p pronounced aspī, for the single letter, as when spelling a word.seepīʻāpā.

P1 abbreviation forPoʻakahi (Monday).

P2 abbreviation forPoʻalua (Tuesday).

P3 abbreviation forPoʻakolu (Wednesday).

P4 abbreviation forPoʻahā (Thursday).

P5 abbreviation forPoʻalima (Friday).

P6 abbreviation forPoʻaono (Saturday).

pa-,pā- prefix to many bases, with general meaning of "in the nature of, having the quality of"cf.pāheahea,pahemo,pāhemahema,pāhaʻohaʻo, etc..(Gram. 6.3.2) PPN *pa-.

pā- var. spelling ofpa-, prefix to many bases...AltSpel

pā-₁ prefix to numerals: at a time, at once, number of times; to divide by.cf.lele₇.(Gram. 10.3) FIS MTH

hoʻopā-caus/sim. cf.hoʻopālima

mikipāluato eat poi with two fingers

pāluadoubly, by twos, two at a time, twice; to divide in two shares

Pāluaikaiʻa.Divide the fish in two shares.

pā-₂ cf.pa-, prefix to many bases, with general meaning of "in the nature of, having the quality of"...(Gram. 6.3.2) 

pā₁ nvi.
  • fence, wall,
  • corral, pen, sty, enclosure,
  • courtyard,
  • patio,
  • arena,
  • (house) lot, yard,
  • extremity;
  • to build a fence, enclosure.
 .cf.pānini.[(MP) PPn *paa,enclosure, fence]

pā₂ n.(preceded byke).
  • dish, plate, pan;
  • elongated food bowl used for meat or fish;
  • flat basin;
  • phonograph record, disk
.cf.halepā.[PPn *paa,plate, platter, bowl]FIS

kopamīkiniholoipādishwasher soap

mīkiniholoipādishwasher

pā n.disk (preceded byke).FIS

pāhoʻomakastartup disk

pākamepiulacomputer disk

pāmaʻemaʻeblank disk

pāmalulefloppy disk

pāpaʻalokohard disk

pāpaʻalokoweheremovable hard disk

pāpolokalamuprogram disk

pā₃ n.
  • mother-of-pearl shell (Pinctada margaritifera);
  • pearl-shell lure;
  • fishhook
(cf.pā ʻiʻo,pā kau ulua). Bothke andka are used withpā₃.[(OC) PPn *paa,fish-hook (trolling)][pā kua hūhū: He ʻano pā lawaiʻa e huaʻi ai ke kai i ka huki ʻia ma kona kua.]₁FIS

pāāeoa successful pā lure

pāhaushell with white on inside

pāmaevariegated shell; lit., faded shell

pā₄ nvs., nvi.a broadly usedloaʻa-type word, said of drinking, hearing, feeling, and activity of wind, sun, moon; also used as a noun with similar meanings.
    to...
  • touch, contact, reach
  • get
  • gain control of
  • hit
  • experience
  • blow (as wind)
  • shine (as moon or sun)
  • hear
  • drink
 .cf.pā kāhea,pā wai.(Gram. 4.4) [PPn *paa,slap, strike against][1. ka hana a ka makani a me ka lā. 2. loaʻa pono i ka pōhaku a mea like i kīloi a kī ʻia paha iā ʻoe; loaʻa pono i nā huaʻōlelo a hoʻopuka manaʻo ʻē aʻe paha e hoʻouna ʻia ana iā ʻoe.]₁₄FIS

Eheleakuʻoeehoʻopāikekahunapule.Go and see if you can get the minister to help, put a "touch" to him.

hoʻopāabout the same aspā₄; to touch; to try out, test

hoʻopāikito touch lightly or cautiously; to eat or drink sparingly

kapāʻanaakalāsunshine

Mālamaoliloikalimaāpā.Watch out or [it] will disappear into [someone's] hands and be taken away.

Mālamaopā.Watch or you'll be hurt.(ON 2122)

ʻOkapākōnaneakamahina.The bright touch of the moon. (song)

pāikaleoto be struck by a voice, i.e., to be told something that hurts the feelings, to be rebuked

Pāikamakau.Touched by a hook [said of a fish that has been hooked and then, having escaped, is very wary].

Pāikaʻupena.Touched by a net [sald of a fish that has escaped a net and is wary].

pākaʻaito taste food

Pākaʻāinaiāʻoe.You'll get control of the land.(FS 133)

pākanakato have sexual experience; lit., touch someone

pākīʻahato touch a tumbler; to sip intoxicants

Pānōlilo.Touch and gone [of a stolen object].(ON 2597)

pōhakuhoʻopātouchstone

PualaleaMaunaLoaikapāakalā.Mauna Loa is bright with the touch of sun. (chant)

Uapāmailakuʻulimaiāʻoe.You touched my hand.

pā₅ nvi.
  • a sound; to sound;
  • beat, rhythm, as of a dance;
  • stroke, as of an instrument;
  • thump of a gourd down on a pad, with one quick slap of the fingers as the gourd is raised;
  • signal to begin a dance or drumming.HUL

Pāmailakaleohoneokawaiolina.The sweet sound of a violin reached here.

pā₆ vs.
  • barren, as a female;
  • to have ceased bearing;
  • parched, as land.
 [PPn *paʻa,barren (of a woman)]

hoʻopāto procure barrenness, as by prayer or medication

ʻOKilapāwahine.Kila, the last born of the woman.

pā₇ n.flat top of a hat.

pā₈ n.lowest and highest note in the musical scale, do.MUS

pā n.do, the first note on the musical scale.seepākōlī.MUS

pā₉ vs.temporary, fleeting.

henohonapāwaletemporary residence

pā₁₀ n.section of net attached to a bag in certain types of fishing.FIS NET

pā₁₁ seehuina pā,intercept, in math...,huina pā x,x-intercept...MTH

pā₁₂ short forpaʻa,papa,pāpā...

paʻa₁ nvs.a common and broadly usedloaʻa-type word; many meanings depend on qualifying words...
  • firm, solid, tight, solidified, adhering, durable, fast, fixed, stuck, secure, closed,
  • jelled, congealed, frozen, hard, sound (as wood),
  • busy, occupied, engaged,
  • definite, steadfast, permanent;
  • finished, completed, whole, complete,
  • learned, memorized, mastered, retained, kept permanently;
  • stubborn, determined,
  • constipated,
  • solid or fast, as colors;
  • sturdy, as cloth, furniture;
  • strong and vigorous;
  • versed in, learned in;
  • to hold, bear, one who holds, a bearer;
  • keep, detain, withhold;
  • a solid, as in geometry;
  • to wear well, as clothes;
  • to look well or not show age, of a person.
 .seepaʻa kāhili.(Gram. 4.4) bcILL MUS

ʻailapaʻathick grease

Eloaʻaaikeanapaʻaonāpaʻa.Obtaining the cubic content of a solid.

