k

k-  marker of k-words (definite articles, possessives, demonstratives), with meaning singular/definite. (Gram. 10.1)   PPN *t-.

k  abbreviation for kana (ton).

K  abbreviation for koena (difference, remainder).

k  the seventh letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. Its sound varies somewhat from the English k, sound to that of the t, according as the enunciation is made at the end of the tongue or near the root. It is difficult to make Hawaiians perceive the difference between the English sounds of k and t. The natives on the Island of Hawaii generally pronounce the letter with the palate, that is, give it the k sound, while the natives of the Island of Kauai pronounce it with the end of the tongue that is, pronounce it as t.

ka₁  definite singular article replaced by ke before words beginning with a, e, o, and k, and before some words beginning with the glottal stop and p (ka ʻaka, the laugh, ke ʻala, the fragrance; ka pā, the yard, ke pā, the dish). In documents in the State Archives dating from the 1850s, ke was used also before words beginning with other letters. Ka is sometimes used before nouns that are obviously plural and instead of possessives (see ex., mae). Ka is usually translated ‘the’ except that it is not translated before English mass nouns and status titles, as ka hanohano, glory, and ke Akua, God. (Gram. 10.2)   [PPn *te, definite article singular]

ka  art. The definite article, the. Before nouns beginning with the letter k, it is changed into ke instead of ka. see ke. see Gram. § 59, 60, 61. Ka as an article often represents not only the article but the noun supposed to belong to it, or it may have mea or some other word understood (like, in another sense, the English what, as an antecedent and a relative); as, o ka aila ka (mea) iloko o kona lima, the oil the (thing) which, that which was in his hand. Oihk. 17:11. O ke koko ka (mea) i hana i kalahala, the blood the (thing) it makes atonement; that is, the thing which makes; o ka pono wale no ka i oi mamua o ka hewa, righteousness only is the thing (that which) excels wickedness. Ka also as an article stands for ka mea, and ka mea nana, the person who, or the thing which. see the following passages: John 12:2, 49; Mat. 18:23; Mar. 9:7. see also Grammar, Syntax, Rule 6, Note 3.

ka₂  the one who, the person in question (usually followed by i, completed aspect, and a verb, a shortening of ka mea). see ke₂, contraction of ka mea e, the one who will, should, or is... (Gram. 10.2)  

kā₁  nvt. to hit, strike, throw, smite, hack, thrust, toss, fling, hurl, dash, especially with a quick hard stroke; to bail water, as from a canoe; to clean, as weeds or mud from a pond; to fling the arms or swing them while walking; to make net meshes; to tie, as thatch battens; to knit; to fish with a pole; to turn the soil; to turn a rope for children to jump; to remove, as a cataract from the eye with the edge of a blade of kūkae puaʻa grass; to snare, as birds; to curse (especially if used with ʻino; cf. kāmalū); to murder; murderous; murderer, dead shot. For kā i ka waha, see waha. [(EO) PPn *taa, strike, beat, kill]FIS BIR CAN PLA LUA NET TOO

hoʻokāto dash down, shatter, break, strike

i ke kā ʻanain tying [thatch] (For. 5:650)

kā i ka hoeto pull on a paddle with all one's strength

kā i ka ʻinoto curse, do evil to

Kā i ka nele loa.To take away everything, utterly deprive, to be without.

kā kēhauto rub tape on grass or shrubbery to absorb the dew as a means of gathering moisture in arid places such as Kaʻu

kā koʻito make adzes

kā lilikoto burn, sear

kā makauto make a fishhook of bone or other material

kā make loato dash to death, hurl down, as a foe in lua fighting; to doom to death

Limu kā kanaka o Manuʻa-kepa.The man-striking moss of Manuʻa-kepa [name of a famous slippery alga growing on the beach at Hanalei, Kauaʻi].

kā-₁  inclusiveness, in the first person dual and plural pronouns kāua, kākou. PPN *ta, PNP *taa.

ka  To strike; to dash; to overthrow. Puk. 15:4. To strike, as to strike fire with flint and steel; ka ahi. see kaka. To block or split off a piece of hard stone for the purpose of making a stone adze in ancient times; o ka poe ka koi ka poe i manao nui ia; hele no ka poe ka koi e imi i na pohaku paa e pono ai ke hana i koi; ka makau, to fabricate a bone into a fish-hook. A striking against; a collision.

kā₂  nvt. canoe bailer; to bail. [PPn *tataa, canoe bailer; to bail out water from a canoe]CAN

kā-₂  non-productive caus/sim. prefix similar to hoʻo-. cf. kāhea, kāhili, kāhinu, kākoʻo, kāmaʻa, kāwili, and many others . (Gram. 6.3.1)   PPN *ta(a)-.

ka  v. To bail water, as from a canoe; e ka oe i ka liu. s. A dish to bail water with.

kā₃  n. beater, knee-drum beater made of dried ti leaves or braided fiber.

kā-₃  a prefix indicating a process. see entries below.

kā₄  n. cross-stitching.

kā₅  n.v. vine, as of sweet potato; to send out a vine, to vine, to grow into a vine. cf. hīkākā, kāhihi. SWP

Ua kā nā ʻuala a kākou.Our sweet potatoes have grown into vines.

ka  A vine, the branches of which spread and run.

kā₆  nvi. root cutting, as of breadfruit; to send forth shoots.

kā₇  n. pelvic bone. BIR

he kā manuthigh of a bird [perhaps a mistranslation; ʻūhā manu in the preceding line is mistranslated leg of a bird] (For. 4:287)

kā  aʻa kino kā. iliac vein. aʻa puʻuwai kā. iliac artery. iwi kā. hip bone, pelvis. iwi kā o luna. ilium, i.e. the upper portion of the pelvis. iwi kā o lalo. ischium, i.e. the lower portion of the pelvis. BOD

kā₈  n. incoming, of a current (au).

kā₉  n. container, hanger. cf. kā ipu, kā paka, kā ʻumeke.

kā₁₀  interj. of mild disapproval, annoyance, or surprise. Oh! So! Goodness! So that's it! Is that so! (If spoken alone it is frequently pronounced Chā! or Sah!). (Gram. 12)  

Eia aʻe nō kā!Still here!

ʻO kā mākou kā kāu mea i manaʻo ai,So ours is what you wanted. (For. 4:297)

ʻO ʻoe kā!So it's you!

ʻOia kā!Is that it!

ka  int. An exclamation of surprise, wonder, disappointment or disgust; also, similar to hark, hush; often repeated. see kahaha. in different parts of a sentence, contains something like an assertion with disapprobation; used also on the discovery of a mistake. 1 Sam. 28:12. It is used on expressing opposition of sentiment. Puk. 32:17. After a verb it implies oblique absurdity, something unaccountable. Luke 23:35. When the contrary takes place from what was expected or attempted. Isa. 14:14, 15. He kau malie ka la, o ka honua ka ke kaa nei! it is the sun is it that stands still, the earth forsooth, that rolls! Ka contains the idea of some supposed error, or something wrongly done or thought. Oih. 11:3.

kā₁₁  poss. of, belonging to (a-class), as in the possessives kā kākou, our (inclusive), kā mākou, our (exclusive); kā ka haumana puke, the student's book. (Gram. 9.6)   PNP *taʻa.

