e₁ part.marking imperative/intentive mood.seee (verb) ai,e (verb) ana.(Gram. 5.4) PCP *e.

e₂ agentive part.by, by means of (follows a pas/imp.).(Gram. 9.9) [PPn *e,preposed agent marker: *(q)e]

Uaʻāhewaʻiaʻoiaekealiʻi.He was blamed by the chief.

e₃ infinitive part.used before certain subordinate verbs.(Gram. 5.4) [(EO) PPn *ke,verbal particle introducing subordinate clauses; in order to, so that]

Makemakeauehele.I want to go.

e₄ seeē₁, vocative part...

ē₁ voc. part.a secondē often follows the head word for emphasis.Ē is shortened toe before third-person pronouns:seee ia nei,e lākou ala.PPN *(ʻe)e.

ĒkealiʻioMaui.O chief of Maui.

ĒPua;ēPuaē.O Pua.

ē₂ intensifying part.as in the common exclamation below.(Gram. 7.5) 

Auēnohoʻiē!My! Oh my!

ē₃ interj.Alas!

ē₄ a word used only at the end of a sentence or phrase, with meanings such as: yeah; right; isn't that so? (commonly pronounced the same as the Frenchhein which carries the same meaning.)

Paʻakikīloakēlāhaʻawina,ē?That was a really hard lesson, yeah?

ʻe- prefix to numerals, inanimate, asʻekahi,ʻelua,ʻekolu.PPN *e.

ʻē₁ nvs.different, strange, peculiar, unusual, heathen (Biblical), other.cf.ʻē aʻe,ʻano ʻē,mea ʻē.(Gram. 1.4) [PPn *kehe,different, be different, other]

ʻāinaʻēforeign land

Heʻē!How strange! [It] is gone, past!

ʻē₂ interj.yes (unemphatic, as in mild agreement and indicating that one has heard;cf.ʻae).[PPn *ee,yes]

ʻē₃ n.the letter "e".Eng.

ʻē₄ n.key of A (music).Eng.MUS

ʻē₅ nvs.away off, elsewhere(Gram. 1.4) 

Helemakahiʻē!Go away! Get out!

Holoʻēlākou.They fled beforehand (away, elsewhere).

Ikahiʻēkaua,waeleʻēkepulu.When the rain is elsewhere, open up beforehand the mulch[prepare for rain before it comes].(ON 1178)

ʻē₆ nvs.beforehand, already, before, premature, in advance (sometimes translated ‘had’ and called by(And) a sign of the pluperfect tense, although it is used after the imperative mood).(Gram. 1.4) 

Holoʻēlākou.They fled beforehand (away, elsewhere).

Ikahiʻēkaua,waeleʻēkepulu.When the rain is elsewhere, open up beforehand the mulch[prepare for rain before it comes..(ON 1178)

ʻIkeʻēlākou.They already knew.

keikihānauʻēprematurely born child

e (verb) ai particles indicating imperative/intentive mood and accompanying subordinate verbs (ai in this case is the anaphoricai).(Gram. 5.4, 7.3) 

e (verb) ala same ase (verb) lā.

ʻOiaialepoʻulaāueʻikeala.It's that red dirt you see over there.

e (verb) ana particles indicating incompleted action and future.(Gram. 5.2) [Pn(CE) *e__ana,continuous aspect marker]

e (verb) lā similar toe (verb) nei, except thatlā indicates action away.(Gram. 5.2) 

e (verb) nei particles indicating imperfect aspect and future tense and accompanying subordinate verbs. Thenei indicates action here or now.See(Gram. 5.2).

-ea pejorative suffix.seehanaea,luea,nanaiea,poluea.(Gram. 6.5) PNP *-ea: cf. Rennellese -ea.

ea₁ n.
  • sovereignty,
  • rule, independence.
  [Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, literally the day sovereignty was restored, a holiday celebrated in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Set on July 31, modern observations of this day include ceremonies taking place at different sites around Hawaiʻi, including a key commemoration at Thomas Square in Honolulu.]

HoʻihoʻiikeeaoHawaiʻi.Restore the sovereignty of Hawaiʻi.

LāHoʻihoʻiEa.Restoration Day.

ea₂ n.
  • life, spirit(Isa. 42.5).
  • air, breeze,
  • breath, respiration,
  • vapor, gas; fumes, as of tobacco;
Thisea, as well asea₁,₃,₄, is sometimes pronounced or sungʻea.cf.eamāmā,eaolamāmā.WIN

Hepalupalulākou,heeahelewaleaku.They were flesh, a wind that passes away.(Hal. 78.39)

hoʻopukaeaexhaust fumes

kahaeato deprive of rights of livelihood

KāʻiliʻiaakukeeaoʻAberahama.Abraham gave up the ghost; lit., the breath of life was snatched away.(Kin. 25.8)

Uamaukeeaokaʻāinaikapono.The life of the land is preserved in righteousness.(ON 2829 motto of Hawaiʻi)

waieaaerated waters

ea n.fume.alsoea puka.WIN

anamīkāeabarometer

āohiohieaair resistance, i.e. the force of air against a moving object

pōhakupukaeaair stone, i.e. the porous rock in an aquarium that creates tiny bubbles at the surface of the water to facilitate the exchange of gases

pūnukueamakegas mask, as used during World War II

ea₃ vi.to rise, go up, raise, become erect.cf.aea, to rise up,to raise the head...,eʻea, to rise up frequently, as in water...,hōʻea, to arrive...,maea₁, to rise to the surface...[PPn *eʻa,emerge, appear on surface of water after being submerged][Aea; piʻi mai lalo aʻe o ka wai a kai paha a ʻōʻili i luna i ka ʻili o ia wai a kai paha. puka mai lalo o ke kai a i ‘ole o ka wai.]₁₄_,₁₉FIS

ʻAʻolehoʻiaueeamalunaokoʻuwahimoe.I will not go up into my bed.(Hal. 132.3)

kaiearising sea(Kep. 183)

keeaʻanaokaʻai,kaiʻathe obtaining ofpoi, fish(Kep. 97)

Uaeakonapoʻo.His head was raised.

ea₄ vi.to smell.Alsoʻea.cf.maea,māeaea.Perhaps PEP *ea.

eaʻinoʻino,eapilauevil-smelling, rotten-smelling

eā tra-la-la.(EH)

ʻea₁ n.
  • hawksbill turtle (Chelone imbricata), both land and sea species;
  • the shell of this turtle.
 bc[(OC) PPn *kea,hawksbill turtle][ʻEa makauliʻi: Ka māhele paʻakikī ma ke kua o ka honu. Ua hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā kahiko no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mea hoʻonaninani like ʻole.]₁₃ANI

ʻea₂ vs.reddish-brown, as the color of theʻea shell.cf.ʻea mālani,ʻea ʻula.bcCOL

ʻea₃ n.a general term for infections and infectious diseases; coated tongue, sometimes accompanied by sore throat, the thrush disease of children. Many diseases of miscellaneous nature begin withʻea and are listed below.bc[PPn *kea,thrush (throat infection): *ke(q)a]ILL

ʻEakawaha.The tongue is coated.

ʻOiakamaʻilioakuaʻeakawaha,ʻaʻoheloheʻiamai.While talking on until the tongue is coated, yet no one pays any attention [a metaphor to show exasperation].

ʻea₄ n.spray.cf.ʻeʻa, dust. These words are sometimes interchanged.bc

Kūkaʻeaikamoana.The spray rises in the sea.

ʻea₅ vocative interj. usually at the beginning or end of utterances.(1 Sam. 9.5),(Lunk. 7.3).(Gram. 12) bc[ʻeā: ʻauhea ʻoe / ʻolua / ʻoukou; ʻē; he ʻōlelo ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kekahi hopunaʻōlelo no ke kāhea ʻana i kekahi a i ʻole i mea hoʻomaliu mai i kekahi iā ʻoe.]₁₄

ʻEa,helemai!Say, come here!

Hoʻolohemaiʻoukou,ʻea.All of you there, listen.

ʻea₆ var. ofea₄, to smell.bc

ʻea₇ nvi.noisy; to yell, whoop; whoop.bc

Ekanianakaʻea.A whoop sounded.

