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ʻUhane, wailua; akua (for various types, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it).

• Examples:
  • Blessed are the poor in spirit (Mat. 5:3), pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe i haʻahaʻa ka naʻau.
• Related:
  • Also: ea, haili, hoaka, kupu, makani, mauli, ʻula.
  • Holy Spirit, ʻUhane Hemolele.
  • Unclean, evil spirit, ʻuhane ʻino (Biblical); nukumaneʻo, aumiha.
  • Disembodied spirit, ʻula lele.
  • Spirit of dead, kino wailua, ʻunihipili, ʻuhinipili.
  • Spirit of living, kino aka, kāhoaka, makuakeahu; kakaola (visible).
  • To feed spirits of the dead, kākūʻai.
  • Traveling spirit, ʻuhane hele.
  • Guardian spirit, ʻuhane kiaʻi.
  • The multitudinous spirits, kini akua.
  • Abode of the spirits, kaha akua.
  • People familiar with spirits, people who seek familiar spirits, poʻe nīnau kupapaʻu.
  • Possession by spirits, noho.
  • Spirit possessing a person, ʻuhane noho, akua noho.
  • Spirit possessing partially, akua kīhei pua, ʻuhane kīhei pua.
  • Spirit that possesses a medium and speaks through him, makani noho.
  • Calling voices of the spirit, leo wawalo o ka hanehane.
  • One who consults the dead or spirits, nīnau kupapaʻu.
  • To summon spirits, hoʻonoho.
  • To communicate with spirits, kilo ʻuhane.
  • To speak through familiar spirits, nīnau ʻuhane.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻaumakua, Nānā; 193–195.