ka  prep. Having the general sense, of; belonging to; it marks the relation of possession and is used before nouns and pronouns; it is similar in meaning to the preposition a, but used in a different part of the sentence. see Grammar § 105, 4. Ka (also ko) before nouns is similar in meaning to the apostrophic s in English, and signifies the thing or the things belonging to those nouns; as, ka ke alii, belonging to the chief; ka laua, that of them two. see Grammar § 105, 4.

kā₁₂  n. czar. Eng.

kā₁₃, tā  n. tar, asphalt. Eng.

kā  n. tar. also tā. see kēpau kā.

ka  in the beginning of a speech is used to call attention;. To finish or end a thing; to rest; to escape from pursuit; to flee away; ua ka ilaila kuu po auhee;. To radiate; to go out from the center, as light from the sun; as cinders from a red hot iron; to braid or knit, as a fish net (o ka poe ka upena) from a center point;. To go out every way, as from a center. Kin. 3:24. see kaa;. To curse; to express anger at one by wishing evil from God; a low kind of swearing;. To doom; to pass sentence; ka ola, ka make, to doom to life, to doom to death (according to the pleasure of the gods.);. Hoo. To destroy; cause to perish;. To be disappointed; put to confusion; to be made ashamed;. A nolaila e aho hoi ke ka i ka nele lua. Laieik. 197;. To catch birds in a snare.

kaʻa₁  S  vi. to roll, turn, twist, wallow, wind, braid, revolve; to scud or move along, as clouds; to wield, as a club; rolling, twisting, turning, sloping. see ex. pōhaku₁. [(OC) PPn *taka, revolve, to roll, to go roundabout, wander]WIN

hoʻokaʻato cause a rolling, turning

kaʻa i ka lepoto wallow in the mud or dirt

Kaʻa ka lolo.The brain spins; dizziness; perturbation; fig., destitution, poverty.

puʻu kaʻasloping, rolling hill

kaa  v. To roll, as a wheel; e olo kaa; to travel about from place to place; often with puni. Hoo. To roll off; to remove.

kaʻa₂  n. vehicle, carriage, wagon, automobile, car, cart, coach, buggy.

nui nā kaʻamany cars, heavy traffic

uku kaʻacarfare, transportation charge

kaʻa  n. ground vehicle with wheels or runners. see entries below.

kaa  Anything that rolls or turns, as a top, a wheel of a carriage, a carriage itself, a cart, wagon or chariot. Kin. 46:5. Kaa i uhiia, a covered wagon. Nah. 7:3. A grindstone.

kaʻa₃  vi. to go past, pass by, reach; to be in a state of; to be located at; to take effect, as medicine; gone, absent, past, turned over, transferred, delivered. ILL

He mau lā e kaʻa aʻe.Several days gone by.

Kaʻa i ka lawa.It's enough, sufficient.

Kaʻa iho nō ā kaʻa iho nō i ka maʻi.Sick again and again.

Kaʻa ka pilikia mahope.The trouble is gone.

Kaʻa loa lākou i waena o ka waha o ua moʻo nei.They went straight into the middle of the mouth of this lizard. (For. 5:413)

Ua kaʻa ʻoia i ka maʻi.He is confined with illness.

kaa  To pass off or out from; to go out from the presence of one. To fall away; to leave one party to join another. 1 Oihl. 12:19. see kaana. To remove; to change one's place; to be transferred to another. Nah. 36:9. To cause to be done; to be gone; ua kaa na peelua, the worms (peeluas) are done, i. e., the time for them is past. Isa. 10:25. adv. Gone; absent; no more.

kaʻa₄  vi. to pay; paid.

hoʻokaʻato pay a debt, disburse, avenge (FS 85)

hoʻokaʻa hapapartial payment

Ua kaʻa kuʻu ʻaiʻē.My debt is paid.

kaa  To pay a debt; e emo kaa koke ae no ka aie a ke alii, very soon will be paid the debt of the chief; to postpone; to put off; to put aside. Oih. 5:34.

kaʻa₅  vi. to manage, run, be in charge of; given, as work to a person; well versed, skilled (used very broadly to indicate custom, nature, character, habit). see kaʻa hele, kaʻa kaua, kaʻa lolohi, kaʻa maʻi, kaʻa moena, kaʻa nema, kaʻa nemo. Probably PPN *taka. WIN

Ka poʻe i kaʻa aku ka mālama ʻana i nā mea ana ua.The people charged with taking care of the rain instruments.

Ua kaʻa ka hana iāʻoe.The work has passed on to you.

kaa  To operate; to take effect, as an emetic or cathartic.

kaʻa₆  n. resin. cf. hūkaʻa, lāʻau-kaʻa, kēpau kaʻa.

kaʻa₇  vt. to wipe dry with a cloth, as dishes. Kaʻū.

kaʻa₈  n. pulley.

kaʻa₉  . see hoana kaʻa, grindstone.

kaʻa₁₀  n. tale, legend (now replaced by kaʻao).

kaa  s. A tradition; a legend. see kaao.

kaʻā  nvt. thread, line, as of olonā fiber; snell of a fishline, snood; ply, twist, strand; to make thread, as of olonā. cf. kaʻā kolu, kaʻā lua. (Nak. 62)FIS

kaa  A strand of a cord; a rope; the string that fastens a fish-hook to the line.

kaa  v. To radiate. see ka 5. To go out, as rays of light from the sun; as cinders from a red hot iron; to turn every way, as bones in a socket joint. Anat. 18;. To be sick; to suffer pain in sickness; to lie or be confined with long sickness. Isa. 51:20;. To mourn, as in the loss of relatives; kaa kumakena na wahine i na kane i kela la i keia la, wives were sick with weeping for their husbands every day;. A cross; same as kea;. The branch of a vine;. A name given to all kinds of foreign timber, except oak;. A path to walk in. Hal. 6:11;. A shrub.

kaaa [ka·aa]  num. adj. The number forty. This perhaps is a mistake for kaau.

kaʻaahi  n. train, railroad, locomotive engine. lit., fire wagon.

kaʻaahi kau i ka lewaelevated train

kaʻaahi kau lewa, kaʻaahi kau i ka lewa [kaa·ahi·kau·lewa]  n. Elevated train, as the Japan monorail. lit., suspended train.

kaʻa aku  give. (EH)

kaaalaala [kaa·a·la·a·la]  adj. Hard, as the healthy body of a growing infant; a kaaalaala ke keiki e hanai i ka ai.

kaʻa ʻāpuʻu [kaa·a·puʻu]  . see kaʻa holo ʻāpuʻupuʻu.

kaʻaʻauhuki [kaa·au·huki]  n. child's wagon. lit., wagon (with) handle (for) pulling.

