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num., adj., Twenty; the number twenty; with the article it becomes a noun.

1. Word applied to certain days of the month sacred to Kaloa or Kanaloa. (There were three kaloa days in the native calendar distinguished respectively as Kaloa Kukahi, Kaloa Kulua and Kaloapau.)

2. The twenty-third night after Hilo, the new moon; the twenty-fourth day of the month.

n., The twenty-fourth night after Hilo, the twenty-fifth day of the month in the ancient Hawaiian calendar.

The twenty-fifth night after Hilo; the twenty-sixth day of the month in the ancient Hawaiian calendar.

Prostrate or perennial herbs and small shrubs (Lipochaeta spp.). Twenty-six species of Lipochaeta are known, twenty-four of which are native to Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 840.)

kikino, Twenty-four-hour time, military time.

• Literally, twenty-four (hour) clock.
• Source:
  • Niʻihau.

hamani, To break, change, as a twenty-dollar bill, as a twenty-dollar bill.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word

1. Blood: koko hala ole, innocent blood.

2. (Mod.) Chocolate or cocoa.

3. A small tree (Euphorbia corifolia) ten to twenty feet high. It was much used as firewood. Also known as akoako.

num., adj., Two tens; twenty; elua umi, umi lua. kamk.

num., adj., [Kana, tenfold, and lua, two.] Two tens; twenty; elua umi, umi lua.

n., A tree fifteen to twenty feet high, of the genus Suttonia.

1. s., Night; the time after the going down of the sun; the time of the twenty-four hours opposite to ao, day.

2. Darkness; the time when the sun gives no light.

3. Chaos; the time before there was light; mai ka po mai, from chaos (darkness) hitherto, that is, from the beginning, from eternity.

4. The place of departed spirits; the place of torment. NOTE.—Hawaiians reckon time by nights rather than by days; as, Po akahi, first night, i. e., Monday; Po alua, second night, Tuesday. Po was counted as a god among the poe akuanoho.

num., One fourth, one quarter, quarter, twenty-five cents; quarterly; tribute (Kin. 30:14). Literally, fourth part.

• Examples:
  • Hapahā i hala ka hola ʻeiwa, a quarter after nine o'clock.
  • Hōʻike hapahā, quarterly report.

s., Hapa, part, and ha, four. A fourth part of a thing. Nah. 23:10. A quarter; specifically, the sum of twenty-five cents, or a quarter of a dollar.

[Hapa, part, and ha, four.]

1. A fourth part of a thing; a quarter.

2. Twenty-five cents, or a quarter of a dollar.

1. Two of men or animals born at the same time of one makua; twins. Syn: Mahana.

2. A rare tree twenty to thirty feet high (Alectryon macrococcus, order Sapindaceae).

Reduplication of wāhi; to tear down, shatter, wreck, dash to pieces, break into, demolish; to break, as a law or a twenty-dollar bill; to cause disorder.

• Examples:
  • Mīkini wāwahi pōhaku, rock crusher.
  • Wāwahi i ka hua, to break the egg.
  • Wāhi puʻupaʻa, to ravish a virgin.
  • Wāwahi pā hula, to disturb a hula show by presenting a rival show.
  • Wāwahi i ka manawa, to keep open an infant's fontanel by applying crushed pōpolo berries; it was believed that an infant might be fed through the fontanel.
• References:
  • Cf. pōhaku wāwahi waʻa and Gram. 6.2.1.
  • PCP waawasi .

s. Hapa, part, and lua, two. One-half; a half part. Puk. 24:6. This word is used specifically for half a dollar as hapaha is for twenty-five cents.

1. n., Life, heart, seat of life; ghost, spirit.

• Examples:
  • Mauli hiwa, choice or precious life.
  • Ā lele nui nā mauli o ua poʻe nei, the spirits of these people have flown away together [death].
• References:
  • PPN maʻuri .

2. n., Fontanel.

3. (Cap.) n., Twenty-ninth of the old month.

• References:
  • Malo 32.
  • PCP mauli .

1. n., The last night of the old moon; night before hilo, the new moon; the twenty-ninth day of the month.

2. n., Darkness, as from overhanging clouds: He mauli ua paha keia, Perhaps this darkness portends rain.

3. n., A shoot from the root of a tree or vegetable, as from taro or banana; poetically, from persons, as chiefs; mauli au honua, a descendant (of chiefs) from ancient times.

1. s., A garden; a cultivated patch of ground.

2. The sky; the blue expanse of the heavens.

3. The breaking of the dawn; ka wahi awa o ke alaula; the period early in the morning; kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao, i ka wehe ana o ka pawa o ke ao. A ike ke kahuna, ua moku ka pawa o ke ao.

4. A watch; a period of time; a particular time of the twenty-four hours. 1 Sam. 11:11.

5. Some early part of the morning dawn.

1. n., A garden; a cultivated patch of ground.

2. n., The sky; the blue expanse of the heavens.

3. n., The breaking of the dawn; ka wahi awa o ke alaula; the period early in the morning: kani ana ka bele i ka wanaao, i ka wehe ana o ka pawa o ke ao. A ike ke kahuna, ua moku ka pawa o ke ao.

4. n., A watch; a period of time; a particular time of the twenty-four hours.

1. n., One of the four great gods of the Hawaiian islands: the four were Lono, Ku, Kane and Kanaloa.

2. n., The art of hurling as practiced in casting weapons through the air: He nui ka poe ao i ka lono maka-ihe; Many are the people who learn to throw the spear.

