fno Hawaiian term.

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fahā.

fathe fourth note on the musical scale.hā.see Hawaiian entrypākōlī.

fablefables in the Aesop sense do not exist in Hawaiian. A possible definition of fable in Hawaiian ismoʻolelo pōkole e hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka noho pono ʻana (lit., short story showing how to live righteously).

fabricgas fading control fabric, as in meteorology.loleanakinoea. ozone-sensitive fabric.loleanaʻokikenekolu.

fabricate₁falsehood.haku wale,haku ʻōlelo,haku ʻepa,hoʻopunipuni.

fabricate₂seebuild.

facemaka,helehelena,alo; face of clock or watch,papa,momi.seeabout-face,grimace,scowl. bright face,maka hinu. dirty face,maka lepo. face cream,kalima hamo. face to face,he alo ā he alo,hulina alo. to face death,huli ke alo i ka make. face the facts,nānā pono i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. face the wall,huli ke alo i ka paia. to make faces,haikaika,hoʻowaha,ʻeʻewa.

faceas one side of a space figure, in math.alo. face value.waiwaikūʻike.seevalue.

face powderpaukahelehelena. to put on face powder.hanaikapaukahelehelena,kauikapaukahelehelena.

FacebookPuke Alo

facetʻōpaka,ʻaukā.

facilitysomething that is built, installed, or established to serve particular purpose.ponolako.

facinghulina alo.

facsimile machinemīkini kelepaʻi

facsimile machinemīkini kelepaʻi

factmea kūʻiʻo,mea ʻoiaʻiʻo.

factkūʻikena.

factionʻaoʻao,mahele. dividing into factions,mokuāhana.

factorheluhana (arithmetic);ʻākena,hope (agent).

factorin math.heluhoʻonui.see entries below. common factor.heluhoʻonuilike. greatest common factor.heluhoʻonuilikekiʻekiʻeloa. factor tree.papaheluhoʻonuikumu.

factorialin math.hoʻonuipāʻanuʻu.

factorizationprime factorization.huliheluhoʻonuikumu.

factors of productionin economics.lakohoʻopuka.

factoryhale hana.

faculty₁academic.ʻāuna kumu kula,pūʻulu kumu kula.

faculty₂seeability.

fademae,hoʻomae (as flowers);heheʻe (as clothes);hākea,hākeakea,kuakea,ākeakea,kūkaikea (as in the sun).also:mao,hiahia,ahia,ʻāhiahia,kuaka,kūālole,lolena;ʻāhiehie (especially gray);ʻalaʻihi (any faded color);māhe (as a voice).

fadedas material which has been left in the sun.ʻāpahupahu.

FahrenheitPalanaheika.

Fahrenheitpalanaheika.abb.ph. degrees Fahrenheit.kēkelēpalanaheika.

failpohō,hoʻopohō;hāʻule (as in school);emi mau ke olakino (of health).also:hāʻuleʻule,hāʻulehia,neo,kāhewa,halahū,maulina,haho. Three people in the class failed,ʻekolu poʻe i hāʻule i ka papa.

failureholomua ʻole,holo leʻaʻole,hāʻule.see sayings,ʻelepaio₁,unele,goose.

faint₁lose consciousness.maʻule,hoʻomaʻule,make. faint from hunger,make pōloli. to grow faint,hoʻomake. to feign fainting,hoʻomaʻule. to lie in a dead faint,moe make.

faint₂weak, dizzy.makapōuli,maka pōniuniu,ʻonaʻona,aneane,hemoʻē.

faint₃difficult to see.ʻāweʻaweʻa,ʻehu,pōehiehi,poehi.

faintpōnīnī

faintpōnīnī

faint-heartedpauaho,maʻule.

fair₁just.kūpono,pono,kaulike. fair wind,peawini,makani ʻoluʻolu.

fair₂complexion.ʻIli kea,ʻili māʻila,lākea,hākeakea,halakea,aʻiaʻi,lamalama.

fair₃exhibit.pea,hōʻikeʻike.

fair₄somewhat good, pretty good.ʻAno maikaʻi.

fairhōʻikeʻike,fea. science fair.hōʻikeʻikeʻepekema. county fair.hōʻikeʻikekalana. state fair.hōʻikeʻikemokuʻāina.

fairjust, equitable, balanced.kaulike. fair game, as one in which each player has the same chance of winning.pāʻanikaulike.seejustice.

fairlyʻano,kokoke,ʻaneʻane,nō.

fairyno general term;seelegendary being.

fairy storykaʻao no nā poʻe kupua.

faithmanaʻoʻiʻo,paulele. to have faith,kālele. covenant of faith,pelika o ka manaʻoʻiʻo.

faith healinghoʻōla maʻi me ka pule,lāʻau kāhea.

faithfulmanaʻoʻiʻo,kūpaʻa.seefaith. Oh come, all ye faithful,e hele mai ʻoukou,ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo.

faketo fake or hit, in volleyball.hanakolohe,mīʻoiwale. to make a fake spike, an off-speed shot.pākīʻepa. to fake out, in basketball.ʻepa.

falconpalekona,ʻaekelona.

falconperegrine falcon.palekonakāluʻu.seejess.

Falkland Islandsalso Falklands.KapaemokuʻoFakalana.

fall₁from a height.hāʻule (a solid object; sometimes said of rain);helelei,heleleʻi,hoʻoheleleʻi (as leaves, rain).also:hāʻuleʻule,hāʻulehia;pakakū,kūloku (as rain);hāʻule,heleleʻi (as fruit);kōheoheo (as through the air);hāʻulepio (surrender);palaiki.

fall₂topple.hina; fall prone,hina pālaha,moe pākiʻi,pōhina; fall backwards,kuwala,wala,wala kua,walawala pahū,walawalakī; fall sideways,hiō; fall forward,kimo; fall over,palahuli; fall, as a building,hiolo,hāneʻe; cause to fall,hoʻohina,hoʻohihina; fall in (military),kaʻa malalo; fall down or off,ākaʻa; falland roll,kaʻahina; fall head foremost,kiwi; fall upon, as sorrow,ili.also:pāhiʻa,olopē;piʻi (as shadows);hihina,hinahina.seestumble.

fall₃autumn. no Hawaiian word; terms sometimes used:hāʻule lau,laʻa make,laʻa ʻula,ke kau o hāʻule lau.

fallautumn.hāʻulelau.

fallkau hāʻulelau

fallkau hāʻulelau

fallinghaʻulena.seefall.

fallowmahakea,waiho mahiʻole,hoʻopahulu.

falsehoʻopunipuni,wahaheʻe,also:ʻolohewa,pahilau. false fire alarm,kāhea pau ahi ʻolohewa. false imprisonment,hoʻopaʻahao pono ʻole. false teeth,niho kuʻi,niho hoʻokomo. false witness,hōʻike hoʻopunipuni. to bring false accusation,hoʻāhewa kumu ʻole,kāpeʻa.

false eyelasheslihilihimakakuʻi. to put on false false eyelashes.kauikalihilihimakakuʻi,komoikalihilihimakakuʻi.

false mulletuouoa,uoa.

falsehoodseefalse.rare:ʻalapahi,pīnē.

falsettoleo kiʻekiʻe;leo wahine (old term).see(Kanahele 525).

fameseefamous.also:kukuʻi.

familiarkamaʻāina,walea,maʻa,maʻamaʻahia,kamaʻalua.

familyʻohana;pilikana. old family,ʻohana kupa (several generations in a place);ēwe,ʻohana ʻāpaʻakuma (for centuries in a place). family line,iwikuamoʻo,āewa. extended family,ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. family trait or custom,ēwe,welo. family name,inoa ʻohana. family discord,nahunahu ihu. to carry on family virtues and skills,poʻohala.

familyof facts, as in math.ʻohina. biological family.ʻohanakālaimeaola.

family planningalsoplanned parenthood,population control.kaupalenahānau.seepro-choice,pro-life.

family roomlumiʻohana.

faminewī,wā wī. for fig. and other names,seekaha lelelepō,hīlaulele.

famishedhae i ka pōloli.

famouskaulana. famous day,lā kaulana. to make famous,hoʻokaulana. to become famous,kaulana.

fanpeʻahi. to fan,peʻahi,ani peʻahi;kōaniani (as a breeze);lūlū. electric fan,peʻahi uila. fan me,peʻahi mai.

fanelectric fan.pelamakani.

fan beltʻili.

fan palmloulu,loulu hiwa,loulu lelo,noulu.loulu nut,hāwane,wāhane. young loulu leaves,paʻaoloulu.

fancymanaʻo ulu wale,moemoeā. take a fancy to,hoʻohihi,hoʻokohu.

fancyelegant.hoʻohiluhilu.

fangole,niho ʻawa.

fantasticāiwaiwa.

fantasynā mea kupanaha i haku ʻia ma ka noʻonoʻo ʻana,moemoeā.

fantasymoemoeā.

farmamao.also:lilo loa,loa; far away,maʻō loa aku,kūlewa; far and small,halalī;ʻāloaloa,māhiloa,hala loa,haʻalilo,mōwahowaho,kikilo,monehā,momoua. far-reaching,hāloa. as far as,ā,ā hiki i. not far,maʻō aʻe nei. to go far,hele loa,ʻau i ke kai loa,hiʻikua. far-off place inhabited by spirits,kēwā,ʻopikana. far, paradisiacal, and venerated,ʻiuʻiu,mōʻiuʻiu,mōʻiu,kōʻiuʻiu. far from land,ʻaʻohe pilipili ʻāina mai.

far sideʻō aku

far sideʻō aku

fare₁pay.uku.

fare₂happen.holo. to fare well,holo leʻa. to fare badly,holo pono ʻole. How did your trip fare?Pehea aku nei kāu huakaʻi? How did his work fare?Pehea ka pono o kāna hana? Pehea ka holo ʻana o kāna hana?

fare₃food.ʻai. bill of fare,papa kuhikuhi meaʻai.

farewellaloha. to bid farewell,aloha.

farewell gifthoʻina.

farmmahiʻai,mahi,mahinaʻai; small farm,kīhāpai; to farm at night,keʻehau (rare).

farmpāumu.

farmermahi ʻai.see saying,ʻaluʻalu. tenant farmer,lōpā. derisive names:malo ʻeka,naunau lepo,pepeiao hohono.

farmerʻs marketmākeke mahiʻai

farmerʻs marketmākeke mahiʻai

farmer's marketmākeke mahiʻai

farmingmahi ʻai ʻana.

