; afterwards the liquid was usually strained and added to the flesh of the ʻina).

2. nvs. Lavender, reddish-purple, so called because of the color of the sauce.

daubed with reddish soil. Land section, North Kona, Hawaii.

s. A species of fish of a reddish color, similar in character to the huli, aawa and ea.

A fish (Cheilinus hexagonatus), of a reddish color, similar in character to the huli and ea.

n. Indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa), a West Indian legume with compound leaves, small reddish flowers, and small, clumped, curved seed pods, introduced to Hawaiʻi about 1850 for commercial purposes. It was not a financial success. (Neal 447–8.) Eng. Also ʻinikoa, kolū 4.

n. A variety of coconut with fruit reddish and shell yellow, used in many ways, but not ceremonially or medicinally. (HP 190.) Lit., yellow coconut.

adj. Reddish; sandy; applied to the hair.

adj. Reddish, as the bud of a plant; as a feverish swelling on one's finger; ulaula, omeomeo.

Reddish, as the bud of a plant; as a feverish swelling on one's finger; ulaula, omeomeo.

adj. See LELO. Reddish; reddened.

Reddish; reddened.

nvs., Smoky-gray color, as of tapa; gray quality, as of a whitened sugar-cane leaf; smoky, hazy; a reddish-blue tapa

• References:
  • Kam. 76:157.

n., Hawaiian gallinule or mudhen (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis 🌐), distinguished from ʻalae kea reddish bill and frontal plate; endangered.

n., Native geraniums (Geranium 🌐 spp.), shrubs and small trees found only at high altitudes in Hawaiʻi. They have small, ovate, green or silvery leaves, edged or tipped with teeth, and reddish or white flowers. Literally, cold dwelling.

• References:
  • Cf. hinahina #4.

n., Red ashes; reddish dust or dirt.

n. Small, endemic reddish shrimp used for ʻōpelu bait.

vs. Reddish.

vs., Reddish-yellow.

n. An ornamental gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella) from the United States mainland, both cultivated and wild in Hawaiʻi. The flowers are yellow and reddish. (Neal 847–8.) Also waikāhuli.

n., A species of banana (Musa troglodytarum 🌐, syn. M. fehi) recently introduced to Hawaiʻi, known in the South Pacific from Mangareva west to the Moluccas. It has a tall, black trunk and upright fruiting stalk bearing large fruits with reddish-orange skin, yellow flesh, edible when cooked, sometimes made into poi maiʻa. Literally, Borabora [i.e., Tahitian] banana.

• Related:
  • Also akua, maiʻa hēʻī, maiʻa akua, maiʻa Kāne, maiʻa liko.
• References:
  • HP 177.
  • Neal 250.