o₁ prep.of. Thiso forms part of the possessives, askoʻu,kou,kona,kō laila. Note idiomatic use, as below.(Gram. 9.6) PPN *(ʻ)o.IDI

ʻAʻohemeaoloko.Nothing inside.

ʻAʻoleʻiliokapuke.The book has no cover.

maokōkeAkuaalohabecause of God's love

o prep.Of; belonging to; ka haleo ke alii, the houseof the chief; it is synonymous with ko; as,ko ke alii hale, the chief's house; but the words require to be differently disposed. In a few words it is interchangeable witha.see Aprep. As, ka pane anao ka waha, and ka pane anaa ka waha, the openingof the mouth.

o₂ conj.or, lest, if.(Gram. 11.1) 

o conj.Lest. This is one form of the subjunctive mood; as, mai ai oukouo make, eat notlest ye die; also.Nah. 14:42.

o₃ seema o,in terms of, in math...MTH

ō₁ nvi.
  • to answer, reply yes, agree, say, talk;
  • halloo, yes (in reply);
  • tinkling, tolling, or chime of a bell;
  • resonance, as generated by the thumping of a gourd drum on a pad;
  • sound of whistling (Kauaʻi);
  • sound of peacocks;
  • to make such sounds.
 [PPn *oo,yes, response to call: *(q)oo][Ka pane ʻana ke kāhea ʻia ka inoa o kekahi poʻe.]₇MUS

EuhaelekākouikahakaiŌ,euhaeleʻiʻoakukākou.Let's go to the beach. Yes, let's do go.

Kouinoa,eōmai.Your name chant, answer.(FS 199)

o To answer to a call.Ier. 7:13. To answer to one's name when called; aohe i o mai, heanswered not.s.The sound of a small bell; a tinkling sound.seeoe.

ō₂ vi.
  • to remain, endure,
  • survive,
  • continue, go on, continuing.
  • exist;
 .seeoia,oia mau nō,malu.[Ka mau ʻana o kekahi mea no ka wā lōʻihi a i ʻole ka wā mau loa. Mau; ola mau.]₇_,₁₄

Āpēlāpahaikōaikeōʻanaokonainoa.Probably thereby assuring the perpetuation of his name.

Keōneinōkēlāmele.That song still survives now.

waihonaōendowment fund. lit., fund (which) endures (also:waihona kālā kūmau)

ō₃ n.food provisions for a journey, especially at sea; sea rations.[(FJ) PPn *ʻoho,provisions for a journey][Ka meaʻai i hōʻiliʻili ʻia a e lawe ʻia ana hoʻi ma ka huakaʻi hele.]₁₃

hoʻōto provide food for a journey

o s.Provision for a journey; traveling food.Puk. 12:39. E hoomakaukau oukou io no oukou, preparefood for yourselves (for your journey); provision for a voyage; ke kalua iho la no ia o keo holo i ka moana, that was the preparing theprovision to go on the ocean.

ō₄ n.sprit of a sail or spar.

o s.The sprit of a sail.

ō₅ short forone, sand, in place names, asKeōkea, the white sand.

ō₆ imperative marker, perhaps less emphatic than the more commone.see ex.ʻī₁.[Like me “e” ma ke kauoha ʻana.]₁₀

Ōhelekāua.Let's go.

Ōuhaelemai.Won't you come.

o is sometimes prefixed to the imperative mood instead ofe; as,o hele oe, go thou, instead ofe hele oe;o hoi oukou i na la ekolu, return ye for three days. In this case, for the sake of euphony, theo may take au after it; as,ou hoi olua, return ye two.

ō₇ short for the part.iō, as after prepositions.

Holoakulaʻoiamaiōlāuaneiaku.He ran from the two of them.(Laie 603 [178])

KiʻimuaakulaʻoiamaōKapahaihaoa[Kapūkaʻihaoa].He first looked for Kapahaihaoa [Kapūkaʻihaoa].(Laie 595 [174])

ʻo- same asʻō- (cf.ʻolalau); pronouncedʻow- beforee (ʻoehuehu); the-w- need not be written unless the following vowel is the initial sound of a recognizable base, asʻowala, to turn over (cf.wala, to tilt).PCP *ko(o)-.

ʻo part.marking the subject, being especially common before names of people, the interrogativewai, and the pronounia.ʻo also marks apposition(Gram. 9.13).(Gram. 9.2) [(FJ) PPn *ko,specifier particle (preposed)]

Makenōʻoiaiaʻu.I killed him. (lit., died indeed subject-he by-me).

mekānawahineʻoHinawith his wife, Hina

ʻOaunō.It's I.

ʻOhea?Where?

o This letter is prefixed to nouns, both common and proper, as well as to pronouns, to render them emphatic or definite. Thiso should be carefully distinguished fromo the preposition. It may be called theo emphatic. It is used in particularizing one or more persons or things from others. Theo emphatic stands only before the auikumu ornominative case.Gram. § 53.

ʻo2 abbreviation forʻoki hapalua (bisect).MTH

ʻō- similitude prefix sometimes translated somewhat, -ish: cf.aʻa, fibrous,ʻōaʻa, somewhat fibrous.ʻō- is pronouncedʻōw- beforea (ʻōaʻa) andi (ʻōiwi) but-w- need not be written unless the following vowel is the initial sound of a recognizable base, asʻōwili, bundle (cf.wili, to roll up).(Gram. 6.3.1) [Pn(CE) *koo-,like, similar]

ʻō₁ loc.n.there, yonder, beyond (usually visible or pointed to; cf.laila, usually invisible and anaphoric; often followingma-,i,mai).(Gram. 8.6) [PPn *koo,yonder]

Eulumaikapukaokedālāmaʻōnāpakenekaʻaʻoleeʻoiakumaʻōoʻelimapakenekaokamakahiki.[maʻō>>mao??]The interest on the money grows because of the percentage of not more than five percent yearly.

ʻAlawanāmakaokaʻaihueiʻōiʻō.The eyes of the thief glanced this way and that.

iʻōiʻaneʻihere and there, to and fro

Iʻōiʻōaʻe.From that point to yonder point.

iʻō,iʻō,this way and that way

maiʻōāʻōeverywhere

Maiʻōaʻō.From that point to that point [all over, everywhere].

maʻōaʻeneinearby, not far

maʻōloaakufar beyond

nāʻōlelopiliiʻōiʻaneʻigeneral provisions; lit., words referring to there to here

Nohomaʻō.Sit over there.

o s.A place, but indefinitely; maio ao, from there to there; throughout.Puk. 27:18. From one side to the other;io aio ae, this way or that way; here or there. More generally used adverbially; as,adv.Yonder; there; mao aku, beyond; maio ao, from here to there, or from yonder to yonder, i. e.,everywhere. It takes the several prepositionsno, ko, i, ma, mai. Gram. § 165, 2d.

ʻō₂ nvt.
  • any piercing instrument, fork, pin, skewer, harpoon, sharp-pointed stick, pitchfork, fishing spear;
  • coconut husker;
  • sharp darting body pain;
  • to pierce, vaccinate, prick, stab, thrust;
  • to flash, as lightning;
  • to extend;
  • to dip in, as the finger;
  • to reach, to appear;
  • to force a way out;
  • to fall into, tumble out;
  • to tassel, as sugar cane.
 .cf.ʻōahi,ʻō lima.[(OC) PPn *koho,digging stick, husking stake: *ko(h,s)o]FIS CN SUG

Heʻōʻiakameahāwāwāikaheʻenalu.One unskilled in surfing is given a tumble.(ON 855)

hoʻōto cause to enter, put or dip in, thrust in, insert; to reach in

HoʻōakulaʻoHikuikaʻuhaneoKawelumanāwāwae.Hiku caused Kawelu's soul to enter at the feet.(For. 5:189)

hoʻōʻomato put in an oven

hoʻōpoʻoto rush headlong regardless of consequence

kaʻōʻanaokauilathe flash of lightning

ʻŌakuʻoiaikonamaulimaikapoʻenele.He extended his hands to the needy.(Sol. 31.20)

Uaʻōkōkea.The white sugar cane has tasseled [to gray with age].

o v.To pierce, as with a sharp instrument; to dot into; to prick; to stab.syn. with hou and ou.seeou.To thrust; to thrust through; to gore, as a bullock.Puk. 21:28. Ao iho la kekahi i ka polulu, some onepierced him with a long spear.see Oo. PASS. To be pierced, stabbed; hence, to be killed; to be pierced with a spear; maioia ke kanaka i ka ihe.Oia, passive ofo, to plunge under water, as a canoe or surf-board.To extend or reach out, as the hand or finger; o ka mea e ae mai, eo mai lakou i ko lakou lima, those who assent, let themstretch out their hands; to stretch out the hand to take a thing.Kin. 8:9.To stretch out the hand to trouble or afflict.Puk. 8:2.To dip, as the fingers in a fluid.Oihk. 4:6.Hoo, forhoo-o. To stretch out, as the hand.Puk. 14:27. To thrust in the hand or finger into an orifice.Anat. 45.s.Art., ke. An instrument to pierce with; any sharp pointed instrument; a fork; a sharp stick; keo bipi, an ox goad.Lunk. 3:30. Keo manamana kolu, a three-pronged fork. 1Sam. 2:13.The effect for the cause; a sharp pain in the body; a stitch in the side, as if pierced by a sharp instrument; a keen darting pain in the side of the chest.

ʻō₃ similar tokuni ola, [sorcery], but with less elaborate ceremony.(Kam. 64:37)

ʻō₄ n.ahula step in which the hip is quickly thrust (ʻō) outward; similar to thekāwelu except that the foot pivots while turning to the opposite direction.HUL

ʻō₅ nvi.to hail, whoop, a hail; (commonly preceded byke).

Kanikeʻō,heihonapali.A whoop going down hill [an easy task].(ON 1498)

o v.To call for a thing desired.Sol. 2:3.

ʻō₆ vt.to fly, as a kite.[Pn(CE) *koo,??]