FaroeFalo. Faroe Islands.KapaeʻāinaʻoFalo.

far-sightedʻike mamao.

fartpalalī.seebreak wind.

farthermamao aʻe,mamao aku,mamao mai,maʻō aku. A little farther,mamao iki aku.

farthingʻakalio.

fascinatehoʻopunihei,hoʻoheihei,punihei,ālai maka,nanea,walea. fascinating speech,mīkololohua,mīkolelehua.

fashionpaikini,ʻano,kaila. chiefly fashion,kūkaulani.

fashionablekū i ke kaila.

FasoBurkina Faso.BurakinaFaso.

fast₁quick.ʻĀwīwī,wikiwiki,wiki,māmā,holo,ʻino.also:ala-,alamimo,alapine,alawiki,wawe,miki,ʻākī,kikī,paukikī,ʻemo ʻole;puʻupuʻu hoʻolei loa;kōʻala,lauhulu.seelei₂,speed, and saying,ʻōlapa. to run fast,holoʻino,holo kikī. to move or progress fast,kāholo,mīʻoi,kokololio.

fast₂fixed.paʻa; fast, of colors,paʻa. to make fast,hoʻopaʻa,lawakua,lawa,hīkiʻi,hekau.

fast₃not eat.hoʻokē ʻai,hoʻopōloli,waiho ʻai. ability to fast,ʻōpū paʻa.

fast breakin basketball;also to make a fast break.ulelekikī.seelead pass, slow down.

fast foodmeaʻaihikiwawe. fast-food restaurant.haleʻainameaʻaihikiwawe.

fast food shophale mea ʻai māmā

fast food shophale mea ʻai māmā

fast forwardto fast forward, as a film or audio tape.wiliimua.seerewind.

fastenhoʻopaʻa,hana paʻa; fasten loosely,maulihilihi.also:hākia,mākia,kākia,ʻōmau,pākōlea,paehiʻa,hīpuʻu (as a knot);ʻōmou (as a brooch);awaiāulu (as marriage tie).

fastenermea hoʻopaʻa. snap fastener,pihi ʻūmiʻi.

fastenersnap.pihiʻūmiʻi (preceded byke),ʻūmiʻi.seevelcro.

fastidiouskūlana waewae,nihinihi.

fat₁as a human.momona. soft and fat,pele,ʻolo,polupolu,nenelu,ʻuheke,ʻaʻalina,hīwaʻawaʻa. shaking with fat,ʻōlūlū,hōlule. rare:mona,hakakai,mumuhu,lehēlehē,molulo,nuka,nanae,uhanui,ukaukai,hoko,mūʻouʻou,pawa,kāpele,pūhalalū,kūhākakai,hūhā,kūʻiʻo.seeplump. overhanging fat belly,ʻōpū nui,ʻōpū kēkewe. fat person, fatty,nuʻupē.

fat₂animal fat, food.momona (uncooked);kelekele (cooked);kuhikuhi.also:kōnāhua,niuniu,kōhi,kuhinia,liko,kōlikoliko,lololo,halalē,kāhā,kaikea,ʻokukuli.

fatʻailakele. low-fat food.meaʻaiʻailakeleiki,meaʻailiʻiliʻiokaʻailakele. high-fat food.meaʻaiʻailakelenui,meaʻainuiokaʻailakele. saturated fat.ʻailakelepaʻapū. unsaturated fat.ʻailakelepaʻahapa. polyunsaturated fat.ʻailakelelaupaʻahapa.

fatalmaʻi make,pāmake.

fatalpāmake.

fatalismno Hawaiian term; the idea is expressed in the idioms and saying:hopena ʻelemakule, the result of being an old man;hopena luahine, the result of being an old woman.ʻAʻole hiki ke alo aʻe, canʻt be helped.see alsokaolo.

fatehopena,hope. ill-fated,kūlana pōʻino.

fathermakua kāne,makua.seestepfather. spiritual father, ecclesiastical father,makua ʻuhane. the same father,hoʻokahi nō makua kāne. to act, claim, or treat as a father,hoʻomakua kāne. Father Lyons,Makua Laiana.

father-in-lawmakuahūnōai kāne.

fatherlandʻāina makua.

fatherʻs ancestorskūpuna makua kāne

fatherʻs ancestorskūpuna makua kāne

father's ancestorskūpuna makua kāne

fathomanana,ana.

fatiguemāluhiluhi,luhi.also:unā,hoʻomāʻopaʻopa,kunewa,kualana,kūpolō,poʻana,ʻaikena,māʻīʻī,kākaiewa. to cause fatigue,hoʻomāluhiluhi.

fattenhoʻomomona,kūpele,hānai i momona,kūpalu,hoʻokelekele;nahumaka (rare). fatted calf(Luka 15.23),keiki pipi i kūpaluʻia.

Fatu HivaHakuhiva,Pakuhiwa.

faucetpiula wai,paipu. faucet key,kī o ka paipu. water from a faucet,wai piula.

faucetkīwai. faucethanale.ʻaukīwai (preceded byke).

faulthewa,hala,keʻe. to find fault,hoʻohalahala,nemanema,nema,ʻōhumuhumu,ʻōhumu,kūhalahala,ʻimi hala,nānā keʻe,loiloi,keʻu,kapakeʻu,kāpēkeʻu. correct a fault,paka.

faultgeologic fault, as San Andreas fault.hakinaheʻe.

faultlesshewaʻole,kīnāʻole,hemolele.

faultyhape.seefault.

favorhana lokomaikaʻi;kākoʻo,makemake (prefer). to lavish with favors,hoʻokamalani;paikano (rare). to do small favors in expectation of greater ones,piepiele. to go about asking for favors,pakaulele. Please do me a favor,eʻoluʻoluʻoe i koʻu manaʻo.

favorparty favor.alelomoʻo.

favoritepunahele,milimili.also:hiwahiwa,maka,hulu manu. royal favorite,hulu aliʻi,hiwa lani. favorite child,hiwa lani. favorite grandchild,moʻopuna i ke alo. to make or treat as a favorite,hoʻopunahele,hoʻohiwahiwa,mililani,mailani,hoʻomailani,hoʻopailani.

favoritismhoʻokē ā maka,kapakahi,hoʻopololei,mailani loa.seefavorite.

fawn₁young deer.kia keiki.

fawn₂to cringe and flatter.piepiele,hoʻopilimeaʻai,kaʻapē.

faxalso to fax.kelepaʻi. fax machine.mīkinikelepaʻi.

faxmīkini kelepaʻi

faxmīkini kelepaʻi

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fearmakaʻu.also:weli,weliweli,ʻeʻehia,kōhi. sudden fear,makaʻu kūhewa. intense fear,kipona makaʻu. shuddery fear,manene i ka makaʻu. to cause fear,hoʻomakaʻu,hoʻohihiu,hoʻohopohopo. to flee in fear,palaheʻe. startled in fear,pūʻiwa.

fearfulmakaʻu loa,wiwo,hopohopo,weliweli,kau ka weli.also:ʻeno,luaahi,liha,liliha,kōanoano,kūpau,punihai.

fearlessmakaʻu ʻole,wiwo ʻole,koa.also:makoa,kaʻalokuloku,lālama;koakoa lapa (and mischievous).

feastʻahaʻaina (for various types,see Haw.-Eng. entry and following entries);lūʻau,pālala,ʻaipoʻolā;pāʻina male (marriage);moku lehua. feast of unleavened bread,ʻakima.

feast daylāʻahaʻaina.

feastinghaupaʻana.

featherhulu.seebird. wing feathers,hulu ʻekekeu. tail feathers,puapua,analio;hulu koʻo (long). feathers above tail feathers,pue. downy chicken feathers,ʻae moa.ʻōʻō bird feathers:pīlali (white and black under tail);ʻēʻē (yellow under wing). clusters of feathers used in featherwork,pāpaʻa,paʻaʻā,pāʻā. small bunch of feathers,ʻuo. fork or branches made of stalks of feathers, attached tokāhili staff,peʻa. feather top ofʻulīʻulī gourd rattles,heke. to sew feathers for a hatband,hakupapa. to feather out,ʻōhulu,manu heu,laukoa,kuapoʻi. to plait feathers,haku hulu.

feather cloakʻahuʻula.see saying,ʻeʻa₁.

feather helmetmahiole.

feather imageakua hulu.

feather leilei hulu.

feather standardkāhili.

featherworkerhaku hulu. chief featherworker,poʻo hulu. god of featherworkers,Kū-huluhulu-manu.

featheryhuluhulu,ʻahulu.

featuregeneral appearance, impression.hiʻona. land feature, as mountains, valleys, etc.hiʻonaʻāina.seelandscape. water feature or form.hiʻonawai. man-made topographical feature.hiʻonanakekanaka.

featureshiʻohiʻona,helehelena (human).

FebruaryPepeluali,Feberuari.

FebruaryPepeluali.abb.Pep.

feceskūkae,ʻaukā.seemokuhia,excreta.

federalpekelala,federala.

federalpekelala.seenational. federal organization.ʻahahuipekelala.

federalismthe principle of division of power between the state and national governments.paimanakaʻawale.