ʻea₈ var. ofea₂, life, air, breath, respiration, vapor, gas...,ea₃, to rise, go up, raise, become erect...bc

Awaihoikaʻeanāiwiokamahele.The traveler's bones are left in the air. [said of one dying in a foreign land](RC 367)

ʻea₉ n.plastic.Niʻihau.

kanakaʻeamannequin

keʻekeʻeaplastic bag. cf.pūʻolo pepa

tukopaipuplastic pipe cement

tukopaipuʻeaplastic pipe cement

ʻeā₁ interj.Isn't that so? That's it!bc[ʻAʻole anei?; ē?; he ʻōlelo ma ka pau ʻana o kekahi hopunaʻōlelo e noi ana i kekahi e hōʻoia i ka pololei o kāu ʻōlelo.]₁₄

ʻEā,eahaanaʻoukou?Say, what are you up to?

ʻOia,ʻeā?Is that so?

Pēlā,ʻeā?It's that way, is it?

UaheleakuʻoiaiHonolulu,ʻeā.She went to Honolulu, you know.

ʻeā₂ song refrain. see(EM 81).alsoʻeāʻeā,interj. at end of verses in some chants that maintains rhythm and affords pleasure in repetition, something like English tra-la-la...bc

Kohākaleookawaikini,ualaʻieā,kawawaloikaʻohunoeināmaunaeā.The roaring voice of the many waters is calm, tra-la, the roaring in the misty clouds in the mountains, tra-la. (song)

ʻea n.melody, tune.alsoleo.seemū hōlapu pale ʻea pau,ʻōnaehana pale ʻea,ʻukulele ʻea honu.Eng.(air).MUS

ʻeʻa₁ nvs.dust, dirt, dust cloud, spray (ʻeʻa andʻea₄ are probably interchanged at times).WIN

kōweloʻeʻadust streamer

Kūkaʻeʻaikekula.The dust cloud rose over the plain.

ʻŌkaʻikaʻeʻa,ʻōkaʻihuakaʻiʻula.A marching cloud of dust, a red procession on the march [warriors with feather cloaks].

ʻeʻa₂ n.mountain banana patch.BAN

Līlākamaiʻaokaʻeʻa,wilikaʻōkaʻi.Spindly is the growth of the mountain banana patch, the blossom container twists [even a spindly plant may bear fruit].

ʻeʻa₃ n.a fish similar toʻaʻawa, but with dark flesh.FIS

eaʻaʻā n.gas.lit., burning air.

ʻē aʻe vs.different, other, another, else.

eaea₁ [ea·ea] n.air, breath, air current. Some confusion exists in the uses ofeaea,ʻeaʻea, andʻeʻaʻeʻa.

eaea [ea·ea] vs.aerated; aerobic, i.e. living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen.seehōʻeaea.

kahoʻohāpopoeaeaʻanaaerobic decomposition

kahoʻohāpopoeaeaʻoleʻanaanaerobic decomposition

eaea₂ [ea·ea] to rise; high waves.redup. ofea₃, to rise, go up, raise, become erect...;PPN *eʻaeʻa.FIS

Heiʻanokapāpaʻu,heloaʻawaleikahopulima;heiʻanokahohonu,nohoikeeaea.Fish of the shallows, gotten merely by catching in the hands; fish of the depths stay in the high waves [some tasks are easier than others].

eaea₃ [ea·ea] a smell, as of seaweed; to smell.redup. ofea₄, to smell...;SWD

eā eā refrain₂, tra-la-la.(EH)

-ʻeaea [-ʻea·ea] 

hoʻeaeato approach

ʻeaʻea₁ spray; encrusted with spray (sometimes confused witheaea andʻeʻaʻeʻa).redup. ofʻea₄, spray...;FIS

Kalawaiʻanuiiʻeaʻeanākuʻemaka,iʻehuʻehunālihilihi.The great fisherman whose brows are sprayed with sea and whose lashes are reddened [admiration of a fisherman].(ON 1436)

ʻeaʻea₂ dignified, honorable.(And.)

ʻeaʻea₃ n.a bird (no data).BIR

ʻeāʻeā interj.at end of verses in some chants that maintains rhythm and affords pleasure in repetition, something like English tra-la-la.PAN MUS

Naniwalenāhala,ʻeāʻeā,oNaueikekai,ʻeāʻeābeautiful indeed the pandanus, tra-la, of Naue by the sea, tra-la (song)

ʻeʻaʻeʻa dust; dusty; obscure, darkened, cloudy, shady; to cloud, overshadow (sometimes confused witheaea andʻeaʻea).redup. ofʻeʻa₁, dust, dirt, dust cloud, spray...;WIN

ʻeaʻekeʻeke [ʻeaʻeke·ʻeke] n.six-pack ring, i.e. the plastic ring which holds the cans together.lit., six-pack plastic.

ʻeaʻekeʻekekoloakasix-pack soda ring

ʻeaʻekeʻekepiasix-pack beer ring

ʻea hanu paʻa n.condition of frequent colds.lit.,ʻea with hardened breath.

ʻea houpo lewalewa n.var. spelling ofʻeahoupo lewalewa, great hunger, perhaps due to diabetes. lit., loose-hanging diaphragmʻea.AltSpel ILL

ʻeahoupo lewalewa,ʻea houpo lewalewa [ʻea·houpolewa·lewa] n.great hunger, perhaps due to diabetes.lit., loose-hanging diaphragmʻea.ILL

ʻea huna n.dizzy spells, dizziness; latentʻea disease.(Kam. 64:103)ILL

ʻea kai wawaka n.impaired vision, perhaps labyrinthitis.ILL

ʻeakāki n.charge card.lit., plastic (for) charging.alsokāleka kāki.

ʻea kakua n.var. spelling ofʻea kākua, a disease, perhaps secondary lues; lumbago.AltSpel BOD ILL

ʻea kākua,ʻea kakua [ʻeakā·kua] n.a disease, perhaps secondary lues; lumbago(EH).(Kam. 64:115)BOD ILL

ʻea kāmoloā n.var. spelling ofʻea kāmolowā, condition of listlessness.AltSpel ILL

ʻea kāmolowā,ʻea kāmoloā [ʻeakā·molo·wā] n.condition of listlessness.ILL

ʻeakaulole n.hanger, when made of plastic.lit., plastic (for) placing clothes.seeuea kau lole,lāʻau kau lole,mea kau lole.

ʻea kua neneke n.a variety ofʻea, a land tortoise.lit., tortoise with back fitted into sections.

ʻea kūkaʻa [ʻeakū·kaʻa] n.disease with swelling symptoms.ILL

ʻea kū manawa n.severe headaches, perhaps due to high blood pressure.lit.,ʻea at fontanel.ILL

ʻea māhani [ʻeamā·hani] n.a type ofʻea[illness] described as evanescent[vanishing, fading way, fleeting].(Kam. 64:103)ILL

ʻea mālani [ʻeamā·lani] nvs.light-brown in color.seeʻea₂.COL

eamāmā [ea·mā·mā] n.gas.lit., light air.

eaolamāmā [ea·ola·mā·mā] n.oxygen.lit., light life breath.

ʻeaʻōlena n.var. spelling ofʻea ʻōlena, jaundice, hepatitis.AltSpel BOD ILL

ʻea ʻōlena,ʻeaʻōlena [ʻeaʻō·lena] n.jaundice, hepatitis.BOD

ʻeapainaʻāpala [ʻeapaina·ʻā·pala] n.polyethylene.lit., pineapple plastic (from the plastic used when planting pineapples).seehāliʻi ʻea.

ʻea pōniu [ʻeapō·niu] S  n.dizziness, vertigo.ILL

ʻea ʻula nvs.wine-colored, such a color.COL

ʻea wāhi paʻa n.osteomalacia, gradual softening of the bones.ILL

ʻea wawaka n.acute childhoodʻea disease.(Kam. 64:105)ILL

Edena var. spelling ofʻĒkena₂, Eden...

Edinaboro var. spelling ofʻEkinapolo, Edinburgh...

eʻe₁,ʻeʻe nvi.
  • to climb on, mount, get on,
  • go aboard, board,
  • embark;
  • one who climbs, mounts, boards;
  • step.
  cf.eʻe kuahiwi,eʻe moku,hikieʻe.
 bc[PPn *heke,to mount, go on board, perch][ʻEʻe: Ke kau ʻana o ke kanaka ma luna o kekahi mea e like me ka moku, ka mokulele, ka waʻa, a pēlā aku.]₁₃

hoʻēʻeto rise or swell, as surf; to mount, as a surfer mounts a wave(2-Oihn. 35.24)

Hoʻēʻeakulaiaikanohomalunaokonahoki.He saddled his ass.(Kin. 22.3)

kaieʻetidal wave

kaihoʻēʻetidal wave, deep sea

ʻeʻe vi.to board, go aboard, get on, etc.[+]

vi.to log on, log in, as of a network or other computer system.cf.lele.

eʻe₂ same asaʻa₂, to extend greetings.bc

ʻeʻe vs.hard, stiff, dry.cf.kaʻeʻe.[Pn(NP) *keke,stiff, hard, inflexible]

ʻēʻē₁ contrary, peculiar, opposite; adversely.redup. ofʻē₁, different, strange, peculiar, unusual, heathen...;PPN *kesekese, PEP *keekee.