ʻō₇ n.the letter "o."Eng.

o the fourth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. It is the easiest sounded, next toa, of all the letters. Its sound is mostly that of the long Englisho innote, bone, &c. There is a difference in some words among Hawaiians as to the quantity; some saymahope, others saymahoppy. The first is the more correct.

oʻa₁ n.
  • house rafter;seeillus. 1,illus. 2,illus. 3,illus. 4
  • timbers in the side of a ship;
  • sides of a rock wall.
 [PPn *hoka,rafter(s)]HOU BUI

oa s.A rafter of a house.The timbers in the sides of a ship.

oʻa₂ n.
  • gill of a fish;
  • mouth of an eel.FIS

oʻa₃ n.Maui name forkauila (Colubrina oppositifolia), a tree.(Neal 541)PLA TRE

oa s.A species of wood resembling mahogany.

oʻa₄ seepuhi ʻoʻa, brightly colored eel.FIS

ōʻā [ō·ʻā] vs.mixed, combined, in math and science.MTH SCI

heluʻōʻāmixed number

kekimalaʻōʻāmixed decimal

mekalaʻōʻāalloy

metalaʻōʻāalloy

ʻōʻākemikalaʻiachemically combined

ʻoa seemaiʻa ʻoa,Uluʻoa, Hawaiian banana, star name..

ʻoā₁,ʻowā₁ vi.
  • split, cracked, burst, grooved; to split, crack.
  •gap, intervening space(Hopita)
  •fig., bereaved, forsaken.
 [Ka mawae ʻana o ka papa lāʻau a i ʻole ka pōhaku paha, me he mea lā, ua moku a kaʻawale.]₇

ʻAʻoheponokanohonaonākeikiʻoāmakuaʻole.The life of forsaken, parentless children is not good.

hōʻowāto cause to split, crack

ʻoā n.crack or split, as in a sidewalk; to crack or split.cf.kōā.seeneʻe ʻoā.

oa v.To burst over, as a swollen stream.To exceed; to go beyond; to pass over the point intended.To split, as a board or log.seeooe,owa andoaoa.v.To be bereaved of children; to have lost one's children.To be bereaved of parents; to become orphans.adj.Bereaved; reduced to orphanage, as parents of children, or children of parents; aole pono na keikioa makua ole, uncomfortable are childrenbereaved of parents.

ʻoā₂,ʻowā₂ vi.to talk loudly back and forth, roar.cf.wā₃. (rare.) 

oa To shout, as a multitude of voices.To change conversation.

ʻoā₃,ʻowā₃ nvi.cry of theʻaukuʻu, heron, which suggestsʻoā; to cry thus.BIR

ʻoā₄,ʻowā₄ vi.to retch, gag.

oa v.To gag; to heave, as one sick at the stomach.

ʻoā₅,ʻowā₅ n.a measurement equal to half the width of a finger, of fishing nets.cf.wā₄.FIS NET

mākahiaʻoāthe width of one and a half fingers

ʻoā₆,ʻowā₆ n.in music, one of the five lines of the staff.MUS

oa Name of the five parallel lines on which music is written.

oa To roll, as a stone over a hill, or toss it over.

ʻoā₇ n.meaning the suffix -lysis, in science[+]SCI

ʻoʻa n.green onion with a purple bulb becoming white close to the tip.cf.lina.FOO

ʻōʻā vs.mixed, as of colors in alei or as blood.[Hoʻohui ʻia nā ʻano ʻokoʻa.]₁₄COL LEI

HeHawaiʻiʻoiaakāuaʻōʻāʻiamekekokoPākē.He's Hawaiian, but there is a little strain of Chinese also.

Heleikolohalauliuliiʻōʻāʻiamekekeʻokeʻo.A dark pheasant feather lei mixed with white.

hoʻōʻāto mix

ʻōaʻa,ʻōʻaʻaʻa, ʻōaʻaʻaʻa [ʻō·aʻa,ʻōʻaʻaʻa,ʻō·aʻaʻaʻa] somewhat fibrous.cf.ʻaʻaʻa.

oaaa s.The name of large threads in cloth.Similar appearances in bad potatoes when cooked.

ʻōaʻaʻa var. spelling ofʻōʻaʻaʻa, somewhat fibrous...AltSpel

ʻōʻaʻaʻa,ʻōaʻaʻa var. spelling ofʻōaʻa, somewhat fibrous...

ʻōaʻaʻaʻa var. spelling ofʻōaʻa, somewhat fibrous...

oaeae adj.A little watery; not solid;oaeae ke kalo.

o aha Lest what?(EH)

o ahaʻina Lest what happen?(EH)

ʻōaheahe [ʻō·ahe·ahe] to blow gently, as a breeze.cf.aheahe.WIN

ʻōahi₁ [ʻō·ahi] n.
  • rocket,
  • fireworks;
  • clot of burning lava, as from an eruption;
  • hurling firebrands, as from a cliff for ancientKauaʻi spectacle;
  • flashing lightning.
 lit., projecting fire.see ex.kīheʻaheʻa.VOL

NāpaliʻōahioMakana.The cliffs of Makana, where fire was hurled forth.

ʻōahi₂ [ʻō·ahi] n.rough stone or pumice, as used for polishing surfboards or bowls, or for scraping bristles of a pig (a specimen in the Bishop Museum was made of coral).STO SPO

oahi s.Name of a kind of stone used in polishing canoes and wooden calabashes.

Oʻahu n.name of the most populous of the Hawaiian Islands and the seat ofHonolulu. The name has no meaning (seeOʻahu).see sayingkau poʻohiwi, and epithets,Oʻahu (English-Hawaiian).

placename.most populous of the Hawaiian Islands, 40 miles long, 26 miles wide, with an area of 608 square miles and a 1970 population of 768,561.Honolulu is the major city and State capital.see Appendix 6.8 for a refutation of a meaning often quoted, 'gathering place'. Epithets:OʻahuoKākuhihewa, Oʻahu of Kākuhihewa (an ancient chief);OʻahuaLua, Oʻahu [child] of Lua (Lua slept withPapa afterPapa became angry about husbandWākea's infidelity; Lua gave birth toOʻahu; HM 302).

Oʻahu a Lua epithet for Oʻahu: Oʻahu, child of Lua. [Lua slept with Papa after Papa became angry about husbandWākea's infidelity:(HM 302)].(EH)

ʻo ai var. spelling ofʻowai.seewai, who.

ʻoai₁,ʻowai vt.to entwine, twine; to stir round and round, as a liquid; to go round and round.

hōʻoaito cause to entwine; to twist, entwine

ʻoai₂,ʻowai n.bubo, swelling(rare.) 

ʻoai₃,ʻowai n.porous stone, as used for polishing canoes and calabashes.(rare.) CAN

ʻoaikū,ʻowaikū [ʻoai·kū,ʻowai·kū] n.gasping for breath, as during an attack of asthma; shortness of breath accompanied by a churning, heaving motion as by one attempting to breath.

kaipiliʻoaikūa churning, gasping sea(Kep. 183)

ʻoaiʻoai redup. ofʻoai₁, to entwine...

ʻoaka {ʻo-waka₂}var. spelling ofʻowaka₁, brightness, shining...AltSpel

ʻoaka₁,ʻowaka same ashoaka₅, to openbc[Ka wehe ʻana o ka waha.]₅

hōʻoakacaus/sim

ʻOakaaʻelakonawaha,aʻomailaʻoiaiālākou.He opened his mouth instantly and taught them.(Mat. 5.2)

oaka v.To open suddenly; to open, as the mouth in the beginning of a speech; uahoaka ae la oia e olelo aku ia lakou.To open, as the eyes.To open, as a book, a door, &c.fig. To open the month; i. e., to have made a promise or vowed a vow.Lunk. 11:35, 36.s.The opening of the mouth to speak; kaoaka ana o ka waha, ka ekemu ana.Sol. 8:6.

ʻoaka₂,ʻowaka vi.to sprout, as sweet potatoes.bcSWP

Waihoāʻowakalikekauluokalauʻuala.Left until the sweet potato leaves all grow and sprout.

ʻoaka₃,ʻowaka var. spelling ofʻowaka, to flash.bc

oaka The reflection of the sun on any luminous body.A glimpse, glance or flashing of light; heoaka ana ae o ka uila, the flashing of lightning.

ʻoaka₄ var. spelling ofʻowaka₁, brightness...bc

ʻoaka₅ goblin. [word created by Keao NeSmith for his translation of Tolkien's "The Hobbit", from English 'orc' (a mythical monster, ogre).](Hopita 273)

ʻoakanunuihobgoblin (big orc)(Hopita)

ʻoakaaka,ʻowakaaka, ʻowakawaka [ʻoa·kaaka,ʻowa·kaaka,ʻowaka·waka] redup. ofʻoaka₁, open...

oakaaka s.Repeated glancing; flashing, &c.seeoaoaka.

ʻōʻaki [ʻō·ʻaki] n.geometrid moth.INS

Uamaopopoʻiakapoʻiiʻaʻanaokapiohēakaʻōʻakiikaluapoʻiola.Larvae of the geometrid moth has been known to catch active prey.

ʻOākiʻiala,ʻOwākiʻiala [ʻoā·kiʻi·ala,ʻowā·kiʻi·ala] n.a stroke inlua fighting.LUA

ʻō aku beyond, on the far side of.(NKE)

oakua s.Name of the 14th day of the month.seeakua. 2.

oala a kind of fish.(And.)FIS

oala s.The name of a species of fish.

ʻoala₁,ʻowala 
  • to gambol, buck, rear, bucking, rearing,
  • turn over, somersault;

oala To rear, pitch and kick up, as an unbroken horse;oala ka lio, he lio holo ino me kaoala mai a hope.

ʻoala₂,ʻowala to brandish a club with a twirling motion; brandishing...

oala v.To toss up and whirl over and over.To cast or throw away.s.A tossing or brandishing, as a cane in the hand.adj.Name of a weapon or club thrown in fighting in war; o ka poe ike i ka laauoala, pa aku i ka newa.

ʻoālaala,ʻowālala, ʻoālala [ʻoā·laala,ʻowā·lala] nvi.
  • rising of the wind; to rise, as wind;
  • to occur, as a thought.
 .cf.-alaala.WIN

Heʻoālaalamakaniikinōa slight rise of the wind(Kep. 103)

ʻoali var. spelling ofʻowali₁, weak...