Federated States of MicronesiaNāMokuʻāinaHoʻohuiʻiaoMaikonesia.

feeuku. entrance fee,uku komo. agentʻs fee,uku ʻēkena. marriage fee,uku male. usual fee,uku kūmau.

fee simpleʻāina kūʻai,ʻano ʻalokio,ʻano ʻalolio,ʻano alodio.

fee simple titlepalapala ʻalokio,palapala ʻalolio,palapala alodio.

feeblenāwaliwali,hāpauea,nāwali,palupalu.also:pānauea,aneane,ʻōpē,ʻōpaʻipaʻi,kūhelahela,kūhau,hōmī,hīnawenawe,hini,pūlewa,nanaiea,hākupe,hemo,hemoʻē,kaʻahē,ʻoʻolu,ʻuhinipili,ʻunihipili,kūmīmī,ulihi,ukaukai,pēluʻe.

feeble-mindedhepa,lōlō.

feedhānai,hānai ʻai,hōʻai,hoʻomāʻona. to feed mouth to mouth,mūʻā,pūʻā,kīʻā.also:hoʻokelekele,haumāna,ʻai kau.

feedto feed or assist, as in basketball and most team sports except baseball.hānai.

feedto feed, as paper into a printer or copy machine.hānai. to center feed.hānaiwaena. to edge feed.hānaikaʻe. to auto feed.hānaiʻakomi.

feed dognau (of sewing machine).

feederas for birds.kāhānai.seewater dispenser. sheet feeder, as for a computer printer.pohopepa. additional sheet feeder.pohopākuʻi.

feel₁grope, touch.hāhā,hāhā hele,hāpapa,hoʻopāpā,pā,mili,kūpāpā.

feel₂as emotion.ʻIke,lohe,komo,loku;ʻoʻoki (as intoxication). to feel angry,piʻi ka huhū.

feelerʻumiʻumi,kukuna,pipi (as of insect).

feelingsnaʻau,loko,haʻawina;manawa (poetic). hurt feelings,ʻehaʻeha ka naʻau,kuʻia ka naʻau,kuʻia o loko,haʻakuʻia,hoʻokuʻia,hailuku,pā i ka leo. hard feelings,manawa ʻino. to stir up ill feelings,hoʻopiʻipiʻi haunaele. to conceal feelings,hūnā i ka manaʻo,peʻe poli,palai,palaina.

feetseefoot.

feignseepretend;alsohoʻo-, faint, friendship, indifference.

feignto feign ignorance.hoʻohūpō,hoʻopalō.

felicitatehoʻomaikaʻi.

fellkua,ʻoki.seefall.

fellowhoa,kōkoʻolua;kaʻaka (slang).

fellow chiefhoa aliʻi.

fellow citizenhoa makaʻāinana.

fellow laborerhoa lawehana.

fellow manhoa kanaka.

fellow sharerhoa loaʻa.

fellow soldierhoa kaua.

fellow travelerhoa hele.

fellow workerhoa hana,hoa paʻahana,hoa lawehana,hoa luhi,kāpehe.

fellowshiplauna aloha.

felonypeloni.

feltmānoanoa (as cloth). felt hat,pāpale kaleponi.seefeel.

felta type of fabric.peleka.

felt penpenikuni.

femalewahine.also:-hine,kama wahine,moʻo lau,kumulau.

female hula dancerwahine hula

female hula dancerwahine hula

femaleswāhine.

feminineseefemale.

femoral arteryaʻapuʻuwaihilo.see Hawaiian entries underaʻapuʻuwai.

femoral veinaʻakinohilo.see Hawaiian entries underaʻakino.

femorisseequadriceps femoris.

femuriwi hilo,ʻauhau.

femurthe long bone of the thigh.iwihilo.

fenkiʻo lepo(KJV).

fence₁barrier.pā;kaupale waena (between land patches). picket fence,pā pine. wooden fence,pā lāʻau,pā laupapa. iron fence,pā hao. stone fence,pā pōhaku,nini,niho,niho kaʻi. rail fence,pāʻaʻaho. tistalk fence,paepae kī. wirefence,pā uea. barbed-wire fence,pā uea kukū. chicken-wire fence,pā uea maka ʻaha,pā uea maka ʻupena. smooth wire fence,pā uea poepoe.

fence₂with swords or sticks.kākā pahi,kākā lāʻau,pāpā lāʻau.

fend offpale,papalena.

fenderpale huila (of a car).

feralformerly domesticated.ʻōhuka.seedomesticated,wild.

fermataʻume.

fermatathe symbol placed over a note, chord, or rest indicating the extension of duration longer than the indicated time value, in music.ʻume.

fermentedhū,hoʻohū,ʻawaʻawa;pohā (poi);hoʻomalamala,ʻākia,hanoa,hanowa. fermented liquor,ʻuwīʻuwī.

fernkupukupu (ʻōkupukupu, general name for ferns. growing on a single stem, also a specific kind). According to(Neal 6), 16 families, 40 genera, and 200 species grow inHawaiʻi, native and introduced. young fern leaves and rolled up fronds,pepeʻe. youngʻamaʻu fronds,palahoʻa. paste made of sap from fronds,palaholo. poetic name for ferns,puaʻaʻehuʻehu.

common kinds include (alternate names are in parentheses): bird's-nest fern,ʻēkaha (ʻākaha, seeʻēkaha and entries that follow it); bracken,kīlau (kīlau pueo,paiʻā); lace fern,palaʻā (palapalaʻā,pāʻū-o-Palaʻe); maidenhair ferns,ʻiwaʻiwa (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); staghorn fern (false),uluhe,unuhe; sword ferns,hiʻuiʻa,kupukupu (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it),niʻaniʻau; tree ferns,ʻamaʻu (ʻāmaʻumaʻu,maʻu,maʻumaʻu),hāpuʻu (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); some edible ferns,hōʻiʻo (pohole),hōʻiʻo kula,kikawaiō (pakikawaiō); a common fragrant fern,lauaʻe,lauaʻe haole.

additional fern names (alternate names are in parentheses):ʻāhina kuahiwi (kāʻapeʻape),ʻākōlea,alaʻalai,ʻanaliʻi,ʻapuʻu,haili-o-Pua,hihiawai,hohiu,ʻiʻi,ʻiʻo nui,ʻiwa (ʻalae),kalamoho,kalukalu,kaʻupu (papaʻoi),kihe,kūau,kumuniu,lauʻiʻi,laukūkahi,lola,loʻulu,mahinalua,makou,mākuʻe,mana (olua),mānā (ʻae,ʻāhewa,ʻiwa puakea),manawahua,neke,ʻōali,ʻōhiʻakū,ʻopeha,pai (hunapalai,palaihuna),paiʻiʻihā,pākahakaha (ʻēkaha ʻākōlea,puaʻakuhinia),pala (and below),palai (palapalai),palai ʻula (laʻa),pāmoho,pauoa,peʻahi,pololei,puapuamoa,pūnanamanu,wahine-noho-mauna,waimakanui.

fernmaidenhair fern.ʻiwaʻiwa.

ferocioushae,weliweli,mākana,kanaloa.

ferric oxideferikuʻokesaside.

Ferris wheelHuila pōniuniu,kaʻa pōniuniu.

ferrosoferric oxideferosoferikuʻokesaside.

ferrousferousa. ferrous carbonate.ferousakarabonahate. ferrous oxide.ferousaʻokesaside. ferrous sulfate.ferousasulafahate. ferrous sulfide.ferousasulafaside.

ferrymoku halihali,waʻapā.

fertile₁of soil.momona; rare:mona,ʻōnahanahaiaua.

fertile₂of people.hānau,hānau kama.

fertilizehoʻomomona,kīpulu,hoʻopulu.

fertilizeto fertilize, as an egg.hoʻolūmaua. fertilized.lūmaua.see entry below.

fertilizerhoʻomomona lepo,kīpulu,pela,manua.

fertilizermeahoʻomomonalepo.seecompost. complete fertilizer, i.e. fertilizer which contains the six necessary elements for plant growth.meahoʻomomonalepokāʻokoʻa. to fertilize.hoʻomomona.

festeringʻaʻai (as a sore).

festivalhoʻolauleʻa,manawa hoʻolauleʻa,lā kulāia,anaina hoʻolauleʻa. An ancient fall festival was themakahiki, with the bringing of produce to chiefs, games, and the suspension of wars and taboos.

festivehiwahiwa,ulumāhiehie,hoʻowehiwehi,kulāia. festive day,lā hoʻohiwahiwa.

festoonhei,heihei;luhiehu (rare).

fetchkiʻi,lawe.also:hoʻokiʻikiʻi,hali,hiki,hikihiki,ukikiʻi;pukupuku mai (slang).

fetehoʻokipa,hoʻohiwahiwa,paʻipunahele.

feticideʻumi kamaliʻi,ʻumi keiki,ʻōmilo,ʻōmilomilo.

fetterskūpeʻe. wooden fetters,lāʻau kūpeʻe.

fetusʻaluʻalu.also:uli,kaha,mana. envelope for fetus,ʻaʻa. blood-clot fetus,puʻu koko. fetus lost through miscarriage,hua hāʻule.

fetusʻaluʻalu

feudkūʻē hoʻomauhala,kaua hoʻomauhala.

feverpiwa,maʻi kuni. dengue fever,piwa haʻihaʻi iwi. scarlet fever,piwa ʻulaʻula. typhoid fever,piwa hoʻonāwaliwali. yellow fever,piwa lenalena. to get a fever,piʻi ka wela.

feverishʻōwelawela.

fewkakaʻikahi,wahi,kekahi,ʻuʻuku,liʻiliʻi.also:helu,huahelu,kauwahi,ʻehia,nāhi,namauahi.

fewalsosparse,seldom,rarely.kākaʻikahi.