Kaʻaʻei  n. star name. STA

Kaʻa-ʻē-nā-aliʻi  n. a lua fighting stroke. LUA

kaaha [ka·a·ha]  s. The name of a long fish.

kāʻaha, kaʻaha  n. stick, rod, or wand with leaves and tapa at one end, held by the priest while sacrificing in the temple. TAP

kaaha [ka·a·ha]  s. A stick or rod having at one end a bunch of leaves with kapa fastened, and held by the priest while offering sacrifice on the heiau.

kāʻahaʻaha  vi. to grow thriftily, of plants. PLA

kaahaaha [ka·a·ha·a·ha]  v. To grow; to increase in size and solidity.

kaʻa hale  n. trailer, house on wheels.

kaahale [kaa·ha·le]  s. A wheel carriage with a covered top. lit. A house-cart.

kaʻa halihali [kaa·hali·hali]  n. shuttle. lit.,vehicle (for) transporting.

kaʻa hali ʻōhua [kaa·hali·o·hua]  n. passenger conveyance. lit., vehicle carrying passengers.

kaʻa hali ukana  n. freight (ukana) conveyance.

kaʻa hāpai  nv. forklift. lit. carrying car. (Ka Moʻolelo o Eddie ʻAikau, Jonathan Ibanez, One Voice Publications, 2011). (HE)

kaʻa hapaʻumi  n. horse-drawn trolley car. lit., five-cent vehicle.

kaʻa hau  n. snowmobile.

kaʻahē [kaa·hē]  vs. feeble, near death; to labor for breath. cf. -nākū.

kaahe [ka·a·he]  v. To be feeble; to be near dying; pehea o Auhea? Aole akaka ka pono—ke kaahe ae la. see ahe, a slight breathing.

kaʻahea [kaa·hea]  vi. to languish, pine. (For. 4:27)

hoʻokaʻaheato soothe

kaʻa hehi wāwae [kaa·hehi·wa·wae]  n. bicycle, tricycle. lit., vehicle press feet. see hehi, to stamp, tread, trample, pedal, step on...

kaʻahele [kaa·hele]  vi. to make a tour, travel about; a tour; in turns.

heluhelu kaʻaheleto read in turn

kahuna pule kaʻaheletraveling preacher

Ua kaʻahele au a puni ke kaona.I have gone all around the town.

kaahele [kaa·he·le]  v. Kaa and hele, to go. To travel about; to visit different parts of the country; to go here and there. Nah. 13:32. To pass over or through a country. Lunk. 11:29. To travel from place to place. Mat. 10:23.

kaʻahemo [kaa·hemo]  n. . see ʻāina kaʻahemo, ceded land...

kāʻahi  short for kaʻaahi.

kaʻahi hewa  S  vi. over the line, in volleyball. Niʻihau. also keʻehi hewa. SPO

kaʻahili [kaa·hili]  vi. to struggle; to pant, as for breath.

ua kaʻahili mauliʻawastruggling, gasping

kaʻahina [kaa·hina]  vi. to fall down and roll.

kaʻahōkai [kaa·ho·kai]  vt. to mix up, disturb. cf. hōkai.

kaʻaholo [kaa·holo]  vi. to speed ahead, run.

kaʻa holo ʻāpuʻupuʻu [kaa·holo·a·puu·puʻu]  n. any off-road vehicle, e.g., atv, dirt bike, 4x4, etc. lit., vehicle (that) travels (on) rough (terrain). also kaʻa ʻāpuʻu. cf. mokohuilahā.

kaʻa holo hau  n. sled. lit., car riding snow.

kaʻa holo mahina  n. lunar rover. lit., vehicle (for) traveling (on the) moon. STA

kaʻa holo one  n. dune buggy. lit., vehicle (for) traveling (on) sand.

kaʻa hoʻolimalima  cab, taxi. (EH)

kaʻa hoʻomoana [kaa·hoo·moana]  n. camper; camping vehicle. lit., camping car.

kaʻa hope  arrears in a payment; to pass by.

ma ka Sabati iho nei i kaʻa hope aʻeon the past Sabbath

kaʻahope [kaa·hope]  vs. elapsed, as of time. hola kaʻahope. elapsed time.

kaʻahua [kaa·hua]  n. space, as between words when typing on a computer or typewriter. kaha kaʻahua. a pound sign (#) used to indicate·that a space should be inserted, in proofreading; a superscript number written next to the symbol indicates the number of spaces if more than one (#²). pihi kaʻahua. space bar (preceded by ke). [sh. kaʻawale + huaʻōlelo.]. cf. kāwā, koana. CMP

kaʻa huila kahi  n. wheelbarrow.

kaʻa huila lua  n. any two-wheeled vehicle, as cart or buggy.

kaʻa huki  n. handcart. lit., pull vehicle.

kaʻa huki palau  n. tractor. lit., vehicle (for) pulling (a) plow. also kaʻa palau.

Kaʻahuʻula  n. a lua fighting stroke. lit., the feather cloak. also ʻAhuʻula. LUA

kāʻai₁  nvt. sash, belt, girdle of any kind; sennit casket alleged to contain the bones of Līloa and Lono-i-ka-makahiki, in Bishop Museum in 1976; protective cloth wrapped around an object; to bind, tie around, encircle, gird on; to put on, as armor or a mourning garment. Also kāʻei, kāhei. see akua kāʻai. [PPn *takai, wrap around]

Hoʻi ʻo Keawe, kū i ke kāʻai.Keawe returns, [his remains] bound in the sennit container [formerly said of newly dead]. (saying)

kaai [ka·ai]  v. To bind or tie round; to gird on, as an oriental dress; to tie on, as a fillet on the head, or a girdle around the waist. see kaei. Paai o haho aku i ke kaai. s. The girdle around the loins of the gods, put round by the chief, made of vines; e lawe ia mai no ko ke alii kane akua kaai.

kāʻai₂  vt. to dig food crops, as taro, sweet potatoes. SWP TAR

kaʻa i ka lawa  to be enough, sufficient. (EH)

kaʻaʻike [kaa·ʻike]  n. communication. lit., transferred knowledge, kaʻaʻike haʻi waha. oral communication. also kaʻaʻike waha. kaʻaʻike pānaʻi. intercommunication, two-way communication. see hoʻokaʻaʻike, kelekaʻaʻike, leakaʻaʻike. CMP

ʻAʻohe kaʻaʻike ma waena o ke kame-piula a me ka mīkini paʻi.There's no communication between the computer and the printer.

kaʻaka  n. fellow, chap, wretch, person. Slang. (Possibly Tahitian, but see mahumahu, ʻōkole kaʻaka).

-kaʻakaʻa [kaa·kaʻa]  PPN *takataka.

hoʻokaʻakaʻato cause to roll repeatedly. Also hoʻokakaʻa

kaʻakaʻa₁ [kaa·kaʻa]  vt. to open, as the eyes; open, watching. rare.  PCP *takataka.

Ē ka Haku ē, i kaʻakaʻa koʻu mau maka.Lord, that I might receive sight. (Mar. 10.51)

E noho ʻoe e kaʻakaʻa i ka hale.Stay and watch the house.

hoʻokaʻakaʻacaus/sim

kaʻakaʻa [kaa·kaʻa]  vs. open, as a frame in a computer program. mōlina kaʻakaʻa. open frame. cf. paʻa.

kaakaa [kaa·kaa]  v. Kaa, to roll. To open, as the eyes; to look upon; to have respect to; to watch over. 2 Oihl. 6:20. Hoo. To cause to open, as the eyes. Kin. 21:19.

Kaʻakaʻa₂ [kaa·kaʻa]  n. name of a star or constellation, said to be on the border of the Milky Way. (KL. line 1865) STA

kaʻakaʻa₃ [kaa·kaʻa]  rare variant of koʻa, coral head, fishing grounds. FIS

kaʻakaʻahiki [kaa·kaa·hiki]  vs. actively and gainfully employed, successful; to make progress. rare. 

kaakaahiki [kaa·kaa·hi·ki]  v. To go to a place of safety; to feel secure in a place.

kaʻakaʻalāʻau [kaa·kaa·lāʻau]  same as hiʻu wīwī, an ʻahi, a fish. FIS

kaʻakaʻalalo [kaa·kaa·lalo]  redup. of kaʻalalo. (Kep. 101)

kaʻakaʻalawa [kaa·kaa·lawa]  vs. to have enough, especially of material goods; ample.