ʻōali₁,ʻowali [ʻō·ali,ʻo·wali] n.cretan brake, a fern (Pteris cretica), widely distributed in warm parts of the world, growing wild in Hawaiʻi. Long-stemmed, ovate fronds rise about 60 cm from creeping underground stems, and each frond has four to six pairs of long narrow divisions.(Neal 17)FER PLA

ʻōali₂,ʻowali [ʻō·ali,ʻo·wali] var. spelling ofʻowali₁.

ʻoāliʻi,ʻowāliʻi [ʻoā·liʻi,ʻowā·liʻi] n.maidenhair spleenwort, a fern (Asplenium trichomanes) found on high mountains of Hawaiʻi and also present in many temperate regions of the world. Wiry-stemmed, narrow fronds grow in dense tufts 10 to 30 cm high, the fronds consisting of numerous small, round divisions on two sides of the stem.FER

ʻoāliʻi makaliʻi [ʻoā·liʻimaka·liʻi] n.a native fern (Schizaea robusta). Calledhaili-o-Pua onHawaiʻi.FER

oalu n.a variety oftaro.(HP 34)TAR

oalu nui n.a variety oftaro.(HP 34)TAR

ʻoama,ʻowama n.young of theweke, goatfish.[Pn(CE) *koama,young goatfish (Mulloidycthys)]FIS

oama s.Name of a kind of fish.

oʻa moku n.ship's spar.

ʻoāmonakō [ʻoāmona·kō] vi.glycolysis, i.e. cellular biochemical processes that split glucose and other carbohydrates for the storage of energy as ATP.lit., splitting (of) glucose.[+]SCI

ʻōana,ʻōwana, ʻoana [ʻō·ana,ʻō·wana] n.smalltaro peeled, wrapped inti leaves, and baked in the ground oven.TAR

oanei adv.Is it there? is it yonder?

ʻōaniani [ʻō·ani·ani] nvi.very slight stir of air, a breeze; to blow slightly.cf.ani.WIN

Hekaimehananokeʻōanianimakaniʻoleit is a very warm sea where there is no breeze stirring(Kep. 101)

oaoa [oa·oa] same asohaoha, spreading; affection; delight...(AP)

oaoa adj.Calm; serene; joyful.

ʻoāʻoā₁,ʻowāʻowā redup. ofʻoā, split, cracked, burst, grooved...

oaoa,owaowa adj.Split; shattered; cracked, as wood; he laauoaoa.seeoa₂.

ʻoāʻoā₂,ʻowāʻowā a variety oftaro.TAR

ʻoʻāʻoʻā same asʻolāʻolā, to gurgle.(And.)

oaoa s.The sound of water bubbling, as in a spring, or as water running out of the neck of a calabash.v.To gurgle, as water purling or running unevenly, as through the neck of a calabash;oaoa ka wai o ka huewai;oaoa ka nuku o ka huewai pueo.Uaoaoa au; uaoaoa ae loko ou; uaoaoa ka ilio.

oaoaka v.To glitter; to glisten; to spangle.[ʻoāʻoaka: Ka ʻimoʻimo ʻana o ka mālamalama.]₇

ʻoāʻoaka n.var. spelling ofʻowāʻowaka₁, a bivalve, perhaps one of theIsognomonidae.AltSpel FIS

ʻoāʻoaka₁ redup. ofʻoaka₁, open...,ʻoaka₃, to flash...[Ka ʻimoʻimo ʻana o ka mālamalama. (cf. ʻoaka₃)]₇

ʻoāʻoaka₂ var. spelling ofʻowāʻowaka₁, a bivalve...FIS

oaoaka s.Name of a shell fish of the sea.

ʻoāʻoala var. spelling ofʻowāʻowala, gambol, buck, rear...

oaoau s.var. spelling ofoau, The name of a species of fish; heoopuoau...

oʻa peʻa n.spar for a sail.

oʻa pōkole [oʻapō·kole] n.ledger line in music.MUS

oapokole s.seeoa, lines in music, andpokole, short. Inmusic, a leger-line.

ʻo au,ʻo wau seeau₁₄, I...

oau pers.pron, 1st pers. sing.seeau. I; theo is emphatic, and sounded quickly with the followinga, it becomesw, aswau; when theo is a little more heard, it becomesowau; hence the several forms:Au, I, simple form.Oau, I, witho emphatic.Wau, I, theo anda sounded quickly together—w.Owau, I, the third form again emphatic—owau.see these several forms in their places.

ʻoau₁,ʻowau n.Oʻahu andMaui name for a freshwaterʻoʻopu fish (Eleotris sandwicensis) calledʻōkuhe elsewhere.seeʻōkuhe for other names. The nameʻoau is said to be so called because of a tale: a fisherman caught a lot of these fish, but they disappeared; the fisherman called for them and a voice answered "ʻo au,ʻo au" (it's me, it's me) and the fish turned into lizards and scampered off.FIS

oau,oaoau s.The name of a species of fish; he oopuoau, heoaoau, he oluheluhe.

ʻoau₂,ʻowau nvi.a cat, so called because of its cry: to mew.

Mikimikimaikaʻowaulā,nokahemahemaoiaala.The cat is on the alert, when someone is careless. (song of the 1880s)

oau v.To mew; as a cat.seeowau.

ʻoau₃,ʻowau n.a variety oftaro.TAR

ʻoau₄,ʻowau n.a moss.PLA

ʻōauau [ʻō·au·au] vi.to go faster.seeau₃.

Heʻoālaalamakani,heʻōauau.It's a rising wind, one blowing faster.(Kep. 103)

ʻo au iho nō I am...(EH)

ʻOauihonō,mekamahalo.I am, yours respectfully.

ʻoāuluniu [ʻoā·ulu·niu] n.a variety oftaro (no data).TAR

ʻo au me ka haʻahaʻa I am, respectfully(EH)

ʻo au nō I am...(EH)

ʻOaunō,mekaʻoiaʻiʻo.I am, yours sincerely.

ʻo au pū I also, so do I, me too(EH)

oawa var. spelling ofowāwa, valley...

ʻoawa var. spelling ofʻōawaawa,ʻowāwa, valley.[ʻOāwa: he ʻano awāwa liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole naʻe he awāwa piha.]₁₄

ʻōawaawa,ʻōawāwa gulch, valley(EH)[Ka pūʻali ʻia a ʻo ke awāwa ka hopena. ʻoawawa: Ke awāwa.]₅_,₇

ʻOawakilikā [ʻOawa-kilikā] placename.gulch,Māʻalaea qd.,Maui.lit.: rain-washed gulch.

ʻōawāwa var. spelling ofʻōawaawa, gulch, valley

Odesa var. spelling ofʻOkeka, Odessa...

oe₁ n.v.prolonged sound or thing; sound of chanting, vibration, whistle of a train; whistling of a bull-roarer; drawn out wail of an infantMUS

oe v.To grate harshly, as one thing rubbing against another.s.A continued indistinct sound, as an axe upon a grindstone; as a pen drawn hard upon paper.s.A drumming and singing together; keoe omua, he wahi pahu kapu e ku ana iloko o omua; kauo aku la o Wakea ia Papa ma keo'e omua.

oe₂ n.v.long, prolonged.fig., to assume a superior air. (Preceded byke.)

Nānāakuʻoe,kekūkulumailakeoe.Look, acting superior there.

oe s.An inverted cone.A lengthening; a stretching out of the neck.Isa. 3:16, 5. A monument; a pillar or sign of something.adj.Long; applied to the neck of a person or thing;oeoe hoi ka a-i, he maikai no nae,long are their necks, but still they are handsome;oeoe ka a-i o ka manu nene, long is the neck of the goose.Applied to a sail; he pea oeoe, he kiekie, a long, high sail; applied to a house; haleoeoe; kukulu hou i haleoeoe a kapu.Epithet of a man who walks genteelly; superiority in some respects; kukulu kaoe, spoken of one riding or running swiftly on foot.Epithet of a beautiful woman.

ʻoe₁ idiom.resembling, like.bcFIS TRE IDI

henukumoiʻoelike a moi [fish] beak

Kepinanakēlākeikiikekumulāʻau,ʻoianōʻoeʻokekeko.When that child climbs the tree, he's just like a monkey.

ʻoianōʻoeʻokekaimanajust like a diamond

ʻoe₂ pronoun.you (singular), thou.(Gram. 8.2) bc[(MP) PPn *koe,second person singular pronoun, thou (independent)]

ʻOeponoʻī,ʻoeiho.You yourself.

oe pers. pron.second pers. sing. Thou; you; likeau, it often takeso emphatic, asooe; ooe no kau i manao ai,you thought of yourself; e nohooe me ka makaukau, doyou sit ready.

ʻoe₃ idiom.much, indeed (sometimes followingnō or connecting enumerations).bcSWD TAR IDI

Ilailanōʻoe,paukahoihoi.No more fun there at all.

Uanuikameaʻai,ʻokapuaʻaʻoe,ʻokalūʻauʻoe,ʻokalimuʻoe.There was much food, pork,taro greens, and seaweed.

ʻoē nvi.variant spelling ofʻowē,
  • murmuring, rustling, soughing, whining, as of surf, leaves, water, wind, a bullet;
  • to pitter patter, as rain; to sound thus;
  • sound of tearing, as of cloth;
  • buzzing of insects.
 [Ke kani māŠlie a ke kai me ka wai. Ke kani o ke kai ʻaleʻale liʻiliʻi. He kani; ke kani o nā nalu liʻiliʻi e poʻi ana, ke kani o ka wai e kahe ana, ke kani o nā lau heleleʻi e puhi ʻia ana e ka makani.]₄_,₉_,₁₃

hōʻoēto cause such a sound

kaʻoēnahenaheakawaithe soft murmur of the water

ʻoʻe₁ nvt.
  • to probe upward, prod, pry, prick,
  • jab, poke,
  • gore;
  • sharp darting pain;
  • jagged, spiked.
 .see ex.ʻowala.[Pn(CE) *koke,thrust with sharp object]

hōʻoʻeto probe, prick, jab, etc

oe v.see O. To prick; to probe; keoe aku nei ia ia oukou me ka laau oioi, hepricks you with a sharp stick; to pick up, as with anything sharp.