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fibermaʻawe. types of Hawaiian fibers:olonā (a shrub);paʻaʻā,pāʻā (as of sugar cane);ʻaʻa (from coconut husk);heu (of fruits).rare:mile,hāpue. waste fiber ofolonā,huna olonā,kae.

fiberas referring to diet.hāʻaʻaʻai.

fiberglassanianiawe.seeplexiglass.

fibrousʻōaʻa,ʻaʻaʻa,hāʻaʻa,ʻōaʻaʻa.

fibulathe outer and thinner bone of the lower leg.iwipiliwāwae.seeradius,tibia.

ficklelolelua,lolilua,lauwili,ʻōlewa,kāpekepeke,hoʻowale hau.seemālolo and sayings,luaiele,cuttlefish.

fictionkaʻao,moʻolelo haku wale.

fictionalso fictitious.hakupuni.seenonfiction. fiction book.pukehakupuni. historical fiction.hakupunimōʻaukala. realistic fiction.hakupunikohuʻoiaʻiʻo. science fiction.mōhihiʻo.

fiddlepila.

fiddlealsoviolin.waiolina.

fidelitymālama pono,kū loa. high fidelitykū loa i ka leo.

fidgethole,pīhole,ʻoni.also:kakekake,moehewa,leleiona.

fieldkīhāpai,kula; cultivated field,māla,waena,pā kanu.seeathletic field.

fieldas in a database.kahua.see entries below andsubfield.

fieldas for football.kahua.seebaseball,court,meadow. football field.kahuapōpeku,kahua.

field capacityfor holding water.palenaūwai.

field goalin football.ʻaipeku.

field mapto field map a site.kahapalapalaʻāina.

field service supervisorstudent teacher field service supervisor.lunaaʻoākumu.seestudent teacher.

field stationas used when mapping a certain area.kikowaenapānānā.

field tripexcursion.huakaʻimakahiʻo,huakaʻi.seeexplore.

fiercehae,hoʻoweliweli.also:mākaha,maka koa,ukiuki,kānaioa.

fieryʻā,ahi,liholiho,noʻao. fiery pit,lua ahi,kiʻo ahi. fiery surface,ʻili ahi.

fifteenʻumi kūmālima,ʻumi kumamālima.

fifthlima,hapalima. the fifth time,ka lima o ka manawa.

fiftykanalima.

fifty-eightkanalima kūmāwalu,kanalima kumamāwalu.

fifty-fivekanalima kūmālima,kanalima kumamālima.

fifty-fourkanalima kūmāhā,kanalima kumamāhā.

fifty-ninekanalima kūmāiwa,kanalima kumamāiwa.

fifty-onekanalima kūmākahi,kanalima kumamākahi.

fifty-sevenkanalima kūmāhiku,kanalima kumamāhiku.

fifty-sixkanalima kūmāono,kanalima kumamāono.

fifty-threekanalima kūmākolu,kanalima kumamākolu.

fifty-twokanalima kūmālua,kanalima kumamālua.

figpiku.

fighthakakā,paio,kaua;mokomoko (general free-for-all, including wrestling and boxing);pāʻumeʻume.also:kūpāpā,kolopā,paika,huʻalepo,makawalu,pilikua.see saying,helu₄,wai ʻauʻau,fighter,cockfighting,wrestling. specialized types include:kuʻikuʻi (boxing);paʻa uma (hand wrestling);lua,kuʻia-lua (bone breaking, spear thrusting, noosing, leaping). quick to fight,lele koke. to set to fight, as dogs,hoʻokonokono.

Following are about 90 names oflua fighting strokes obtained from a newspaper (Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, April 27, 1865), or from(For). The names have little to do with fighting. Many are folkloristic and poetic, with names of things important in the old culture. InitialKa (the article) on some names is optionally omitted.

Names of strokes containing names of supernaturals and chiefs:Haehae-ka-manu-o-Kāne-aloha,Kaʻa-ʻē-nā-aliʻi,Ka-ihu-o-ka-puaʻa (probable reference to Kama-puaʻa),Ka-malo-o-Līloa,Kana,Ka-piko-o-Wākea,Ka-puaʻa-kā-huluhulu (Kama-puaʻa),Kapu-ahi-a-Kuʻialua,Kapuaʻi-o-Kana,Ke-ake-o-Milu.

Containing place names:E-hoʻi-ka-uʻi-o-Mānoa-ua-ahiahi,Hāmākua-i-ka-paia-ʻala-i-ka-hala,Ka-ua-Kīpuʻupuʻu-o-Wai-mea,Ka-ua-Lēhei-o-Maka-wao,Kokia-Wai-lau,Mehameha-Puʻu-loa,Uliuli-ka-pali-o-Kahiki-nui.

Containing references to ocean dwellers:Ala-piʻi-a-ka-ōpae,(Ka)-iʻa-hoʻopāpā-ʻili-kanaka,(Ka)-limu-kā-kanaka-o-Mahamoku,(Ka)-uhu-mākaʻikaʻi,(Ka)-waha-o-ka-manō),Mahiki-o-ka-lua-kanaka,ʻŌhi-ki-maka-loa,ʻOʻopu-ola,ʻŌpule-kai,Uhu-makaliʻi.

Containing references to birds:Au-koaʻe-ua-mā-lie,Hakakā-a-moa,(Ka)-ʻēheu,(Ka)-ʻio,(Ka)-ʻuaʻu-kaha,(Ka)-ʻuaʻu-komo-hewa,(Ka)-ʻuaʻu-lewalewa,Pua-ka-uahi-haehae-ka-manu.

Containing anatomical references:ʻAi-lima-iki,Iwi-koʻo,(Ka)-ʻauwae-lewa,Kālawa-kua,(Ka)-ʻōma-ka-o-ka-ʻīlio,(Ka)-ʻōpeʻa-panipani,(Ka)-pili-maiʻuʻu,ʻŌwelo-ka-huelo-kū.

Containing references to artefacts:(Ka)-ʻahu-ula,(Ka)-lei-o-manu,Ka-malo-hei (see also under supernaturals).

Names of other strokes:ʻAhamaka,ʻAho-lehia,Hana-kaʻi-luna,Hana-kau-luna,Hanu-i-piʻi,(Ka)-hau-komo,(Ka)-hau-palemo,Ka-heʻe-pālaha,(Ka)-hili-kolo,([Ka]-hihi-kolo),Kahului,Kākā-ʻau-kī,Kālaha,Kalena,(Ka)-loloa-maiau,(Ka)-luʻeluʻe,(Ka)-maʻi-ʻawa,Kāmuku,Kānihi,Kau-nunu,Kawaʻe-kū,(Ke)-aho-lehi,(Ke)-āmio,Koʻūkoʻū,Kua-nunu,Kūʻia-kānaka-hele-o-ka-pō,Kuʻikahi-a-Mēhēʻula,Lāhei,Lēhei,Malalei,Mālama,Mālama-ka-ʻōpua-hiki,Mālama-kūʻē,Mālama-kūloko,Mālama-kūwaho,Nā-ānuenue-ʻewalu,ʻOā-kiʻi-ala,O-hana-ke-keʻaua-mai-kaʻi,Ohiʻikau,ʻOkoikua,ʻŌnohi-kaʻi-ʻole-pohihihi-ka-lawaiʻa-o-ka-lāʻino,Paʻina-kuli,Pala-ʻole,Pāpala-kāʻili-ʻū,Popoki,Puʻupā,ʻUla-ka-maka-iā-Kuikui-pahu.

fightto act cocky, strut about looking for a fight.hoʻonanā.

fighterpūkaua,mokomoko,koa,kāʻeʻaʻeʻa;ʻōlohe (lua fighter).fig.,ahi-ka-nanā,moa kākala,pūkoʻa kani ʻāina,manō hae.seewarrior. god oflua fighters,Kuʻi-a-lua.

figurativeseemeaning.

figure₁number.huahelu,helu,hua.

figure₂human figure.kino.

figurenumber (the character), numeral.huahelu. geometric figure.kinona. congruent figure.kinonakomoloko. plane figure.kinonapapa. similar figure.kinonaʻanolike. solid figure.kinonapaʻa. space figure.kinonapihanahaka. symmetric figure.kinonaʻālikelike. as illustration in a textbook.

figure-eight hulahulaʻōniu.

figureheadkiʻi,leleiwi (on a canoe).

FijianPīkī.

filamentas in a light bulb.ʻuikiʻā. filament tape, strapping tape.lekiaʻa.

filchʻaihue.also:hue,huhuhue,poholalo,pāhau,lima ʻāpā,lima lawelawe,limalima.

file₁rasp.apuapu,apu,waiehu,waiahu.seegrate. to file,hole,kohenalo. fishhook file,apuapu ʻānai makau.

file₂row.lālani. to go in file,kakaʻi ā hele.

file₃collection.waihona (palapala). to file papers,hoʻopi-hapiha waihona pepa;hoʻokomokomo,waiho.

filethe tool.waiehu. fine-cut file.waiehumakaliʻi.

filefile cabinet.pahuwaihonapepa,pahuwaihona,waihonapepa. to file, as files in a file cabinet.hoʻokomo,waiho.

fileas in a computer program.waihona.see entries below andbackup,directory,folder. backup file.waihonapapaʻa. compressed file.waihonaʻopihia. expanded file.waihonamahola.

file extensionas in a computer program.peleleuwaihona.

file fishʻōʻili and entries that follow it.

file formatas in a computer program.huluwaihona. compatible. file format.huluwaihonalauna. incompatible file format.huluwaihonalaunaʻole.

file linkas in a computer program.loulouwaihona.seedata link.

file prefixalsoheader information, as codes at the beginning of each computer file.poʻo pāʻālua (preceded byke).

filialaloha makua,noʻonoʻo makua.

filibusterto make a long speech in order to prevent action on a legislative bill.hoʻopulelehua.

FilipinoPilipino.

FilipinoPilipino,Pinopino.seePhilippines.

fillhoʻopiha;papaʻunu (rare); fill a vacancy,pani,pani hakahaka; fill a crack or hole,pīnaʻi.

fill barin a computer program.ʻaukāholomua.

filledpiha,pihapiha.also:ʻaki,kūneki,ʻokokomo,komo,ʻopuʻopu,kāneki,ʻokukuli,ʻapiʻapi,nolo,newe,nokeʻa.seefull. completely filled,piha pono,piha pū.

filletʻaukā.

fillingpihana.

fillingas for a sandwich.ʻīkomo. as of a tooth.ʻīpiha.

film₁photography.pepa paʻi kiʻi. roll of film,ʻōwili paʻi kiʻi,pōkaʻa paʻi kiʻi.

film₂thin covering.uhi.seeslime.

filmas for a movie or video.līpine.seeshoot. film movement, as in a movie or video camera.hololola. roll of film.ʻōwilikiʻi.

filmʻōwili kiʻi

filmʻōwili kiʻi

filmstripʻōwilikiʻiaka.

filterkānana,kālana.seestrain.

filterwater filter for a fish tank, in aquaculture.kulamakaloa.seefish tank.

filthhaumia,lepo,pelapela,ʻeka,ʻekaʻeka,mea ʻino,moka,haukaʻe.also:hauʻeka,peʻapeʻa,pōneko,neko,niku,hawa,wiʻu,pau ʻeka.

filthyseefilth.

finlā. anal fin,kuaalo. caudal fin,hiʻu,pewa. dorsal fin,kualā. pectoral fin,ʻēheu,pewapewa. ventral fin,hakualo,kuālo. base of caudal fin,akahiʻu. fin near gill plate,halo. motion of fins,halo.

finas of a fish, general term.lā.seedorsal fin,ray. the fins of a fish.nālāokaiʻa. suction cup fin, as beneath the stomach of anʻoʻopu.haloʻāpikapika.

