and, then, but (usually preceding verbs, whereas #a me usually precedes nouns; #a may also connect words translated by English adjectives

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why? what? for what reason? to do what? to ask what?

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fire, match, lightning; burn in a fire, destroy by fire

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evening, late afternoon; to become evening

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line, cord, lashing, fishing line, kite string

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coition; to have sexual relations

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linking or anaphoric particle. Every #ai in Hawaiian has an antecedent, usually expressed, but sometimes understood (Elbert and Pukui 1979:96)

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liver; to desire, yearn (the emotions and intelligence were thought to be centered within the body)

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lungs

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thatching; to thatch

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endemic shrubs and small trees (Euphorbia spp.) with jointed leaves, oblong stems, and milky sap

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particle expressing direction away from the speaker, and time either past (with #nei) or future

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bonito, skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamys, an important food item; to run, of #aku fish

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particle expressing direction away from the speaker, and time either past (with #nei) or future; the particle contrasts with #mai, and sometimes may be translated “away” or “to say”

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God, goddess, spirit, ghost, devil, image, idol, corpse; divine, supernatural, godly

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big-eyed or goggle-eyed scad: Trachurops crumenophthalmus

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path, road, trail

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front, face, presence, upper surface, as of a bowl

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outrigger float; port hull of a double canoe, so called because it replaces the float

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to measure, survey, evaluate, rate

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to measure, survey, evaluate, rate; survey, measurement, pattern, plan, model

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period of ten days; for ten days; to pass ten days

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fathom

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a dermestid beetle that destroys feathers in feather-work; mites, as in chickens; ringworm; insect-eaten, gnawed

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beckon, wave; blow softly, as a breeze

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cool, cold

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cold, chilly

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light, day, daylight, dawn; to dawn, grow light; enlightened; regain consciousness; cloud; world, earth

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current; movement, eddy, tide, motion; to move, drift, float, walk, hurry, stir; succession or train, as of thought

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gall, bile; gall bladder

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swordfish, sailfish, marlin, spearfish (Istiophoridae)

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oh!, oh dear!, alas!, too bad! (much used to express wonder, fear, scorn, pity, affection); to groan, moan, grieve, bewail

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milkfish (Chanos chanos)

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milkfish (Chanos chanos)

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port, harbor; channel or passage, as through a reef

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small root, vein, artery, nerve, tendon, muscle

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several native trees, the soapberry (sapindus saponaria f. inaequalis), and all species of Fagara (also known as Xanthoxylum), Fagara having yellowish wood formerly used for digging sticks and spears; seeds of all (largest in the soapberry) are black, round, and used for leis

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instruction, teaching, doctrine, learning

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swordfish, sailfish, marlin, spearfish

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a long bundle, as of hard #poi

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exclamation

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hoarse, hoarseness

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four, fourth (commonly preceded by the numeral-marking prefixes, as #ʔehā keiki, four children)

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stalk that supports the leaf and aro or sugarcane; layers in a banana stump

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to tear to bits

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warm, hot (physical, and of strong emotion, as sorrow, love, fear)

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shelf, perch, platform

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shelf, perch, platform; roost, as for chickens; fish spear rack; rack for suspending water gourds or other household objects; rack attached to booms of double canoe to hold spears; ladder

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to break, as a stick; broken

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compose, put in order, arrange; weave, as a lei

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the pandanus, or screw pine: Pandanus odoratissimus

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error, fault, mistake; sin

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house

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motion of hands in swimming

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bay, valley (only in place names)

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bay, valley (only in place-names)

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hot, warm; vehement

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give birth; lay an egg; born; offspring; child

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scoop or pick up; grasp, pillage, plunder; robber

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all native species of a genus of small trees (Rauvolfia) related to the #maile and the #hōlei. Four or five narrow leaves are borne together at joints of branches; many small, yellowish flowers develop, and then small, black, flattened, twinned, inverted, heart-shaped fruits

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to scoop or pick up; to grasp, pillage, plunder; robber

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a lowland tree: Hibiscus tiliaceus ... Formerly the light, tough wood served for outriggers of canoes, the bast for rope, the sap and flowers for medicine

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quiver, shiver

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which (in questions and after other words); where (in questions, and after #ai, #ʔau, #i, #ma-, #mai, #no, #ʔo; why, why not (in questions after #i)

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Come!

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flow; hiss

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how many?, how much?

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entangle, creep, spread, intertwine, intermingle; entangled; web; a large-meshed fish net

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various stingrays (Dasyatidae) and eagle rays (Myliobatidae) (with assimilation of *hai-hai to #hī-hī).