Kaʻakaʻalawa ka papa e paʻa ai ka hale.There is ample lumber to complete the house.

kaʻakaʻalina [kaa·kaa·lina]  vs. tough, stringy, as of banana trees; viscid, gluey. BAN

kaakaalina [kaa·kaa·li·na]  adj. see lena. Tough; stringy; not soft or pulpy; applied to bananas.

kaʻakaʻana [kaa·kaʻana]  redup. of kaʻana.

kaʻakaʻawili [kaa·kaa·wili]  redup. of kaʻawili, to turn, twist, writhe as in pain...

hoʻokaʻakaʻawiliredup. of hoʻokaʻawili

Hoʻokaʻakaʻawili ihola ʻoia no kona ʻehaʻeha.He writhed much in his pain.

kaakaawili [kaa·kaa·wi·li]  v. see kaa. Hoo. To turn frequently; to writhe in agony; hookaakaawili iho la oia no kona ehaeha, he writhed much, being in great pain.

kaʻakālai [kaa·ka·lai]  n. strategy or approach, as in solving a math problem. [sh. kaʻa kaua + kālaimanaʻo.]. MTH

E koho ʻoe i ke kaʻakālai kūpono no keia polopolema.Choose the appropriate strategy for this problem.

kaʻa kalaka  truck. (EH)

kaʻa ka lolo  . see kaʻa₁, roll, turn...

kaakalolo [kaa·ka·lo·lo]  v. A kaakalolo o ko laua noho ana.

kaʻa ka pōhaku  thunder. (EH)

kaʻa kaua₁  nvi. skilled in warfare; strategist, war maneuvers, strategy.

kaakaua [kaa·kau·a]  v. Kaa, to keep off, and kaua. To prevent or keep off war. s. and adj. Name of a class of chiefs consulted by the king in times of difficulty; he alii kaakaua, he alii akamai i ke kaakaua; koho oia i kekahi poe kanaka akamai i ke kakaolelo, ame ke kaakaua, i mau hoaolelo nona; one skillful in managing war operations; o ka mea akamai i ke kaua, he kaakaua ia. Kaakaua also refers to the maneuvers of the armies in time of battle.

kaʻa kaua₂  n. war tank; war chariot. (Puk. 14.25)

kaakaua [kaa·kau·a]  s. A chariot; a war carriage. Lunk. 4:15.

kaʻa kauō, kaʻa kauwō [kaa·kau·ō]  n. trailer, tractor.

kaʻa kaupaku pelu [kaa·kau·paku·pelu]  n. convertible, i.e. a car with a top that can be lowered or removed. lit., car (with) folding roof. also kaʻa kaupoku pelu, kaʻa kaupuku pelu.

kaʻa kauwō  var. spelling of kaʻa kauō, trailer...

kaʻakepa [kaa·kepa]  nvt. diagonal, cut at an angle; to avoid, shy away from, take a short cut. see ex. keha.

No laila e kaʻakepa nei, ʻeʻena i ka pili kēpau.That's the reason for being so shy, fearful of the sticky gum. (hula song)

kaʻakepa [kaa·kepa]  vi. to warp, as in Nintendo games (not as wood). kāʻei kaʻakepa. warp zone. see pihi pīnaʻi, hoʻopiʻi kaʻakepa.

mākala kaʻakepa ʻūhā. sartorius muscle crossing the anterior portion of the upper leg.

kaʻa kewe  n. cable car.

kaʻa kinai ahi  fire engine. lit., vehicle extinguish fire.

kaʻā kolu  vs. three-stranded; threefold.

kaakolu [kaa·ko·lu]  adj. Three-fold; three-stranded, as a rope. Kekah. 4:12.

kaʻakonelo [kaa·konelo]  n. subway, the train. lit., tunnel vehicle. ala kaʻakonelo. subway, the tunnel. kahua kaʻakonelo. subway station.

kaʻakoʻo [kaa·koʻo]  S  vt. to belt.

E pono e kaʻakoʻo i ka lole ma ke kino me ke kāʻei.The garment should be belted on the body with a belt.

kaʻakua [kaa·kua]  nvi. violent dizziness; to lie down or lean back in pain, to roll over backwards. ILL

Kaʻakua ka lani, hoʻīloli ka honua.Heaven leans back in pain, earth is in travail. (chant for Ka-māmalu)

kaakua [kaa·ku·a]  s. A headache with dizziness and weakness. adv. Kukini, alaila, pili nui lakou, pili hihia, pili kaakua.

kaʻakuene [kaa·kuene]  vt. to map, as a computer keyboard. kaʻakuene papa pihi. keyboard mapping. [comb. kaʻa + kuene.]. cf. ʻōkuene. CMP

kaʻakukua [kaa·kukua]  redup. of kaʻakua.

kaʻakūmākena, kaʻakūmakena [kaa·ku·ma·kena]  nvi. period of mourning, especially wailing in grief; to mourn and wail.

kaʻakumu [kaa·kumu]  vs. dull, of tools. TOO

kaakumu [kaa·ku·mu]  adj. Dull; blunt, as a tool; not sharp; koi kaakumu, a dull koi or adze.

kaʻakupapaʻu [kaa·kupa·paʻu]  n. hearse.

kaala  n. widow, widower. (And.)

kaala [ka·a·la]  s. A widow or a widower.

Kaala [ka·a·la]  s. The name of a mountain on the Island of Oahu.

kaala [ka·a·la]  The name of a porous species of stone; he pukapuka e like me kaala. The name of some art anciently taught among the chiefs; he nui ka poe ao i ke kaka laau me ke kaala.

kaʻalā₁ [kaa·lā]  same as moʻo ʻalā, a lizard.

kaʻalā₂ [kaa·lā]  vs. blind (used with maka). rare. 

kāʻala  n. an ʻopihi, a limpet. FIS

kāʻalā  n.v. sling; to hurl stones with a sling.

He nui ka poʻe i aʻo i ke kāʻalā.Many persons learned to use a sling.

kaala [ka·a·la]  The name of an instrument used in war.

kaʻalaʻa [kaa·laʻa]  rare var. of kāʻalaʻala.

kāʻalaʻala  vs. vigorous, sturdy, healthy, as of an infant or young animal.

I ke kāʻalaʻala ʻana aʻe o ke keiki ….Upon the vigorous growth of the child …. (Nak. 6)

kaʻa lāʻau  v. to wield a war club; to send a curse by playing with seeming innocence with four or five sticks held in the hand. (Kam. 64:141)

Ka-ʻalae-nui-a-Hina  a sorcery god (Malo 82) or goddess (HM 115). lit., the great mudhen of Hina [Hina was the mother of Māui, who learned the art of fire-making from a mudhen; Emerson (Malo 103) says Hina herself was the mudhen].

kaʻalalo [kaa·lalo]  vi. to sail to leeward. fig., full of lies, underhanded, deceitful. cf. kaʻakaʻalalo. CAN

kaalalo [kaa·la·lo]  v. To talk crookedly by way of flattery; to flatter; to crouch in order to gain some point; to act meanly to secure some object.

kaʻalani [kaa·lani]  n. those about a chief; members of the royal court. WIN

Honi nā kini i ka makani Paʻalaʻa, he hanu no ke kaʻalani ē.The multitude smell the Paʻalaʻa breeze, a breath of air for those about the chief. (chant for Ka-mehameha I)

kaʻalau [kaa·lau]  same as hukilau.