ʻoʻe₂ vt.to skim, as oil from the top of stew.alsokīʻoʻe.

Oea n.star name (no data).(Kuhelani)STA

oeha adj.seeohaa. Broken or bent, as an arm or leg.

ʻoehaʻa [ʻoe·haʻa] nvi.
  • crooked, distorted, deformed;
  • to walk in an ungainly manner, swaying the shoulders;
  • to waddle.
  •fig., deceitful; trick.
 .cf.ʻōpae ʻoehaʻa, clawed shrimp...lit., crooked-walking shrimp...[Ka hele wawae ʻana me ke kapakahi; he ʻāpiki a he hoʻopunipuni no ka pololei ʻole o ka hele ʻana.]₇

hōʻoehaʻato cause to walk in a crooked way or be crooked; to pretend such

ʻōeheehe [ʻō·ehe·ehe] var. spelling ofʻōwehewehe.

ʻoehu,ʻowehu {ʻo-ʻehuehu₁}vt.
  • to romp, gambol, prance, leap;
  • blustery, gusty, as a storm or angry person;
  • to head straight for, as a canoe.
 .cf.hoʻēhu.[Ka huhū a ke kai i ka wā ʻino. Ma kekahi ʻano, he huikau nui loa me ka paʻa ʻole o ke kūlana.]₇CAN

ʻoehuehu [ʻoehu·ehu] redup. ofʻoehu:
  • to romp, gambol, prance, leap;
  • blustery, gusty, as a storm or angry person;
  • to head straight for, as a canoe.
 cfehuehu: animation varying from fury and storm to power and majesty...

Heahakēiaʻoehuehunei,piʻiʻōkalaokahulu.What is this disturbance, this bristling of the fur? (song)

ʻoe iho yourself(EH)

ʻoeke var. spelling ofʻoweke.

ʻo ʻē ke kī key of A(EH)

ʻōʻeli n.spading fork (preceded byke).lit., fork (for) digging.

ʻoene₁,ʻowene n.mesh size between one and two fingers.

ʻoene₂,ʻowene n.lasttaro taken from a crop; small-sizedtaro.TAR

ʻoʻeno n.twill plaiting, as in hats, mats.cf.ʻahu ʻoʻeno,hoʻohewahewa.

ʻoʻeno n.twill plaiting.alsomaka pūalu.

oeno adj.seeahuoeno.Laieik. 112. Kauai mats.

oeoe₁ [oe·oe] whistle, as of steamer or train, siren; bull-roarer, as made ofkamani seed or coconut shell on a long string.redup. ofoe₁, prolonged sound or thing; sound of chanting, vibration, whistle of a train...;CN

Kanioeoekeoeoe.The bull-roarer whistles.

uwēhoʻōeoeprolonged wailing

oeoe [oe·oe] n.alarm bell, as on a clock or fire alarm.alsopele.seeoeoe uahi.CN

oeoe v.To grate harshly, as one thing rubbing against another.To whiz, as a ball or grape-shot through the air.To make an indistinct continued sound; heaha la keia mea eoeoe ae nei? what is this thing that whizzes by us so?To murmur, as a purling brook or running water.s.A continued indistinct sound, as an axe upon a grindstone; as a pen drawn hard upon paper.The continued sound of the surf; the sound of a ship passing through the water; the sound of an army marching at a distance.syn. with nehe, pawewe, kamumu.s.A drumming and singing together; keoe omua, he wahi pahu kapu e ku ana iloko o omua; kauo aku la o Wakea ia Papa ma keo'e omua.

oeoe₂ [oe·oe] long, tall, tapering, towering; a long object, pillar (preceded byke).redup. ofoe₂, long, prolonged...;CN

hoʻōeoeto stretch out, as the neck; to reach high; to prolong, as a sound; to toll; to yodel

peʻaoeoea long sail

oeoe s.An inverted cone.A lengthening; a stretching out of the neck.Isa. 3:16, 5. A monument; a pillar or sign of something.adj.Long; applied to the neck of a person or thing;oeoe hoi ka a-i, he maikai no nae,long are their necks, but still they are handsome;oeoe ka a-i o ka manu nene, long is the neck of the goose.Applied to a sail; he pea oeoe, he kiekie, a long, high sail; applied to a house; haleoeoe; kukulu hou i haleoeoe a kapu.

oeoe₃ [oe·oe] same aslupeʻakeke, a bird, Hawaiian stormy petrel.[Pn(CE) *oi,Petrel sp]BIR

oeoe₄ [oe·oe] n.temporary booth occupied by priests during taboo days of aheiau.(Malo 163)

ʻoeʻoe young stage of thekawakawa bonito.FIS

oeoe s.A species of fish.

ʻoʻeʻoʻe redup. ofʻoʻe₁, to probe upward, prod, pry, prick, jab...FIS

Ihoʻiihoauemoe,ʻoʻeʻoʻeanakōialākuli.I went back to sleep, but his knees kept prodding. (song)

kinoʻoʻeʻoʻebody with spiked protuberances, as of a fish(Malo 46)

oeoe Epithet of a man who walks genteelly; superiority in some respects; kukulu kaoe, spoken of one riding or running swiftly on foot.Epithet of a beautiful woman.

oeoe haʻina pōpilikia [oe·oehaʻinapō·pili·kia] S  n.siren warning of disaster.

ʻoēʻoene,ʻowēʻowene redup. ofʻoene₂, lasttaro taken from a crop; small-sizedtaro...

ʻōeoeo [ʻō·eo·eo] n.tall and slender, as trees growing without sunlight.TRE

oeoeo adj.Of different heights, some taller, some shorter.

oeoeuahi [oe·oeuahi] n.smoke alarm.lit., smoke siren.

ʻoeowewe [ʻoeo·wewe] vs.fluttering.

helauʻoeowewea fluttering leaf

oeoewe adj.Moving; fluttering, as a leaf in the wind; o oe ia e ka lauoeoewe, lau kapalili, thou art it, thoumoving leaf; leaf fluttering.

ʻoe ponoʻī yourself(EH)

ōewe [ō·ewe] n.gene; genetic.cf.welo.seeawe ōewe,hoʻoliliuewe,kālaiōewe.SCI

ōewekeolaōeweʻana [ō·ewekeolaōeweʻana] n.natural selection.[+]

ʻofeni var. spelling ofʻopeni, offense...

oganadi var. spelling ofʻokanaki, organdy...

oha₁ vs.spreading, as vines; thriving; to grow lush.

oha₂ nvt.affection, love, greeting; to greet, show joyous affection or friendship, joy.cf.aloha.[Pn(CE) *ofa,greeting]

oha s.A salutation between the sexes; rather a call, as halloo! to attract attention, and when the person looks round, then beckons.v.To salute, as a man a woman, orvice versa; to call to one at some distance, and when he looks, then beckons to him.adj.Sick from grief or care.

ʻohā n.
  •taro corm growing from the older root, especially from the stalk calledkalo;
  • tender plant(Isa. 53.3),
  • shoot, sucker, branch(Isa. 11.2).
  •fig., offspring, youngsters ((FS 235);
 cf.ʻohana).alsomuʻu.seekalo for names of generations.PLA TAR

kaiʻohāsea with small waves

oha s.The small sprigs of kalo that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.A branch from a stock.Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree.Isa. 11:1.fig.Ier. 23:5.

ʻōhā n.native lobelias.alsoālula,hāhā,ʻōhāhā,ʻōhā wai.(Neal 815–8)PLA

oha A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.

ohaa s.The name of a fish; alsooeha; ke opaeohaa.

ohaa adj.He wawaeohaa; a person with crooked or distorted limbs.

ōhāhā₁ [ō·hā·hā] vs.flourishing, fully developed, plump, healthy.see ex.kōnunu.TAR

hehuaaliʻiōhāhāa flourishing royal offspring

Ōhāhākauluʻanaokēiakalo.This taro's growth is thrifty.

ohaha adj.Plump; rank; thrifty; flourishing ; referring to vegetables.Kin. 41:5. Ka ulu maikai ana o ka mea kanu.adj.Swelled; puffed up; enlarged.seehaha.

ōhāhā₂ [ō·hā·hā] n.distinct, clear sound or voice.(rare.) 

ʻōhāhā [ʻō·hā·hā] same asʻōhā, lobelia(Neal 815–8)PLA

ohaha s.Name of a plant, arborescentlobelia; a vine growing on trees; a parasitical plant.

ʻōhāhā wai nui [ʻo·hā·hāwainui] same asʻōhā kēpau, a native lobelia, a shrub or small treePLA

ʻohai₁,ʻōhai n.monkeypod or rain tree (Samanea saman), a large leguminous tree from tropical America, grown in Hawaiʻi for shade and street planting; flowers pink, tufted.(Neal 401–3)[Pn(CE) *koofai,pod-bearing plant]WIN PLA TRE FLO

KalauluheaokaʻohaioMānā.The drooping leaves of the monkeypod of Mānā.

ʻohai₂ n.a native legume (Sesbania tomentosa), a low to prostrate shrub with hairy, pale leaves and red or orange flowers about 2.5 cm long.(Neal 450) White monkeypod (Albizia lebbeck) onNiʻihau. cf.(Neal 403).PCP *koofai.PLA FLO

ohai s.A flowering shrub resembling a locust.

ʻōhai n.var. spelling ofʻohai₁, monkeypod or rain tree (Samanea saman)...AltSpel WIN PLA TRE FLO

ʻŌhai placename.lane,Pauoa,Honolulu, named for a native shrub.

ʻōhaʻi [ʻō·haʻi] S  vs.imperfectly healed, as a broken limb.cf.haʻi₁.

ʻAʻoheikaikakēialima,helimaʻōhaʻi.This arm isn't strong, it's imperfectly healed.

ʻōhaʻi [ʻō·haʻi] n.ore.Tah.ʻōfaʻi (stone)..

ʻohai aliʻi n.the pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), an ornamental leguminous shrub with red and orange flowers. One variety has yellow flowers.lit., royalʻohai.(Neal 432)PLA FLO

ohaikau [ohai·kau] name given to a kind of sled obtained from Captain Cook; it is said to have had supernatural qualities.(And.)

ohaikau s.Name given to a sledge obtained from Captain Cook which was worshipped.