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grainy snail (Neritina), in both fresh and brackish water, eaten both cooked and raw

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seven; seventh

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to braid, plait, string, as a lei or Candlenuts; a braid, plaiting, string; to turn, deviate, wander, stray

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to braid, plait, string, as a lei or candlenuts; a braid, plaiting, string; to turn, deviate, wander, stray

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to braid, plait, string

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to twist, braid, spin; twisted, braided, threadlike; faint streak of light

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lengthen a speech or story by inserting new matter; embroider or spin out a tale

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hind part or tail section of a fish, considered less delicious than the head or front section; caudal fin; to break wind

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last bits of odds and ends; remnants of matting strips that must be cut off after plaiting is finished; ends of knots in plaiting; wispy end of a braid

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to strike with a stick or club; to club; a club

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companion, friend, associate, fellow, antagonist

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tapa beater, washing stick

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paddle, oar; to paddle, row; fig. to travel, get to work, continue working

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to run, sail, ride, go; to flow, as water; to slide, as an avalanche; fleet, fast; double time; landslide

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gathering of chiefs in a taboo ceremony; group of islands in a circle

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general name for turtle and tortoise, as Chelonia mydas; name of a design for Ni’ihau mats

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land, earth

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to cause to enter, put in, thrust in, insert; to reach in

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a very active former of causative/simulative derivatives, including 1. causation and transitivization (#pono ‘correct’ #hoɁo-pono-pono ‘to correct’), 2. pretense (#kuli ‘deaf’ : #hoɁo-kuli ‘to feign deafness’), 3. simillarity (#kamaliɁi- ‘children’ : #hoɁo-kamaliɁi ‘childish’), 4. no meaning (#kāholoholo ‘to hurry’, #hoɁo-kāholoholo ‘to hurry’), 5. unpredictable (#maikaɁi ‘good’ : #hoɁo-maikaɁi ‘to congratulate’)

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to make friends; to tie, bind, secure, rig; rigging, lashing; to challenge, dare, provoke; daring, defiant

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new, fresh, recent; again, more

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to become evening; to spend an evening; to detain until evening; to darken, obscure

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to feed, give food to

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beckon, wave, signal; let wind

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to teach to swim, learn to swim; to swim with a drowning person

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cause to go down; beside that, also, furthermore

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to show, make known, display, tell, exhibit, reveal, explain, testify, cause to know or see; testimony, proof, token, guide, exhibition

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to display, exhibit, as in a museum or show; circus, museum, play, show of almost any kind

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to make measurements

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bear fruit, reproduce, give birth; swell high, as a wave

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turn, change, overturn, convert

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to water or irrigate, to cause to flow, drain

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to cause to wait, delay; lingering, slow, as of a disease

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to ask forgiveness, to seek restoration of friendship

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to play a musical instrument, to cause to sound; to crack, as a whip; to ring up on the telephone

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to cause to plant or bury

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make taboo, prohibit, sanctify, consecrate

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to excrete, evacuate, give birth to a child (often sarcastic)

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deaf; to feign deafness; (fig.) disobey, be disobedient

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to cause growth, sprouting; to sprout

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to tame, domesticate; to treat with kindness, as a child or animal, so as to familiarize with one

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to warm, as over a fire; warm oneself by a fire; bask in the sun; cook over a fire

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to treat one as a chief; to act as a chief; to enjoy the position and prestige of a high chief

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to grow leaves, to leaf out

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provoke jealousy

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insinuate, suggest, implant a thought, either good or bad; character, disposition, heart

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to listen, hear, obey; obedient

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do twice, repeat, do over and over; to bake twice, as food in the oven

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to frighten, scare, terrify, make afraid; to pretend fear

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kill; pretend to be dead; let die, let diminish, grow faint

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to grow into maturity; to mature; to act the part of a parent; to foster, adopt, as a child; to call or treat as a parent; to address as parent, aunt, or uncle, one related by affection rather than by blood or adoption; to become established or permanent

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to bring under the care and protection of, to protect; to keep quiet, still, as during taboo

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to overshadow, shade, darken, as by a cloud

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to cause sickness; to feign sickness; genitals

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to cause urination; to help to urinate, as a child

Pukui and Elbert 1971

put an end to, finish, stop, end; extraordinary, superlative

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to place in rank or file; to put in order, to put in layers, overlay, as shingles; to make a shelf; to pack neatly

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to bring together, stick; to attach oneself to a person

Pukui and Elbert 1971

righteous, correct; to correct; behave correctly; completely, properly, rightly, well, exactly, carefully, satisfactorily, much (an intensifier following major words)

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progeny, child, descendant, offspring

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to heap up, collect in heaps