kaʻa launa  . see mea kaʻa launa.

kaʻa lau niu  n. coconut-leaf thatching. CN

ʻO ka hana hoʻi a nā aliʻi wāhine ʻo ka ulana i kaʻa lau niu hale no ke aliʻi.The work the chiefesses did was to plait coconut thatching for the house of the chief.

kaʻa lawe maʻi  n. ambulance.

kaʻalehia [kaa·lehia]  n. gymnastics; gymnast. lit., skilled twisting and turning.

kaʻalele [kaa·lele]  vi. to sway, reel; to fly or soar, as birds. BIR

kaalele [kaa·le·le]  v. To make a reeling motion, as a feeble person attempting to lean on a staff; to reel.

kaʻalelewa [kaa·lelewa]  redup. and intensifier of kaʻalewa. WIN

nā ao kaʻalelewafloating clouds (1-Tes. 4.17)

kaalelewa [kaa·le·le·wa]  s. Kaa, to roll, and lewa, to swing. Clouds which are driven or float swiftly through the air. see kaa and lewa. adj. Flying; driven with the wind.

kaʻaleo [kaa·leo]  vi. to speak loudly.

kaʻalewa₁ [kaa·lewa]  vi. to revolve.

kaʻalewa₂ [kaa·lewa]  vi. to drift, sail off and on. cf. kālewa.

kaʻalia [kaa·lia]  rare pas/imp. of kaʻa₁, kaʻa₃, kaʻa₄, kaʻa₅.

hoʻokaʻaliapas/imp. of hoʻokaʻa

Hoʻokaʻalia mai ke alo o ka moku iaʻu nei.Let the front of the island be turned toward me. (Kep. 184)

kā aliʻi  n.v. ceremonial throwing of spears at a high chief returning from a voyage; he dodges or catches the spears to show his courage and skill; to hurl thus.

kaʻalilo [kaa·lilo]  n. monopoly, i.e. exclusive possession or control of a commodity or service in a market. pāʻoihana kaʻalilo. a business or company which has a monopoly. [sh. kaʻa + a + lilo.]. see pāʻoihana kaʻalilo.

kaʻa limo  n. limousine. [comb. kaʻa + Eng.].

kaʻalina [kaa·lina]  vt. to bruise; to pelt, as rain. cf. ʻālina. WIN

kaʻa lio  n. horse-drawn vehicle, wagon, carriage.

kāʻalo  vt. to pass by, go by. cf. māʻalo.

hoʻokāʻaloto pass to and fro, to cause to pass

kāʻaloʻalo  redup. of kāʻalo.

kaʻalohi [kaa·lohi]  same as kaʻalolohi.

kaʻalokuloku [kaa·loku·loku]  nvs. intrepid, fearless, as of one unafraid to brave the elements; bravery. cf. loku. (FS 239)

kaʻa lola  n. roller coaster. lit., roller vehicle.

Kaʻa-lolo  n. name of a star, said to be the tutelary star of Niʻihau. STA

kaʻalolohi [kaa·lolohi]  vs. slow-moving, slow to anger.

Kū i ka ʻena o ka lani nei aliʻi, ʻo ka lani kaʻa lolohi, kaʻa ka lani.This chief is filled with regal fury, the chief usually slow to anger, the way of a chief. (chant for Ka-mehameha I)

kaʻā lua  vs. two-ply, two-stranded.

kaʻaluna [kaa·luna]  vi. to sail or turn against the wind. fig., to dominate; overbearing. cf. kaʻalalo. CAN

kaaluna [kaa·lu·na]  v. E moe me ke kaa o ke poo i kaaluna me ka lolii ana i ke kapa a paa. see keha.

kāʻamaʻai [ka·ama·ʻai]  n. photosynthesis. [comb. kā + ʻama + ʻai (create edible light).].

kaʻamahae hunaola [kaa·mahae·huna·ola]  vi. meiosis, i.e. a cellular process resulting in the formation of gamete cells. [kaʻa + māhae + hunaola]. cf. kaʻamāhana puʻukonu.[+]ADD SCI

Pau ke kaʻamahae hunaola, loaʻa maila ʻehā hunaola nona nā awe ōewe he hapalua o ka heluna maʻamau i loko.When meiosis is complete, four cells are formed, all of which contain half of the usual amount of chromosomes.

kaʻamāhana [kaa·ma·hana]  vi. to replicate, as in any of the various phases in cell mitosis. see entries below. [kaʻa + māhana]. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana haku [kaa·ma·hana·haku]  vi. prophase, i.e. the first step in mitosis. lit., coconut-sponge replication. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana hunaola [kaa·ma·hana·huna·ola]  vi. cytokinesis. lit., cell replication. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana ilo [kaa·ma·hana·ilo]  vi. anaphase, i.e. the third step in mitosis. lit., young (coconut) shoot replication. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana kau [kaa·ma·hana·kau]  vi. interphase, i.e. a phase following mitosis where no splitting occurs. lit., replication rest. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana maka [kaa·ma·hana·maka]  vi. metaphase, i.e. the second step in mitosis. lit., beginning replication. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana pūʻali [kaa·ma·hana·pu·ʻali]  vi. telophase, i.e. the final step in mitosis. lit., grooved replication. [+]ADD SCI

kaʻamāhana puʻukonu [kaa·ma·hana·puu·konu]  vi. karyokinesis, mitosis. lit., nucleus replication. see all entries below kaʻamāhana. cf. kaʻamahae hunaola.[+]ADD SCI

kaʻa māhu  n. steam-propelled vehicle.

kaʻa maʻi  n.v. siege of sickness, a long or chronic illness; to suffer such.

Lōʻihi ke kaʻa maʻi ʻana.The siege of sickness was long.

kaʻa mākeke [kaa·ma·keke]  n. shopping cart. lit., market cart.

kaʻa malalo₁  vi. to fall in (military command), to serve others, to roll beneath.

kaʻa malalo₂  vi. to be subject to.

Kōmike e kaʻa aku malalo o ke ʻāpono ʻana ….Committee subject to approval ….

kaʻa maloʻo  vt. to wipe dry, as dishes with a cloth.

kaamaloo [kaa·ma·loo]  v. Kaa and maloo, dry. To wipe dry; to wring dry, as a cloth.

kaʻa maluna  vi. to rise in station, to come up from under; to rule others.

kaamaluna [kaa·ma·lu·na]  v. Kaa and maluna, above. To take the oversight of business; to exercise an office over others.

kaamaukoi [kaa·mau·koi]  s. A fishing pole; an angling rod.

kāʻamawāhiwai [ka·ama·wahi·wai]  n. photolysis. [comb. kā + ʻama + wāhi + wai.]. cf. kāʻamaʻai.

kaʻa mea  vi. to change, as the wind or an idea. rare. 

kaamehai [kaa·me·hai]  v. To backbite; to slander. s. Detraction; slander.

kaʻamehaʻi [kaa·mehaʻi]  var. of kāmehaʻi.

kaamehou [kaa·me·hou]  s. The tying on of a fish-hook to the string.

kaʻa mio  n. sports car. lit., streamlined car.

kaʻa moena  n.v. bedridden. rare. 

kaʻa mokokaikala  motorcycle. (EH)

kaʻamoku lana ea [kaa·moku·lana·ea]  n. hovercraft. Lit,. car/boat (that) floats on air. also kaʻamoku pai aheahe.[+]ADD

kaʻamoku pai aheahe [kaa·moku·pai·ahe·ahe]  n. hovercraft. lit., car/boat lifted up (on) air. [+]ADD

kaʻa mola, kaʻamola  vi. to turn around loosely, as a screw or peg that does not fit; loose, unsteady.