finalhope loa,pau,panina.

finalterminal, as last in time, order, or importance.kuahope.seeprimary,secondary,tertiary.

finalsas in sporting events.hoʻokūkūmoho.

financeʻoihana kālā,ʻoihana ʻimi kālā. Minister of finance,kuhina waiwai.

financeHawaiʻi State Department of Finance.ʻOihanaKālāokaMokuʻāinaʻoHawaiʻi.

financialwaiwai.see ex.,kūpilikiʻi.

financierkanaka loea ma kaʻimi waiwai.

finchmanu-ʻai-mīkana,manu-ʻai-papaia,hōpue.

finchgeneral term.ōpuhe. wood-pecker finch.ōpuhepaolāʻau. grosbeak finch.hona. King Kong finch.nukuʻekue. Laysan finch.ʻainohuKauō. Nīhoa finch.ʻainohuNīhoa.

findloaʻa; find enough,hulilawa (rare); find out even smallest things,hoʻomakauliʻi. find fault,seefault.

findas an archeological find.meahiʻohia.

findto calculate, in math.hulialoaʻa,huli.seecalculate.

findto search for, as in a computer program.huli. to find and change, search and replace.huliakuapo.

fine₁minute.hune,hunehune;makaliʻi (as mats, mesh);nāwele,māhune,ʻaeʻae,puehu,liliʻi.also:huhuhune,mōʻali,moʻoʻali,pūnāwele,puāhilo,wele,welehia,pokipoki,poki,hīnau,ʻūhini,moʻowini,wali,waliwali,wawali,maukoli,nilu.

fine₂excellent.maikaʻi nō,maikaʻi loa,pono,papakū. fine-looking,maikaʻi ke nānā aku,nohea,miʻi,kini kohu.

fine₃penalty.uku hoʻopaʻi,uku,kōina. to fine,hoʻopaʻi,hoʻouku.

fineas sand.ʻaeʻae.seecoarse.

fine artspāheona.

fine pointalso fine line, as of a pen point.makakui. fine point pen.penimakakui.

fine-cut filewaiehumakaliʻi.

fine-meshedmakapepe,makaliʻi,makahune.

finerymea kāhiko. war finery,kāhiko kaua.

fingermanamana lima.cf. thumb. index finger,manamana kuhi,manamana miki,lima ʻumeke,limameke,lima ʻaina. middle finger,manamana loa,kau. third or ring finger,manamana pili. little finger,manamana iki. (in the above,manamana is sometimes replaced bylima). finger of poi,miki ʻai. fingerpulling contest,loulou.

fingermanamanalima,manamana.seephalanx. thumb.manamananui. index finger.manamanamiki,manamanakuhikuhi. middle finger.manamanaloa,manamanawaena. ring finger.manamanapili,manamanakomo. little finger.manamanaiki,manamanaliʻiliʻi.

fingermanamana kau

finger bowlipu holoi lima,poʻi wai holoi.

fingernailmikiʻao,maiʻao,māiʻuʻu. fingernail polish,pena mikiʻao,hoʻohinuhinu mikiʻao. fingernail of deceased relative,heia.

fingernailmikiʻao

fingerprintmeheumanamanalima,mākamanamanalima,kiʻimanamanalima. groove on finger.māioiomanamanalima. to collect fingerprints.ʻohiikameheumanamanalima (mākamanamanalima,kiʻimanamanalima). to take the fingerprints of (someone).kāpala,kāpalaikameheumanamanalima (mākamanamanalima,kiʻimanamanalima).

fingertipsseejab.

finickykamalani,hoʻokamalani,wae,hoʻowae,waewae,nihinihi,waha lina.

finishhoʻopau,oki,hoʻōki;panina (noun);kaekae (rub smooth);kaʻaoki. to make an effort to finish,hoʻopapau.

finishfinish point, as in a race.pahuhope.seestarting. finish line.lainapahuhope.

finishedpau,paʻa,ʻanakoe. partly finished,kīhapa,laua,hapapū. completely finished,pau pono,kūpau.

Finlandalso Finn, Finnish.Finilana,Finilani.

FinnishPinilana,Finilana.

Finnalso Finland, Finnish.Finilana,Finilani.

firlāʻau kaʻa,pila,ʻaleka.

fireahi.also:ʻaʻā,ʻā;hoʻopau (discharge).see saying,hoʻokoʻikoʻi. the fires,nāhi. pit of fire,lua ahi. fire builder,kahu ahi. bag for carrying fire-making implements,ʻaahi. to fire a gun,kīpū. ready, aim, fire,mākaukau,kī,kani. to light or kindle a fire,hoʻā ahi,kuni ahi;kahu (for an oven);hiʻa (with fire plow). to put out a fire,hoʻopau ahi,kinai ahi. gods of fire,Pele,Lono-makua,ʻAi-lāʻau.

fireto fire, as clay or ceramics.puhi.seering of fire.

fire alarmkāhea pau ahi.

fire bucketpākeke kinai ahi.

fire departmentʻoihana kinai ahi.

fire enginekaʻa kinai ahi,kaʻa pau ahi,kaʻa wai.

fire extinguisherkinai ahi.

fire extinguisherkinihoʻopioahi,kinikinaiahi.

fire fountainahi lele.

fire hydrantpaipu wai

fire hydrantpaipukinaiahi,piulawai.

fire hydrantpaipu wai

fire insuranceʻinikua pau ahi.

fire pitumu ahi,lua ahi.

fire plugwahi hoʻokomoʻili kinai ahi.

fire protectionhana kinai ahi hoʻopakele,pale ahi.

fire stationhale kinai ahi.

firearmspū. to practice firearms,paikau.

firearms licenselaikini kī pū.

fireballpōpōahi,pōhāhā ahi.

fire-blowing tubeʻohe puhi ahi,ʻūlili.

firebrandmomoku ahi,ahi lele,pāpala,kao,ahi ʻau hau. The firebrands ofKa-maile rise in triumph,ʻōili pulelo ke ahi o Ka-maile (of triumph,seepulelo).

firecrackerpahūpahū.

firecrackerpahūpahū (preceded byke).seefireworks. string of firecrackers.kālīpahūpahū.

fireflynaloʻuiʻuiki.

firemenkinai ahi.

fireplacekapuahi.

fireplacekapuahihoʻopumehana.

fire-plowʻaunaki. stick held in hand and rubbed on,ʻaunaki,ʻaulima. to make fire with fire-plow,hiʻa.

fireproofpale ahi. fireproof vault,keʻena pale ahi.

firestonepōhaku paea.

firewoodwahie.

fireworkskao lele,ahikao,ʻōahi.

fireworksahihoʻoleʻaleʻa.seefirecracker,pop-pops,roman candle.

firm₁solid.paʻa,kūpaʻa,ʻonipaʻa.also:kūkia;mālō,māloʻeloʻe (taut);mākū;mānalo,punapuna (as taro, sweet potato);haʻapapaʻa,pūlawa,kamaehu,ʻūlili.seemotto. to make firm,hoʻopaʻa,hōʻonipaʻa,hoʻokūpaʻa,hoʻomālō,waiʻūlili. firmly established or imbedded,paʻa loa,hoʻohonua,nihoa.

firm₂company.hui. mercantile firm,hui kālepa,

firmlīlio

firmlīlio

firmamentlani paʻa,papa lani,aouli,pōnaha lani,pōʻailewa,keʻa papa nuʻu.

firstmua,mua loa,ʻakahi ... ā.also:kinohou,kuakahi,kū kahi. first time,maka mua,malihini,ʻakahi nō ... ā. first-born,hiapo,makahiapo,hānau mua. to have the privileges of a first-born, treat or act as a first-born,hoʻohiapo. to go for the first time,hele malihini. This is the first time I've seenHilo,ʻakahi nō au ā ʻike iā Hilo.

first aid kitkinilapaʻau,poholaʻaupōulia.

first basein baseball.pahuʻekahi.seebase.

first draftkāmuaʻekahi.seedraft.

first off the benchalsosix man, i.e. first alternate or substitute player, in basketball.kūono.

first passalso to receive a serve, in volleyball.kiʻi.

first person exclusivekūnei

first person exclusivekūnei

first person inclusivekūhoa

first person inclusivekūhoa

First World Countryʻāinaʻoiʻenehana.seedeveloped,third world country.

fiscalwaihona kālā.

fishiʻa;pihi (rare); to fish,lawaiʻa,ulawaiʻa.seefishing grounds,fishhook,fishing rights,net,seine,trap, and names of individual fish. some fish names vary according to islands, and all fishermen do not agree. some fish have special names for growth stages. general names for young growth stages, applied to several fish:aka (newly hatched),mana,hāuli,kākau;pua (common name),pua iʻi;ʻoʻolola (rare). fish raised in ponds,iʻa loko. school or run of fish,iʻa kū,kahe iʻa,kū,kauhulu. season of abundant fish,wa iʻa. fish accompaniment to poi,iʻa,ʻīnaʻi. shrine for fish offerings,kūʻula,heiau hoʻoulu iʻa,koʻa iʻa. fish substitute for pig offerings,puaʻa kai. string of fish,kālī iʻa,kāili,puʻu iʻa. ways to fish:kā makoi (mokoi),paeaea,kīkomo,koi,kūpali (with pole);hī,kāʻili,kepa (casting);pākā,kākā,kūkaula (with hook and line but no pole);laulele (with net);lamalama (with torches);pana iʻa (with bow and spear);hoʻokāholoholo (skittering);pākali,kūpalu (decoy by doling out bait or chumming);hāhāmau,hāhā (with hands);ʻauhuhu,pāhola,hola (stupefy with drugs);hoʻā,aupula,pula (driving);kakaka,kūkaula (deep-sea, rare);koe (pulling stick with hooks through water),ʻūpalupalu. fish caught in hands,iʻa mili lima;pakauele (rare). a small fish cannot swallow a big fish,ʻaʻole hiki i ka iʻa liʻiliʻi ke ale i ka iʻa nui (of a commoner).

fishalso any marine animal.iʻa.see entries below andaquaculture. canned fish.kiniiʻa. fish cake,kamahoko.kamapoko. fish flake.ulahiiʻa. fish food flake.ulahimeaʻaiiʻa. guppy.iʻakapi. molly.iʻamoli. mosquito fish,medaka.iʻamakika. large school of fish such asakule oraku.kumuiʻa. small school of reef fish such asmanini.nahoiʻa,nahaiʻa.

fishananue

fishlawaiʻa paʻipaʻi

fishananue

fish and game managementalso to manage fish and game.hoʻomalulawaiʻaamekahahaiholoholona.