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to load, as cargo or freight; to put on, as gear on a horse; to send, as a letter

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to cause to limp; to pretend to limp

Pukui and Elbert 1971

fruit, egg, ovum, seed, offspring; to bear fruit, seed; bear a child; fruitful; round object, as pill or bead; result, effect; testicles; word, letter, figure, watchword, rallying cry, note in music; to speak

Pukui and Elbert 1971

fruitful, productive; bear many fruits, lay many eggs; testicles

Pukui and Elbert 1971

a wood-boring insect; worm-eaten, rotten

Pukui and Elbert 1971

cluster (as of grain or fruit); Pleiades

Pukui and Elbert 1971

pull hard or frequently (as in uprooting taro)

Pukui and Elbert 1971

club, association, society, corporation, firm, partnership, union; form a society or organization; to meet; join, unite, combine; cluster, as of grapes or coconuts; bunch, as of bananas; chorus of a song

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to pull, as on a rope; to draw, stretch, reach

Pukui and Elbert 1971

pull or draw frequently, or by many persons; pull by jerks or continuously, as in the tug-of-war game; to gather, as taro

Pukui and Elbert 1971

protuberance, lump, projection, elevation, jutting out, heap; to protrude, jut

Pukui and Elbert 1971

turn; curl over, as a breaker; (fig.) to change, as an opinion or manner of living

Pukui and Elbert 1971

taro top, as used for planting

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to turn the back on, as to insult; back wall of a house

Pukui and Elbert 1971

feather, quill; fur, wool, fleece, human body hair (contrasting with #lauoho 'head hair'); kind, nature, color

Pukui and Elbert 1971

body hair, hair of eyelashes, fleece, fur; hairy; frayed, splintered, rough, not smooth, bristling; blanket; feathers; down or fuzz on plant stems; rootlet

Pukui and Elbert 1971

bird feather; tick used for mattresses and pillow covers, so called because they were stuffed with bird feathers; green seaweeds

Pukui and Elbert 1971

light brown, bay, as a horse

Pukui and Elbert 1971

triggerfish; to sew, of many or continuously

Pukui and Elbert 1971

hidden secret; hidden

Pukui and Elbert 1971

remove, lift off, uncover, expose; to unload, as a ship; to open, as an oven; push, force, prod; to wash out, as flood waters

Pukui and Elbert 1971

particle and clitic preceding substantives and marking direct and indirect objects, with additional meanings: to, at, in, on, by, because of, due to, by means of ... while, at the time that, when

Pukui and Elbert 1971

particle and clitic preceding subordinate verbs and marking completed or past action and state or condition; sometimes the linking #ai follows the verb or verb phrase

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3sg.

Pukui and Elbert 1971

this

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a fish, the halfbeak

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to strip, peel

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to strip, peel, as bark or fruit; tear off, remove

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to strip, peel, as bark or fruit; tear off, remove

Pukui and Elbert 1971

strip, peel, as bark or fruit; tear off, remove

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to strip, peel, as bark or fruit; tear off, remove

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to go down, descend; to go south or before the wind; down, below

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nose, snout, beak, bill, trunk of an elephant, toe of a shoe; a kiss, prow or bow of a canoe or ship; thick end of pearl-shell shank

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strong

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towards the sea

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strong, powerful; strength, force, energy

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small, little; slightly, a little

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a dark birthmark

Pukui and Elbert 1971

below, underneath

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maggot, grub; to creep, as worms

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to drink; a drink, drinking

Pukui and Elbert 1971

drink (passive and imperative)

Pukui and Elbert 1971

the bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria, also called L. vulgaris); general name for vessel or container, as dish, mug, calabash, pot, cup, pipe

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bone; shell; midrib

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fish or any marine animal, as eel, oyster, crab, whale; meat or any flesh food

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tapa beater

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to hit, strike, hack, thrust, toss, fling, hurl, dash, especially with a quick hard stroke

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refuse; refuse from fibers; treated with contempt, scorn

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to swoop, as a kite; to be poised, soar, as a bird

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to flow, trickle, drop, melt, menstruate; in heat, of a bitch; a run or school of fish

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which house?