3. n., A report; news; a hearing of something new; fame; rumor. A report of what one has heard another say: Nui ka maua kanailio ana ia po na na lono ame na hana i hanaia, We two had much conversation that night respecting the news and what had been done.

4. n., A remembrance.

5. n., The twenty-eighth day of the month in the ancient Hawaiian calendar: o kakahiaka ae, o Lono ia la.

numeral, Twenty, twentieth.

adj., Twice ten; twenty: a cardinal numeral.

1. n., The sum of ten and ten; twice ten; twenty: a cardinal number.

2. n., Any symbol representing this number; as, XX.

n., Twenty dollar gold piece or silver money.

• References:
  • And.

1. nvs., Hundredth part, percentage.

• Examples:
  • Iwakālua hapahaneli no ke kālā, twenty per cent on the dollar.

2. n., A copper penny issued by Kamehameha III in 1847.

s. Eng. A pound in money; twenty shillings.

2. A pound in weight. Oihk. 19:35.

3. An instrument to weigh with; a balance; scales, &c. This is sometimes written pauna.

[Eng.]

1. A pound in money; twenty shillings.

2. A pound in weight.

3. An instrument to weigh with; a balance, scales.

1. n., A kind of grass. Syn: Opiko.

2. n., A small tree fifteen to twenty feet high belonging to the genus Straussia. The timber is used for kuas, blocks in making tapa; it is also used for fuel.

n., Twenty-fourth day of the Hawaiian month.

• Literally, Kāloa standing first.

n., Twenty-fifth day of the Hawaiian month.

• Literally, Kāloa standing second.

n., Twenty-sixth day of the Hawaiian month.

• Literally, last Kāloa.

num. Twenty-three.

s. Eng. A pound in weight. Kanl. 25:13.

2. A pound in money; twenty shillings. Luk. 19:13.

[Eng. ]

1. A pound in weight.

2. A pound in money; twenty shillings'.

One of the days of the month in the ancient Hawaiian calendar; the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month and one of the days of the Kanaloa tabu.

1. s., The motion of the gills of a fish in water; the breathing of a fish. See api.

2. The name of a remarkable plant found near the top of Waialeale on Kauai; length of stalk, twenty feet or over; leaves, six feet in diameter, somewhat resembling, in shape, the ape ; the leaf is round and attached to the stem in the center.

n., Immense bag net said to be from sixteen to twenty-four fathoms deep.

• Literally, towing net.

num. Twenty-four.

num. Twenty-seven.

num. Twenty-nine.

num. Twenty-one.

num. Twenty-five.

num. Twenty-two.

num. Twenty-six.

n. Seventh and twenty-first nights of the month. (PEP Kolekole Tuu Tahi: cf. Marquesan.)

n. Eighth and twenty-second nights of the month. (PEP Kolekole Tuu Lua.)

n. A twenty-sided solid.

kikino, Icosahedron, a space figure with twenty faces, in math.

• Source:
  • Combined paʻaʻili + iwakālua.

This name applies to both Rhine-canthus aculeatus and R. rectangulus. These two fishes reach about 9 inches. Nevertheless, their Hawaiian name is probably the longest with twenty-one letters. It was well known in the 1800s but became famous in song in the 1900s. It was believed to be one of the forms of the pig god Kamapuaʻa.

Genus Pittosporum, twenty-three or more species of which are in Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 382.) See Plants: Uses.

Genus Pittosporum, twenty-three or more species of which are in Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 382.) See Plants: Uses.

All Hawaiian species of the genus Pittosporum. They are trees and shrubs with narrow leaves clustered at branch ends, and thick-valved fruits containing two to many smooth seeds surrounded by a thick, sticky liquid. The Hawaiians used the outer layer of the fruit valves medicinally, pounding it up for application externally to sores. (NEAL 382.) There are twenty-three species of genus Pittosporum in Hawaiʻi, and perhaps more.

Broad-leafed plantain, (Plantago major), probably a Eurasian native, now a cosmopolitan weed in Hawaiʻi. Used internally for diabetes and to clear the system, externally as a poultice for boils. Its seeds and leaves are used for fodder. There are more than twenty varieties of lau kāhi native to Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 792; KILO.)

Morning glory vine (Ipomoea spp.). It numbers nearly twenty species in Hawaiʻi in both annual and perennial forms, some of which, including the sweet potato, have swollen roots. The name of the genus, Ipomoea, refers to their twining habits. (NEAL 703.)

Morning glory vine (Ipomoea spp.). It numbers nearly twenty species in Hawaiʻi in both annual and perennial forms, some of which, including the sweet potato, have swollen roots. The name of the genus, Ipomoea, refers to their twining habits. (NEAL 703.)

Twenty-first night. “Nothing to be had from the sea.”These were the days for planting potato slips, banana suckers, and gourd seeds.

Twenty-second night, a good day for planting. Also a day of rough seas.

Twenty-fourth night, a kapu day. High seas; also a planting day.

Twenty-fifth night, a kapu free day.

Twenty-sixth night. Lit., Kāloa, last.

Twenty-seventh night, when the moon diminishes. A potato planting day. Kapu Kāne, kapu nights of Kāne and Lono.

Twenty-eighth night, a day of prayer followed by a free day.

Twenty-ninth night, the last night the moon is visible. The sea gathers up the sand and returns it to its place.

Twenty-third night. A planting day with rough seas.

Twenty-first night. “Nothing to be had from the sea.”These were the days for planting potato slips, banana suckers, and gourd seeds.

Twenty-second night, a good day for planting. Also a day of rough seas.

s. name of the twenty first day of the month.

s.name of the twenty second day of the month.