Epaʻaāpaʻaʻoluaikekaula.Hold fast to the rope.

hanapaʻasteady work

Hoʻonohoiholalākouiāiamakahipaʻa.They put him in custody.(Nah. 15.34)

hoʻopaʻaTo make fast, firm, hard, tight, solid; to bind, attach, moor, snub, hold fast to, hold back, keep, restrain, confine, detain, withhold, reserve, close, catch; to learn, memorize, master, study, complete, fix; to record, as music; to plug or seal, as a hole; to subscribe, as to a newspaper; to order, reserve, register; to insist on, persist; to insure; to bolt, as a door; to muzzle(Kanl. 25.4); drummer and hula chanter (the memorizer); insurance. cf.hoʻopaʻa haʻawina,mea hoʻopaʻa,ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻa

hoʻopaʻaaʻohanaapprentice

hoʻopaʻahaoto weld

hoʻopaʻaikahauto freeze (i.e., ice solidifies)

Hoʻopaʻaikānaʻae.Holding back his consent.

Hoʻopaʻaiholalāuaāʻeluaiberita.The two together sealed a covenant.(Kin. 21.27)

hoʻopaʻainoato register, enroll

hoʻopaʻakuleanato copyright, establish ownership

hoʻopaʻalehoto get calluses from work

hoʻopaʻamanawato make an appointment

hoʻopaʻamoʻoleloto keep the minutes; to record a story

hoʻopaʻaolalife insurance

Ihoʻopaʻamaiiālākouiho.To bind themselves [as under contract to a chief].(Nak. 27)

Ipaʻakekinoikalāʻau.That the body be strengthened by medicine.

kanupaʻato bury whole, as a body

lekaihoʻopaʻaʻiaregistered letter

Maipaʻaikaleo,heʻolekaheamai.Do not withhold the voice, or refuse to call to us. [said by one wishing permission to enter a hula]. (hula password)

Maipaʻaʻoeiaʻu.Don't detain me.

meahoʻopaʻastopper

meapaʻaipuhaoa pot holder

meapaʻamolakimortgagee

nāloleipaʻamuaready-made clothes

nohopaʻapermanent residence

paʻaāpaʻaheld fast

Paʻaikahana.Very busy working.

paʻaikaʻoleto deny persistently

paʻaikaʻūkelestuck in the mud

Paʻakahalehou.The new house is finished.

Paʻakamanaʻo.Determined in thought; to have made up one's mind.

Paʻakapuka.The door is closed.

Paʻakawaiāliloihau.Water solidified into ice.

Paʻakekelepona.The telephone line is busy.

Paʻamaimeonaloleʻauʻau.Bring some bathing suits too.

Paʻamailaʻoukainākānaka.The shore was packed solid with people.(FS 71)

paʻameleone versed in songs

Paʻaʻoiamakapono.He is steadfast in righteousness.

Uahoʻopaʻaauimaunohonomāuaikaʻahamele.I reserved some seats for us at the concert.

UapaʻaiāiakawahaokapoʻeSadukaio.He had silenced the mouths of the Sadducees.(Mat. 22.34)

Uapaʻakaʻuhaʻawina.My lesson is learned.

ukuhoʻopaʻainsurance premium

ukupaʻafixed salary

paʻa n.geometric solid.cf.hoa like,paukū.seekuʻinapaʻa,pena paʻa mania.

huapaʻaconstant term, in math

vs.three-dimensional, in math.cf.papa.MTH

kiʻiʻoniʻonikohupaʻa3D movie

kinonapaʻathree-dimensional figure

kohupaʻathree-dimensional or 3D, as a picture or movie

vs.closed, as a frame in a computer program.cf.kaʻakaʻa.CMP

mōlinapaʻaclosed frame

paʻa₂ n.pair, couple; couplet.cf.paʻa kāmaʻa,paʻa lio,paʻa male.bc

paʻa₃ n.suit of clothes.bc

nāpaʻakapagarments(Lunk. 14.12)

paʻa₄ n.stratum, foundation, especiallypaʻailalo, earth, andpaʻailuna, heavens.bc

paʻa₅ n.extremity, border.bc

paʻa₆ n.type of sweet potato, pronunciation not certain.(For. 5:664–5)bcSWP

pāʻā var. spelling ofpaʻaʻā₁, fiber...

pāʻā₁ same aspaʻaʻā₁,paʻaʻā₂, fish, tapa...FIS TAP

pāʻā₂ vs.dry and rocky.

Heʻāinapāʻā.A dry, rocky land.

Pāʻā placename.land section and cones,Kōloa district,Kauaʻi.lit.: dry, rocky.

paʻaʻā₁,pāʻā n.fiber, as of sugar-cane stalk or of banana sheath (probably a contraction ofpaʻa, solid, andʻaʻa, fiber).BAN

paʻaʻā₂,pāʻā var. ofpāpaʻa₃, cluster of tiny red and yellow feathers tied together fanwise, as presented to a chief to be used for featherwork...

pāʻāʻā₁ n.first stage of growth of the fishakule, 6 or 7 cm. long.cf.halalū.FIS

pāʻāʻā₂ n.inferiortapa made from small lengths of bark.TAP

pā ʻaʻaho,pāʻaʻaho corral, rail fence(EH)

pāʻaʻaho var. spelling ofpā ʻaʻaho, corral, rail fence

paʻa ʻahu,pā ʻahu S  n.a carrier of mats(Kep. 129), a heap of mats.

paʻa ʻāina n.v.landholder; to hold land.

paʻaalewa [paʻa·alewa] vi.flexed-arm hang.lit., hanging fixed.

paʻaaloha [paʻa·aloha] same aspaʻaloha, keepsake, memento, souvenir...

paʻaea vs.airtight.lit., hold air.

hehōkelopaʻaeaan airtight container

paʻahana₁ [paʻa·hana] nvs.
  • industrious, busy, hard-working;
  • workman, laborer, worker, industry.bc

paʻahana₂ [paʻa·hana] n.implement, tool, utensil, furnishings.(Nah. 7.1)bc

meapaʻahanatool, workman

Paʻahana [Paʻa-hana] placename.street,Kaimukī,Honolulu, perhaps named for the lady atMānana,ʻEwa, made famous in the long song, "Paʻahana" (Elbert and Mahoe 84).lit.: hard working.

paʻahao₁ [paʻa·hao] nvi.prisoner, convict; to be imprisoned.bc

halepaʻahaoprison, jail

hoʻopaʻahaoto make a prisoner

hoʻopaʻahaoponoʻolefalse imprisonment

paʻahao₂ [paʻa·hao] n.proceeds (as pigs, sweet potatoes ortaro) paid to holders of land on which tenants worked; penalty for failure to pay was imprisonment.cf.lā paʻahao,loʻi paʻahao.bcSWP TAR

paʻahapa [paʻa·hapa] FOO

ʻailakelepaʻahapaunsaturated fat

paʻahau [paʻa·hau] vs.frozen.cf.hoʻopaʻahau.seekēkelē.