Epaleanaikawawālapuwale,amekekūʻēʻēʻanaikameaikapahewaʻiahenaʻauaoavoiding profane babblings and oppositions of the thing falsely called science(1-Tim. 6.20)

Heʻēʻēwalenōkonamanaʻo.His opinion is in opposition.

hoʻēʻēto keep away from, avoid

ʻēʻē- pref.a prefix meaning anti-, scientific term only.[+]SCI

ʻēʻēhunaʻāneantiproton

ʻēʻēhunahohokiantineutron

ʻēʻēhunaʻinepositron, an anti matter electron

ʻēʻēmeakinoantimatter

ʻēʻē₂ n.yellow underwing feathers of theʻōʻō, a bird, as used in featherwork.BIR

ʻēʻē₃ n.armpit.Seekuiʻēʻē.alsopōʻaeʻae,poʻēʻē.[Pn(CE) *keekee,armpit]BOD

eʻea to rise up frequently, as in water; to bob up and down.redup. ofea₃, to rise, go up, raise, become erect...

Eʻeaaʻekepoʻookahonuikaʻilikai.The head of the turtle appeared again and again on the surface of the sea.

ʻeʻea₁ vs.quick ready, expert.

Heʻeʻeanōkonakūlana.He is quick in his ways.

ʻeʻea₂ n.a bird, said to be an adultʻalaiaha.(KL. line 307)BIR

eʻeʻe var. spelling ofʻeʻeʻe, to keep climbing over everything, as an active child; mischievous.AltSpel

ʻeʻeʻe,eʻeʻe to keep climbing over everything, as an active child; mischievous.redup. ofeʻe₁, to climb on, mount, get on, go aboard, board, embark...;

ʻeʻehi same ashehi, to step on.

ʻEʻehiiholaiaapaʻa.He placed his feet down and stood firm.

ʻeʻehia [ʻeʻe·hia] nvs.
  • overcome with fearful reverence, terror-stricken, awe-stricken;
  • awe-inspiring, solemn;
  • reverence, awe,
  • fear, terror;
  • weird.
 [Ka piha ʻana o ka naʻau i ka manaʻo makaʻu no ke kupanaha loa o kekahi mea i hana ʻia. Ka lilo ʻana o ka manaʻo ma ke ʻano he makaʻu a i ʻole he mahalo palena ʻole. Ka makaʻu, ka weliweli a me ke ʻano ʻē loa.]₉_,₇_,₁₇

kaʻeʻehiaiāIēhowafear of Jehovah(2-Oihn. 17.10)

Pihaauikaʻeʻehia.I am filled with awe.

eʻehu same asehuehu, healthy.

ʻeʻehu reddish; a number ofʻehu persons.redup. ofʻehu₅, reddish tinge in hair, of Polynesians and not of Caucasians...;

palaʻeʻehuto turn red or yellow, as leaves or fruit (riper thanpala hāʻama)

ʻēʻēhunaʻāne n.antiproton.lit. antiproton.[+]SCI

ʻēʻēhunahohoki n.antineutron.lit. antineutron.[+]SCI

ʻēʻēhunaʻine n.positron, an anti matter electron.lit. anti electron.[+]SCI

ʻeʻei offensive, filthy, fly-ridden.(And.)

ʻeʻeiao [ʻeʻei·ao] rare var. ofpepeiao, ear.BOD

Mōkaʻeʻeiaookapuaʻa.Cut off is the ear of the pig.

ʻeʻeiehiehi [ʻeʻei·ehi·ehi] same asʻeʻei, offensive, filthy, fly-ridden...(AP)

ʻeʻeʻina vi.to creak, crackle.cf.ʻaʻina,ʻuʻina.

ʻEʻeka same asʻEka₂, a wind.WIN

ʻeʻeke₁ redup. ofʻeke₂, to cringe, shrink from...cf.mūʻeʻeke.

ʻEʻekemailaikawelaokeahi.Shrinking back from the heat of the fire.

ʻeʻeke₂ n.name given for a hard-shelled crab (no data).CRA

ʻeʻekeloi [ʻeʻeke·loi] vt.to tap a drum slowly, as to accompany a chant.MUS

ʻeʻeku same asʻekuʻeku, to soften the earth...

ĒKānepuaʻa,eʻeʻekuekūlapa,ehoʻowali.O Kānepuaʻa, root, and make ridges and furrows.

eʻe kuahiwi [eʻekua·hiwi] v.to climb mountains; mountain climber.

ʻeʻele₁ same asʻeleʻele₁, black, dark... but used chiefly in old chants.BIR MUS

Kamanuʻeʻelekoi.The black bird begged.(For. 5:99)

ʻeʻele₂ vs.concave, i.e. hollowed or rounded inward, as the inside of a bowl.cf.ʻeʻemu.

anianiʻeʻeleconcave mirror

anianikaulonaʻeʻeleconcave lens

ʻeʻelekoa [ʻeʻele·koa] vs.stormy.WIN

Kūʻiakamalamaʻeʻelekoa.Weathered the stormy month [to have endured hardships].

ʻeʻelekū [ʻeʻele·kū] blackened or darkened, as leaves or fruit due to maturity or to pelting by storms; dark, gloomy, as clouds.redup. ofʻelekū₃, entirely black, coal-black...WIN TRE COL

MaiamalamaoNana,uapaukaʻeʻelekūokalauonālāʻauikanokeakauamanālāokahoʻoilo.In this month of Nana, the dark bruising of the leaves of trees by the pelting of the rains of the days of winter has ceased.(Kep. 89)

Maiamalamauaʻeʻelekūkalaniināaoua…auaʻeʻelekūhoʻinālauonālāʻauamenāmeauluikeoʻo.In this month the sky is dark with rain clouds … and the leaves of trees and growing things are dark with maturity.(Kep. 93)

ʻeʻelo₁ drenched, soaked.redup. ofʻelo, wet, soggy...WIN

hōʻeʻeloto wet, drench, soak; tearfully sulky, as a crying child

uahōʻeʻelodrenching rain

ʻeʻelo₂ vs.loitering; to dilly-dally.(rare.) 

ʻEʻelokoa [ʻEʻelo-koa] name of a storm from the northeast ofWaimea, Hawaiʻi.(And.)WIN

ʻēʻēmeakino n.antimatter.lit. antimatter.[+]SCI

eʻe moku nvi.to board a ship; ship passenger; immigrant.

ʻeʻemu vs.convex, i.e. curved or rounded, as the exterior of a sphere or circle.cf.ʻeʻele₂.

anianiʻeʻemuconvex mirror

anianikaulonaʻeʻemuconvex lens

ʻeʻena₁ vs.
  • shy, timid, wary, afraid, to shy away.
  • wild, fearsome, untamed;
 .cf.ʻena₂, shy, to shy...,hāʻeʻena, shy...

ʻEʻenaHāʻenaikeehukai.Hāʻena is fearsome because of sea spray.

ʻeʻena₂ vs.extraordinary.cf.ʻē₁.

heʻeʻenaamīkolohuakaʻōleloimpressive and eloquent in speech

Kaniʻeʻenakapahuikamoana.The drum sounds weirdly over the ocean.

ʻeʻepa nvs.extraordinary, incomprehensible, abnormal, deceitful, peculiar, as persons with miraculous powers; such persons. Manyʻeʻepa characters in mythology were born in strange forms, as a plant, an animal, or a piece of rope. cf.ʻepa₁,ʻepaʻepa,kino ʻeʻepa. TheMenehune,Nāwā, andNāmū ofWaolani inNuʻuanu Valley wereʻeʻepa. Trickery or deceit that passes comprehension is alsoʻeʻepa.[Ke kupaianaha. Ke kupanaha a ʻano ʻē paha o kekahi mea ma muli o kona ʻokoʻa loa.]₄_,₁₀PLA

hōʻeʻepamysterious, mystifying, incomprehensible

Hōʻeʻepawalehoʻināhanaakēlākeiki.That boy's behavior is certainly mysterious.

ʻeʻepapauʻaka [ʻeʻepapau·ʻaka] n.goblin.lit., grotesque person with miraculous powers.