kaamola [kaa·mo·la]  v. Kaa and mola, to turn. To turn round; to be not firm; not steadfast. adj. Turning round; changing; not steadfast.

kaana [ka·a·na]  To fall away from one party to another. 1 Oihl. 12:19. see kaa.

kaʻana₁, kāʻana  vi. to divide, share, apportion.

hoʻokaʻanato divide equally among, share

kaʻana₂, kāʻana  vi. to decoy, especially to attract uhu fish with a live uhu decoy; to proselyte. FIS

Ke pōʻai haele nei ʻoukou i ke kai a me ka ʻāina, i kaʻana mai ai na ʻoukou kekahi haumana.You encompass the seas and lands to make one proselyte; lit., so one pupil is decoyed by you. (Mat. 23.15)

kaana [ka·a·na]  v. To make alike; to resemble. To bring over to one's party or purpose; to proselyte. Mat. 23:15. To make; to gain. To deceive; to entrap; to outwit. To compare, i. e., to resemble; to make like; to be mingled in with others; ua kaana ka iho (kapa) me ka hewa; ua kaana mai ka bipi hihiu maloko o ka bipi laka a laua, the wild cattle were mixed with the tame.

kaʻana₃  n. a rolling, as of stones.

kāʻanaʻana  n. constipation. cf. ʻanaʻana. rare. 

kaʻānaniʻau [kaa·naniʻau]  same as ahupuaʻa, the altar marking the land division. Oʻahu. rare. 

kaʻane  n. strangling cord.

kaʻaneʻe [kaa·neʻe.]  vt. play, as a particular maneuver in a sporting event; to execute a play. [sh. kaʻakālai + neʻe.]. SPO

Ua lapuwale kēlā kaʻaneʻe; ua lilo hoʻi ke kinipōpō i kekahi ʻaoʻao.That was a pretty dumb play; they lost the ball to the other side.

kaʻaneʻi [kaa·neʻi]  interj. of surprise or scorn.

He lio kaʻaneʻi, he pipi!So a horse, a cow! [scornful]

ʻOia kaʻaneʻi!Is that so! So that's it!

kā ʻaneʻi  poss. the local, as kā ʻaneʻi paia, the walls here (a-class; cf. kō ʻaneʻi).

kaʻa nema  same as nemanema.

kaʻa nemo, kaʻanemo  vs. smooth, rounded, as seeds. (Kep. 159)

kaʻa niau  vi. to move or walk quietly.

kaʻanīʻau [kaa·nīʻau]  vs. freed, as of a taboo.

kaaniau [ka·a·ni·au]  adj. Broken; past away, as a kapu; noa ke kapu; he kapu ka laua, noa ke kapu, the kapus of the long gods and the short gods are no more — noa.

kaʻanini [kaa·nini]  vi. to writhe, squirm, as a fidgety child or one in a tantrum; to run after in agitation; to go round and round, as a dog greeting a friend. cf. niniu, spin. [Pn(CE) *taka-aanini, be dizzy, experience vertigo]

kaanini [kaa·ni·ni]  v. To be agitated; to be in a flutter. To run in agitation, as a child wishing to go with its parent who has started before, or to be agitated as a child afraid to be washed in cold water; kaanini ke keiki i ka wai.

kaʻaniniau [kaa·nini·au]  var. of kaʻanini; See saying, wiliwai.

ua kaʻaniniau i ka waiwhirling in the water

kaanoi [kaa·no·i]  s. Desire; kuko.

kaʻanuʻa [kaa·nuʻa]  n. an elevated place; sleeping place in a grass house. PLA

kaao [ka·ao]  s. A multitude (doubtful.).

kaʻao  nvt. legend, tale, novel, romance, usually fanciful; fiction; tell a fanciful tale. [Pn(CE) *takao, speech]

hoʻokaʻaoto tell tales; story telling

kaʻao  n. a traditional tale, especially one relating to a particular culture; folktale. see entries below. also moʻokaʻao.

kaao [ka·ao]  s. A legend; a tale of ancient times. see kaa above. A traditionary story; a fable. 1 Tim. 4:7. A history in the manner of a story. 2 Oihl. 13:22. Aole i oleloia ma na kaao kahiko o ko o nei poe kanaka, it is not spoken of in the ancient legends of this people.

kāʻao₁  nvi. ripe, of pandanus fruit; ripe pandanus. cf. puhalu₁. PAN

kaao [ka·ao]  The name or the quality ascribed to the fruit of the hala tree when nearly ripe.

Kāʻao₂  n. a favorable Hālawa, Molokaʻi, wind mentioned in (For. 5:123); also associated with Hanamāʻulu, Kauaʻi (For. 5:97). WIN

kaao [ka·ao]  v. To be calm in some places while the wind blows on one side or in some parts; kaao ae la ka makani; to be smooth, as the sea in a calm, but not a dead calm; i ua po nei e kaao ana no o ianei ia makou. Laieik. 30.

kāʻaoʻao  n. name for a garden patch.

kaaoe [ka·ao·e]  s. A poor man; one destitute of property; a wanderer; a vagabond. see kaaowe. adj. Wandering; vagabond like; he hele wale, he kuewa.

kaʻa ʻōhua [kaa·o·hua]  n. vehicle carrying passengers for hire, as bus, taxi, stagecoach. cf. ʻōhua, passengers...

kaʻao kele moana  n. a traditional tale describing ocean travels, such as those of Kila, Mōʻīkeha, or Pāʻao.

kaʻaoki [kaa·oki]  vt. to finish or complete, as a canoe; to put on the last touches. cf. kāʻokoʻa, oki. CAN CN

Kaʻaoki iho ʻoe i kahi pū niu a hāʻawi mai.Finish the work on the coconut shell and give it to me.

kaaoki [kaa·o·ki]  v. To end; to cut short; to put an end to; to beautify; to finish off, as a canoe.

kaʻaʻokoʻa₁  var. of kāʻokoʻa.

hoʻokaʻaʻokoʻato separate, set apart, refrain, abstain from

Kaʻaʻokoʻa nō kona manaʻo.His thinking is independent.

ʻO ka mea hoʻokaʻaʻokoʻa i ka lāʻau hahau, ʻoia ke aloha ʻole i kāna keiki.He who spares the rod has no love for his son. (Sol. 13.24)

kaʻa ʻokoʻa  hoʻonaʻauao kaʻaʻokoʻa. alternative education, as a school program.

kaaokoa [kaa·o·ko·a]  v. Kaa and okoa. To spare; to let along; not to employ. Hoo. Same. Sol. 13:24. see kaokoa. To abstain from a person or thing. Oih. 15:20. To withdraw from. adj. Separate from; left by itself.

kaʻaʻokoʻa₂  vi. entirely paid, as a debt.

kaʻa ʻokomopila, kaʻa otomobila [kaa·oko·mopila]  n. automobile. lit., automobile (Eng.) vehicle.

kaʻao kupua  n. a traditional tale whose primary character is a demigod, such as Kamapuaʻa, Māui, Pele, or ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū. lit., demigod tale.

kaʻao meʻe  n. a traditional tale which describes the adventures of a particular character, such as Kawelo or Punia. lit., hero tale.

Kaʻaona₁ [kaa·ona]  n. name of a month. see month.