ʻailaʻaʻalopaʻahauantifreeze

aupaʻahauIce Age

PaʻahaukawaiikekēkelēʻoleokeKelekia.Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.

pahupaʻahaufreezer

paʻahelu n.number pair.MTH

paʻahelukuhikuhinacoordinates; ordered pair, i.e. two numbers used to give the location of a point on a graph, in math

pā ahi n.shovel(RSV), fire pan(KJV) (Preceded byke)(Ier. 52.19)TOO

paʻahia [paʻa·hia] pas/imp. ofpaʻa₁, firm, solid, tight, solidified, adhering, durable, fast, fixed...

paʻahihi [paʻa·hihi] S  vs.spread here and there.

paʻahiku [paʻa·hiku] n.heptagon.

paʻahono [paʻa·hono] same aspāhono, mend, sew...

pā ʻahu S  var. ofpaʻa ʻahu, a carrier of mats...

paʻa i ka hana busy, employed(EH)

paʻa i ka lakaʻia locked(EH)

paʻa i ka limu moss-grown(EH)

paʻa i ka mana o under the spell of(EH)

paʻa i ka noe misty(EH)

paʻa i ka ʻole deny persistently(EH)

paʻa i ka ʻūkele stuck in the mud(EH)

paʻa i ka waihoʻoluʻu colored(EH)

pāʻaila n.the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis), an introduced shrub with large lobed leaves and dry prickly seed cases. The seeds contain a dangerous poison. The Hawaiians use the leaves, rubbed on the face, to relieve fever.alsokaʻapehā,kamākou,kolī,lāʻau ʻaila.(Neal 509–10)PLA

paʻailalo [paʻa-i-lalo] n.the earth below.

paʻaʻili n.a solid, usually with number of sides following, aspaʻaʻili hā.lit., surface solid.MTH

paʻaʻili [paʻa·ʻili] see entries beginning withpaʻaʻili.MTH

paʻaʻili hā n.four-sided solid (this term was said to be used formerly for a pyramid).

paʻaʻilihā [paʻa·ʻili·hā] n.tetrahedron, a space figure with four faces, in math.MTH

paʻaʻili hā like n.paʻaʻili [a solid, usually with number of sides following] with equal sides.

paʻaʻili iwakālua [paʻaʻiliiwa·kā·lua] n.a twenty-sided solid.

paʻaʻiliiwakālua [paʻa·ʻiliiwa·kā·lua] n.icosahedron, a space figure with twenty faces, in math.MTH

paʻaʻili kaulike hiō [paʻaʻilikau·likehiō] n.oblique parallelepiped.lit., solid leaning similarly.

paʻaʻili kūpono [paʻaʻilikū·pono] n.cube or rectangular parallelepiped.lit., straight solid.

paʻaʻililehulehu [paʻa·ʻililehulehu] n.polyhedron, a space figure with many faces, in math.alsopaʻaʻili.MTH

paʻaʻili ono n.six-sided solid, cube; cubic.see ex.iā, yard.

paʻaʻiliono [paʻa·ʻili·ono] n.hexahedron, a space figure with six faces, in math; cube, cubic.seepaʻaʻiliono analahi,paʻaʻiliono kōkua helu.

ʻīāpaʻaʻilionocubic yard

paʻaʻilionoanalahi [paʻa·ʻili·onoana·lahi] n.cube, in math.alsopaʻaʻiliono.seepaʻaʻiliono.MTH

paʻaʻilionokōkuahelu [paʻaʻili·onokō·kuahelu] n.counting cube, in math.lit., cube (to) help count.cf.moena kōkua helu,ʻaukūkōkuahelu.alsopaʻaʻiliono.MTH

paʻaʻili ono like n.cube.lit., equal six solid.

paʻaʻiliʻumikūmālua [paʻa·ʻiliʻumi·kū·mā·lua] n.dodecahedron, a space figure with twelve faces, in math.MTH

paʻaʻiliʻumi kumamālua [paʻaʻiliʻumikuma·mā·lua] n.a twelve-sided solid.

paʻaʻiliwalu [paʻa·ʻili·walu] n.octahedron, a space figure with eight faces, in math.MTH

paʻailuna [paʻa-i-luna] n.heavens above.

paʻa i nā mele poetic(EH)

paʻa ipu kuha n.bearer of the chief's spittoon.

paʻa ka hanu smother(EH)

paʻa kāhili [paʻakā·hili] n.v.bearer of the royal feather standard; to carry akāhili.

paʻa ka houpo The stomach is full(EH)

paʻakai₁ [paʻa·kai] n.salt; encrusted discharge in the inner corners of the eyes, as after sleeping. Types of salt arepaʻakailele wai, very fine, dried salt;paʻakaiwalewale, slimy salt;paʻakaipuʻupuʻu, coarse salt;paʻakailepo, salt mixed with earth;paʻakaiʻulaʻula, salt mixed with ocherous earth.cf.ʻalaea₁.bc[Pn(MQ) *paka-tai,salt]FOO

Lokopaʻakai.Salt Lake City.

paʻakai₂ [paʻa·kai] n.a variety oftaro, usually grown in the uplands, the plant short and stocky; petioles dark-green, edged with red; corm flesh white, used chiefly forpoi.bcPLA TAR POI

paʻakai₃ [paʻa·kai] same aslīpaʻakai, a seaweed.bcSWD

paʻakaiʻepesoma [paʻa·kaiʻepe·soma] n.Epsom salt.

paʻakai hao [paʻa·kaihao] n.copperas.[iron (II) sulfate]. Ka Hae Hawaii, May 13, 1857

paʻakaiheleleʻi [paʻa·kai·hele·leʻi] n.a fish, said to be one of the Hemiramphidae.lit., scattered salt.FIS

paʻakai holoi [paʻa·kaiholoi] n.lye(RSV), nitre(KJV)lit., washing salt.(Ier. 2.22)

paʻakai hoʻohanuhanu [paʻa·kaihoʻo·hanu·hanu] n.smelling salts.

paʻakaihū [paʻa·kai·hū] n.effervescent solution.

paʻakai inu [paʻa·kaiinu] n.epsom salts.lit., drinking salt.

paʻakai mikomiko [paʻa·kaimiko·miko] n.a variety oftaro.TAR

paʻakai muʻemuʻe [paʻa·kaimuʻe·muʻe] n.alum.lit., bitter salt.

paʻakai ʻulaʻula salt treated with ocherous earth used to color and flavor it(EH)

paʻa kāmaʻa [paʻakā·maʻa] n.pair of shoes.

paʻa ka manaʻo dedicated, devoted, determined(EH)

paʻa kapa garments(EH)

paʻakea [paʻa·kea] n.
  • limestone,
  • coral beds, as found on the leeward sides of the islands.
 lit., white hardness.

Paʻakea placename.land section, gulch, and stream,Keʻanae qd.,Maui (also calledKapaʻakea). Fishpond near Pearl Harbor,Oʻahu.lit.: coral bed, limestone.

paʻa ke kelepona the telephone is busy(EH)

paʻakikī [paʻa·kikī] vs.
  • hard,
  • tough, unyielding;
  • inflexible, arbitrary,
  • compact,
  • difficult,
  • stubborn(Kanl. 9.27), obstinate.bc

hoʻopaʻakikīsame aspaʻakikī; to cause hardness, obstinacy; to pretend to be hard, stubborn

Maipaʻakikīakuʻoeikeanu.Don't be so obstinate about going out in the cold.

paʻakō [paʻa·kō] n.dry lowland plain.(Kep. 87)

-paʻakope [-paʻa·kope] 

hoʻopaʻakopecopyright; to copyright

paʻa kūʻauhau versed in genealogy(EH)

paʻakūkū [paʻa·kū·kū] vi.to jell, set firmly, congeal; to clot, as blood; to stiffen, as hardpoi; avaricious.POI BOD

hoʻopaʻakūkūto cause to clot, congeal, etc

kokopaʻakūkūblood clot

paʻakūkū [paʻa·kū·kū] vs.coagulated, as blood.BOD

pā akule n.fish pond for trappingakule, fish.FIS

-paʻa kuleana 

hoʻopaʻa kuleananvt. Copyright; to copyright

paʻalā₁ [paʻa·lā] n.smooth, water-wornʻalā rock.(FS 153)

Paʻalā₂ [paʻa·lā] n.aMaui wind.WIN

Paʻalaʻa [paʻa·laʻa]  see chant,kaʻalani.same aspaʻalā₂;MUS

Paʻalaʻa [Paʻa-laʻa] placename.land section,Haleʻiwa qd.,Oʻahu.lit.: sacred firmness.