ʻeʻeu₁ vi.to crawl, creep, as an insect.cf.ʻeu₂.PCP *kekeu.INS

ʻeʻeu₂ nvi.shuddering sensation of revulsion (less strong than mania); to rise in horror, flinch (sometimes interpreted as a portent).

ʻEʻeuaʻelakahuluokaʻīlio.The dog's hair bristles [in anger].

ʻEʻeukaʻiliokepoʻo.The scalp of the head flinches.

ʻeʻewa S  vi.to make a wry face, pout, as in derision; to protrude the lips mockingly.

egena var. spelling ofʻēkena₁, agent...

Egena var. spelling ofʻĒkena₂, Eden...

ēhā [ē·hā] same asēhē, syllables repeated in chants...MUS

Hewahimaʻiēhē,ēhā,noʻIolani,ēhē,ēhā.A genital chant, oh, oh, for ʻIolani, oh, oh. (chant)

ʻeha nvs.hurt, in pain, painful, aching, sore, pained; pain, injury, ailment, suffering, soreness, aching; to hurt, pain, cause suffering or pang.seemea ʻeha.(Gram. 4.4) bc[ʻeha ʻili: he ʻeha i loaʻa wale nō ma kahi o ka ʻili, ʻaʻole naʻe i komo ka ʻeha i loko.]₁₄

ʻAʻoleeʻehakekeikioKauaʻiiāʻoe.You won't hurt the Kauaʻi lad.(For. 5:411)

Eʻehaanaʻoiaiaʻu.I will hurt him.

ʻEhaikaʻehalimaʻole.Aching with an ache not inflicted by [human] hands [love].(ON 272)

ʻehakonithrobbing ache; fig., throbbing love

ʻehaokekuabackache

Heʻehakonikoniikapuʻuwai.The heart throbs with agony [of love].

hōʻehato inflict pain or punishment, to hurt, oppress

Nānawalenōkaʻeha,ākoekekaikuaʻanahuhū.Only he inflicted pain, until [only] the angry older brother was left.(For. 4:37 - ʻAukele)

ʻehā num.four; four times.bcMTH

Waialua,laʻiʻehā,Waialua, of fourfold calm.

ʻehaʻeha great pain, agony, tribulation, many small pains; painful.redup. ofʻeha, hurt, in pain, painful, aching, sore...;bc

ʻEhaʻehakanaʻau.Feelings are hurt.

hōʻehaʻeharedup. ofhōʻeha; to torment, distress

hōʻehaʻehanaʻauheart-breaking, tragic

ehaha vi.to breathe hard, pant.cf.hā, breath.

ʻehakō [ʻeha·kō] n.the Chinese lace-necked, or ring-necked dove (Streptopelia chinensis), an early introduction to Hawaiʻi, said to be named for its callʻeha kō, prolonged pain.

ʻEhakō placename.street,Nuʻuanu,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: dove.

ʻeha wale vs.easily hurt, sensitive, having feelings easily hurt; to hurt for no reason.

ēhē [ē·hē] interj.syllables repeated in chants at ends of verses, affording pleasure by repetition or sameness of sound harmonizing with repetition of sameness of drum beat; similar in function to English tra-la-la but different in mood, tending to be more serious.cf.ēhā,ahahana.MUS

EianōʻoKāwika,ēhē,kahekeaʻonāpua,ēhē.Here is David, ah, ah, the greatest of descendants, ah, ah. (chant for Kalākaua)

ʻehē nvi.a hard, dry cough; to cough.

hekunuʻehēa racking cough

ʻehēʻehē redup. ofʻehē, cough...ILL

ehehe interj.song refrain.(EM 67)

ehehene₁ [ehe·hene] nvi.to laugh merrily, giggle in glee; laughter.

Ehehenekōʻakaikaleʻaleʻa.Your laughter is merry because of joy.

ehehene₂ [ehe·hene] interj.syllables repeated for musical effect at end of verses, similar toēhē.MUS

ʻehehene [ʻehe·hene] var. ofehehene₂, syllables repeated for musical effect...

ʻeheheu [ʻehe·heu] n.wings.cf.ʻēheu.

ehehoʻopiʻi [ehe·hoʻo·piʻi] n.carved parallel or undulating lines on atapa beater and ontapa.(AP)TAP

ʻēheu₁ [ʻē·heu] nvi.wing, as of bird, kite, or airplane; winged, soaring on wings; to fly, take wings.Alsoʻēkeu,pēkeu.cf.ʻeheheu,ʻekekeu,pekekeu.(Kel. 140)bcPCP *ke(e)(f,s)eu.BIR

hoʻēheuto flap the wings; to lift up or stretch the wings; to undulate the arms in a hula imitating a bird in flight; to flap the arms, shrug the shoulders; to pull up shoulders proudly, hence to be proud

kauhiʻanamaionāʻēheuokapōthe covering of the wings of night [nightfall]

pihiwiliʻēheuwing nut

ʻēheu₂ [ʻē·heu] n.rim of a hat.bc

ʻēheu₃ [ʻē·heu] n.pectoral fin, as of a shark.(rare.) bcFIS

ʻēheu₄ [ʻē·heu] n.flipper, as of turtle.(rare.) bc

ʻĒheu₅ [ʻē·heu] alua fighting stroke.lit., the wing.alsoKaʻēheu.LUA

ʻĒheu placename.street,Puʻunui,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: wing.

eheʻula n.name recorded for adult stage ofhāpuʻu fish.FIS

ʻēheulihilihi [ʻē·heu·lihi·lihi] n.insects of the order neuroptera, such as lacewings and antlions.lit., lace wing.[+]INS

ʻēheulihilihinahele [ʻē·heu·lihi·lihinahele] n.sylvan green lacewing (Anomalochrysa sylvicola).lit., forest neuroptera.[+]INS

ʻēheulihilihipele [ʻē·heu·lihi·lihipele] n.Wilson’s Hawaiian antlion (Distoleon wilsoni).lit., lava neuroptera.[+]INS

ʻehia num. inter.how many, how much, what price; also used with the meaning of no matter how many or much, so very much or many, just a few.(Gram. 10.4) bcPNP *efia.MTH

ʻEhiakaluhi,hemeaʻoleiaiāia.However tired, it doesn't matter to him.

ʻEhiameaalohaikekeiki.So much pity for the child.(Nak. 104)

ʻEhianōlā,paukēlāhananui.In just a few days that big project was finished.

ʻEhianōlūʻana,paukekālā.Just a few reckless spendings, the money was gone.

ʻEhiaokāupāpale?How much [money] for your hat?

ʻEhiaokoupāpale?How much [money did you pay] for your [own] hat?

ʻEhiaoupāpale?How many hats have you?

ʻEhiauameaaloha,ʻowau!Woe is me!

Holaʻehia?What time is it?

ʻehia how, what, as in asking about any kind of measurement.Niʻihau.alsoheaha.MTH

ʻEhiakalōʻihiokēlāpākaukau?How long is that table?

ʻehiku num.seven; seven times.bcMTH

ʻehipa vs.somewhat crooked, warped; not in sound mind. (Similar to but perhaps less strong thanhipa andhepa.)(rare.) 

ʻeho₁ n.stone pile(FS 107), especially as used to mark land boundaries; stone image; heap of stones under water (at times fishermen block one end with a net and drive the fish in from the other end),alsoumu,imu; pillar(Kin. 35.20); red-hot stones put inside dressed animals in cooking (alsopōhaku ʻeho).[Pn(EP) *keho,a kind of stone (Clk): *ke(f,s)o]FIS NET STO

LonokaʻehoLono-the-stone [name of the god with eight stone foreheads, vanquished by Kamapuaʻa](FS 209)

ʻeho₂ n.swelling or ulcerous sore, as caused by friction under the arm, tumor.seekuaʻeho.

ʻehoʻeho redup. ofʻeho, stone pile.(And.)

Ehoʻikauʻiomānoauaahiahi [E-hoʻi-ka-uʻi-o-Mānoa-ua-ahiahi] n.name of alua stroke.lit., let the hero ofMānoa return, [it's] evening. (E- is sometimes omitted.)LUA

ehu₁ same as:
  •ʻehu₁ spray, foam, mist...;
  •ʻehu₂ dust, dusty...;
  •ʻehu₃ pollen...;
  •ʻehu₄ faint, difficult to see...
 seekēhu,var. spelling ofkeehu...[(MP) PPn *efu,dust n][Nā hunahuna liʻiliʻi o ka wai, lepo, a mea ʻē aʻe paha.]₁₄

ehu₂ same asehuehu₂, thriving.PPN *efu.

hoʻoehucaus/sim

ehu₃ n.water or water mixed with fragrant herbs used in sprinkling or gently rubbing a patient to revive him from fainting.

ehu₄ var. name forʻōlapa₂,Cheirodendron trees.TRE

-ēhu cf.ehuehu₁, animation..., violent, furious...

hoʻēhuto drive or shoo away; to stir, as a fire

ʻehu₁ n.spray, foam, mist. (Many older people sayehu forʻehu₁,₂,₃,₄, which is probably the older form; note lack of glottal stops in such forms asehuehu,ʻehuehu,kaiehu,kēhu,kuehu,luehu,puehu.)[Ehu]₁₄WIN MUS

ʻehumoifoam of sea wheremoi fish are found

Hemoikaiʻa,ehukalani.Moi the fish, misty the sky.[of easy victory].