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to drool at the mouth

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sea, sea water; area near the sea; current in the sea; insipid, brackish, tasteless

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younger sibling or cousin of the same sex

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girl, daughter, niece

Pukui and Elbert 1971

purple morning (before dawn)

Pukui and Elbert 1971

we (plural, inclusive)

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screwdriver; surgeonfish; rough, as sharkskin

Pukui and Elbert 1971

surgeonfish; rough, as sharkskin

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to wait, loiter, hesitate; loiterer; hesitant, slow

Pukui and Elbert 1971

taro (Colocasia esculenta), a kind of aroid cultivated since ancient times for food… In Hawaii taro has been the staple from earliest times to the present, and its cultivation developed greatly, including more than 300 forms

Pukui and Elbert 1971

fresh, alive, as of leaves or fresh fish; to lay green leaves on an oven

Pukui and Elbert 1971

tomato: Lycopersicon esculentum (< English; the word today is #‘ōhi’a)

Pukui and Elbert 1971

large tree (Calophyllum inophyllum, at home on shores of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, with shiny, oblong leaves to eight inches long, white flowers much like orange blossoms, and globose green fruits about an inch in diameter. The wood is hard and was formerly made into calabashes.

Pukui and Elbert 1971

human being, man, human, mankind, person, individual

Pukui and Elbert 1971

sound of any kind; pitch in music; to sound, cry out, ring, peal, tinkle, roar, rumble, crow; to strike, of a clock; voiced

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to be sounded, cried out

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to shout loudly; jackknife, from the sound of opening and shutting

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to plant, bury; planting, burial

Pukui and Elbert 1971

dart, fish-spear, javelin; spike, as on the tail of a stingray

Pukui and Elbert 1971

edge, border, boundary; side, as of a road

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taboo, prohibition

Pukui and Elbert 1971

dignity, regal appearance; entitled to respect and reverence, difficult of access because of rank, dignity and station

Pukui and Elbert 1971

period of time, lifetime; any season, especially summer; session of a legislature; term, semester; time of late night before dawn

Pukui and Elbert 1971

a sacred chant, as Hi’iaka’s chants of affectionate greeting to persons, hills, and landmarks; a chant of sacrifice to a deity; to chant thus

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to place, put, hang, suspend

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to place, put, hang, suspend, affix, gird on

Pukui and Elbert 1971

my, mine

Pukui and Elbert 1971

a woody plant (Cordyline terminalis) in the lily family

Pukui and Elbert 1971

pillar, prop, post; mast of a ship; nail, spike; rod used in snaring birds with gum

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to sneeze

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sneeze

Pukui and Elbert 1971

various butterfly fishes

Pukui and Elbert 1971

stargazer, reader of omens, seer, astrologer, necromancer; kind of looking glass (rare); to watch closely, spy, examine, look around, observe, forecast.

Pukui and Elbert 1971

first night of the new moon

Pukui and Elbert 1971

mother hen or bird and her brood; a brooding place

Pukui and Elbert 1971

body, person, individual, self; main portion

Pukui and Elbert 1971

a mollusk

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to turn aside, to turn from the direct path

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name of a strong, moderately cold northwesterly wind

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the largest of native forest trees (Acacia koa), with light-gray bark, crescent-shaped leaves, and white flowers in small, round heads; a legume with fine, red wood, a valuable timber tree, formerly used for canoes, surfboards, calabashes, now for furniture and ukuleles. A small koa was sometimes added to the hula altar to Laka, goddess of the hula, to make the dancer fearless.

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guess, election, choice; choose, select

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blood; rainbow-hued

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hard, rigid; sexually excited

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of or belonging to below; the people from below

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three

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indicator of plurality in the plural pronouns and possessives only

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a tree: Cordia subcordata

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coral, coral head

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coral, coral head

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brace, support, prop; pole as used in pushing a canoe

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windward sides of the Hawaiian islands

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to stand, stop, halt, anchor, moor...

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back; burden

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to point, gesture, as in speaking, directing an orchestra or dancing the hula

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to show, designate, teach, give orders

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to string pierced objects, as flowers in a lei, or fish; to thread, as beads; needle, pin, spike, nail, screw, any pointed instrument of wood or metal; to sting

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excreta

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a brownish substance, sometimes noticed under trees in the shape of paste squeezed from a tube; if the substance contains red, it is believed to be the excreta of the ghost of a dying person, and a sign that someone is dying

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to beat, as tapa

Pukui and Elbert 1971

candlenut tree: Aleurites moluccana; a large tree in the spurge family bearing nuts containing white, oily kernels which were formerly used for lights and are still cooked for a relish; called kuikui on Niʻihau

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deafness, deaf person; deaf; noisy

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to drip, leak, trickle; to flow, as tears; a drop; general name for distilled liquor; dystentery, gonorrhea

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a variety of freshwater eel

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to burn, blaze, kindle, scorch, sear, brand; to etch in leather

Pukui and Elbert 1971

broil on coals, as meat or fish

Pukui and Elbert 1971

sprout, growth; offspring; upstart, as one rising suddenly and conspicuously to high position; to sprout, grow, increase; to occur

Pukui and Elbert 1971

demigod, especially a supernatural being possessing several forms, as Kamapuaʻa (man, pig, fish)

Pukui and Elbert 1971

grandparent, ancestor, relative of the grandparents' generation

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to pound, punch, strike; to beat out, as metals; to churn, as butter

Pukui and Elbert 1971

sail; dorsal fin

Pukui and Elbert 1971

forehead, brow; cape, point, promontory

Pukui and Elbert 1971

extended, spread out, broad; circulated, broadcast

Pukui and Elbert 1971

term of abuse; male, as #pipi laho ‘bull’, #pua’a laho

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a fish: Scomberoides sp.