Paʻalaʻa Uka placename.land division,Haleʻiwa qd.,Oʻahu.lit.: inlandPaʻalaʻa.

Paʻalaea placename.islet (0.16 acres, 40 feet elevation),Waipiʻo qd.,Hawaiʻi.

paʻalalo [paʻa·lalo] n.
  • attendants of a chief;
  • bridal attendants.
 [Ka poʻe lawelawe na ke aliʻi.]₉

paʻa lau n.v.those holding alau, dragnet; to hold thelau.

Paʻaleʻa [Paʻa-leʻa] placename.street,Pālolo,Honolulu.lit.: pleasure-loving.

paʻalia [paʻa·lia] pas/imp. ofpaʻa₁, firm, solid, tight, solidified, adhering, durable, fast, fixed...

EiaʻoHawaiʻiuaao,paʻaliaikaponoikalima.Here is Hawaiʻi, enlightened, held by justice in the hand. (name song for Liliʻuokalani)

pā ʻaliʻali n.disk (cultivator)(HE)

paʻaliʻi [paʻa·liʻi] same askoali ʻai, a morning-glory, when used as a medicine.ILL FLO

paʻalikelike [paʻalike·like] n.suit, as in a deck of playing cards.Niʻihau.SPO

paʻalima [paʻa·lima] n.pentagon.

paʻa lima nvs.held in the hand; handle.

ʻAuheakuʻuʻekeʻekepaʻalima?Where is my handbag?

paʻalima vs.held in the hand, hand-held.

anianipaʻalimahand mirror

pānānāpaʻalimapocket compass

paʻa lio n.team of horses.

paʻa loa firmly established or imbedded, obstinate(EH)

paʻaloha [paʻa·loha] n.keepsake, memento, souvenir.alsopaʻaaloha.

paʻaloko [paʻa·loko] vs.built-in.seekakenapaʻaloko,pāpaʻaloko.cf.kūloko.CMP

Hemōkemapaʻalokokōkēiakamepiula.This computer has a built-in modem.

waihonaʻikepaʻalokobuilt-in memory, in a computer

paʻa lole n.suit (clothing)(KAN)

paʻalole,paʻa lole [paʻa·lole] n.suit of clothes.alsopaʻalolekomo.

paʻalolehelelewa [paʻa·lolehelelewa] n.space suit.lit., suit (for) walking (in) space.SCI

paʻa lole komo suit (clothing)(EH)

paʻa lole makalike n.var. spelling ofpaʻalole makalike, uniform, as of military.AltSpel WAR

paʻalole makalike,paʻa lole makalike [paʻa·lolemaka·like] n.uniform, as of military.WAR

paʻalua₁ [paʻa·lua] n.a variety of banana.BAN

paʻalua₂ [paʻa·lua] n.deuce.

pāʻālua [pā·ʻā·lua] n.code.seehoʻopāʻālua,poʻo pāʻālua.CMP

hoʻokalapāʻāluato unencrypt, as a code or computer data

pāʻāluaHTMLHTML source code, in computer programming. Lit., HTML code. ([+])

pāʻāluakaʻinahanakey code, as for the order to press keys on a calculator to find an answer

pāʻāluaHTML n.HTML source code, in computer programming.lit. HTML code.[+]CMP

paʻa luhi S  vs.overcome with weariness.

paʻalula [paʻa·lula] nvs.
  • formal,
  • according to rule,
  • decorous;
  • to observe rules, as of etiquette; one who observes such rules.

paʻalulaʻoleone with poor manners, uncouth

paʻa lula ʻole uncouth(EH)

paʻamāhuaola [paʻa·mā·hua·ola] n.nutrient salts, i.e. the deposits that remain after a liquid has been removed.SCI

paʻa male n.married couple.

paʻa male hou n.bridal couple.

paʻa manaʻo vs.firm in one's memory; memorized.

hoʻopaʻa manaʻoto keep a memorandum, make a record of thoughts, memorize

paʻamanehukūʻēʻē [paʻamanehukū·ʻē·ʻē] n.action-reaction pair, i.e. two forces having equal strength but opposite directions, in science.lit., opposing force pair.SCI

paʻa mau₁ vs.regular, customary, usual.lit., continually fixed.

hālāwaipaʻamaucustomary or regular meeting

manawapaʻamauusual or regular time

paʻamau₂ vs.sustained.

loaʻapaʻamausustained yield, as in crop production

paʻamau₃ [paʻa·mau] n.default, as in a computer program.CMP

UahoʻopaʻaʻiakekinonahuapaʻamaumakaTimes.The default font is set at Times.

paʻa mau noʻonoʻo [paʻamaunoʻo·noʻo] nvs.a keepsake, memento; to keep a thought of something.lit., hold continued thinking.

paʻa mele one learned in songs, versed in songs(EH)

pā a me nā pola like ʻole china (crockery)(EH)

paʻa moʻolelo [paʻamoʻo·lelo] nvs.versed in lore, legends, history, tradition; documented in such; one so versed.

paʻa mua vs.ready-made, as clothes.

paʻamua₁ [paʻa·mua] nvs.gaseous condition of the bowels, to have such.ILL

paʻamua₂ [paʻa·mua] n.dam, windbreak.

paʻamua₃ [paʻa·mua] nvs.steadfast in prayer for the welfare of the family, one so steadfast.(rare.) 

paʻanā [paʻa·nā] same aspaʻapaʻanā₁,paʻapaʻanā₂.

pāana n.balancing tray for scales (preceded byke).lit., measuring plate.SCI

pā ʻana a ka lā sunshine(EH)

paʻanaʻau [paʻa·naʻau] vs.memorized, remembered.lit., fixed intestines.

hoʻopaʻanaʻauto memorize

paʻanehe [paʻa·nehe] same aspalanehe, noiseless, quiet, dainty, deft... (rare.) 

paʻanehe mālalaioa skilled(EH)

pāʻani nvt.play, sport, game, amusement, joke; joking, playing, amusing, playful; to play, sport.bc[Pn(CE) *paakani,to compete]SPO MUS

hemeahoʻopāʻania game

hoʻopāʻanito make sport, cause to play, joke, playful

meapāʻanitoy, plaything

pāʻanihewafoul

pāʻanikinipōpōto play ball; ballplayer

pāʻanilapafrolic. cf. hoʻokani, to play music

pāʻanipepato play cards

Pāʻani placename.street near lower University Avenue,Honolulu.lit.: play, sport.

paaniani n.var. spelling ofpāaniani₁, spanner, an instrument for making rope of hair or yarn; spun yarn.AltSpel

pā aniani [pāani·ani] n.glass dish (preceded byke).