ʻŌhaikea [ʻŌhai-kea] placename.land section betweenMauna Kea and Hualālai,Hawaiʻi. (FS 190.).lit.: lightʻōhai shrub.

ʻohai keʻokeʻo [ʻohaikeʻo·keʻo] n.the sesban (Sesbania grandiflora), a leguminous tree from tropical Asia with pea-shaped flowers about 7.5 cm long and pods to 60 by 1.3 cm.lit., whiteʻohai.(Neal 449–50)PCP *koofai.PLA TRE FLO

ʻOhaio n.Ohio.G

ʻOhaio n.Ohio; Ohioan.G

ʻohai ʻula n.the royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a legume from Madagascar, one of the showiest ornamental trees in Hawaiʻi because of its bright-red canopy of flowers, which are common and prolific in early summer. One form has yellow flowers.(Neal 430–2)[Pn(CE) *koofai-kura,??]PLA TRE FLO

ʻŌhaiʻula [ʻŌhai-ʻula] placename.beach, Kawaihae,Hawaiʻi. Ridge,Waimea district,Kauaʻi.lit.: redʻōhai shrub.

ʻohai ʻulaʻula n.the red-flowered variety ofʻohai keʻokeʻo (Sesbania grandiflora var.coccinea).lit., redʻohai.(Neal 450)PLA FLO

ʻohaka [ʻo·haka] same as the more commonʻolohaka, empty, sunken, hollow...

ʻōhaka to separate, as the legs, to leave a gap between them.(Desha I:35)[kaʻawale o nā wāwae a mea like paha i loaʻa kekahi kōā ma waena.]₁₄

ʻŌhakanāwāwaeokapoʻehulakehulaiiahula.The legs of the dancers are separated for dancing this hula.

ohaka v.Uaohaka, ua pololi; to be disconnected, but near together; to have a crack between.adj.Open; not joined; not fitted together; he maoohaka, he mao hakaka.

ʻōhākai [ʻō·hākai] seepīʻoe,general name for barnacles...FIS

pīʻoeʻōhākaigooseneck barnacle

ʻōhākālai [ʻō·hā·kā·lai] to polish lightly, as a spear; a stick for polishing.(And.)TOO

ohakalai s.Oha andkalai. A stick to rub or polish with, as a file or other instrument.

ʻōhā kēpau [ʻō·hākē·pau] n.a native lobelia (Clermontia hawaiiensis), a shrub or small tree; the gum was used to catch birds which yielded feathers for featherwork.lit., gumʻōhā.alsoʻōhāhā wai nui,ʻōhā wai nui.(Neal 816–7)BIR PLA TRE

ʻohākia [ʻohā·kia] (perhaps a pas/imp.,(Gram. 6.6.3)) probably same asʻohā;PLA

ʻOʻoeiaēkaʻohākia.You are the one, o tender plant.(Ii 175)

ʻohākulaʻi [ʻohā·kulaʻi] same aspuʻuhau, hard calcium lump... (rare.) ILL

ohakulai v.Oha, a shoot, andkulai, to push over. To bend off the young kalo from the old to give it room to grow.s.A hard protuberance on the joints of the human body, as the knees, hips, ankles, &c.; also calledhaupuu.A protuberance in the flesh.

ʻōhala [ʻō·hala] vs.green, immature, as fruit.(rare.) 

ohala adj.Green; young; not ripe.

ʻōhalahala₁ [ʻō·hala·hala] to grumble.same ashalahala₁;

ʻōhalahala₂ [ʻō·hala·hala] rare redup. ofʻōhala, green, immature, as fruit...

ohalau s.The soft tops and blossoms of kalo leaves made into a luau; often made where kalo grows plentifully.

Ohale placename.cone (3,318 feet high),Kīlauea qd.,Hawaiʻi.

ʻohana₁ nvs.family, relative, kin group; related.bc[Pn(CE) *koofaŋa,nest]

ʻohanaholoʻokoʻa,ʻohananuiextended family, clan

ʻohana n.family, in taxonomy.[+]

ohana s.A family.2 Sam. 9:1. A brood of birds.Kanl. 22:6. A litter, as of puppies or pigs; an offspring; a tribe.Ios. 14:1, 2, 3. All the young of one animal; kaohana moa, kaohana ilio, &c.;ohana uuku, an endearing appellation for little children;ohana hipa. a flock of sheep.adj.Of or relating to a family; he mohaiohana, a family sacrifice. 1Sam. 20:29.s.A family of parents, children and servants living together; o ke kakae no ia o ka lepo o Lahainaluna me heohana moa la.

ʻohana₂ vi.to gather for family prayers (short forpule ʻohana).bc

ʻohanaʻālani [ʻohanaʻā·lani] n.citrus.lit., orange family.FOO

ʻohana ʻāpaʻakuma family (for centuries in a place).(EH)

ʻohana holoʻokoʻa extended family, clan(EH)

ʻohanakālaimeaola [ʻohanakā·lai·mea·ola] n.biological family.lit., biology family.SCI

Ohanakekeʻauamaikaʻi [O-hana-ke-keʻa-ua-mai·kaʻi] n.name of a stroke inlua fighting.lit., make the cross, is good.LUA

ʻohana kupa family (several generations in a place).(EH)

ʻohana manu brood (of birds)(EH)

ʻohanaʻole without relatives(EH)

ʻohana pili ma ka male ʻana in-laws(EH)

ʻohanasila n.pinniped, i.e. any of the suborder of aquatic mammals including the seal and walrus.lit., seal family.ANI

ʻōhani [ʻō·hani] vt.to stir, as fire, or earth in a garden.(rare.) 

ʻōhao₁ [ʻō·hao] nvs.swelling, dropsical condition; swollen.[Pn(CE) *koofao,swollen, dropsical]ILL

ohao s.A swelling of the body from sickness; kaohao o ka ilio, theswelling of the dog.adj.Swelled or dropsical; ka opuohao puffed up; swelled full, as the bowels with wind or water.seeohaohao.

ʻōhao₂ [ʻō·hao] n.dog's neck.(rare.) 

ʻōhao₃ [ʻō·hao] nvt.to tie, especially a dog by the neck, orlau nets together.cf.ʻōhao ʻīlio. (rare.) NET

ohao s.Name of a rope to tie dogs with.v.To tie, as a rope or string; to bend on; applied mostly to dogs; eohao i ka ilio a paa.

ʻōhaʻo [ʻō·haʻo] rare var. ofʻōlaʻo, to weed.

ohao v.To weed; to cultivate; to dress land.

ʻōhaoa [ʻō·haoa] same ashaoa, scorched.

ohaoha s.The fond recollection of a friend; joy; great desire; strong affection.adv.Thriftily, as oha shoots; like ohas; uluohaoha na laau kanu, the trees planted growthriftily.

ohaoha₁ [oha·oha] redup. ofoha₁, spreadingPPN *ʻofaʻofa.[Ka waiho ʻana o kekahi mea ma kekahi wahi me ka hele a laulā o nā māhele o ia mea.a ʻoluʻolu ma nā ʻano a pau.]₈FLO

ohaoha₂ [oha·oha] delight.redup. ofoha₂, thriving; love, affection...PPN *ʻofaʻofa.[Maikaʻi a ʻoluʻolu ma nā ʻano a pau.]₇FLO

Ohaoholaunaʻolenāpuamakahikina(song),theflowers[maidens]intheeastareincomparablyfriendly.the flowers in the east thrive without rival. (song)

ʻohaohala₁ [ʻohao·hala] nvi.a half-truth, exaggeration; to enlarge on certain points; to exaggerate the arguments on one side, but overlook conflicting evidence; dichotomized thinking.(rare.) 

ʻohaohala₂ [ʻohao·hala] vs.rank, of lush growth.(rare.) 

ohaohala adj.Thrifty; rank, as vegetables.seeohaha andohaoha.

ʻohaohala₃ [ʻohao·hala] soft, sweet, of melody.(And.)

ohaohala s.A pleasant delightful sound.

ohaʻohaʻo [ohaʻo·haʻo] n.a fresh-water alga reported onMaui.

ʻōhaohao [ʻō·hao·hao] same asʻōhao₁, swelling, dropsical condition...

ohaohao v.seeohao. To swell, as the belly or body; to be full, as with much eating; ua hookuku, ua nopu.To rise up, as a thought in the mind.seeohao.adj.Puffed up; swelled full, as the bowels with wind or water; heohaohao ka opu, he ekeeke ke lomi iho.

ohaohaola s.A false speech; a lie; a contradiction from what one has said before; na olelo au i lohe ai heohaohala wale no ia, aole i like pu me kau i olelo ai.ohaohaola, ohalahala.

ʻōhao ʻīlio [ʻō·haoʻī·lio] n.insulting term forkauā, outcasts; they were likened to dogs (ʻīlio) tied (ʻōhao) and waiting to be baked; similarlykauā wore small gourd pendants as insignia that they were to become human sacrifices.

ʻōhā pali [ʻō·hāpali] n.a kind of lobelia.lit., cliffʻōhā.PLA

ohapueo [oha·pueo] n.a fruit tree listed by(Thrum) (no data).TRE

ʻōhāʻulehua [ʻōhā·ʻulehua] n.ovipositor.lit., piercing instrument (for) laying eggs.INS

ʻōhāwai [ʻō·hā·wai] n.water dripping down a cliff as to a pool.

ʻōhā wai [ʻō·hāwai] same asʻōhā, native lobelias.PLA

ʻōhā wai nui [ʻō·hāwainui] n.a native lobelia (Clerimontia arborescens), similar toʻōhā kēpau.PLA

ʻohe₁ n.
  • all kinds of bamboo;
  • reed(Mat. 27.48);
  • flute;
  • pipe, hose, tube,catheter;
  • bamboo tube for preserving fish.
 bc[(FJ) PPn *kofe,bamboo sp]FIS MUS

hulaʻohedance to the music of the nose flute(UL 135)

puhiʻoheto play a wind instrument; player of a wind instrument

ohe s.Art, ke. The bamboo; the outside was formerly used for knives on account of its hardness; a reed generally. 2Nal 18:21.A measuring reed.Hoik. 21:15.Ohe kani, a flute;ohe nana, a spyglass; punaohe, a spoon made of bamboo.s.Art, ka. Name of a musical. instrument of the flute kind; hookahi au mea malama, o kaohe a kaua; aia malama pono oe i kaohe. Laieik. 122. Heohe mana.1b.

