• to grunt, groan, moan, sigh, hum, coo, • mourn, grieve, complain; • grief, sorrow; • an exclamation of delight or assent; to exclaim thus; • to grunt ‘yes, yes!’ (saying that you are listening)
ʻū
uā
var. spelling ofʻuwā, to shout, cry out, yell, sound loud, shout, racket...
ʻū
ē₁
to cry, weep, lament, mourn; a cry, lamentation, weeping.cf.auē,haʻuhaʻu uwē.
ʻū
uī₁
var. spelling ofʻuwī₁, to squeak, squeal; to gnash, as teeth; such sounds...
ʻū
ō
to bellow, roar, shout loudly, howl.seekūō,leo uwō.
per diem, i.e. a daily allowance for living expenses while traveling in connection with oneʻs work.lit., pay (for) means of support (for the) day.alsoola lā.
piece labor, pay by the job rather than according to time, as on sugar plantations; used in pidgin for any work that everyone should pitch in gladly to finish; contract labor.lit., finished pay.
to darken, to make blue, green, etc.; to make the skin black and blue; to bruiseseeuli₁, any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds; the black-and-blue of a bruise...
ʻina
uli
blackʻina, perhaps young ofEchinometra oblonga, or one of several other sea urchins.
same askonoʻele (darkness, as of a forest; said also of the inside of thighs thought to be darkened by the chafing of themalo; somewhat darker thankonouli...), but perhaps less dark.
kope paʻi mua
uli
uli
blueline, i.e. a final proof made on photosensitive paper, in offset printing.lit., blue proof.alsopaʻi mua uliuli.
kua
uli
verdant countryside.lit., green back.
kūkae
uli
ink squirted by octopus to discolor water.fig., prostitute, as in whalers' days, so called because of their alleged cleverness at escaping from precarious situations.lit., black excreta.
kūpo
uli
befuddled, stupefied, mentally clouded, dazed, carried away with emotion, stricken.cf.pouli, dark; darkness, dark night.fig., ignorance...
laʻa
uli
sacred or doomed darkness, ignorance, gloom, the unknown, misfortune.cf.laʻa kea,lāʻau aliʻi.
a legendary land of plenty and joy, said to be onHawaiʻi, where chiefs' children were raised; now a place name on several islands.lit., green cliff.see chant,pulelo and saying, glory.
• any dark color, including the deep blue of the sea, the ordinary green of vegetation, and the dark of black clouds; • the black-and-blue of a bruise. Some song composers avoid this word because connotations of evil or misfortune are associated with darkness and becauseUli is a goddess of sorcery (seeUli₂).alsouliuli.
to have an affinity for (something).[comb.hia- (to be disposed to) +ʻume.]
houpo
ʻume
pau
strong pulsation in solar plexis, heart attack.
kai
ʻume
lua
spring tide.lit., sea (affected by) doubled gravity.seekai maumau.
loko
ʻume
iki
shore fishpond with lanes leading in and/or out of the pond, used for trapping fish and probably only onMolokaʻi.lit., small pond drawing in.Summers-1964:12–19, 24
a sexual game for commoners, the counterpart ofkilu, the chiefs' game.(Malo 214-15: ch 41). It was calledʻume, to draw, because players of opposite sex were drawn to one another. to pair off in the game.
ʻume
₃
fermata in music, hold, pause; to lengthen, as a sound.