Ikaʻehunōokalāʻau.In the spray of the war club [of a swift or terrible blow].

kaʻehukēhauthe dew spray(Kel. 48)

Kūkaʻehu.To send spray flying [to lose one's temper].

Nakekeakaʻai,kūkaʻehuonāwaʻaliʻiliʻiikekeikioKuaihelanithe white [pebble] wins, the child of Kuaihelani stirs the spray of small canoes [an old kōnane game chant](For. 4:57 - ʻAukele)

ʻehu₂ nvs.dust; dusty.PPN *efu.

healaʻehua dusty path [this might also be interpreted as a faint path:seeʻehu₄](ON 524)

Kūkaʻehu.The dust rises.

ʻehu₃ n.pollen.

ehu n.pollen.seehoʻēhu pua.

ehupuaflower pollen

waiūehupowdered milk

waiūpaukapowdered milk

ʻehu₄ nvs.faint, difficult to see; wisp.

heʻehuwāwaenokalania trace of the high chief's steps [rain, rainbow](ON 557)

wāwaeʻehufaint footprint

ʻehu₅ nvs.reddish tinge in hair, of Polynesians and not of Caucasians; one withʻehu hair; reddish-brown complexion said to be characteristic of some ʻehu people; ruddy. (Thisʻehu is invariably pronounced with an initial glottal stop.).cf.ʻeʻehu,ʻehuʻehu.[PPn *kefu,light-coloured (blond, brown, reddish) especially of hair][He ʻano hāʻulaʻula hāmelemele o ka lauoho o kekahi poʻe Hawaiʻi]₁₄COL

Heʻehu,henanikonamaumaka.Ruddy and of a beautiful countenance.(1-Sam. 16.12)

ʻehu ahiahi [ʻehuahi·ahi] n.the dust of evening.fig., twilight, old age.

ʻehuʻawa same asʻahuʻawa (Cyperus javanicus).

ehuea n.medium, i.e. the dust and gas distributed between the stars, in astronomy.see entries below..[+]SCI

ehueakōāhōkū n.interstellar medium.lit. star gap medium.[+]SCI

ehueakōāhōkūhele n.interplanetary medium.lit. planet gap medium.[+]SCI

ehueakōākaiahōkū n.intergalactic medium.lit. galaxy gap medium.[+]SCI

ehuehu₁ [ehu·ehu] nvs.
  • animation varying from fury and storm to power and majesty, animated, animation.
  • violent; violence
  • anger, fury; furious
  • powerful
  • majesty.
 [Ka huhū a ʻāhiu o ke kai.]₉WIN

ĀkalaʻiaʻEhulā,ehuehuʻoeēkalanilā.And the calm of ʻEhu, you, o chief, appeared with majesty. (song for Kalākaua)

KūanaʻoMaunaLoa,kuahiwiʻaloehuehu.Stands Mauna Loa, hill resisting storms. (song)

Waihokāhelaikalaʻiāahiahiehuehumai.Lying stretched out in the calm until at evening full of animation.(ON 2908)

ehuehu [ehu·ehu] n.animated, violent.

kiʻiʻoniʻoniehuehuaction movie

ehuehu₂ [ehu·ehu] vs.healthy, vigorous. Less used thanahuahu.

ehuehu₃ [ehu·ehu] n.a kind of rock, used for adzes.(Malo 19)STO TOO

ʻehuehu [ʻehu·ehu] (this form was perhaps onceehuehu and is sometimes pronounced thus still).redup. ofʻehu₁, spray, foam, mist...,ʻehu₂, dust,ʻehu₃, dusty...,ʻehu₄, pollen...; faint, difficult to see, wisp...PPN *kefukefu.FIS

ʻEhuehukai,nohokamoi.Where the sea foams, the moi fish lives.

Keʻehuehuneināʻale.The billows rise in waves [of flaring temper].(ON 1688)

kuʻuhoaikaʻehuehuakanoemy companion in the spray of mist

ʻehuʻehu redup. ofʻehu₅, reddish tinge in hair, of Polynesians and not of Caucasians...

ʻehuʻehunālihilihireddened eyelash

ʻehu hīnano [ʻehuhī·nano] n.hīnano-blossom pollen.

ʻehuhōkū n.star dust.lit. star dust.[+]SCI

ehu kai n.var. spelling ofʻehu kai, sea spray, foam.AltSpel

ʻEhukai [ʻEhu-kai] n.name of a wind ofHālawa, Molokaʻi.(For. 5:103)WIN

ʻehu kai,ehu kai n.sea spray, foam.

ʻEhukai [ʻEhu-kai] placename.streets,Waimānalo, and betweenMakapuʻu andKoko Head,Honolulu; beach park and surfing area,Lāʻie qd.,Oʻahu.lit.: sea spray.

ʻehu kakahiaka [ʻehukaka·hiaka] n.the dust of morning.fig., dawn, youth, a shower that clears quickly.WIN

ehukīkina [ehukī·kina] n.visible airborne particles, as from a spray can.seekīkina.

ʻehu kumu uli n.hair black at the roots that shades out to reddish at the tips, said to be characteristic of someʻehu people.COL BOD

ʻehu lepo nvs.dust; dusty.

ehulepo n.dust.alsoehu.

ehuō [ehu·ō] n.inertia.

ehuola [ehu·ola] n.vigor.cf.hāʻehuola,healthful, healthy, wholesome, i.e. promoting physical health...

Kemālamaponoʻiakeolakino,heehuolakekinonokawālōʻihiokeolaʻana.When you keep your health in good condition, your body will have vigor for a long time in your lifetime.

ehupoho n.chalk dust.cf.ehu lepo.

ʻehu pua n.flower pollen.

ʻehu wai n.spray from water.

ehuwewe n.electromagnetic radiation.[+]SCI

Heʻanoehuwewekahawewekuawehi.Ultraviolet rays are a type of electromagnetic radiation. (add3)

ehuwewekūmaka n.visible lightlit. visible electromagnetic radiation.[+]SCI

ehūwewekūmakaʻole n.non-visible electromagnetic radiation.lit. non-visible electromagnetic radiation.[+]SCI

ehuwewemalele n.emission line.lit. radiating electromagnetic radiation.[+]

ehuweweomohia n.absorption line.lit. absorbed electromagnetic radiation.[+]SCI

ei₁ var. ofeia, especially before words beginning witha-.

Eiau,ēLaka.Here I am, O Laka.

ei₂ var. ofai₁, coition, sexual intercourse.alsohana ei.BOD

nāmaʻihanaeisexually transmitted diseases(Wight)

ei₃ rather frequent variation of the anaphoricai (ai₃) in fast speech, but seldom if ever found so in printed form.

eia₁ idiom.here, here is, here are, present (as response to roll call). cf.ʻeiʻa, Numerous idioms are listed below.(Gram. 4.6) bcPCP *eia: cf. Marquesan eia.IDI

eiaʻoeso you have come; well, here you are.[In a kindly voiceeia ʻoe may be an affectionate welcome, but in an angry voice it indicates displeasure]

eiaʻoekehōʻikeʻiaakuneiyou are hereby notified

eia₂ n.this place.bc

keeiamekeeiaakuthe here and the hereafter [phrase introduced by missionaries; sometimes pronounced ka ʻeia)

ʻeiʻa emphatic variation ofeia: here! here it is!

eia (nō) naʻe idiom.but, furthermore, however.IDI

eia aʻe idiom.here close by, here approaching.IDI

ʻOKamapuaʻaeiaaʻe,uahikimainei.Here comes Kamapuaʻa, he's coming now.(FS 247)

eia aku idiom.approaching, nearby, soon.IDI

Eiaakunōaeiamai,paʻakēiameahana.In no time this work will be finished.

EiaakuʻoNāmaka.Here is Nāmaka coming.