Kaaona [ka·a·o·na]  s. The name of the second month of the year.

kaʻaona₂ [kaa·ona]  nvs. red or reddish-brown, due to being smoked, especially of fish, or of the stem of sugar-cane tassel to be used in a dart. FIS

kaaona [ka·a·o·na]  A bundle of anything hung up to smoke or dry; applied to fish, sugar-cane, &c.; that which is smoked red or brown. adj. Red or reddish brown; me he pua kaaona la, like a blossom dried reddish.

kaʻaona₃ [kaa·ona]  vs. attractive, of a child (children born in the month of Kaʻaona were thought to be attractive and lovable). cf. pua kaʻaona.

Kaʻaona₄ [kaa·ona]  n. name of a star. (KL. line 1881) STA

kaʻa otomobila  var. spelling of kaʻa ʻokomopila, automobile...

kaʻaʻowē, kaʻaowē  nvi. to roll along with a rustling sound (ʻowē). fig., a person with no property or means of support.

kaaowe [ka·a·o·we]  s. see kaaoe. A person that owns no land; o ka poe aina ole, he kaaowe ia.

kaʻapā [kaa·pā]  vi. to toss from side to side, as a restless child in bed; in spasms.

Eia kuʻu hanu lā ke kaʻapā wale nei nō i ka houpo.Here is my breath, panting within the chest.

kaʻa paʻakai  to roll in salt. (EH)

kaʻa pahu  n. pushcart.

kaʻa pahu  n. pushcart.

n. boxcar, as of train.

kaʻāpahu [kaa·pahu]  vt. to cut off squarely or crosswise (kā, strike, and ʻāpahu, cut off short).

kaapahu [kaa·pa·hu]  v. To cut off; to cut in pieces. see apahu.

kaʻa paikikala [kaa·paiki·kala]  n. bicycle. lit., bicycle (Eng.) vehicle.

kaʻa paʻi ulele  n. side out, in volleyball. lit., transferred service. also kaʻa, hāʻawi i ke kinipōpō i kekahi ʻaoʻao. SPO

Kaʻa koke ke paʻi ulele iā lākou.They are good at siding out.

kaʻa palaoa  same as kāwili palaoa, flour mill; to grind flour.

kaapalaoa [kaa·pa·la·oa]  s. A modern word. Kaa, wheel, and palaoa, flour. A flour mill; a grinding of flour. A thrashing instrument. Isa. 41:15. v. To grind; to make flour. Iob. 31:10.

kaʻa palau  . see kaʻa huki palau.

kaʻa pau ahi, kaʻa pauahi  n. fire engine. also kaʻa wai.

kaʻapē [kaa·pē]  vs. servile, humble, fawning, cringing.

kāʻape  vs. headstrong, willful, obstinate (perhaps related to the ʻape plant which holds its leaves upright). PLA

kaape [kaa·pe]  adj. Disobedient to orders.

kāʻapeʻape₁  same as ʻāhina kuahiwi, a fern. FER

kāʻapeʻape₂  n. a seaweed. SWD

kāʻapeʻape₃  n. same as kaʻapeʻapehā.

kaʻapeʻapehā [kaa·pea·pehā]  n. a deep-sea fish said to resemble the moano. [(FJ) PPn *takape, a fish (Lutjanus sp.)]FIS

kaʻapeha₁ [kaa·peha]  nvs. large mass of clouds; impressively big, large, even corpulent in a distinguished manner; influential and important. WIN

kaʻapeha [kaa·peha]  n. Ke Kuaʻau Kaʻapeha. Great Barrier Reef. [+]ADD G

kaapeha [kaa·pe·ha]  The name of a large sized person—also of great influence.

kaʻapeha₂ [kaa·peha]  vi. to spread wings or tail feathers. (For. 6:381)

kaʻapeha₃ [kaa·peha]  vt. to fold over, as a bundle. (For. 6:381)

kaʻapehā [kaa·pehā]  n. castor bean, more commonly known as kolī or pāʻaila. PLA

kaapeha [kaa·pe·ha]  s. A name given to the oil plant on Hawaii.

kaapeka [kaa·pe·ka]  s. A person of a large size; a large bodied person, like a chief.

kaʻapēpē [kaa·pe·pē]  n. baby carriage.

kaʻapiʻo [kaa·piʻo]  n. hack (carriage). lit., bent vehicle, so called because of the top.

kaʻapola [kaa·pola]  n. taboo night in the ruling chief's heiau during October.

kaʻa pōniuniu [kaa·po·niu·niu]  S  n. ferris wheel. also huila pōniuniu.

kaʻapuni₁ [kaa·puni]  nvt. to make a tour, go around, surround, encircle, rotate, revolve, travel; circuit. [Pn(CE) *taka-puni, go around, surround *taka-p(i,u)ni]

ʻAha kaʻapuni.Circuit court.

kekimala kaʻapunicirculating decimal

Ua hele māua i ke kaʻapuni honua.We went on a tour around the world.

kaapuni [kaa·pu·ni]  v. Kaa and puni, around. To go or roll around; to go round from place to place; to circumambulate; in law, he lunakanawai kaapuni, a circuit judge. adj. Going or traveling about, or from place to place.

kaʻapuni₂ [kaa·puni]  nvt. the hula step now called "around the island": the dancer pivots on the ball of one foot in a complete circle; the other foot takes four or more steps to complete the circuit; to do this step. HUL

kaʻapuni₃ [kaa·puni]  n. revolution, revolving.

kaʻau₁  num. forty. see pākaʻau. PPN *tekau. MTH

kaau [ka·au]  num. adj. The number forty; applied in counting fish; kaau ia.

Kaʻau₂  n. a fine rain in Kohala, Hawaiʻi. WIN

-kāʻau 

hoʻokāʻauwitty, clever, funny, entertaining, humorous; to pass the time pleasantly; entertaining time

hoʻokāʻau ʻanatime spent pleasantly

kāʻauʻaupuʻu [kaauau·puʻu]  n. hard, mottled stone, as used for ʻulu maika stones. rare. STO

kaauaupuu [ka·au·au·puu]  s. Name of a species of soft porous stone.

kaʻa uila  n. streetcar, electric bus, electric vehicle. see uila, lightning, electricity... TRE

kaʻa ukana  n. truck, baggage car, baggage or freight vehicle. see ukana, baggage, luggage, freight, cargo, supplies...

Ka-ʻauwae-lewa [kaau·wae-lewa]  n. a lua fighting stroke. lit., the floating chin. also ʻAuwae-lewa. LUA

kāʻawa  n. large bowl in which kava was mixed and strained (short for kānoa ʻawa). KAV

kaawa [ka·a·wa]  s. A large dish or hollow place worn by water in a rock.

kaʻa wai  n. vehicle carrying water, fire engine.

kaawale [kaa·wa·le]  To start in surprise; to be frightened.

kaʻawale [kaa·wale]  nvt. separate, free, different, apart, spare, alone, unoccupied, empty; to separate, isolate or reserve, withdraw; free time, opportunity; to take interval (military command); distance separating places or objects.

ʻAʻohe kaʻawale o kēia keiki i ka makua kāne.This boy is the exact image of his father [nothing independent or different].

ʻAʻohe wahi kaʻawale o kēia pahu.There's no room left in this box.