ʻohe₂ n.a coarse, jointed, native grass (Isachne distichophylla), to 190 cm high, with stiff, pointed leaves and open flowering panicle.bcPLA FLO

ʻohe seemauʻu ʻohe,reed...PLA FLO

ʻohe₃ n.a native bamboo-like plant (Joinvillea ascendens), with stem about 3 m high, 2.5 cm or less in diameter, unbranched; leaf blades 60 to 90 cm by 8 to 13 cm, pointed and plaited; flowering panicle about 30 cm long.(Neal 166)bcPLA FLO

ʻohe₄ n.a native tree (Reynoldsia sandwicesis), an araliad, with leaves about 30 cm long, each leaf with seven to eleven broad leaflets with scalloped edges.(Neal 652) The wood of this kind of tree growing atMauna Loa, Molokaʻi, was reputed to be poisonous, was used for making poison images, and is the tree form ofKapo, a goddess.seekālaipāhoa,kauila. This tree growing elsewhere was not considered poisonous and was used for making stilts, hence it was also calledʻohe kukuluaeʻo orʻoheokai orʻohemakai.bcPLA TRE

ohe Name of a forest tree; timber soft, like kukui, white, good for making kukuluaeo.

ʻohe₅ n.a native variety oftaro, thriving at altitudes above 450 m; leaf stem light-green, tinged with reddish-brown (perhaps like some variety of bamboo); the corm pink-tinted, making excellentpoi.(Whitney 58). The term may be qualified by the colorsʻeleʻele,kea orkeʻokeʻo,ʻulaʻula.bcTAR POI

Lelenōkaʻoheikonalua.The ʻohe leaps into its hole [a legendary reference; each in his own place].(ON 1987)

ʻohe₆ n.variety of fish (no data).bcFIS

ohe s.A bundle.seeohi.

ʻohe₇ n.short forʻohenānā, telescope, in astronomy.[+]SCI

ʻOhe placename.street,Kakaʻako,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: bamboo.

ʻōhea₁ [ʻō·hea] vs.
  • drowsy, apathetic, as after eating a big meal.
  •fig., weak, ineffective.

Hepuaʻōheakēnā,kūʻoleikekikowaenaa weak arrow that of yours, it doesn't hit the bull's eye. (song)

ohea adj.Lazy after eating; tired of work; no inclination to work; he molowa, hoihoi ole,ohea i ka la.

ʻōhea₂ [ʻō·hea] warm, tasteless, as water exposed to the sun.

ohea adv.inter, the genitive case ofhea. Of where? of what place?Gram. § 160;

ohea v.To weed; to hoe.seeoheu;

ohea s.An arrow not well fitted; a matter of play for children; he pua lele ole, he puaohea.

ʻōheahea [ʻō·hea·hea] redup. ofʻōhea₁, drowsy,ʻōhea₂, warm, tasteless...

ʻŌheaheahoʻikēialā.Today is drowsy, sleepy.

oheahea adj.Warm; tasteless, as warm water; he waioheahea, he wai mama.

ʻōheahea hoʻi kēia lā lazy weather(EH)

ʻōheahea ka lā sleepy day(EH)

ʻoheʻala n.var. spelling ofʻohe ʻala, sweet cane.AltSpel SUG

ʻohe ʻala,ʻoheʻala n.sweet cane.(Isa. 43.24)SUG

oheala s.Ohe andala, sweet. Sweet cane; a vegetable offered in sacrifice.Isa. 43:24. Sweet calamus.Puk. 30:23.

ʻōheʻe [ʻō·heʻe] same asalaheʻe, a small tree.TRE

ʻō heʻe n.v.octopus spearing; to spear octopuses.

ohee s.O, to pierce, andhee, squid. To take squid by spearing; i kaohee lakou, they are spearing squid.

ʻoheha vs.var. spelling ofʻōheha, somewhat lazy.AltSpel

ʻōheha,ʻoheha [ʻō·heha] vs.somewhat lazy.seeheha,maheha.

oheha adj.Slow; lazy in work.seeheha, molowa.

ʻohe hano ihu same ashano₃, nose flute.MUS

ohe Hawaiʻi n.native bamboo (Schizostachyum glaucifolium) with long green joints, and large leaves. Wood soft, makes best pūʻili, rattles; formerly made into straw for hats.(Neal 62)PLA

ʻohe hoʻonui ʻike [ʻohehoʻo·nuiʻike] n.microscope.lit., tube magnifying vision.SCI

ʻohehoʻonuiʻike [ʻohehoʻo·nuiʻike] n.microscope.lit., tube (for) enlarging sight.seeaniani kaupaneʻe,paepae aniani kaupaneʻe.SCI

ʻohe kāʻekeʻeke seekāʻekeʻeke, bamboo pipes...

ʻohe Kahiki n.bamboo with short, green joints and large leaves; wood hard, used for knives, fishing poles, house construction; introduced from Tahiti.(HP 213)PLA

ʻohe kani n.flute.lit., playing bamboo.MUS

ʻohekanipuluka [ʻohe·kanipuluka] n.flute.alsopuluka.MUS

ʻohe kāpala,ʻohe kāpalapala [ʻohekā·pala,ʻohekā·pala·pala] n.piece of bamboo carved for printingtapa; bamboo stamp.lit., printing bamboo.TAP

ohekapala s.Ohe, bamboo, andkapala, to print. A piece of bamboo carved for the purpose of printing kapa; heohe kakau.

ʻohe kāpalapala S  var. spelling ofʻohe kāpala, piece of bamboo carved for printing...

ʻohekaumakawalu n.an array of telescopes, also know as an interferometer.lit. placement of many telescopes.[+]SCI

ʻOhekaumakawaluaKeck.Keck Interferometer. (add3)

ʻohekaumakawaluʻaweʻawe.VLA, the very large array. (add3)

ʻohekaumakawaluhapamilimika.SMA, the submilimeter array. (add3)

ʻohekaumakawalulahaloa.VLBA, the very large baseline array. (add3)

ʻōheke {ʻō-heke₆}vs.cf.heke₆, shy, sensitive...

Heʻōhekewalekōkekuaʻāinakānaka.Country people are rather shy.

hoʻōheketo cause shyness, to be modest

oheke adj.Fearful; bashful; modest; humble; heoheke wale ko ke kuaaina kanaka, the country people are modest and diffident; heoheke ole kanaka wahi alii, the people about the chief are without modesty.

ʻohe kikoʻolā [ʻohekikoʻo·lā] n.a native tree (Tetraplasandra waimeae), found only in forests ofKauaʻi aboveWaimea; about 9 m tall, with few branches, the leaves about 30 cm long, each leaf with five to thirteen large, oblong leaflets, and like some other araliads, with many flowers in umbels.lit., straggly bamboo.TRE FLO

ʻohekīwī [ʻohekī·wī] n.cathode-ray tube (CRT).lit., TV tube.seeʻūholouilaʻine.SCI

ʻohe kukuluaeʻo [ʻohekukulu·aeʻo] same asʻohe₄, a native tree (Reynoldsia sandwicesis)...

ʻōhelahela [ʻō·hela·hela] similar tohelahela,redup. ofhela₁, redness of the eyelids, rawness...,hela₂, to spread, as the arms...; widespread.

ʻohe lau liʻiliʻi [ʻohelauliʻi·liʻi] n.small-leafed bamboo.PLA

ʻōhele a hula(EH)

ʻohe liʻiliʻi [ʻoheliʻi·liʻi] n.dwarf bamboo.

ʻōhelo₁ [ʻō·helo] n.a small native shrub (Vaccinium reticulatum), in the cranberry family; it has many branches with many small, rounded, toothed leaves, and bears round, red or yellow berries, which are edible raw or cooked for sauce. Formerly sacred toPele, to whom offerings were made by throwing fruiting branches into the fiery pit atKīlauea. Wind-dried leaves are still used for tea.(Neal 662–3)[Pn(CE) *taa-fero,a tree or shrub]PLA

ohelo s.A species of small fruit of a reddish color; the Hawaiian whortleberry.seehelo.

ʻōhelo₂ [ʻō·helo] nvi.
  • to move rapidly this way and that or back and forth, as a stick poking an oven
  • to ram
  • ramrod
 .seehelo₁, to move back and forth rapidly, jerky pushing or sawing motion...,ʻōnoʻonou, to force upon...

ʻōhelo₃ [ʻō·helo] n.ahula dance; the dancer leans over on one side, supporting himself with one hand, and with the opposite foot and arm making a sawing motion; manymeleʻōhelo have sexual import.alsohula helo.HUL

ʻōhelo₄ [ʻō·helo] n.general name forVaccinium spp., found on all islands but not common aroundKīlauea Crater. Fruits are edible but smaller thanʻōhelo₁.

ʻōhelo ʻai [ʻō·heloʻai] lit., edibleʻōhelo.same asʻōhelo₁, a small native shrub (Vaccinium reticulatum), in the cranberry family...FOO

ʻōheloʻeleʻele [ʻō·heloʻeleʻele] n.blackberries.FOO

ʻōhelohelo [ʻō·helo·helo] vs.pink, rosy, of the color ofʻōhelo berries.COL

Healohanōnāpua,nāpuaʻōhelohelo.Beloved the blossoms, the pink blossoms.

hoʻōheloheloto color pink

ohelohelo A species of small fruit of a reddish color; the Hawaiian whortleberry.seehelo.adj.Having the color of theohelo, i. e., a light red; he hainakaohelohelo, he silikaohelohelo.