pāaniani₁,paaniani [pā·ani·ani] n.spanner, an instrument for making rope of hair or yarn; spun yarn.same aspāniani₁;

pāaniani [pā·ani·ani] n.yarn.seekā pāaniani.

pāaniani₂ [pā·ani·ani] vs.clear.same aspāniani₂; (rare.) 

pāʻani hewa foul (in sports)(EH)

pāʻaniiwi [pā·ʻaniiwi] vt.to play dominoes.lit., play bones.seeiwi pāʻani.SPO

pāʻani kinipōpō to play ball, to play baseball, ballplayer(EH)

pāʻani koho guessing game(EH)

pāʻani kohokoho [pāʻanikoho·koho] n.v.guessing game, puzzle; to play such games.

pāʻani lāʻau n.any stick game.

pāʻani lapa frolic(EH)

pāʻani mū n.checkers(KAN)

pāʻani pepa to play cards(EH)

pāʻani wale to trifle(EH)

pā ānuenue [pāā·nue·nue] n.pearl-shell lure named for the rainbow (ānuenue).WIN

Pāʻao₁ n.name of a star, said to be one of a large group resembling a double canoe.Pāʻao was a famous priest said to have conveyed a colony from Central Polynesia to Hawaiʻi.STA CAN

Pāʻao₂ a priest from Tahiti who landed atPuna, Hawaii. He built theheiauMoʻokini atHawaiʻi, and is said to have introduced human sacrifice, walledheiaus, red-feather girdles as a sign of rank, taboo songs, the prostrating taboo, and the feather godKāʻili. He made a return trip to Kahiki.(HM 370)

pāʻaoʻao₁ {pā-₂ʻaoʻao₁}vs.sideways, one-sided.

kaupāʻaoʻaoto place on the side

pāʻaoʻao₂ n.latent childhood disease, with physical weakening; a general term for ailments.(rare.) ILL

kahunahāhāpāʻaoʻaopractitioner who felt (hāhā) infants to see if they hadpāʻaoʻao disorders

paʻaʻohenānā [paʻaʻohe·nā·nā] n.binoculars.lit., pair (of) telescopes.

-paʻaola 

hoʻopaʻaolalife insurance; to get life insurance

paʻa ʻole rickety, not secure, unbound(EH)

paʻa ʻole ke kahua insecure(EH)

paʻaʻololaha [paʻa·ʻolo·laha] n.ovoid.MTH

paʻaoloulu [paʻa·oloulu] n.youngloulu palm leaves, as used in making hats.

paʻaʻomo [paʻa·ʻomo] n.molded figure, the object that is created through casting or using a mold.seehakaʻomo,kumuʻomo.[+]

paʻaono [paʻa·ono] n.hexagon.

paʻapaʻa₁ [paʻa·paʻa] n.dispute, argument, quarrel.

hoʻopaʻapaʻato argue, dispute; argument, quarrel

paʻapaʻa₂ [paʻa·paʻa] same aspāpaʻa₁, burned...PCP *pakapaka.

Uapaʻapaʻakōlākoualeloikamakewai.Their tongues burned with thirst.(Isa. 41.17)

paʻapaʻa₃ [paʻa·paʻa] n.a fish (Dascyllus albisella).FIS

paʻapaʻa₄ [paʻa·paʻa] n.a kind of sugar cane.alsohoʻopaʻapaʻa.SUG

paʻapaʻaʻina₁ [paʻa·paʻaʻina] nvs.brittle, crisp, crackling; to snap, crackle.[Ke kani ʻana e like me ka paukū lāʻau e haki ʻia ana.]₇

hoʻopaʻapaʻaʻinato make a crackling sound, etc

kapaʻapaʻaʻinaonākākalaioathe crackling of thorns(Kekah. 7.6)

paʻapaʻaʻina vs.crisp or brittle, as dryhala leaves.

paʻapaʻaʻina₂ [paʻa·paʻaʻina] n.a variety oftaro.TAR

paʻapaʻaʻina₃ [paʻa·paʻaʻina] n.a variety of sweet potato.SWP

paʻapaʻakai [paʻa·paʻa·kai] vs.salt-encrusted.

paʻapaʻana vi.var. spelling ofpaʻapaʻanā₂, to hurry, hasten.AltSpel

paʻapaʻanā₁ [paʻa·paʻa·nā] vt.to ease, as pain; to soothe; to entertain, amuse.

hoʻopaʻapaʻanāto cause pain to be soothed; to entertain

paʻapaʻanāmaiiuawahiʻehaneionaeasing his little pain

paʻapaʻanā₂,paʻapaʻana [paʻa·paʻa·nā] vi.to hurry, hasten.(rare.) 

paʻapaʻani [paʻa·paʻani] vt.playful, to play frequently.cf.pāʻani.

paʻa pāhemohemo remember imperfectly(EH)

paʻapaʻina [paʻa·paʻina] redup. ofpaʻina₁, to crackle, snap, click, tick, pop, resound...

Nāleohurōepaʻapaʻinaikalewa.The sounds of hurrah burst forth in the air.

pāʻāpāma [pā·ʻāpāma] n.raffia, the fiber of the raffia palm of Madagascar.lit., palm fiber.PLA

paʻapani [paʻa·pani] rare var. ofpapani, shut off, block...

paʻapela vs.committed to memory.Niʻihau.seehoʻopaʻa pela,pela.[+]

paukūpaʻapelamemory verse, as from the Bible

Uapaʻapelanāhuaʻālelookahīmeniinākeiki.The children know the words to the song by heart.

paʻa poepoe [paʻapoe·poe] n.globe, circular solid, sphere.lit., round solid.

paʻapoepoe [paʻa·poe·poe] n.sphere, in math.

paʻapōhaku [paʻapō·haku] vs.lithified.lit., solidified (into) rock.SCI

Hepōhakukekumuoneipaʻapōhakumailaikeauonāmakahikihenuiloa.Sandstone is a rock which has gone through lithification over a period of many years.

paʻa pono complete(EH)

paʻapū₁ [paʻa·pū] vs.
  • covered with, solid with, teeming with,
  • crowded, congested, as people, fog, or clouds;
  • dense, impervious, nonporous;
  • stifling, stuffy, as a room;
  • thick or coarse, of banana fruit peeling(HP 173).
 (Ioba 7.5)bcBAN WIN

hoʻopaʻapūto make crowded, covered with, stifling, etc

paʻapūikaululāʻauforested, wooded

Paʻapūkaumauma.The chest is stifled [as from a severe attack of asthma].

paʻapūolokotense, repressed

Uahoʻopaʻapūlākouikōwaenaoumekahaunaele.They filled those around you with violence.(Ezek. 28.16)

paʻapū₂ [paʻa·pū] n.density, as of a computer disk.CMP

ʻailakelepaʻapūsaturated fat

lākiōpaʻapūwaispecific gravity, relative gravity

paʻapūpūʻuokanakapopulation density, for humans only

paʻapūemilow density

paʻapūʻoihigh density

paʻapūhia [paʻa·pū·hia] vs.concentrated.cf.kaiaka.seewai kai,hoʻopaʻapūhia.

waipaʻakaipaʻapūhiabrine, a concentrated solution of salt or ocean water. also:wai paʻakai

paʻapū i ka uahi smoky(EH)

paʻapū i ka ulu lāʻau forested, wooded(EH)

paʻapuna [paʻa·puna] n.calcareous.SCI

pōhakupaʻapunacalcareous rock, calcium carbonate

paʻapū o loko repressed, tense(EH)

paʻau rare var. ofpaʻaʻā, fiber...