Pukui and Elbert 1971

tame, domesticated, gentle; attracted to, fond of; to tame, domesticate, attract

Pukui and Elbert 1971

tame, domesticated, gentle; to tame, domesticate

Pukui and Elbert 1971

branch, limb, bough, coconut frond; timber, as of outrigger boom or float; wing of an army; to branch out, form branches, diverge

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down, downward, low, lower, under, beneath; depths, lowness; leeward, southern

Pukui and Elbert 1971

torch, light, lamp

Pukui and Elbert 1971

torch fishing; torch; to go torch fishing

Pukui and Elbert 1971

sky, heaven; heavenly, spiritual; very high chief, majesty; royal, exalted, high born, aristocratic

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leaf; frond; to leaf out

Pukui and Elbert 1971

wrapping, wrapped package; packages of #ti leaves or banana leaves containing pork, beef, salted fish, or taro tops, baked in the ground oven, steamed or broiled

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wrapping, wrapped package; packages of #ti leaves or banana leaves containing pork, beef, salted fish, or taro tops, baked in the ground oven, steamed or broiled

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pregnant

Pukui and Elbert 1971

a broad flat, as of coral, lava, reef; board, lumber

Pukui and Elbert 1971

tree, plant, wood, timber, forest, stick, thicket, club; blow of a club; strength, rigidness, hardness, male erection; to have formed mature wood, as of a seedling; wooden, woody, stiff, as wood; medicine, medicinal; lump or knot in the flesh; general name for canoe endpiece

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tree, plant, wood, timber, forest, stick, thicket, club; blow of a club; strength, rigidness, hardness; male erection; to have formed mature wood, as of a seedling; wooden, woody; stiff, as wood; medicine, medicinal; lump or knot in the flesh, as eased by the rubbing #kahi massage; to have a cramp

Pukui and Elbert 1971

fine ashes

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to fly, jump, leap, hop, swing, bounce, burst forth; to sail through the air, as a meteor; to rush out, as to attack

Pukui and Elbert 1971

voice; tone; tune; sound; command; advice; syllable; plea, verbal message; speak, make a sound

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nit, louse egg

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jealous; highly sensitive to criticism; jealousy; anger and mental anguish felt if one’s loved ones are criticized

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many nits

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tiny, dainty, fine

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five

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a general name for all kinds of plants living under water, both fresh and salt; also algae growing in any damp place in the air, as on the ground, on rocks, and on other plants; also mosses, liverworts, lichens

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overgrown with moss, seaweed, or any #limu

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small, tiny

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small, tiny

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here and there, piecemeal, a little at a time, in bits; diminutive

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a black insect, the earwig (Dermaptera)

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in, inside, within; interior, inside; internal organs, as tripe

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inside, within; interior, inside; interior organs, as tripe

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lagoon

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puddles, small pools

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news, report, remembrance, rumor

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two, second, secondary, twice; second of a pair; doubly, much, a great deal; equal, likeness, duplicate, copy, match; companion, mate

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hole, pit, grave, den, cave, mine, crater (#lua is a hole that has a bottom, contrasting with #puka, perforation)

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vomit; volcanic eruptions; to vomit, erupt; to banish, expel, drive out, as people

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calm, peace, shelter, lee, protection, shield, cloak; to lie at anchor

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to crowd uncomfortably; overturn, pound, crush, as the surf; to press

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(fossilized in e.g. #makaɁu ‘fear, frightened, afraid’)

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warmth; warm

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where is the house?