Hehelemainōeʻike,eiaaku,eiamai.Does come to visit every once in a while (every so often).

KōmākounohoʻanameWinonamā,eiaakunōaeiamai.Our dwelling and that of Winona and her family, they are close.

eia ala idiom.here, here it is; you over there, you.cf.e ia nei.IDI

eia hoʻi idiom.and, finally, behold.IDI

Eiahoʻi,uahewawau.Lo, I have sinned.(2-Sam. 24.17)

eia hou hoʻi idiom.and again, furthermore.(Heb. 1.6)IDI

eia i ʻaneʻi var. spelling ofeiā i ʻaneʻi, here...AltSpel

eiā i ʻaneʻi,eia i ʻaneʻi var. spelling ofei neʻi, here...

eia iho idiom.wait a moment.IDI

Eiaihoahōʻeamai.Wait a moment, [it] will be arriving.

eia kā idiom.so at last, then.KAV IDI

Koʻumoeakulanōiaikaʻonaakaʻawa,eiakā,uahāpaiʻiamaiaualokoneiokouhale.I was just sleeping then with the drunkenness of the kava, and then I was carried here to the inside of your house.

eia kekahi idiom.but withal, moreover, furthermore.IDI

eia lā same aseia ala, here, here it is; you over there, you...

eia nei pronoun.var. spelling ofe ia nei, you (sg.)...AltSpel

e ia nei,eia nei pronoun.you (sg.), you there (as between husband and wife, often affectionate and replacing such Eng. terms as darling; shortened vocativee + pronounia + zero-demon.).(Gram. 8.2) 

eina vs.scorched.

ei nei short fore ia nei, you (affectionate)...

ei neʻi,eiā i ʻaneʻi idiom.here, here it is.IDI

Eineʻikawai.Here's the water.

ʻeiwa₁ [ʻe·iwa] num.nine, nine times.bcMTH

ʻeiwa₂ [ʻe·iwa] seewaoʻeiwa, an inland region...bc

ʻeka₁ nvs.dirty, foul, fecal(Kam. 64:109); filth, dirt, soil.see ex.kūlepe₁.

hōʻekato soil, make dirty

kahaʻekafoul spot [poor soil]

uahoʻoleileināwaionaikawaiʻekawhose waters cast up mire(Isa. 57.20)

ʻEka₂ n.name of a wind atKona, Hawaiʻi.[Ka inoa o ka makani kaulana o Kona, Hawaiʻi.]₁₈WIN FIS CAN

HeʻEka,kamakanihoʻolalewaʻaonāKona.The ʻEka breeze calls forth the canoes of the Kona districts.[good fishing]

Kamakanikūkulupeʻanui,heʻEka.The ʻEka wind, that sets up big sails [good for fishing].(ON 1467)

ʻeka₃ n.a variety of bananas.(PH 173)BAN

ʻeka₄ n.acre.Eng.

ʻēkā₁ [ʻē·kā] n.hand of bananas. Comparemaiʻa for pejorative connotations.[PPn *taa,bunch of fruit, especially a hand of bananas][Ke keʻa maiʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi, he pūʻulu maiʻa e pilipaʻa ana ma hoʻokahi ʻau.]₁₈BAN

Epainuʻuʻoemenāmahaloapalahinunāʻēkāmaiʻa.You brag with praise of bright and ripe banana hands [worthless bragging].(Kel. 138)

ʻēkā₂ [ʻē·kā] n.agar, a gelatin-like product of certain seaweeds used as a thickening agent.Eng.

ʻekaʻeka₁ redup. ofʻeka₁, dirty, foul, fecal...cf.hāʻekaʻeka, dirty, drab; smudged, as by smoke...

ʻEkaʻekakalole.The dress is dirty.

ʻekaʻekanāhanafilthy deeds

ʻekaʻeka₂ n.Hawaiian name for a Japanese variety oftaro (adado) grown in Hawaiʻi.(HP 32)TAR

ʻēkaha₁ [ʻē·kaha] n.the bird's-nest fern (Asplenium nidus), widespread in the tropics, forming large rosettes and in some forests perching on branches of trees. The fronds are large, entire, sword-shaped. The black midrib is used like theʻamaʻu fern for decorating pandanus hats.Alsoʻākaha. This fern is sometimes calledʻēkaha kuahiwi, mountainʻēkaha, to distinguish it from the mosses or fromʻēkaha kū moana.(Neal 21)[PPn *katafa,bird's nest fern, (Asplenium nidus)]FER BIR PAN TRE

ʻēkaha₂ [ʻē·kaha] n.a moss growing on rotted trees.Alsolimu ʻēkaha.TRE

ʻēkaha₃ [ʻē·kaha] n.same asʻēkaha kū moana, black coral (Antipathes grandis), used medicinally...MED FIS

ʻĒkaha placename.street, Wilhelmina Rise,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: bird's-nest fern.

ʻēkaha ʻākōlea [ʻē·kahaʻā·kō·lea] same aspākahakaha, a small fern.(Neal 25)FER PLA

ʻēkahakaha₁ [ʻē·kaha·kaha] n.juvenile or small form of bird's-nest fern.cf.ʻēkaha.FER BIR

ʻēkahakaha₂ [ʻē·kaha·kaha] var. name forlimu loloa andlimu uaua loli.

ʻēkaha kuahiwi [ʻē·kahakua·hiwi] seeʻēkaha₁, the bird's-nest fern (Asplenium nidus)...

ʻekaha kū moana n.var. spelling ofʻēkaha kū moana, black coral (Antipathes grandis), used medicinally.AltSpel ILL FIS

ʻēkaha kū moana,ʻekaha kū moana [ʻē·kahakūmoana] n.black coral (Antipathes grandis), used medicinally.ILL FIS

ʻēkahaloa [ʻē·kaha-loa] n.type oftapa.TAP

ʻĒkahanui [ʻĒkaha-nui] placename.land section, wind, and cave near the head ofLepelepe Gulch,Kamalō qd., southMolokaʻi. Gulch,Honouliuli,Oʻahu.lit.: large bird's-nest fern.

ʻēkaha ʻula [ʻē·kahaʻula] n.a native fern (Elaphoglossum alatum), with entire, narrow fronds 24 to 64 cm long and with, close, parallel veins. The spore-bearing fronds are similar but smaller.cf.hoeamāui.FER

ʻekahi num.one, once.cf.kahi,ʻakahi.MTH

ʻēkakaʻa [ʻē·kakaʻa] vi.to separate easily, as a nut from its shell.

Kepūlehukūponoʻoeikahuakukui,aikeʻanookoukīkēʻanaikaiwi,eʻēkakaʻawalemainōkaʻiʻomaikaiwimai.If you broil the kukui nut well, as you break open the shell, the meat will separate easily from the shell.

ʻēkake [ʻē·kake] var. ofkēkake, donkey.seeiākake.Eng.

ʻekalekia,ekalesia [ʻekale·kia] n.church (the organization, not the building; usually pronouncedʻekalesia).Gr. ekklesia.[ʻekalesia: Ka hui hoʻomana. ʻekalesia: Ka hui kanaka nona kekahi hale pule.]₇_,₁₄

-eke 

hoʻoekevar. ofhoʻoweke, to open. (weke₁, crack, narrow opening... )

ʻeke₁ n.sack, pocket, bag, basket; bag-shaped fish net; scrotum. (Often preceded byke; many types are listed below.)bc[(OC) PPn *kete,bag, basket]FIS

ʻeke n.bag (preceded byke).seepūʻolo.FIS

ʻeke₂ vi.to cringe, shrink from, draw away from, flinch, wince; to become smaller, shrink.bc[Pn(EP) *ʻete,disgusted by, disgusting]

ʻEke placename.land section,Waipiʻo qd.,Hawaiʻi. Crater and peak (4,480 feet high), near the border betweenLahaina andWailuku qds., WestMaui.

ʻēkea,ʻekea, ekea [ʻē·kea] boom on the right side of a double canoe.var. ofʻākea, canoe hull;(Ii 129)CAN

ʻekeʻea n.plastic bag (preceded byke).cf.pūʻolo pepa.

ʻekeʻeke₁ n.small bag or sack, pocket, purse, scrotum

ʻekeʻeke₂ fussy, overexacting, cranky, particular.redup. ofʻeke₂, to cringe, shrink from, draw away from, flinch, wince; to become smaller, shrink...;[Pn(EP) *ʻete,disgusted by, disgusting]

ʻekeʻeke₃ S  n.a herringbone design, as in mat plaiting or in thepāpale ʻie.