Fish and Wildlife ServiceUS Fish and Wildlife Service.ʻOihanaIʻamekaHoloholonaLōhiuoʻAmelika.

fish bowlpola iʻa

fish bowlpola iʻa

fish eggskowaū.

fish netʻupena.seenet.

fish poisoningseeciguatera.

fish runiʻa kū,iʻa kahe.

fish stickmanamanaiʻa.

fish tankcover, in aquaculture.peʻa. fish tank liner.paleʻeke.seewater filter.

fish trapseetrap.

Fisher burnerkapuahipukapuka.seeburner.

fishermanlawaiʻa,kanaka paeaea,waʻewaʻe.see saying,ʻeaʻea₁.

fisherykai lawaiʻa.

fisheryNational Marine Fisheries Service.ʻOihanaLawaiʻaKaiPekelala. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.ʻAhaHoʻomaluLawaiʻaokaPākīpikaKomohana.

fishhookmakau (for various kinds,see Haw.-Eng. entry and following entries);pā,pāuhi,uhipaʻa,pā ānuenue,pā hau,pā mae,mūheʻe (for various kinds,seemūheʻe and following entries),kaiānoa,lihi,ʻōnohilehua (pearl-shell lures);pā hī aku (bonito lure);kīkiʻi,kue (rotating hooks);makau manō,lawa,kīholo (shark hooks);ʻaukuʻu,hiʻikala,hiohio;huikala (with inside and outside barbs);hulu (with outside barb);hululua (with two barbs);kaiānoa (two small barbless hooks);kākala (octopus lure);keʻaawaileia,kīkalakē,koehonua;kohe lua (kohe lua paʻa) (with two barbs);kue,kuoho,luʻaloa;mahina (crescent point);makau pāweo,mana;ʻōmau (no barb);hoʻonoho (two points on one shank);nuku (series of hooks on one line);maka puhi (for eels). eel gorge,haoa puhi. parts of a fishhook:kaʻā,kaʻi (snood);kūʻau,pou (shank);kohe (inside barb);loʻe,pohona (bend);lihi (portion just below point);lihi lou (point of barbless hook);lālā (bone or shell point of two-piece hook);maka (point). parts of pearl-shell lure:ihu (head);muli (tail);pukaihu (hole in head for snood);pou (snood);ʻuo (seizing);hulu (hackle);lālā (point);kapuahi (base of point);humu (hole in point);hāmama (gape of point);ʻauwae (portion of point which overhangs the shank). fishhook container,waihona makau;ipu lēʻī (rare). to make a fishhook,kā makau.

fishinglawaiʻa.see saying,ʻelepaio,weuweu. to avoid saying one was going fishing (considered bad luck), some said:hele i uka (go inland);malo kai (wear a malo in the sea);hele ʻauana (go wandering).

fishing floatseeglass ball.

fishing groundskoʻa,kai lawaiʻa,āukauka,kaʻakaʻa,koʻa hohonu,kuapuʻe,kūkaula,pōhākialoa. (Fishing stations at sea were identified by citing landmarks and were often named.)

fishing polemākoi,koi,mōkoi.

fishing rightskonohiki,pono kai lawaiʻa.

fishing suppliesponolawaiʻa

fishing suppliesponolawaiʻa

fishlineaho.also:kioloa,koʻolauloa,wailuku. snell of a fishline,kaʻā. fishline container,poho aho,hōkeo.

fishpondloko iʻa,loko kuapā.

fishtail fernhiʻuiʻa.

fissuremāwae,mōwae,ʻōwae,kiʻakiʻena,kama,kāwaha.

fistpuʻupuʻu lima,puʻu,puʻu lima,puʻupuʻu.

fit₁suitable.kohu,kū,kūpono;hoʻokūkū,komokomo (as a garment). to fit closely,pili paʻa,pili pono. to fit loosely,pālokeloke. not at all fitting,ʻaʻole kohu iki. My shoes don't fit,ʻaʻohe kū koʻu kāmaʻa.

fit₂seizure.huki,maʻi huki,ʻapoʻapo.

fit₃to join.hoʻokuʻi,pānaʻi,kāpili;kuaōʻa (rare).

fitchespeleka,kumino ʻeleʻele.

fitness cardas for sports or physical education.kālekaolakino.

fitness centerathletic club.halehoʻoikaikakino.seegymnasium.

fittingpilina,pono,hoʻokūkū.seefit. clothes fitting,hoʻokūkū lole.

fittingpipe fitting.kuʻipaipu. t-fitting.ʻōmaka t. universal fitting.ʻōmakakaupeʻa.

fivelima,ʻelima,ʻalima. five times, by fives, fivefold; to divide in fives,pālima. five times,kualima. to count by fives,helu pālima.

fivebase five, in math.kumuhoʻohuipālima,kumupālima. base-five counting piece.kōkuahelukumuhoʻohuipālima. five-dollar bill.pepapālima.

five centsʻelima keneka.seenickel.

five manalsocenter, in basketball.kūlima.

fixhoʻopaʻa,kāpili hou,hana ā maikaʻi,hōʻonipaʻa.

fixationpulakaumaka.

fixedpaʻa,ʻonipaʻa.

fixed netseeinsect fixed net.

fixed swingas with two or more ropes or chains.paiō.seefree swing.

fixturespono paʻa mau,lako.

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flabbyʻaluʻalu,nenelu.also:ʻaluheʻe,pūhalalū,puhalu,halu,uhalu,peheu,ʻōluheluhe,homa,polupolu.

flaghae,lepa.also:alia,puwalu;lonolupe (rare).

flag-bearerlawe hae.

flagpolepahu hae,kia hae.

flagrantto commit a flagrant foul, in team sports such as basketball.hoʻokuʻiakīpaku.seefoul.

flagshipmoku lawe hae.

flagtailāholehole,āhole,ʻapoʻapo.

flailkākā.

flakeulahi. fish flake.ulahiiʻa. fish food flake.ulahimeaʻaiiʻa. oatmeal flake.ulahiʻokamila. snowflake.ulahihau.

flameula ahi,ula,lapa ahi. to flame,ula.also:weke,wekeweke,wawaka,ʻowaka,wakawaka,hoaka,ʻoaka.seeblaze.

flame retardantpaleahi.

flamingomanupalamiko,palamiko.

flammablealso flammability,inflammable, inflammability.pēʻāhia.

flankʻaoʻao. flank movement,neʻepapa.

flankerin football.ʻāʻapo.

flannelhuluhulu.

flap₁motion.ʻUpaʻi,ʻōpaʻipaʻi,kūlepe,hulei,kālepalepa,kīlepa,kapauʻu.also:mūʻolo,hoʻēheu,paihō.

flap₂end.pola (as of a malo).

flap bookas for children's stories.pukeʻōlepe.

flarehoʻolapa,ʻōlapa,piʻipiʻi kai,hōlapu;ʻoʻoma (of a bonnet).

flaresolar flare.lapaahilā.seesolar,sunspot.

flashʻōlapa,lapa,lapa uila.also:ʻōahi,ʻoaka,ʻō,huaka,waka,ʻowaka,wawaka,weke,ʻanapa,hālapa,lehuuila,pohā,mākēhā.

flashas for a camera.kukuiʻoaka,ʻoaka.

flash cardkālekaaʻo.

flashlightkukui paʻa lima.

flaskhue,ʻōmole.

flaskʻōmole₁

flaskʻōmole₁

flat₁level.pālahalaha.also:ʻiliwai,pānānai,pālānai (as a dish);pānai,pākiʻi,kāhela,pāpio,pālaulau,ʻomaliō,ʻōniki.seeflat-nosed. flat tire,hemo ke ea o ka laholio.

flat₂a plain.papa,laupapa;ʻāpapa,pāpapa (as coral).

flat₃tasteless.koʻekoʻe,pau ka ʻono;mahū (as poi).also:pōkaʻo,kāhalahala.

flat₄in music.emi.

flatas a tire.pakiʻi.seecounting mat,deflated.

flatbed trailerpākihuila.

flatfishpākiʻi haʻawale,pākiʻi moana,pāhau.cf.(Titcomb-1972),pakiʻi.

flatheadpoʻo pepe (a name for lesser gods).

flat-nosedʻūpepe,ʻūmene,kūmene,pepe,ʻū,ihu pākiʻi,ihu mene.

flattenhoʻopālahalaha,hoʻoūpē,pākī,hoʻopēpē,hoʻopālaha,pākiʻi.also:hoʻohāneʻe,hoʻokūmene,kē,kulaʻina.

flattenedpē,pālaha.also:ūpē,kāmoe,kūloku,ʻōpaha,heʻa,kuʻi pē.

flatterhoʻomalimali.also:malimali,mali,hamo,makali,piepiele,pelo,pāwali,kuaʻiʻi.

flatulentmakani,palalī.seebreak wind.

flatwormkoʻepālahalaha.

flaunthoʻokelakela,hōʻoiʻoi.also:hoʻokeha,mauʻaʻe.

flavorʻono,hōʻonoʻono. What flavor?Keʻano hea?

flavormaʻono. to flavor or make tasty.hōʻonoʻono.flavoring.meahōʻonoʻono.

flavorlessʻono ʻole,koʻekoʻe,pau kaʻono.seeflat.

flawkīnaʻunaʻu,keʻe,kīnā. to seek flaws,paka,ʻainemanema. no flaws,ʻaʻohe keʻe,kīnā ʻole,pala ʻole;hemolele.

flawlessseeflaw.

flaxolonā.

flaylole;kākāhou (rare).

fleaʻuku lele,ʻuku.

fleabanelaniwela.

fledglingpūnua,laukalo.

fleeheʻe,ʻauheʻe,mahuka.also:ʻāhaʻi,hōʻauheʻe,nāholo,pūheʻe,ʻio,pūʻāʻā,pūkākā,palaheʻe,pupuhi,pūhalahio.see saying,pupuhi.

fleecehulu hipa,huluhulu.