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direction towards the speaker; come, come here; say, give (used without particles); almost, nearly, as though; particle of negative command

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raw, as fish; uncooked; green, unripe, as fruit; fersh as distinct from salted provisions

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eye; eye of a needle; face, countenance; presence; sight, view; beloved one, favorite person; point; bud, protuberance; center of a flower, including usually both the stamens and pistils; nipple, teat; sharp edge or blade of an instrument; point of a fishhook; beginning, source; fig., descendant; mesh of a net, mesh in plaiting; stitch in sewing

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raw, as fish; uncooked; green, unripe, as fruit; fresh as distinct from salted provisions

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on the sea side, toward the sea, in the direction of the sea

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tiny, very small, fine, wee; small-meshed; narrow wefts; Pleaides

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intimate friend with whom one is on terms of receiving and giving freely; host; fig., anything very helpful, as education

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wind, breeze; gas in the stomach, flatulent wind; to blow; fig., to show anger; ghost, spirit

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able, competent, capable, efficient, adept, skilled, expert, qualified; prepared, ready; competence, proficiency; to know how, to to well

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fear; frightened, afraid

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die; defeated, killed, unfortunate; to faint; death, fainting, danger of death, peril, destruction, misfortune; kill; deathly, deadly, faint, deceased, late; obsolete; poisonous; desire, want, to want

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price, barter, exchange

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passive/imperative of #make: be defeated, be killed

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thick, heavy, deep, as clouds; thick-coated, as with dust; laden, as a high chief with taboo

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chubby; thick, as a plank

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parent, any relative of the parents’ generation, as uncle, aunt, cousin; Catholic father; main stalk of a plant; adult; full-grown, mature, older, senior; fig., benefactor, provider, anyone who cares for one; the Lord

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parents, etc. (plural of #makua)

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below, underneath

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light, month, moon

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light of knowledge, clarity of thinking or explanation, enlightenment, shining...

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leaf sheath that protects the young leaves of the breadfruit tree

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male’s loincloth; chant in praise of a chief’s loincloth; leaf sheath that protects the young leaves of the breadfruit tree

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shade, shelter, protection, peace, control, strength; shaded, peaceful, quiet; under taboo; reserved, held apart; taboo; the stillness and awe of taboo

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shelter or protection of any kind, often humble

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to chew, masticate (but not swallow), as #kava

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supernatural or divine power; give #mana to, make powerful; have #mana

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branch, limb, crotch

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time, turn, season; chronology; for a short time, infrequent; affections, feelings, disposition; anterior fontanel in the heads of infants; top of the head in adults at position of the fontanel

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bird; any winged creature; wing of a kite; person (fig.); ornamental elliptical expansions at the upper ends of the bow and stern endpieces of a canoe

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life, heart, seat of life; ghost, spirit; fontanel; twenty-ninth day of the old month

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patient, sick person; sickness, disease; sick, ill; menstruating

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and

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reddish-brown, as water with red earth in it; yellowish-white, of feathers

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crops, plants

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to suck in

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to suck in

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urine, urinate

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urine; to urinate

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island; to be cut, severed

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fat; fertile, rich, as soil; fruitful; sweet

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grandchild, great-niece or -nephew

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grandchild; great-niece or -nephew; relatives two generations later, whether blood or adopted; descendant; posterity

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a fish (Monotaxis grandoculis), perhaps porgy or snapper

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cut short, shortened; amputated; at an end, ceased; anything cut off short; short, brief, quick; broken section of a wave or crest; thirtieth night of the moon, when it has entirely disappeared

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after, behind, afterward; last, following behind; younger, youngest; stern of a canoe

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moan, groan, wail

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the Big Dipper

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the common housefly and other two-winged insects

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lost, vanished, concealed, forgotten; to pass away, disappear

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wave, surf; full of waves; to form waves; wavy, as wood grain

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rough, of a sea with high waves

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snarling

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chew, munch, masticate; gnash the teeth; grinder, as of a sugar mill

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tooth

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coconut tree, Cocos nucifera

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seat, chair, stool, bench, saddle; to live, dwell; to be in session; to stay, tarry; to marry; possession of a medium by a spirit or god

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Scorpaeinidae, fish with poisonous spines

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the Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia), a small tree or shrub in the coffee family with pale yellow unpleasant-tasting fruits. Formerly Hawaiians obtained dye and medicine from the many parts of the tree

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to snore, gurgle

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to cough; to roar, as wind; grunting, as of pigs; cooing, as of doves; patter, as of rain; groaning, deep sighing, moaning

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to cough; to roar, as wind; grunting, as of pigs; cooing, as of doves; patter, as of rain; groaning, deep sighing, moaning

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beak, snout, tip, end; spout, beaker of a pitcher; mouth or entrace, as of a harbor, river, or mountain pass; scolding, raving, ranting, grumbling

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a variety of taro

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a variety of taro; the corm is pointed like a bird’s beak (Kauaʻi only)

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stream mouth

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moaning, groaning, cooing, grunting

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food provisions for a journey, esp. at sea; sea rations

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to answer, reply yes, agree; yes (in reply)

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you (sg.)