paʻaua [paʻa·ua] nvi.hard physical labor or drudgery; a drudge (perhaps contraction ofpaʻa, hold, anduaua, tough); to work hard.bc

hoʻopaʻauato enslave, overwork, treat as a drudge

Pāʻauʻau [Pā-ʻauʻau] placename.land areas,Honuʻapo,Mauna Loa, andPāhala qds.,Hawaiʻi. Formerly a pond and home, Pearl City peninsula,Oʻahu, famous in song.lit.: bath enclosure.

paʻauhau [paʻau·hau] n.a variety of sweet potato.SWP

Pāʻauhau [Pā-ʻauhau] placename.village, gulch, and land sections,Hāmākua,Mauna Kea, andWaikiʻi qds.,Hawaiʻi, and site of an indecisive battle between Kamehameha and Keōua (RC 151). Site of aMaui battle (near Kalaeokaʻīlio) in which Kamehameha distinguished himself and saved the life of Kekūhaupiʻo(RC 84).lit.: tribute enclosure.

Paʻauilo placename.village and elementary and high school,Hāmākua qd.,Hawaiʻi.

paʻa uma n.v.a type of hand wrestling in which each player tried to push his opponent's hand back to his chest (uma); to wrestle thus.

pahipaʻaumadraw knife

paʻawaha [paʻa·waha] n.v.gag; to gag the mouth.lit., make the mouth solid.(Hal. 39.1)

-paʻa waiwai 

hoʻopaʻa waiwaito insure property; property insurance

paʻa walu n.octagon.

paʻawela₁ [paʻa·wela] nvt.a burned area; a scar from burning; to burn.

Makahimaikaʻiepaʻawelaananō.Instead of beauty, burning.(Isa. 3.24)

paʻawela₂ [paʻa·wela] n.probably a wrasse fish.FIS

Paʻawili [Paʻa-wili] placename.land section, southLānaʻi.lit.: held twisting.

pāCD seeCD.

pā cēdē CD, compact disk (pronouncedpā sēdē).alsopāCD,pāsēdē).

ʻOKeauhoukainoaokahuihīmeniihoʻopukeaʻeneiikālākoupācēdēmualoa!Keauhou is the name of the group that just realeased their first CD!(Kaua 10-8-16)

padi var. spelling ofpāki₂, paddy...

pae₁ nvs.
  • cluster, group;
  • row,
  • margin or bank, as of ataro patch;
  • level, as of a platform.
 .cf.pae ʻāina,pae kō,pae moku.bc[Pn(CE) *pae,row, barrier, side][ʻAoʻao. Pae mauna: he mau mauna a puʻu kohu mauna e waiho ana ma kekahi wahi.]₁₄TAR

hoʻopaeto build up an embankment, row, cluster

Ikaheleʻanaokaimuāʻenaʻena,uaʻōhelonohoʻikalāʻauuluimuanonohoapaelike.When the oven is red-hot, the oven-poking stick is pushed around so that [the stones] are in even levels. (Hiʻiaka 98)

pae n.chain, range, series of geographical features.GEO

pae₂ vi.
  • to land, disembark, come ashore;
  • to mount or catch a wave, as of a surf rider;
  • washed or drifted ashore.
 bc[PPn *paʻe,be cast ashore, drift][Ka hiki aku o ka waʻa i kahakai. Hiki o ka waʻa a mea holokai like i uka o ka ʻāina.]₃_,₄_,₁₄BIR CAN

ʻAʻoleepaenāwaʻaokealiʻiiāʻoe.The chief's canoes cannot land because of you.(Nak. 56)

EʻaikākouMahalo,uapaekēiawaʻa.Let's eat. Thanks, this canoe has landed. [i.e., I have eaten]

hoʻopaeto cause to land, reach shore

hoʻopaemalūto smuggle, bring in secretly

manupaea bird that lands from afar, as a migratory bird

nihopaea loose tooth

paeikanaluto ride a wave into the shore

palaoapaewhale washed ashore

poʻepaemaiimmigrants

waiwaihoʻopaemalūʻiasmuggled goods

pae₃ n.type of sweet potato, pronunciation uncertain.(For. 5:664–5)bcSWP

pae₄ n.
  • stage, level of development;
  • level of difficulty, as intermediate or advanced;
  • rank, as in an orderly arrangement.
 Niʻihaucf.kūlana.seehoʻokaʻina pae.[He ʻanuʻu o ke ola a hana paha; he ʻanuʻu o nā makahiki o ke ola.]₁₄

pae₅ n.platform, as DOS, UNIX, Macintosh, etc., for a computer program.paeʻōnaehana. operating system.CMP

paʻē vs.to strike the ear, as a distant sound.bc[PPn *pakee,sharp sound, crack][Ka lohe ʻana i ke kani o kekahi mea. Ka pā ʻana o ka pepeiao i kekahi kani mai kahi mamao mai. Hōʻea mai kekahi kani i ka pepeiao.]₁_,₇_,₁₄

Paʻēmaianakaleookekai.The sound of the sea strikes the ears.

pāʻē nvt.to peel, as bark; a bunch of cleaned bark, as ofolonā.(rare.) [Pn(CE) *paa-keke,to remove skin, bark by scraping, peeling: *paa-ke(e)ke(e)]

paea n.flint.Eng.(fire).STO TOO

pōhakupaeaflint(Isa. 50.7); agate, carbuncle(Isa. 54.12)

paʻea n.a variety oftaro.TAR

paeaea₁ [paea·ea] nvi.to fish with a light pole offshore; polefishing.FIS

Helekākouikapaeaea.Let's go pole-fishing.

kanakapaeaeafisherman

paeaea₂ [paea·ea] nvi.a chant of supplication; to chant thus, perhaps so called as a means of "fishing" for something.(PH 149)FIS MUS

pāeaea₁ [pā·ea·ea] vs.smooth, calm, as the sea.

pāeaea₂ [pā·ea·ea] n.a variety of fish mentioned as having sharp protuberances.(Malo 46)FIS

pāeaea₃ [pā·ea·ea] vt.to signal with the arms.(rare.) 

pāʻeaʻea severe(EH)

paeaea ʻaʻama [paea·eaʻaʻama] n.a method of catchingʻaʻama crabs with a coconut fiber snare on a coconut midrib; it is looped over the crab's eye and jerked upward; to crab thus.CN CRA

paeaea ʻōhiki [paea·eaʻō·hiki] n.v.a method of catchingʻōhiki sand crabs, with a blossom, usuallynohu, tied to the end of a line as bait; to crab thus.CRA

Paeahu [Pae-ahu] placename.large land section inHonuaʻula,Mākena qd.,Maui.lit.: row [of ] heaps.

paeʻāina n.var. spelling ofpae ʻāina, group of islands, archipelago.AltSpel

pae ʻāina,paeʻāina n.group of islands, archipelago.[Paemoku, he mau mokupuni e waiho pū ana.]₁₄

paeʻāina n.group of islands, archipelago.alsopae moku.seepae moku.