fleet₁naval.ʻAu moku,ʻau waʻa,ulu moku,ulu waʻa;paʻimalau (rare).seeforest.

fleet₂fast.holo.seefast.

fleshʻiʻo. to strip flesh,holehole,hole,pūholoholo,waimāhoehoe,pāʻiʻo.

flesh foodiʻa.

fleshpotipu iʻa.

fleshyʻiʻo nui,hōʻiʻo,nuʻanuʻa,ʻuheke.also:kūʻiʻo,liko,hahei,hoko.seefat.

fleur-de-lisalsoiris.puapalani.

flexhoʻokākāuha,nenene.

flexedlāpeʻe,ʻuhinipili (as for burial).

flexed-arm hangpaʻaalewa.

flexibleʻolu,napenape,holuholu.also:hōlule,napa,hōʻaluʻalu,malule,lule,ʻōʻupē,palaʻie,kāluhi,hoʻokakale,ʻapeʻape,lolena.

flexibleas a policy.ʻōlewa.

flickkiani,pekupeku.

flickernapenape.

fliespōnalonalo,pōnanonano.

flightlele.seeflee. to take flight,lele,kaulele. to put to flight,hoʻoheʻe,hōʻauheʻe,hehu,hoʻopūʻāʻā. flight of birds,lele manu,aulia manu.

flightflight attendant.kuenemokulele. flight corridor.alalelemokulele. flight deck, as on a spaceship.ʻonekipailaka. manned space flight.lelelewalipokanaka.

flightless railmoholeleʻole.

flightyhīʻō,uilani,ʻōpulepule.

flimsypalupalu,lahilahi,ikaika ʻole,luʻa.

flinchʻeʻeke,kuemi.

flingkā,hiu,hoʻolei.seethrow.

flintpaea,pōhaku paea;pahi (knife).

flippana.also:kiani,wala,kīlepa,panau.

flipto turn a figure to its reverse side, in math.hoʻohuli.seeslide. to flip, as a coin.panahoʻolei.seeheads,tails.

flipperhui,ʻēheu.

flipperhiʻū

flipperhiʻū

flipperskāmaʻa peku kai

flipperskāmaʻa peku kai

flirthoʻohaʻi,hoʻohaʻi wale,hoʻohaʻilua;hoʻoheihei (to ensnare).also:hoʻokāluhe,hani.

flirtatiousseeflirt. flirtatious eyes,maka kiʻi.

float₁not sink.lana,lanalana.also:mālana,lewa,hoʻolewa,au,aumiha,ʻālana,ʻālewalewa,pūlana,pūlewa,nananana,hoʻoīkā,lanaau,welo,kālewa,pulelo,kīlepa,kuʻuwelu,puewa,pua,kualana,pōnulu,pōnululu,pōnununu.

float₂of a net.mouo,pīkoi,haukoi,ʻīkoi,ou. cord attaching float to net,pīkoni.

float₃of a fishhook.kōheoheo.

float₄seeoutrigger float.

floating loungermoena hoʻolana

floating loungermoena hoʻolana

flockpūʻā,ʻāuna,hoʻāuna,ulu.also:haiamū,kipapani,kumu. to move in a flock,kaʻi ʻāuna.

floodwai hālana,wai piʻi.also:waiholomoku,ʻoloʻolo,kai a ka Hinaliʻi.

floodwaihālana. flood control.kāohiwaihālana. flood warning, as in a weather report.kūkalapōʻinowaihālana.floodwatch.kūkalamakaʻalawaihālana.

floorpapahele,papa keʻehina,papa;papakū (as of ocean).

floorstory, as in a building.papahele. floor lamp.kukuikū,kukuikūhale. floor tile.kilepapahele,kileʻili,moenaʻiliʻāpanapana.seelinoleum.

floor leaderas a member of a legislative body.lunapaipaipila.

flooringholopapa.seefloor. canoe flooring,ʻulili wāwae.

flopmūʻolo.

floppyas a computer disk.malule.floppydisk.pāmalule (precededbyke).

floppy diskpā malule

floppy diskpā malule

floppy drivekakena pā kūloko

floppy drivekakena pā kūloko

FlorencePololena,Folorena.

FloridaPololika,Folorida.

Floridaalso Floridan, Floridian.Pololika,Folorida.

Florida mossʻUmiʻumi-o-Dole,hinahina,ʻāhinahina.

flossdental floss;also to floss (oneʻs teeth).lopiniho.

flotsam and jetsampīhā,pihaʻā,īkā,maulele.

floundermoeone,pākiʻi.

flourpalaoa maka,palaoa. cakes of flour,paʻi palaoa.

flourpalaoamaka.see Hawaiian entries underpalaoa. whole wheat flour.palaoamakahuikapiha.

flour millhale wili palaoa,kāwili palaoa.

flourishlupalupa,hālupa,lupa.also:māhuahua,māhua,ohiohi,kupuohi,ōhāhā,kāpaʻipaʻi.

flowkahe; flow swiftly,kikī,kīpalalē; flow in spurts,hanuʻu (seespurt).also:kulu,hī,holo,kukulu,kulukulu,kāhele,kūneki,kūloku,niau,huʻena,aukahi,pōlewa,puaʻina,heʻe,puaʻi,kōī,waikahe,kokoi,mokuāwai,īheʻeheʻe.

flowkaʻiholo

flow chartpakuhikaʻina. to make a flow chart.kākuhikaʻina.

flowerpua. center of flower,maka. single-flowering,pua lahilahi. double-flowering,pua pupupu. flower covered by calyx,mūʻoloʻolo,muʻomuʻo. flower that attracts,pua lēʻī. rare choice flower,pua laha ʻole. flower that never fades,pua mae ʻole (of a sweetheart).

flowerflower pot.pohomeakanu. flower vase.pikapua. flowering plant.meakanupua.

flower spidernananana pua

flower spidernananana pua

flowerymikolololehua₂

flowerymikolololehua₂

flowingkahena,aulia.seeflow.

flupalū.

flumaʻi palū

FlubberalsoGak, a game.palēkele.

fluctuatehanuʻu,kūlanalana. to mark fluctuation,kaha i ka hanuʻu.

fluctuateto fluctuate, as the tide.hanuʻu.

fluentpoeko,ʻōlelo paheʻe.

fluffhoʻopuehu,hoʻoweuweu;kanene (rare).

fluffyweuweu.

fluidwai,heheʻe.also:kaiaka,ukalekale. amniotic fluid,lapawai,ʻinaʻina.

fluidmikolololehua₂

fluidmikolololehua₂

fluid ounceʻaunekiwai.abb.ʻanw.

flukekoʻelau. liver fluke.koʻelauake.

flumehā wai,pulumi,ʻauwai papa,haka lāʻau.

fluorescentas colors.hālino.fluorescentpink.ʻākalahālino. as light;alsophosphorescent.hāweo. fluorescent light.kukuihāweo.

flush₁show red.piʻi ka ʻula,nono ʻula,ʻāpane.seeblush.

flush₂to wash out.hoʻoholo i ka wai. flush the toilet,hoʻoholo wai i ka lua,ʻumi wai.

flush₃in poker.palaki.

flushto flush a toilet.hoʻokuʻuikawaiokalua,hoʻoholoikawai.

flushas in carpentry.piliwai.seeoverlap.

fluteʻohe kani,puhi ʻohe,ʻohe puluka,puluka.seenose flute.

fluteʻohekanipuluka,puluka.

flutterkōwelo,kapalili,kolili,konini,welo,konikoni.also:kāwelowelo,napenape,kālepalepa,kālepa,kūlepe,kīlepa,kuʻuwelu,kōwehe,hoʻokolili,koni,nini,konini,hākuʻi,kapauʻu;hulahula (as eyelid);māewa,nenene,ʻoeowewe. carried away with a fluttering,ʻāhaʻi i ka welowelo (of speed and a kite).

fly₁as a bird.lele.also:kālewa,kaʻalele,uheheu,ʻalelele,holohuʻa,lelele,aulele,hoʻokauaheahe. to fly, as a kite,hoʻolele;ʻō (rare).

fly₂insect.nalo (for various types,see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it),pōnalo;makika(Hal. 105.31).seeflies.

flyfishhook with feathers.makaunalo. fruit fly.pōnalohuaʻai. midge fly.nalowiʻu. pomace fly.pōnalo.

fly eggskūkaelā.

fly swatterʻūhili nalo

fly swatterʻūhili nalo

flycatcherʻelepaio,ʻāpekepeke.

flyeralsobrochure,pamphlet.pepelu.seefrequent-flyer number.

flying fishmālolo (fig., fickle, perhaps due to continual leaping);puhikiʻi,puiki (young);lelepō,ʻololā,pūkikiʻi.

flying gurnardloloaʻu,pinao.

flying saucerpālele.

flytrapVenus flytrap.ʻūmiʻinalo.

flywheelhuila nui.

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FMfrequency modulation. FM (pronouncedfāmū).seeAM.

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foamhuʻa,ʻehu. sea foam,huʻahuʻa kai,ʻehu kai,huna kai,hune kai,kaikea,ʻaeʻae.

foamykuakea,ʻahulu.seefoam.

focus pointkikokau.

fogʻohu,noe,ua noe,uhiwai.seemist.also:ʻawa,pāpala,pululuhi,pōhina,pūlawa. fog signal,hoʻākaaka no ka paʻa i ka noe.

foghornʻolē leo nui.

foilaluminum foil.pepakini.

foiledseethwarted.

foldʻopi,pelu,hoʻopelu,pelupelu,peʻu,ʻopiʻopi,ʻōwili.also:hoʻokihi,nunu,mākī,kaʻapeha,ahue,kīpū,hakuhaku,mōnoinoi,mīnoinoi.

foldermea hoʻokomo pepa,puke hoʻokomo pepa.

folderasinacomputerprogram.wahī.seefile. external folder.wahīowaho.

folding chairnoho ʻopiʻopi.

folding cotmoe ʻopiʻopi.

folding tablepākaukau ʻopiʻopi.

foldsʻāʻīlepe,koʻo.

folktalea traditional tale, especially one relating to a particular culture.kaʻao,moʻokaʻao.see Hawaiian entries underkaʻao.

followhahai,ukali,alualu,maʻawe,kaukolo,hai,haihai. as follows,penei. to follow in line,kakaʻi. to follow a course,hoʻomoʻo.

followerukali,muli,ʻōkākaʻi,haiā;haialo,hukailoloa (of a chief).