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dregs, crumbs, sediment, filings, hulls, grounds, small bits

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stop, finish, end

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hill (obsolete now except in place names)

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his, her, its

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sand; sandy; silt; poetic name for land

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six

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large mackerel type fish (Acanthocybium solandri), up to five or six feet in length

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your, yours

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house rafter; timbers in the side of a ship

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fence, wall, corral, pen, sty, enclosure

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pearl-shell lure

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pearl-shell lure

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tobacco

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to unite portions of tapa by beating

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a low or rumbling sound

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a surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) famous for a strong odor

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fish sp., perhaps Abudefduf abdominalis

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to shoot, as marbles, arrows, bow; bow and arrows...

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to shoot rats or mice with bow and arrow, an ancient sport; bow and arrow

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flat surface, stratum, layer, level, foundation; story of a building; class, rank, order; table; sheet, plate, shelf; flat, level

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how?, what?, how about it?

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to fold, turn over, turn under; a hem, tuck, as in a dress; take a tuck, hem

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fold, turn over, turn under; a hem, tuck, as in a dress; to take a tuck, hem

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bat

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Hawaiian bat: Lasiurus semotus

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to sprinkle, as water with the fingers

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a variety of taro; a variety of sweet potato

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the encrusted white matter in the eyes, as from sleeping or from sore eyes, "sand" in the eyes; to get such matter in the eyes; an abusive epithet applied to one who was unwashed, said to refer to genitals

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the encrusted white matter in the eyes, as from sleeping or from sore eyes, "sand" in the eyes; to get such matter in the eyes; an abusive epithet applied to one who was unwashed, said to refer to genitals

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navel, navel string, umbilical cord; fig. blood relative, genitals; design in plaiting the hat called #pāpale ‘ie; bottom round of a carrying net

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to cling, stick, adhere, touch, join, adjoin, cleave to, associate with, be with, be close to; clinging, sticking; close relationship, relative; thing belonging to

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the Hawaiian pearl oyster: Pinctada radiata; kind of tapa

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small mollusks

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arch, arc; bent, arched, curved; to arch, of a rainbow

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arch, arc; bent, arched, curved

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arch, arc; bent, arched, curved; to arch, of a rainbow

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rock, stone, mineral; tablet; rocky, stony

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purple; any purple-like color

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goodness, uprightness, morality, moral qualities, correct or proper procedure, excellence, well-being, prosperity, welfare, true condition or nature, duty; moral, fitting, proper, right, just, fair, beneficial, successful, in perfect order; eased, relieved; should, ought, must; necessary

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rot, as of wood or cloth; decay, as of teeth; moth-eaten; worm offal; rust (Bible); rotten, decayed

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a square head

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large triton conch shell (Charonia tritonis); any wind instrument, as horn, trumpet, cornet; gun, pistol

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flower, blossom, tassel and stem of sugar cane; to bloom, blossom; to issue, appear, come forth, emerge, said especially of smoke, wind, speech and colors, hence to smoke, blow, speak, shine; progeny, child, descendant, offspring

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to issue, appear, come forth, emerge, said especially of smoke, wind, speech, and colors; hence, to smoke, blow, speak, shine

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arrow, dart, sometimes made from flower stalks of sugarcane

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flower, blossom, tassel and stem of sugarcane; to bloom, to blossom

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flower, blossom

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Hawaiian short-eared owl: Asio flammeus sandwichensis, sometimes regarded as a deity

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hole; door, gate, opening

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gather together, pucker; shrunken, contracted

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particle, as dust; particle in the eye, mote; have something in the eye

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kindling; start a fire with kindling

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a fish, perhaps Pempheris mangula

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prayer; to pray; grace; blessing

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a soft, glossy, yellow wool on the base of tree-fern leaf stalks (Cibotium spp.). It was used to stuff mattresses and pillows... Hawaiians stuffed bodies of their dead with #pulu after removing vital organs; mulch, coconut husk, coconut fiber, raw cotton; tapa pulp; cushion; fine linen; tinder, kindling; soft, padded; to kindle, as fire

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wet, moist, soaked; a soft, glossy, yellow wool on the base of tree-fern leaf stalks (Cibotium spp.); it was used to stuff mattresses and pillows

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tinder, kindling; cotton, as for quilt padding; fine linen

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coral, lime, plaster, mortar, calcium; coral container, as for dye

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spring (of water)

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spring (of water)