KapaeʻāinaʻoʻAleutaAleutian islands

paeʻakahiakahi n.novice level.

paeawāwa n.series of valleys.GEO

paʻeʻe vs.on-line, i.e. describing the state of an electronic device ready to receive data, connected to a computer network, or accessible by means of a computer or computer network.cf.pahemo.seehoʻopaʻeʻe.CMP

Kepaʻeʻehoumaineinākamepiulamahopeokahoʻāhouʻiaʻanaokapūnaeweleekalunapūnaewele.The computers are coming on-line again after the network supervisor restarted the network.

pāʻēʻē₁ vs.here and there, everywhere but the right place.[Ka mōkākī.]₁₇

hoʻopāʻēʻēto cause to go astray, mislead, misrepresent

kuhipāʻēʻēto misdirect, mislead, give inaccurate information

pāʻēʻē₂ vs.supernatural.[Ke ʻano kupaianaha a pāhaʻohaʻo o ke kupua.]₁₇

KalāhuikinopāʻēʻēikapaʻiaheMelehune.A people with supernatural bodies, called Melehune.

paeheu [pae·heu] n.large bundle.(rare.) 

pae hewa S  vi.to stray.

paehiʻa [pae·hiʻa] vt.to fastenʻaho sticks to thatching, of a house.

paeholomua [paeholo·mua] n.advanced level.

paehoʻomaka [paehoʻo·maka] n.beginning or introductory level.

pāehulepo n.dustpan (preceded byke).

paehumu₁ [pae·humu] n.taboo enclosure about a chief's house or about aheiau.(Kep. 137)[He pā kapu e puni ana i ka hale o ke aliʻi. Ka pale a puni ka lānai i ʻole i kekahi poʻe e puka i waho o ka lānai.]₁₁_,₇

Mālamaopākaʻauwaeikapaehumu.Be careful or the chin will rest on the taboo enclosure [you will get into serious trouble). (saying)

paehumu₂ [pae·humu] n.bannister.

paehumu [pae·humu] n.railing, ballustrade.cf.ʻūlili,hūlili.

pae i ka nalu to ride a wave into shore (surfing)(EH)

Paekakoleo [pae·kako·leo] n.Pythagoras, Pythagorean.Greek..MTH

ManaʻohaʻioPaekakoleoPythagorean theorum.

paekānāwai [paekā·nā·wai] vi.legal alien; to arrive as a legal alien.lit., come ashore legally.cf.pae malū.LAW

ʻOkapoʻepaekānāwai,hemālamaʻiakōlākoumauponomalalookekānāwaiokaʻāina.Legal aliens have rights that are protected under the laws of the land.

paʻeke n.pocket.Eng.

pāʻeke n.small corral.

pāʻeke [pā·ʻeke] n.corral.

paekiʻi [pae·kiʻi] n.row of clouds, as on the horizon.lit., row of images.WIN

pae kō n.cultivation of sugar cane growing along a border.SUG

paekuahiwi [paekua·hiwi] n.mountain range.GEO

paekuahiwimokuhonua [paekua·hiwimoku·honua] n.continental divide.lit., mountain range division.[+]GEO

PaeKuahiwiMokuhonua [paekua·hiwimoku·honua] n.the Great Divide.lit., continental divide.[+]GEO

pāʻele₁ nvt.
  • Negroid,
  • dark, black; to blacken;
  • to tattoo solid black without design;
  • to paint black, as a canoe;
  • to blot.
 [Kanaka i pāʻele.]₁₄CAN

hoʻopāʻeleto blacken, etc

pāʻeleikaʻalaeaamekanānahupaint black with red coloring and charcoal(FS 259)

Pāʻele₂ n.Negro, Black.[I kēia manawa, he kanaka ʻili ʻeleʻele no ʻApelika mai paha kona mau kūpuna.]₁₄

pāʻele₃ n.a variety of sweet potato.alsonika.SWP

pāʻelehilimānoanoa [pāʻele-hili-mā·noa·noa] n.a variety oftaro.lit., thick-barked blackness.TAR

pāʻele hili mānoanoa [pāʻelehilimā·noa·noa] n.a variety of sweet potato.SWP

pāʻelekūlani n.var. spelling ofpāʻele kūlani, solid tattooing of one side of the body...AltSpel

pāʻele kūlani,pāʻelekūlani [pāʻelekū·lani] n.solid tattooing of one side of the body;Kahekili, chief ofMaui, was said to have been tattooed thus.lit., chiefly darkening.

pāʻeli vt.to dig the earth, as to plant in ataro patch.PLA TAR

hoʻopāʻelito cause such digging

pāʻeliʻeli redup. ofpāʻeli, to dig the earth, as to plant in ataro patch...

hoʻopāʻeliʻeliredup. ofhoʻopāʻeli, to cause such digging....

Paeloahiki [Pae-loa-hiki] n.name of a star or for the Milky Way.lit., eastern long row.STA

paeluapele n.chain of craters.VOL

Paemāhū [Pae-māhū] placename.one of four stones at the western end ofKūhiō Beach Park,Waikīkī,Honolulu, believed to have been medicalkāhuna from Tahiti that guarded this spot; formerly they were in the sea. Rocks at mouth ofWailua River,Kauaʻi, believed to have been men turned to stone by Kapo.lit.: homosexual row.

paemalū vi.illegal alien; to arrive as an illegal alien.lit., come ashore illegally.cf.pae kānāwai.LAW

Hikimaikapoʻepaemalūmanāʻanolikeʻole:malunaokaʻāina,kamoku,amekamokulelekekahi.Illegal aliens arrive by different means: by land, on ship, and by air as well.

paemaunakai n.chain of seamounts.

KapaemaunakaiʻoʻEmepelaEmperor Seamounts

pae moku n.group of islands, archipelago.lit., cluster of islands.[Paemoku: pae ʻāina.]₁₄GEO

paemoku n.group of islands, archipelago.alsopae ʻāina.see alsopae moku hoaka, island arc.seeKeimana,Lāina,Lalokona,Balearika,Tuamotu,and...GEO

KapaemokuʻoFakalanaFalkland Islands, Falklands

KapaemokuʻoKalolainaCaroline Isles.alsoKapaemokuʻoKarolina

KapaemokuʻoKeneleCanary Isles

KapaemokuʻoMākalaMarshall Islands.alsoMākala,Mākala ʻAilana

PaeMokuBalearika n.Balearic Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuGalapagosa n.Galapagos Islands.[+]G

paemokuhoaka n.island arc.lit., arch archipelago.

ʻOnāpaemokuʻoHawaiʻiameʻAleutahemaulaʻanaoiameahepaemokuhoaka.The Hawaiian and Aleutian archipelagos are examples of island arcs.

PaeMokuKeimana n.Cayman Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuLāina n.Line Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuMariana n.Mariana Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuMarianaʻĀkau n.Northern Mariana Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuʻoLalokona n.Cook Islands.lit. Rarotonga archipelago.alsoKuki ʻAilani.[+]G

PaeMokuParasela n.Paracel Islands.[+]G

pae mokupuni [paemoku·puni] n.archipelago.