Fomalhauta star.Ahiwela.

fomenthoʻokipi,hoʻohaunaele (revolt, riot).

fondpuni,laka,aloha.seelike,love.

fondlemilimili,milikaʻa,miliani,mili,hamo,hoʻokaʻawili.

fonttypeface, as in printing or a computer program.kinonahua.seestyle. font cartridge.pāpahukinonahua.

fontanelmanawa,mauli,pūniu (of an infant);pū heʻe (fig.).

foodʻai,mea ʻai;ʻīnaʻi (eaten with poi);ō (for a journey);kā palu (deprecatory);paluʻai (vegetable);pīkaʻo (dehydrated);pani (medicinal);pala ʻai (daub);pāʻiole (left by rats). food package,laulau,holo ʻai,ʻio,kīholo. food gift,hoʻina. food trough,papa wili ʻai. food guardian,kiaʻi ʻai. food inspector,luna ʻai. food provider,hānai ʻai. food scraps,ʻai pala niho,kōʻalaʻala. to offer food and prayers,kahukahu.

foodmeaʻai.see entries below andnutritious,remove,serving. food coloring.kalameaʻai. food chain.kuʻinameaʻai. food web.pūnaewelemeaʻai. health food.meaʻaihāʻehuola. high-fat food.meaʻainuiokaʻailakele. low-fat food.meaʻailiʻiliʻiokaʻailakele.

food groupas one of the six food groups.pūʻulumeaʻai. the food groups, i.e. the collective union of all six food groups (calcium/milk, vegetable, fruit, starch, meat, and fat).paepūʻulumeaʻai.

food labelas for giving product information on a package of food.lepilimāhuaola.

food troughpākini meaʻai

food troughpākini meaʻai

fool₁simpleton.hūpō,waʻawaʻa,lōiele;pulu (Eng.).seekamipulu. to act the fool,hoʻowaʻawaʻa.

fool₂to deceive.hoʻopuni wale,hoʻowalewale,ʻoʻupe,pūlapu.

foolishhūpō.also:hāwāwā,ʻānaʻanea,hāpuku.seecrazy.

foolishnesshūpō,lapuwale,naʻaupō.

foot₁anatomical.wāwae. ball of foot,mānea. hollow of foot, instep,poli,poli wāwae,poho wāwae. to trip with the foot,kāwae. foot-binding,ʻūmiʻi ʻana i ka wāwae.

foot₂twelve inches.kapuaʻi.

footthe unit of measurement.kapuaʻi.abb.kp.seesquare foot. foot or head of a trail.nuku.seepass.

foot raceheihei kūkini.

footageas of a video tape.līpine. blank footage.līpinemaʻemaʻe. raw footage.līpinepaʻimaka. as the number of minutes of video tape shot.minukelīpine.

footballkinipōpō peku.

footballthe sport.pōpeku. the ball.kinipōpōpōpeku. football field.kahuapōpeku,kahua. American Football Conference (AFC).HuiPōpekuʻAmelika. National Football Conference (NFC).HuiPōpekuAupuni. National Football League (NFL).KuʻikahiPōpekuAupuni.

football gamehoʻokūkū kinipōpō peku.

footboardpapa hehi (used in hula).

footeras in computer documents.kaulalo.seeheader.

footnoteas in a book or research paper.kuhiaolalo.seeendnote,note.

footprintkapuaʻi wāwae,meheu wāwae.also:keʻehana,maʻawe.

footrestkeʻehana,keʻehina,keʻehana wāwae,hehina,hahina.

footstepkapuaʻi wāwae. sound of footsteps,koʻele wāwae.

footstoolkeʻehana,keʻehina,keʻehana wāwae,paepae wāwae.

forno,na,i,iā. for me,noʻu,naʻu. for you,nou,nāu. for him, her, it,nona,nāna. Look for him,ʻimi iāia.

for your informationimeaemaopopoaiʻoe,imaopopoiāʻoe,hemeahoʻomaopopokēia.

foraminiferanspaper shell.unahione.

forbidpāpā,hoʻokapu,hōʻole.also:kāmalū,lāhui.

forbiddenkapu,pāpā ʻia.

force₁strength.ikaika;koʻo (rare).

force₂to use force.haʻakoi,puʻe,puʻe wale,hao,huʻe.also:ʻonou,ʻōnoʻonou,ʻō,kaʻihuluhulu,mauaʻālina,lima ikaika,hikipua.

forcepower to affect physical relations or conditions.manehu. balanced force.manehukaulike. buoyant force, i.e. the upward force of a fluid on an object in it.manehuhoʻolana. centrifugal force.manehuleleniniu. centripetal force.manehuʻumeniniu. electrical force field.kāʻeimanehuuila. natural force.manehukūlohelohe. resistance force.manehuāohiohi.

forcefulikaika loa,hoʻokokōhi.

forcepsʻūpāhoʻopaʻa.seeutility clamp.

fordhele mai kekahi ʻaoʻao ā kekahi ʻaoʻao,alaʻau.

Ford IslandPoka ʻAilana.

forecastwānana.seecloud. forecast weather,wānana i ke au o ka manawa. Kona seas with cloud billows that forecast peace(UL 117),Kona kai ʻōpua i kala i ka laʻi.

forecasternānā ao (cloud observer);kilo.seeseer.

foreclosepanikū,hoʻokō.

foreclosurepanikū. foreclosure notice,hoʻolaha panikū,hoʻolaha manaʻo panikū.

foregroundas in a photo, movie, or video scene.kāʻeialo.seebackground.

foreheadlae (for fig. meanings,see Haw.-Eng. entry). bulging forehead,lae puʻu. forehead bone,iwi kānana,kālana.

foreignmai ka ʻāina ʻē mai,ʻē,haole;kūwaho (not domestic);malihini (of foreign origin). foreign land,ʻāina ʻē;ʻāina haole (of white people);kahiki (any foreign country).

foreign accentpualonaʻē.

foreign aidas a government policy.kōkuaʻāinaʻē.

foreign policyas a government function.kulekeleʻāinaʻē.seedomestic policy.

foreignerkanaka ʻē,haole,malihini,mea mai ka ʻāina ʻē.

foremanluna,luna hana,luna nui.

foremostmua loa,poʻokela,heke,hiapaʻiʻole.

foreseeʻike ʻē,wānana,kilokilo,kilo,hoʻokilo.

foreshadowinghoʻomakili

foreshadowinghoʻomakili

foresightnaʻauao ʻike mua.

foreskinʻili ʻōmaka,ʻōmaka,ʻolomua. foreskin cut off in circumcision,olomuʻo. uncircumcised foreskin,puhi. slipped back, of foreskin,pohole.

forestulu lāʻau,nahele.also:moku,mō,kua lāʻau,ulueki. forest clump,maha lāʻau. rain forest,maʻukele. uplands forest,wao kele,māulukua. edge of forest,pili lāʻau. forest of the sea,ulu lāʻau makai (of a fleet at sea).

forestululāʻau,nahele.seeranger watchtower. forest reserve.ʻāinahoʻomaluululāʻau. rain forest.nahelemaʻukele. subalpine forest.ululāʻaulaloʻalapaina. temperate forest.nahelekemepale.

forestedpaʻapū i ka ulu lāʻau.

foretellwānana,haʻi ʻōuli.seepredict.

forevermau loa,i ka wā pau ʻole,kau ā kau,nalo loa.

forewordʻōlelo haʻi mua.

forewordalsopreface, as in a book.ʻōlelohaʻimua,ʻōlelomua.seeintroduction.

forfeituku hoʻopaʻi,kāʻihi.

forgekuʻi hao.

forgeryʻāpuka,kākau ʻāpuka. forged document,palapala ʻāpuka.

forgetpoina.seeforgotten.

forget itdon't you forget it;also I told you so, you dummy, you should know; used only at the end of a sentence or phrase.ā.see Hawaiian entry.

forgetfulpoina wale,poina ka noʻonoʻo.

forget-me-notmai-poina-ʻoe-iaʻu.

forgivekala,huikala.also:wehewehe,wehe,makala,mokala,kū i ke kala.see ex.,trespass.

forgivenesskalana.seeforgive. to ask forgiveness,noi e kala ʻia,hoʻokāmakamaka.

forgivingnaʻau aliʻi.seeforgive.

forgottennalo,nalowale,nalohia,poina,poina ʻia.

forkmana (branching);ʻō (eating);hāmana;kohe (at lower ends of house rafters).

forkspading fork.ʻōʻeli (preceded byke). tuning fork.haohoʻokani,ʻōhoʻokani (preceded byke).

forkedhāmana.cf.manamana.

forkliftkaʻa hāpai

forkliftkaʻa hāpai

formkino. printed form,paʻi hakahaka,hoʻopihapiha. shadowy form,haili aka. to have a dual form,kino pāpālua. to take form,hoʻokino;ʻōhopehopekeʻa (of tubers, rare).

formorder form.palapalaʻoka. registration form.palapalakāinoa.

formstandard form, as for numbers.kinohuahelu. expanded form.unuhikūana.

formkino₃

formkino₃

formalkū i nā lula,paʻalula. formal party,ʻahaʻaina paʻalula. formal attire,ʻaʻahu i kau lula ʻia,ʻaʻahu hoʻohiwahiwa.

formalinpomalina.

formatas of a computer file.hulu.seecompatible,disk. file format.huluwaihona. to format.hoʻonohonoho. as of a document in a computer program.hoʻonohonohona. custom format.hoʻonohonohonapilikino. to format or initialize, as a computer disk.hoʻāla.

formationkūkulu ʻana,hoʻokumu ʻana,noho papa (military).

formermua,kēlā.

formerlywā mamua.

formicforimiku. formic acid.ʻakikaforimiku.

formulain math and science.haʻilula. chemical formula.haʻilulakemikala.

formulatekālai (a policy, plan).seeplan.

fornicatormoekolohe,moekolohe male ʻole ʻia,ai;moe ipo (Biblical).

forsakehaʻalele.

forsakenhaʻalele ʻia,kuānea,ʻowā.

fortpāpū,hale pūkaua,puʻukaua,hale kaua,hūlili.