ʻEkeʻeke₄ n.name of a wind of the island ofKaʻula.(For. 5:99)WIN

ʻekeʻeke₅ [ʻeke·ʻeke] n.six-pack, as of drinks.Niʻihau.cf.ʻope.seepahu,pūʻolo,ʻea ʻekeʻeke.

ʻekeʻekekoloakasix-pack of soda

ʻekeʻekepiasix-pack of beer

ʻekeʻeke kālā [ʻekeʻekekā·lā] n.billfold, wallet, small purse.

ʻekeʻeke maʻa n.holder for stone in the sling (maʻa), sometimes a kind of woven basket, but in smaller slings merely a kind of noose.

ʻekeʻekemu redup. ofʻekemu, to answer briefly, speak but little; taciturn...

ʻAʻoheʻekeʻekemuwaleʻokēlākanaka.That person hardly answers at all.

ʻekeʻeke paʻa lima var. spelling ofʻeke paʻa lima, handbag...

ʻeke hau n.icecap[i.e. ice bag].

ʻekehiamoe [ʻekehia·moe] n.sleeping bag (preceded byke).alsoʻeke moe.

ʻeke hoʻopaʻa laho [ʻekehoʻo·paʻalaho] n.male supporter, jockstrap.lit., basket supporting scrotum.

ʻeke huluhulu [ʻekehulu·hulu] n.gunny sack.lit., hairy sack.

ʻEkeka Essex.(EH)

ʻeke kahakai n.beach bag(KAN)

ʻeke kālā n.wallet, purse.(Wight)

ʻekekeʻi [ʻeke·keʻi] vs.short, as a dress or fishline (probably aredup. ofʻeke₂ + -ʻi, transitivizer).cf.mūʻekekeʻi.(Gram. 6.6.4) FIS

hōʻekekeʻito shorten; to pucker up, wrinkle, as the nose

ihuʻekekeʻishort wrinkled nose

limaʻekekeʻishort sleeve

lolewāwaeʻekekeʻishorts

ʻEkekela placename.avenue,Puʻunui,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: Esther.

ʻEkekemō,Esekemo [ʻeke·kemō] nvs.Eskimo.Eng.

ʻekekēmu [ʻeke·kēmu] short forʻekeʻekemu,redup. ofʻekemu, to answer briefly, speak but little; taciturn... (rare.) 

ʻekekenikeni [ʻekekeni·keni] n.coin purse (preceded byke).lit., bag (for) loose change.

ʻekekeu [ʻeke·keu] n.wings.seeʻēheu₁.BIR

nāhuluʻekekeuwing feathers

ʻeke kūkaenalo [ʻekekū·kae·nalo] n.flour sack or sack of unbleached muslin (kūkaenalo), as formerly used forpoi.POI

ʻEkela placename.avenue,Ala Wai section,Honolulu.lit.: Ethel.

ekele n.plant listed (no data).(KL. line 78)

ʻeke leka,ʻeke leta n.mail pouch, mailbag.

ʻeke leta var. spelling ofʻeke leka, mail pouch...

ʻekeliuma,eteriuma [ʻekeli·uma] n.ethereum.Eng.

ʻekelo seepihaʻekelo, mynah bird.BIR

ʻEkeloa [ʻeke·loa] n.wind name.seeʻOluʻekeloahoʻokaʻamoena.WIN

ʻekeloi tap (as drum).(EH)

ʻekemauʻu [ʻeke·mauʻu] n.gunny sack, burlap.lit., grass sack.PLA

ʻekemimi n.bladder (preceded byke).

ʻekemo vs.akimbo.Eng.

ʻekemoe n.sleeping bag (preceded byke).alsoʻeke hiamoe.

ʻekemu vi.to answer briefly, speak but little; taciturn.(Kin. 24.21)bc[Pane pōkole. He wahi pane iki; he wahi ʻōlelo iki. Ka pane iki wale ʻana aku.]₁₂_,₆_,₁₁

ʻAʻoleihikikeʻekemuikimaikonapoʻehoahānau.And his brethren could not answer.(Kin. 45.3)

ʻekemuʻoletacit

ʻēkena₁,egena [ʻē·kena] n.agent.Eng.

Ukuʻēkenacommission, agent's fee

ʻĒkena₂,Egena, Edena [ʻē·kena] Eden.Eng.

KīhāpaioʻĒkena.Garden of Eden.

ʻeke paʻa lima,ʻekeʻeke paʻa lima n.handbag, hand basket, briefcase.

ʻekepela n.mattress cover (preceded byke).lit., mattress bag.

ʻekepue [ʻeke·pue] vi.to bend over, crouch, as to hide oneself or an object.fig., secretive, as in love affairs; to keep a secret.

Ehōʻekepueanaʻoeikeaha?Why are you so secretive?

hōʻekepuecaus/sim

ʻekepuʻu [ʻeke·puʻu] n.a bird (no data).(KL. line 355)BIR

ʻēkeu [ʻē·keu] (cf.Easterkekeʻu, shoulder.)same asʻēheu₁, wing, as of bird, kite, or airplane...,ʻēheu₂, rim of a hat....

ʻekeukana n.basket, as on a bicycle (preceded byke).Niʻihau.seeʻie.

ʻekeʻula n.a type of banana.(Kam. 76:38)BAN

ʻeke wai lāʻau n.intravenous bag.(HE)

ʻeke wai wela n.hot-water bag.ILL

ʻeki n.ace.Eng.

ʻekipihuluace of spades

ʻeki n.ace, in volleyball.alsoʻai hāʻawi wale.SPO VLB

ʻekī₁ n.bayonet. cf.kī, to shoot, andʻēlau waikī.

ʻekī₂ n.place whereti plants grow.PLA

ʻekiʻeki n.Hawaiian tern (Anous sp.).cf.noio.

ekikilau [ekiki·lau] nvs.a stench that draws flies; bad-smelling.ODO

ʻEkinapolo,Edinaboro n.Edinburgh.G

eko var. ofweko, bad-smelling.[Pn(CE) *keto,rotten]

ēkoa [ē·koa] same askoa haole, falsekoa (Leucaena leucocephala), a plant.PLA

Ēkoa placename.street,ʻĀina Haina,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: falsekoa tree.

ʻēkoʻa [ʻē·koʻa] vs.opposite.

ʻēkoʻameto be the opposite of

meiaʻēkoʻaakunōvice versa.

Uaʻēkoʻakaʻeleʻelemekekeʻokeʻo.Black is the opposite of white.

ekoeko [eko·eko] redup. ofeko; extremely bad-smelling.

ʻekoko same asʻakoko andkoko, shrubs and trees.[ʻAkoko, koko; nā lāʻau haʻahaʻa a me nā kumulāʻau.]₁₃PLA TRE

ʻekolu num.three; three times.cf.kolu,ʻakolu.bcMTH

ʻekolumika seelaina ʻekolu mika,ʻaʻenaʻekolumika.

ʻēkona [ʻē·kona] n.acorn. alsohuakumuʻoka.Eng.

ʻeku nvt.to root, as a pig.paw up dirt, as a dog(NKE12).fig., prow of a canoe.PEP *ketu.CAN

ʻekua pas/imp. ofʻeku, to root, as a pig...PCP *ketua.

ĒKānepuaʻa,ʻekuaiuka,ʻekuaikai.O Pig-Kāne, root inland, root seaward.(Kep. 59)

Ekuadora var. spelling ofʻEkuakola, Ecuador...

ʻEkuadora var. spelling ofʻEkuakola, Ecuador...

ʻEkuadora,ʻEkuakola [ʻekua·dora] n.Ecuador; Ecuadoran, Ecuadorean, Ecuadorian.G

ʻEkuakola,Ekuadora [ʻekua·kola] nvs.Ecuador; Ecuadorian.Eng.G

ʻEkuakola,ʻEkuadora [ʻekua·kola] n.Ecuador; Ecuadoran, Ecuadorean, Ecuadorian.G

ʻEkuakolia [ʻekua·kolia] seeKini ʻEkuakolia,Equatorial GuineaG

ʻekue seehona,ʻainohu Kauō,ʻainohu Nīhoa.BIR

nukuʻekueKing Kong finch (Chloridops regiskongi)

ʻekuʻeku 
  • to soften the earth, as for planting.
  •redup. ofʻeku, to root, as a pig.
  •fig., prow of a canoe.(Kep. 155)PLA

ʻekulēkū [ʻeku·lē·kū] n.digging place.

Aiaiʻōkaʻekulēkūalākou.Over there is their digging place.

ʻela n.ale.Eng.