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any kind of protuberance, from a pimple to a hill; hill, peak, mound, bulge, heap, bulk, mass, quantity, clot, bunch, knob; heaped, piled, lumped, bulging; pregnant; any of various round parts or protuberances of the body, as pimple, wart, mole, callus, lump, stomach, fist, knuckle, ankle joint; gizzard, as of chickens; hard stomach, as of some fish; head, as of cabbage or lettuce; form a head, to head, sprout; fancy knot, as in #kōkō net; hinge of pearl oyster

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breast, teat, udder

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moist; to drip, drizzle; impregnated, as with salt

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rain; to rain; rainy

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tough, sinewy, glutinous, viscid; not easily broken, as cord

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the yam, Dioscorea alata

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lightning, electricity; electric

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inland, upland, towards the mountain; shore, uplands; shoreward (if at sea)

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baggage, luggage, freight, cargo, supplies

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a deep-sea snapper (Aprion spp.)

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a deep-sea snapper: Aprion spp.

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Hawaiian lobster: Panulirus japonicus

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penis; tenon for a mortise: pointed end of a post which enters the crotch of a rafter

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any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds

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pillow, cushion, formerly made of pandanus

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oven, furnace; a heap of rocks placed in the sea for small fish such as the #manini to hide in

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scales of a fish; scaly; to scale

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take out, withdraw, as money from a bank, or a drawer from a desk; unsheath; take off, as a ring; translate, interpret

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leg (obsolete)

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to choose, select, pick out, sort, separate; to draft, as soldiers; to preen, as of a chicken; finicky

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carry on the back, as a child

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mouth; opening; inner surface of a bowl; open top of a canoe

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fuel, firewood; to serve as firewood

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woman, lady; wife; sister-in-law; female cousin-in-law of a man; feminine

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women

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outside, beyond, out, outer, outward

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water, liquid of any kind other than sea water; juice, sap, honey; any liquid discharged from the body, as blood, semen; river, stream (in place-names)

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coconut water

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eight

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general term for inland region, usually not precipitous and often uninhabited

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1sg. nominative pronoun: I

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leg, foot; foot of a rainbow; trousers (obsolete); afoot

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canoe; trench, furrow

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to wind, twist, writhe, crank, turn, grind, drill, mix

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hammock, as of tapa, fastened to the #manuea, center support of a house; hammock in general

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thatch purlin and rafter

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food or food plant, especially vegetable food as distinguished from #iʔa, meat or fleshy food; often #ʔai refers specifically to #poi; to eat, destroy of consume, as by fire, erode; to taste, bite, take a hook, grasp, hold on to; edible; ; score, points in a game; stake, wager

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right

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to take a nip and let go; to nibble, as fish; to bite off the bark of sugarcane; to heal, as a wound; to scar over; sharp recurring pain, as in head or stomach

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coconut shell cup

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to swim, travel by sea

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the kava (Piper methysticum), a shrub four to twelve feet tall with green jointed stems and heart-shaped leaves, native to Pacific islands, the root being the source of a narcotic drink of the same name used in ceremonies

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tentacle

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tentacle

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tentacles; runners, as on a vine

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tentacles; runners, as on a vine

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wrasse: Bodianus bilunulatus

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coconut cloth, vascular bundles in taro corm, chaff; fibrous

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different, foreign, strange, peculiar; heathen (Biblical)

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prefix to numbers

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hawksbill turtle: Chelone imbricata; the shell of this turtle; reddish-brown, as the color of the #Ɂea shell

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to dig, excavate

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to dig, excavate

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outrigger boom

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an endemic woody branching climber (Freycinetia arborea)

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to see, know, feel, greet, recognize, understand; to know sexually; to receive revelations from the gods; knowledge, understanding, recognition, comprehension and hence learning; sense, as of hearing or sight; vision

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skin; complexion; hide; scalp; bark; rind, peel

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cheeping, peeping

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small, stunted, undersized; dwarf

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any piercing instrument, fork, pin, sharp-pointed stick, pitchfork, fishing spear; coconut husker; sharp darting body pain; to pierce, vaccinate, prick, stab, thrust; to flash, as lightning; to extend; to dip in, as the finger; to reach, to appear; force a way out

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any piercing instrument, fork, pin, sharpened stick, pitchfork, fishing spear, coconut husker; to pierce, vaccinate, prick, stab, thrust, etc.

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cut, sever, hew

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fold, crease; wrinkled; bend of a wave; to fold, crease

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to limp

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to grunt, groan, moan, sigh, mourn, grieve, complain; sorrow; an exclamation of delight or assent; to exclaim thus

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louse, flea

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Wandering tattler: Heteroscelus incanus, a slender winter migrant to Hawaii, slaty above and white with dusky bars and streaks beneath

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the breadfruit (Artocarpus incisa); it is grown for its edible fruit, and sometimes for ornament

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