ʻōhelo huihui [ʻō·helohui·hui] n.name of a seaweed.SWD

ʻohelo huki manu,ʻōhelo huki manu [ʻo·helohukimanu] n.flexible gummed rod used for extractingʻuaʻu fledglings from their holes.lit., rod for pulling birds.BIR

ʻōhelo huki manu n.var. spelling ofʻohelo huki manu, flexible gummed rod used for extractingʻuaʻu fledglings from their holes. lit....AltSpel BIR

ʻōhelo kai [ʻō·helokai] same asʻaeʻae, a shrub.PLA

ʻōhelo kau lāʻau [ʻō·helokaulāʻau] n.a native bush (Vaccinium calycinum) related to theʻōhelo₁ but taller and having larger leaves and less palatable fruit.lit.,ʻōhelo placed on trees.TRE PLA

ʻōhelo papa [ʻō·helopapa] n.a native strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis var.sandwicensis) growing onHawaiʻi andMaui between altitudes of 1,050 and 1,800 m, and closely related to varieties from Alaska and Patagonia. The whole plant, except the upper side of the leaves, is silky-hairy. Fruits ripen from June to September, and are red. Other cultivated species and varieties, with larger fruits, are grown in Hawaiʻi.(Neal 393)PLA FOO

ohelopapa s.A strawberry.

ʻohe mauka n.a small native tree (Tetraplasandra oahuensis), found only onOʻahu; much like its relative, theʻoheokai, but having oblong, entire leaflets.lit., uplandʻohe.TRE

ʻōhemo₁ [ʻō·hemo] vs.weak, as resulting from dysentery.ILL

hoʻōhemoto cause weakness; to pretend weakness

ohemo v.To discharge freely from the bowels, as in a dysentery.

ʻōhemo₂ [ʻō·hemo] S  rare var. ofhoʻohemo, to loosen, undo, unfasten...seehemo, loose, separated, untied...

Heukuhiʻōhemonākeiki.Children completely weaned.

ohemo adj.Weaned; broken off, as from sucking; as a child from the breast.seehemo. He ukuhiohemo na keiki.

ʻōhemohemo [ʻō·hemo·hemo] redup. ofʻōhemo, weak...

ohemohemo adj.Faint; languid; weak; omino, alalohe, nawaliwali.

ʻohe nānā [ʻohenā·nā] n.spyglass, telescope, microscope..lit., tube for looking.see ex.ʻōhuna.

ʻohenānā [ʻohe·nā·nā] n.telescope.

paʻaʻohenānābinoculars

ohenana s.Ohe, bamboo, andnana, to see, look. A spyglass.seeohe.

ʻohe naupaka [ʻohenau·paka] n.a nativenaupaka (Scaevola glabra andS. kauaiensis), a shrub or small tree of the mountains, with yellow, curved, tubular flowers, about 2.5 cm long.PLA TRE FLO

ʻohene same asʻOluʻekeloahoʻokaʻamoena, but a guardian of the opposite sex of the high chief or chiefess whose sleeping place was guarded.

ʻOheʻo placename.gulch, streams, pools. Menstruating women were not allowed to bathe here, hence it was considered taboo.

oheohe [ohe·ohe] vs.tall and straight, as a tree; precipitous, steep.seehau oheohe.[Pn(CE) *kofe-kofe,a tree]WIN TRE

KauaiLilikoʻiē,oheoheilunalā.The rain at Lilikoʻi, so steep and high.

oheohe adj.Half erect, not flat or horizontal, but as a steep roof of a house; kuoheohe, a kulu ole.s.The bamboo; a reed generallyseeohe.

ʻoheʻohe₁ n.tall native trees (Tetraplasandra kavaiensis and varieties), closely related to theʻohe mauka, and found on all Hawaiian Islands. AlsoReynoldsia sandwicensis (Niʻihau).(Neal 652)PLA TRE

ʻoheʻohe₂ same aspūʻoheʻohe, Job's-tears.

ʻoheʻohe₃ n.a variety of sweet potato.SWP

ʻoheokai [ʻohe-o-kai] same asʻohe kukuluaeʻo, a native tree (Reynoldsia sandwicesis)...

ʻōhepa [ʻō·hepa] {ʻō-hepa}vs.moronic.seehepa.

ʻohepiʻo n.var. spelling ofʻohe piʻo, siphon. lit., bent bamboo.AltSpel

ʻohe piʻo,ʻohepiʻo n.siphon.lit., bent bamboo.

ʻohe puhi ahi n.bamboo fire-blowing tube.

ʻohe puluka n.flute.lit., flute(Eng.) bamboo.

ʻōheu [ʻō·heu] vt.to sprout, as young seedlings or as a young man's beard; to weed fine young seedlings.

oheu v.To weed or hoe, as potatoes; to dig over a garden.v.seeheu. To come out, as the beard of a young man;oheuheu, uaoheu ae no hoi kou puukole, make kuu makua.

ʻōheuheu [ʻō·heu·heu] fuzzy.redup. ofʻōheu;

oheuheu v.seeheu. To come out, as the beard of a young man;oheuheu, uaoheu ae no hoi kou puukole, make kuu makua.

ʻōhewa [ʻō·hewa] {ʻō-hewa₁}S  vs.delirious, incoherent, as a drunkard.

hoʻōhewato bring on drunkenness; drunk, incoherent

ohewa v.O, to pierce, andhewa, wrong. To make a false stab at a person or thing.

ʻōhewahewa [ʻō·hewa·hewa] S  psychotic.redup. ofʻōhewa;[Ka lauwili ʻana o ka noʻonoʻo me ka walaʻau pū ʻana ma ke ʻano pupule.]₇ILL

hoʻōhewahewaredup. ofhoʻōhewa

ʻōhewahewakamakableary eyed, glazed eyes

ʻōhewahewaʻōpulepuledelirium tremens

ohewahewa adj.Far gone with sickness; dead drunk; dim-sighted;ohewahewa mai la na maka, the eyes do not see plainly; not able to see from intense light or other cause; liable to mistake what is seen.seehoohewahewa.

ʻohe wai n.water pipe, hose; bamboo water container.

ohi₁ nvs.
  • young animal, usually female;
  • maiden just entering womanhood;
  • youth;
  • youthful growth.
 .seepuaʻa ohi,wohi.[PPn *osi,young shoot, sucker]

ohimoapullet

pipiohiyoung cow, heifer(Isa. 7.21)

ohi adj.he puaaohi, a female hog that bears no pigs; he aliiohi, oia ke alii nana e ae ke kapa moe. NOTE.—Another native says thatohi is the appellation given to a female animal upon the first bearing of young.seeIsa. 7:21. After two or three productions she is calledkumulau.

ohi₂ vt.to peel, as bark.(rare.) 

ohi₃ n.shoots from roots, as of thewauke plant.seewohi.PLA

ʻOkahulimaikaʻi,ʻoiakawaukeipauikekuaʻiamamua,āʻokawaukeiuluaʻemahopeheʻaeia,āheohi;uauluaʻekawaukehoumakeaʻaamakaweliokawaukekahiko.The best planting slips were from the mulberry which had been cut back before; the mulberry that grew back afterward were the ʻae and the ohi shoots; the mulberry grew again from the roots and the main root of the old mulberry.

ohi₄ var. ofwohi₁, one whose parent was ofpiʻo,naha, ornīʻaupiʻo rank, and the other parent of second degree collaterality.seewohi₁.[He wohi; he kūlana aliʻi nona kekahi makua o ke kūlana piʻo, naha a nīʻaupiʻo paha a me kekahi makua aku o ke kūlana haʻahaʻa iho.]₆

ʻohi₁ nvt.
  • to gather, harvest, cull, pick, select; gathering, selection;
  • to collect, as wages or taxes;
  • to take away or usurp, as land;
  • to draft, as soldiers;
  • to buy;
  • bundle, as oftaro leaves.
 bc[Pn(NP) *kofi,gather, collect]TAR

KaʻohinaniThe beautiful gathering [said to refer to bountiful harvests]. (street name, Honolulu)

meaʻohikālācashier, money collector

nāmeaʻohigleanings

ʻOhimainohoʻiʻoIēhowaiaʻu.The Lord has taken me up.(Hal. 27 10)

Uaʻohiʻianākiaʻi.The guards were selected.

ʻohi vt.to collect, as fingerprints at the scene of a crime.cf.kāpala.seehano ʻohi.LAW

ʻohiikameheumanamanalima(mākamanamanalima,kiʻimanamanalima)to collect fingerprints

ohi v.To gather up, as things scattered; to glean.Kanl. 24:21. To collect together.Nah. 11:32.To collect, as fruit; to gather in a harvest.Oihk. 19:9, 10.To pluck, as fruit, and carry away; to collect together, as property; uaohiia ka waiwai; to collect; to sweep in, as in collecting the spoil of a conquered enemy.To carry away by force; equivalent tohao; aohe pu oloko o ka pa, ua pau i kaohiia e na kanaka mawaho, there was no gun in the fort, they were alltaken away by the people without.To choose out.Sam. 17:40.To receive; to be taken into the care or friendship of one;ohi mai o Liholiho i poe punahele nana; pau ae la ke kui i kaohiia i makau, all the nails were collected for fish-hooks.To receive, as the interest on money.To take up and protect, as an orphan.Hal. 27:10.s.A collecting, as of money or property, implying difficulty; the collecting the fruits of a harvest. 2Oihl. 31:5. The collecting, as debts.A bundle or collection of something; as, heohi wauke, heohi kalo, abundle of wauke, abundle of kalo.

ʻohi₂ vi.to gush, chatter aimlessly and ramblingly, gabble.seehāpuku₂,ʻohikui,puaʻohi,waha ʻohi.bc[Pn(CE) *kohi,chatter, talk nonsense: *koh(i,e)][Ka walaʻau wale.]₁₄

ohi adj.False; deceitful; wahaohi, a lying mouth; he wahahee.

ohi s.Forohe, bamboo.Laieik. 22. A misprint perhaps.

ohia s.A contraction forohiia. A forcing; constraining; compelling. 2Kor. 9:5;The name of a class of gods under the general name ofakuanoho.