ʻēlaʻa [ʻē·laʻa] var. ofʻālaʻa, a tree.TRE

ʻela kinika n.ginger ale.Eng.

e lākou ala [elā·kouala] similar toe lākou nei, you there (usually affectionate), but persons addressed are farther away.

e lākou nei [elā·kounei] pronoun.you (pl.), you there (usually affectionate). (Shortened vocativee + pronounlākou + zero demon.)(Gram. 8.2) 

Elākouneiepeʻehoʻopuenei,ʻaʻoleʻoʻoukouloheikekanionāpū?O you who are hiding crouched over here, don't you hear the sound of the guns?(Kel. 81)

ʻelala n.insect, bug.Wallis Futunangarara.INS

ʻōmolemālamaʻelalainsect holding jar

ʻōmolepepehiʻelalainsect killing jar

pineʻelalainsect mounting; to mount insects

ʻupenaʻelalainsect net

ʻupenaʻelalaʻekeinsect bag net

ʻupenaʻelalahoʻolewalewainsect fixed net

ʻupenaʻelalakāʻeʻeinsect sweep net

ēlama [ē·lama] same aslama₁, ebony. (rare.) 

ʻElaSalawadora [ʻelasala·wadora] n.El Salvador; Salvadoran, Salvadorian.Eng.G

ʻēlau₁,ēlau, ʻelau [ʻē·lau] n.tip, point, end, top, extremity, extreme, snapper (of whip).alsowēlau.

ʻēlau [ʻē·lau] n.crown, as on a pineapple.

ʻēlauhalakahikipineapple crown

ʻēlaupainaʻāpalapineapple crown

ʻēlau₂ [ʻē·lau] n.wisp of breeze.WIN

ʻēlau₃ [ʻē·lau] n.
  • bayonet,
  • spear point,
  • short spear.
 [Ka pahi i kāplii ʻia ma ka wēlau o ka pū laipela e puka aku ai ka pōkā.]₇

ʻēlau alelo [ʻē·laualelo] n.tongue tip.

ʻelau waiki n.var. spelling ofʻēlau waikī, gun bayonet.AltSpel

ʻēlau waikī,ʻelau waiki [ʻē·lauwai·kī] n.gun bayonet.

-ele seeʻiele,lauele,luaiele,nīele,nīnauele.

ʻele₁ nvs.black (less used thanʻeleʻele). cf. alsoʻeʻele,pāʻele.[(CP) PPn *kele,dark, black]COL

KeKaiʻEleBlack Sea

ʻele₂ n.embryo.

ʻEleKūembryo of Kū [said of a child born on the night or day of Kū]

ʻele n.embryo of a plant.cf.hāuli.[+]PLA SCI

ʻele₃ short forkaʻele₁, empty and hollow, as of a bowl...

ʻele₄ n.water hole, dark spring covered with growth.cf.kele.

ʻele-₁ old.see:
   ʻelehine, old woman. seeluahine...
   ʻelekule, old fellow, old chap...
   ʻelemakule, old man...
   ʻelemākule, plural ofʻelemakule, old man...
   lāʻele, old leaf,... (a contraction oflau ʻelemakule);fig., aged; old age...

ʻele-₂ prefix to names of directions used by priests;see:
   ʻelehonua, priests' name for west...
   ʻeleiāhonua, same asʻelehonua, priests' name for west...
   ʻeleiālani, same asʻelelani, priests' name for east...
   ʻelekū₄, priests' name for north...
   ʻelelani, priests' name for east...
   ʻelemoe₂, priests' name for south...

ʻeleao₁ [ʻele·ao] n.plant louse, aphid; germ, blight; blighted, as byʻeleao.fig., troublemaker.TAR INS

Uaʻeleaoʻiakekalo.The taro is blighted by insects.

ʻeleao [ʻele·ao] n.aphid, a kind of insect.INS

meliʻeleaohoneydew, i.e. a sweet juice secreted by aphids

ʻeleao₂ [ʻele·ao] n.a native fungus (Gnomania iliau), parasitic on leaf sheaths of sugar cane.SUG

ʻeleao₃ [ʻele·ao] n.time of light, daylight, a term used inkuwā prayers, as to indicate that a new house is free from taboo and may be occupied.cf.ʻeleua,kuwā₂.

ʻeleao₄ [ʻele·ao] n.door at the leeward end of a house.cf.ʻeleua.

ʻEleao placename.land section,Waikāne qd.,Oʻahu.lit.: plant louse.

ʻeleau₁ [ʻele·au] n.period of darkness.

ʻeleau₂ [ʻele·au] n.perhaps same asʻakiʻaki, a seaweed.Maui.SWD

ʻEleʻele placename.village, ditch, small-boat harbor, landing, and elementary school,Kōloa district,Kauaʻi; Port Allen was calledʻEleʻele Landing until 1909 when it was renamed in honor of aHonolulu merchant, Samuel Cresson Allen (Stroup 35). Land section,Wailuku qd., WestMaui.lit.: black.

ʻeleʻele₁ nvs.black, dark, the black color of Hawaiian eyes.alsoʻeneʻene.bcPPN *kelekele.COL

hōʻeleʻeleto blacken, darken, become dark

ʻeleʻele₂ n.variety oftapa said to have originated atKaumakani, Maui; it was dyed with candlenut,pāʻihi, and black mud.bcTAP

ʻeleʻele₃ n.long, filamentous, green, edible seaweeds (Enteromorpha prolifera). Some kinds are among the most popular in Hawaiʻi, being eaten raw as condiments at feasts. Calledpīpīlani onMaui.bcSWD

ʻeleʻele₄ n.a cooking banana (a form ofMusa xparadisiaca), valued for shiny black skin of trunk, used for designs worked into pandanus mats and hats.alsohinupuaʻa.(Neal 249)bcBAN PAN

ʻeleʻele₅ same ashinupuaʻa andnaioea, varieties oftaro.bcTAR

ʻeleʻele₆ same asmāikoiko, a variety of sugar cane.bcSUG

ʻeleʻele₇ n.a variety of sweet potato.bcSWP

ʻeleʻele kanikau [ʻeleʻelekani·kau] n.black crepe worn for mourning.

ʻeleʻelekū [ʻeleʻele·kū] unattractively dark and ugly, coal-black.redup. ofʻelekū₃, entirely black, coal-black...;COL

ʻeleʻele mākoko [ʻeleʻelemā·koko] n.ataro cultivar.(TC 3)TAR

ʻeleʻele paʻa n.coal-black.COL

ʻeleʻelepī₁ [ʻeleʻele·pī] nvs.agitated, turbulent, tumultuous.

ʻeleʻelepīkawahablabber-mouth

ʻeleʻelepī₂ [ʻeleʻele·pī] same asʻelepī,same asʻalamihi,ʻeleʻelepī, andʻelemihi, a small black crab...CRA

ʻeleʻeleu [ʻeleʻe·leu] vivacious, energetic, lively.redup. ofʻeleu, active, alert, energetic, lively, nimble, quick, dexterous...;

hōʻeleʻeleucaus/sim.; vivacious, energetic, full of life

ʻeleʻeli deep (as a taboo or its removal).(EH)

ʻElehāhā [ʻEle-hāhā] placename.stream, tributary ofWaimea Stream,Oʻahu.lit.: blackstalk (as of taro).

ʻeleheʻi [ʻele·heʻi] var. ofʻekekeʻi, short.

ʻeleheʻu₁ [ʻele·heʻu] nvs.mutilated, deprived of some essential part; mayhem.cf.manuheʻu. (rare.) 

ʻeleheʻu₂ [ʻele·heʻu] angry.(AP)

ʻelehine [ʻele·hine] {ʻele-₁-hine}n.old woman.seeluahine. (rare.) 

ʻele hiwa nvs.coal-black, jet-black, all black.See chant,ʻelemoe.COL MUS

ʻelehonua [ʻele·honua] nvs.priests' name for west.

elehu n.slate or ash-colored pumice.cf.lehu. (rare.) COL

ʻelehune [ʻele·hune] n.silt.PPN *lepo.

ʻeleī,ʻeleʻī [ʻele·ī] nvs.blue-black, shiny black.fig., select, choice.COL

Hemeaʻeleīkēiaikoʻumanaʻo.This is choice, in my opinion.

ʻeleʻī nvs.var. spelling ofʻeleī, blue-black, shiny black. Fig., select, choice.AltSpel COL

ʻeleiāhonua [ʻelei·ā·honua] same asʻelehonua, , priests' name for west...

ʻeleiālani [ʻelei·ā·lani] same asʻelelani, priests' name for east...

ʻeleiki [ʻele·iki] vt.to bear a grudge.