PaeMokuTaiete n.Society Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuTuamotu n.Tuamotu Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuTūhaʻapae n.Austral Islands.[+]G

PaeMokuWilikine n.Virgin Islands.[+]G

paena n.landing place, as of canoes (paenawaʻa) or of waves (paenanalu); landing.cf.pae₂, to land, disembark, come ashore...PCP *paenga.CAN

paena nalu wave landing(EH)

Paenapalaua [Paena-palaua] placename.gulch,Hālawa qd.,Molokaʻi. Perhaps this name should bePaenapalaoa (whale landing).

paenaPūnaewele [paenapū·nae·wele] n.web page.lit., internet landing place.[+]

EnānākāuaināpaenaPūnaewelenokaʻukulele.Let’s look at web pages about the ʻukulele.

paena waʻa canoe landing(EH)

pae niho n.row of teeth.[Ka nui niho o loko o ka waha ma ke ā luna a me ke ā lalo.]₁₄

paeoʻo n.varsity, as a league of sports at school.lit., mature level.cf.pae ʻōpio,junior varsity...SPO

Maikaʻimaolinōkēiakaunokekimepaeoʻo.The varsity team is having a great season.

paeʻōpio [paeʻō·pio] n.junior varsity, as a league of sports at school.lit., young level.cf.pae oʻo,varsity, as a league of sports at school...SPO

paepae₁ [pae·pae] nvt.
  • a support, prop; to support, hold up, sustain;
  • stool,
  • pavement,
  • house platform; plate of a house on which the rafters rest;
  • block to keep an outrigger float off the ground;
  • log or wooden horse that supports a seesaw;
  • rows.
 bcPPN *paepae.[1. kahua i kīpapa pōhaku ʻia i luna i wahi e kü ai ka hale. 2. kākoʻo, hāpai i luna.]₁₄FIS TAR

Epaepaemaiikaulunaākiʻekiʻe.Pile the pillows high.

hoʻopaepaeto build up apaepae (platform) or ataro embankment; to finish a space in quilting

loinapaepaeʻāhuacustoms that add prestige; lit., elevated mound customs

paepaeʻoʻopuold term for a built-up pool for keepingʻoʻopu fish

paepae₂ [pae·pae] redup. ofpae₂, to land, disembark, come ashore...bc

hoʻopaepaeredup. ofhoʻopae, bring ashore, cast ashore...

paepae₃ [pae·pae] n.boom of a ship.cf.kaula paepae, sheet from boom to after outrigger boom...bc

paepae₄ [pae·pae] same asiwi ʻaoʻao, rib, rib bone..; wife...bc

paʻēpaʻē [paʻē·paʻē] to publicize.redup. ofpaʻē;

hoʻopaʻēpaʻēto be noisy, as a distant sound; to talk loudly

paepaealapiʻi [pae·paeala·piʻi] n.staircase landing.lit., stairs platform.

paepaeanianikaupaneʻe [pae·paeani·anikau·paneʻe] n.stage, as of a microscope.usu.paepae.lit., platform (for) slides.seeaniani kaupaneʻe,slide, as for a microscope...

paepae kī [pae·paekī] n.ti-stalk fence (the stalks are crossed and a stick put into the notches made by the crossings).TII

paepae komo huila n.axle of a wheel.lit., support where wheel enters.(1 Nal. 7.33)

paepaekomohuila [pae·paekomohuila] n.axle, i.e. a shaft on which a wheel turns.alsoiho.

paepaepoho [pae·paepoho] n.chalk tray.

paepae puka [pae·paepuka] n.threshold.lit., door platform.(Isa. 6.4)HOU

paepaepuka [pae·paepuka] n.threshold, of a door.HOU

paepae pukaaniani [pae·paepuka·ani·ani] n.window sill.

paepaepukaaniani [pae·paepuka·ani·ani] n.window sill.

paepae wāwae [pae·paewā·wae] n.footstool.(Iak. 2.3)

pae palaka uila n.surge protector(KAN)

paepalikū n.palisade.lit., row of vertical cliffs.[+]GEO

pae pōhaku a row of stones(EH)

pae poʻo,paepoʻo, paepo seepaipo, a short surf board, a body board...

paʻē pū nvi.to sound together, a deafening roar.

pae puʻu n.row or cluster of hills.

paepūʻulumeaʻai [paepū·ʻulumea·ʻai] food group, i.e. one of the six food groups, in nutritionseepūʻulu.FOO

paʻewa,pāʻewa {pa-ʻewa₁}S  nvs.
  • crooked, misshapen,
  • bent,
  • uneven, odd,
  • imperfect;
  • wrong, incorrect; error, mistake.
 [Pn(CE) *pakewa,not straight; in error][Ke kapakahi a kekeʻe paha; ka hewa me ka hemahema pū.]₇MTH

helupaʻewaodd number. cf.ʻauipaʻewa

hoʻopaʻewato cause to be crooked, wrong, etc

paʻewa S  n.bias, i.e. systematic error in gathering data, in math.seekīloi paʻewa.MTH

vs.distortion; distorted, as in size or shape.[+]

Malunaokekahimauʻanopalapalamaholaʻāina,paʻewakanuiokawēlauʻākaumekawēlauhema.On certain map projections, the size of the North and South Poles is distorted

pāʻewa {pa-ʻewa₁}nvs.var. spelling ofpaʻewa, crooked...AltSpel MTH

paewaena n.intermediate level.

pāʻewaʻewa S  biased, partial, unfair, prejudicially.redup. ofpaʻewa;

Eʻimiponomekapāʻewaʻewaʻole.Investigate carefully and impartially.

hoʻopāʻewaʻewaredup. ofhoʻopaʻewa

pāʻewaʻewa [pā·ʻewa·ʻewa] S  n.bias; biased.

Hehoʻāʻokapoʻehaʻilonoehaʻiakuikanūhoumekapāʻewaʻewaʻoleiʻoleemanaʻoʻiauaʻumeʻiakameahaʻilonoekekahiʻaoʻao.Journalists attempt to report the news without bias so as not to appear that they are influenced by one side or another.

paʻewa ka hopuna mispronounce(EH)

paʻewa ke kaʻi ʻana out of step(EH)

PʻĀH abbreviation forpalena ʻāluna o ka hewa (greatest possible error).

paha₁ nvt.to improvise a chant; an improvised or conversation chant, as thekepakepa.bcPCP *pa(f,s)a.MUS

paha₂ n.uncooked youngtaro leaves.cf.lūʻau,pēʻū.(PH 74)bcTAR

paha₃ same askūpala, a plant.bcPLA

paha₄ n.a kind of surfboard.(rare.) bcSPO

paha₅ short forpahāha, swollen, strut... (rare.) bc

paha₆ part.maybe, perhaps, probably, possibly, may, might. (very common, used to make speech less blunt and more conciliatory, something like English use of the conditional mode; it frequently followsʻaʻole andpēlā, and never occurs after a pause).(Gram. 7.5) bc[Pn(CE) *pafa,perhaps]

ā…pahaor

ʻAʻolepaha.Maybe not, possibly not, likely not, probably not.

ʻeluaāʻekolupahatwo or three(For. 4:259- Lonoikamakahiki)

Helepaha.[I] may [or might] go.

Maikaʻianeipaha?Perhaps good?

Maikaʻipaha,ʻaʻolepaha.Maybe good, maybe not.

ʻOkapoʻekōkuaehanaikekahihewaʻofeni,āuanohopahamalaila.The people who help in the committing of an offense, or are present there. (Ka Lahui Hawaii 1:11, 11 March, 1875. p3, col. 2 bottom)