ʻohia pas/imp. ofʻohi₁, gather, harvest...[Pn(NP) *kofi,gather, collect]MUS

ʻOhiamaiāpaupononāʻikekumuoHawaiʻi.Gather up every bit of the basic knowledge of Hawaiʻi. (chant for Kalākaua)

ʻōhiʻa₁ [ʻō·hiʻa] n.two kinds of trees.seeʻōhiʻa ʻai,ʻōhiʻa lehua.PCP *k(a,o)(f,s)ika.TRE

ohia s.Name of a species of large tree, the timber used for various purposes, but especially for making gods.see other species below.s.A deciduous fruit somewhat resembling the apple.

ʻōhiʻa₂ [ʻō·hiʻa] n.tomato.seeʻōhiʻa lomi, the common table tomato...

ʻōhiʻa₃ [ʻō·hiʻa] n.a native variety of sugar cane: deep-red and green striped cane when young, becoming bronze-red and yellow-brown on exposure (like leaves and flowers of theʻōhiʻa ʻai, the source of its name); leaves somewhat variegated.(HP 222, 225)FLO SUG

ʻōhiʻa₄ [ʻō·hiʻa] n.a variety oftaro.TAR

ʻōhiʻa₅ [ʻō·hiʻa] n.a red birthmark, said to be caused by the pregnant mother's longing for mountain apples (ʻōhiʻa ʻai) and eating them.

ʻōhiʻa₆ [ʻō·hiʻa] vs.tabooed, as food patches during famine, so-called because people did not eat from theirtaro patches, but from uplandʻōhiʻa ʻai,ti, and sweet potatoes.(Ii 77)SWP TAR

ʻŌhiʻa placename.gulch,Haʻikū qd.,Maui. Two holes in the gulch sides are said to have been made by the god Kāne who thrust in his spear to get water for himself and for Kanaloa (HM 65). Two land divisions and a gulch,Kamalō qd., southeastMolokaʻi. Ancient surfing area, westNiʻihau(Finney-Houston 30).lit.:ʻōhiʻa tree.

ʻōhiʻa ʻahihi [ʻō·hiʻaʻa·hihi] seeʻāhihi₁, a low spreading bush (Metrosideros sp.)...

ʻōhiʻa ʻai [ʻō·hiʻaʻai] n.the mountain apple (Eugenia malaccensis), a forest tree to 15 m high, found on many islands of the Pacific. It belongs to the myrtle family, has large oval leaves, tufted flowers growing from trunk and branches, and cerise, apple-like fruits. Formerly Hawaiians prepared the fruit, splitting and drying it in the sun.lit., edibleʻōhiʻa.(Neal 636)[(OC) PPn *kafika,A tree, Malay apple (Syzygium malaccensis)]PLA TRE FLO

ʻŌhiʻanohoikamalu.ʻŌhiʻa staying in the shade [of flawless beauty; this tree grows in forests].

ohiaai s.Name of the tree that bears the ohia fruit; ohia apane, the ohia with red blossoms.

ʻŌhiʻaʻai [ʻŌhiʻa-ʻai] placename.gulch,Puʻukapu andLāʻie qds.,Oʻahu.lit.: mountain apple.

ʻōhiʻa ʻai keʻokeʻo [ʻō·hiʻaʻaikeʻo·keʻo] n.a rare form ofʻōhiʻa ʻai (Eugenia malaccensis f.cericarpa) with white blossoms and white fruit.

ʻōhiʻa ʻāpane [ʻō·hiʻaʻā·pane] same asʻōhiʻa lehua except that the blossom is dark-red. Perhaps the name refers to the redness of theʻapapane, a bird.BIR

ʻōhiʻa hā [ʻō·hiʻahā] same ashā₇, a native species of Eugenia (E. sandwicensis,(Neal 635)), reported by(Thrum) askauokahiki and by(Rock) aspāʻihi (Maui).PLA

ohiaha s.Another species of the ohia tree; hiliohiaha a hooluu.

ʻōhiʻa hākea [ʻō·hiʻahā·kea] same asʻōhiʻa kea, anʻōhiʻa ʻai orʻōhiʻa lehua with white blossoms...

ʻōhiʻa hāmau [ʻō·hiʻahā·mau] same aslehua hāmau, poetic reference to thelehua tree...

ʻōhiʻa haole [ʻō·hiʻahaole] n.tomato.seeʻōhiʻa lomi, the common table tomato...

ʻōhiʻa kea [ʻō·hiʻakea] n.anʻōhiʻa ʻai orʻōhiʻa lehua with white blossoms.

ʻōhiʻa kō [ʻō·hiʻakō] n.ʻōhiʻa log dragged (kō) from the uplands to the sea to be made into a canoe.CAN

ʻōhiʻakū n.var. spelling ofʻōhiʻa kū, a native filmy fern (Mecodium recurvuum) with narrow...AltSpel FER TRE

ʻōhiʻa kū,ʻōhiʻakū n.a native filmy fern (Mecodium recurvuum) with narrow, subdivided fronds, to 30 cm long, growing on trees in damp forests.lit., standing [on]ʻōhiʻa.FER TRE

ʻōhiʻa kū ma kua [ʻō·hiʻakūmakua] same asʻōhiʻa lehua, the flower of theʻōhiʻa tree...

ʻōhiʻa Laka [ʻō·hiʻalaka] n.a legendaryʻōhiʻa tree that bore only two flowers, a red one on an eastern branch and a white one on the western branch; the wood was believed endowed withmana.TRE FLO

ʻōhiʻa lehua [ʻō·hiʻalehua] seelehua, the flower of theʻōhiʻa tree...[(OC) PPn *kafika,a tree, Malay apple (Syzygium malaccensis)]

ohialehua s.Ohia andlehua, name of a blossom of certain trees. Another species of the ohia, bearing beautiful blossoms.seelehua.

ʻōhiʻa lehua puakea [ʻō·hiʻalehuapua·kea] n.anʻōhiʻa lehua with white flowers.FLO

ʻŌhiʻalele [ʻŌhiʻa-lele] placename.areaHoʻōpūloa qd.,Hawaiʻi. Ridge,Kamalō qd.,Molokaʻi.lit.: leapingʻōhiʻa tree (a vine suspended from anʻōhiʻa tree was used as a swing).

ʻōhiʻa leo [ʻō·hiʻaleo] n.a poetic name forʻōhiʻa ʻai.lit., voiceʻōhiʻa, so called because these fruit trees were not taboo.cf.lehua hāmau.TRE

ʻōhiʻa loke [ʻō·hiʻaloke] n.the rose apple (Eugenia jambos), a tree from tropical Asia, to about 9 m high, bearing round, crisp, edible fruits 2.5 cm or more in diameter, which are yellowish and pink and have a roselike odor.lit., rose(Eng.)ʻōhiʻa.(Neal 635)PLA TRE

ʻōhiʻa lomi,ʻōhiʻalomi [ʻō·hiʻalomi] n.the common table tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var.commune), sometimes used forlomi salmon. calledʻōhiʻa onNiʻihau.(Neal 747–8)PLA

ʻōhiʻalomi var. spelling ofʻōhiʻa lomi, the common table tomato...

ʻōhiʻa ma ka nahele [ʻō·hiʻamakanahele] n.the currant tomato (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium), resembling the common table tomato but with small round red fruits only about 1.3 cm in diameter. A native of Peru, it has long been growing wild in Hawaiʻi.lit.,ʻōhiʻa in the brush.(Neal 478)PLA

ʻŌhiʻapilo [ʻŌhiʻa-pilo] placename.land section,Kaunakakai qd., southMolokaʻi.lit.: swampyʻōhiʻa tree (a mangrove swamp is nearby).

ʻohi ʻauhau to collect taxes(EH)

ʻōhiʻa ʻula [ʻō·hiʻaʻula] n.anʻōhiʻa ʻai with red fruit.

ʻōhiʻa ʻulaʻula [ʻō·hiʻaʻulaʻula] n.similar toʻōhiʻa lehua puakea but with red flowers.(For. 5:623)FLO

ohie adj.Wicked; perverse.seehie orhiehie, andohipua.

ʻohi hāpuku [ʻohihā·puku] seehāpuku₂, indiscriminately, foolishly...

ʻohihiki vt.COD, cash on delivery.lit., collect (on) arrival.

ʻohi ʻia collected(EH)

ʻohi i ka lūlū to take up a collection(EH)

ʻOhiʻikau [ʻohiʻi·kau] n.a hold inlua fighting.LUA

ʻohikālā [ʻohikā·lā] collect money

kanakaʻohikālā,cashier

meaʻohikālācashier

mīkiniʻohikālācash register.lit., machine (for) collecting money

wahineʻohikālācashier

ʻohikau [ʻohi·kau] nvi.
  • to listen in order to gossip;
  • to gossip;
  • a gossip.

ohikau v.To mistake; to make an error in speaking;ohikau wale aku no.seeohipua.s.A mistake; a blunder in speaking.

ʻohi kaulele to select at random(EH)

ʻōhiki₁ [ʻō·hiki] vt.
  • to probe, pry, pick out;
  • to prod, as the earth with a digging stick;
  • to shell, as peas;
  • to pick, as the teeth or nose;
  • to clean out, as the ears.
 [Pn(CE) *koo-fiti,Pluck out][Ka ʻeli ʻana me ka lā'au uneune a hemo mai. Hoʻoliliʻu.]₂_,₁₂

ohiki v.To shell, as one shells beans; eohiki a hoihoi aku i ka pulupulu.To put in; to cram down; eohiki iloko.To pry up, as a stone.To lance or open, as an abscess.

ʻōhiki₂ [ʻō·hiki] n.sand crab, probablyOcypode ceratophthalma andO. laevis.[Pn(CE) *koo-fiti,crab sp][Pāpaʻi ʻeli lua i loko o ke one maloʻo o kahakai. He ʻano pāpaʻi noho one.]₁₄_,₁₇CRA

luaʻōhikisand crab hole [said of a house improperly placed and open on all sides to attack, as a crab hole, by sickness or misfortune](For. 6:80)

ohiki s.Name of a species of small crab or sand spider.

ʻōhiki₃ [ʻō·hiki] n.tapa design.

ohiki s.Name of a particular manner of thatching; uaohiki ka maka i ka laau; uaohikiia ka laau i ka ai i ka wawae.

ʻŌhiki placename.land section,Kailua qd.,Hawaiʻi.seeKaiwi.lit.: sand crabor to pry.