ʻEono mile ke kaʻawale.Six miles away.

hoʻokaʻawaleto separate, distinguish (1-Nal. 3.9); to cause a division; to keep a distance or distinction; to establish as a separate entity; to set aside, appropriate, sort, segregate, reserve, discriminate, differentiate

hoʻokaʻawale i ka puʻu kālāto appropriate a sum of money

kahi kaʻawale, wahi kaʻawaleempty space or place, secluded or isolated place, aside

Kū kaʻawale.To stand apart, entirely different; independent.

maʻi hoʻokaʻawaleleprosy

manawa kaʻawalespare or free time

Mawaena o lāua, ʻewalu anana ke kaʻawale.Eight fathoms distance between the two. (FS 145)

kaʻa wale  vi. to turn or roll freely, independently, or without control. PPN *taka wale.

kaʻawale 

paikū kaʻawaleisolationism

paimana kaʻawalefederalism, i.e. the principle of division of power between the state and national governments.

pūhui naikokene kaʻawalefree nitrogen compund

kaawale [kaa·wa·le]  v. Kaa and wale, only. To separate, as persons or things; to separate, as friends. To separate, as two things that adhere; to open. Hoo. To separate one thing from another; to divide between; to create a vacancy. s. A separation; a space between two or more things; an empty space. adj. Separate from; free; empty, as space; empty, as a house; state of being unchanged; convenient; fit; wa kaawale, spare time.

kāʻawe  nvt. to tie anything tightly around the neck, to choke, strangle, hang; necktie. SUG

Kāʻawe ʻāʻī.Name of the manulele sugar cane when prayed over in hana aloha, love-making sorcery, to induce an absent person to fall in love; cf. manu lele.

Ua kāʻawe ʻoia a make.He hanged himself until dead.

kāʻawe [ka·ʻawe]  n. strap. kāʻawe kalipa. slipper strap. [mān]. see lole wāwae kāʻawe, palaʻili kāʻawe, paleʻili kāʻawe. SUG

kaawe [ka·a·we]  v. To tie any flexible thing tightly around the throat; to choke by tying the throat. To suspend; to hang up; generally by the neck; to strangle with a cord. Ios. 10:26. Kaawe ia ia iho a make, to commit suicide. Mat. 27:5. NOTE.—Kaawe rather applies to suicide; li, to a public execution by hanging. s. A suspension; a strangling, i. e., death. Iob. 7:15. A neckhandkerchief; a cravat; o ke kaawe kekahi mea e nani ai ka a-i kanaka, the cravat is what adorns the neck of a man.

kāʻaweʻawe  redup. of kāʻawe; choking, strangling sensation. ILL

kaaweawe [ka·a·we·a·we]  s. Oppression of the chest; sickness of the stomach; a disease of the neck and chest.

Kaawela [kaa·we·la]  s. The name of one of the planets, Venus, the evening star.

Ka-ʻā-wela  n. name of a planet, probably Venus or Jupiter. (Probably the same as Hōkūloa (Kep. 82), Hōkū-ao and Ka-lani-ʻōpuʻu). (KL. line 1851)

Kaʻāwela [kaa·wela]  n. Jupiter.

kaʻawelekā [kaa·wele·kā]  vi. to repeat, do over and over.

Ke kaʻawelekā nei nō ia mea kahiko i loko o mākou.This old thing is still being mulled over within us.

kaawili [kaa·wi·li]  A school of fish; kaawili iheihe, kaawili auau, kaawili pukiki.

kaʻawili [kaa·wili]  vt. to turn, twist, writhe as in pain; to knead, as bread (Ier. 7.18) . (ʻŌpelu fish that form a vertical wall as they swim, flapping to maintain this unusual position, are said to kaʻawili). cf. pākaʻawili. [Pn(CE) *taka-wiri, turn, twist]FIS

hoʻokaʻawilito cause pain (Ier. 4.19); to torture; to cause to twist or writhe; to fondle or pet in ardent love-making

Kaʻawili [kaa·wili]  n. Mintaka, a star. [mān: ha]. STA

kaawili [kaa·wi·li]  v. Kaa and wili, to twist. To writhe; to writhe in pain. To mix together, as different ingredients; mea kaawili laau, an apothecary. Puk. 37:29. To knead, as bread. Ier. 7:18. Hoo. To torture; to cause to writhe in pain; to give pain to. Ier. 4:19. To tear; to rage, as a foul spirit. Mar. 1:26. s. A pain; a torture; a writhing pain. A mixture of things.

kaʻawili lāʻau₁ [kaa·wili·lāʻau]  n. lathe.

kaʻawili lāʻau₂ [kaa·wili·lāʻau]  n. perfumer (RSV), apothecary (KJV). More commonly kāwili lāʻau. (Puk. 37.29)

kaʻawiliwili [kaa·wili·wili]  . see makani kaʻawiliwili.

kaba [ka·ba]  s. Heb. A cab, a Hebrew dry measure, nearly three pints. 2 Nal. 6:25.

Kada  n. Chad; Chadian. Eng. G

kadinela  var. spelling of kakinela, Cardinal...

kado  var. spelling of kako₂, a liquid measure...

kae [ka·e]  To kill; to take away. Hoo. To blot out; to destroy; to kill instantly; to smite. 1 Oihl. 13:10. To make desolate. Oihk. 26:31. To try a kalo patch, to know if it is ripe enough to eat; e kae i ka loi. A name of an office in the king's train.

kae₁  n. refuse or rubbish, waste, excrement (cf. kūkae); refuse from fibers, as of olonā;. raw bast and refuse of the wauke plant after soaking. [(AN) PPn *taʻe, excrement]PLA

kae₂  vi. treated with contempt, scorn.

hoʻokaeto despise, detest, treat with contempt of scorn; destroy, devastate(Oihk. 26.31); to refrain from doing, as due to horror

hoʻokae ʻilirace prejudice

hoʻokae ʻinoto abhor

ke kae ʻia o ka inoacontempt shown the name

kae  v. To spurn; to turn a deaf ear; to refuse to listen; to answer foolishly. s. Contempt; a refusal to hear advice.

kaʻe₁  n. brink, border, margin, rim, brim, fringe, curb, bank, edge; toothless gums;. projecting brow of a hill. cf. kaʻekaʻe, hakakaʻe. [PPn *take, base, origin, source]

he kaʻe wale nōonly gums and no teeth

kaʻe  n. edge, as of a three-dimensional geometric figure. see kaʻe pololei.

kae  s. The brink, border or edge of a thing; the exterior of the anus; the side. as of a precipice, wood, lake, &c. Puk. 25:25. The brim of a vessel or container. 1 Nal. 7:23. The inner bark, as of wauke; kae wauke. v. To have a border or brim. Hoo. To hold on the brink or border; to protect.

kaʻe₂  idiom following ʻaʻole and possessive o. For a similar idiom, see kana₂, extremely, beyond compare...

ʻaʻole a kaʻe maiwithout limit

kaʻe₃  vi. to sulk, fuss; sullen, cross.

kaʻe₄  vi. to smudge, dab, besmear.

Hōkaʻe aʻela kuʻu pepa i ka ʻīnika.My paper is smeared by ink.

hōkaʻe, hoʻokaʻeto daub, smudge, soil, smear. cf. haukaʻe

kae [ka·e]  v. To rub out, as a mark; to blot out; to erase.

kaea  n. tire. also kaea paikikala. bicycle tire. also taea. Eng.

kaea₁  n. cessation or lack of appetite or desire. FOO

ʻAʻole kahe mai ʻo ka waimaka, ʻo ke kaea pū wale aʻela nō ia.The tears do not flow, the desire was just gone. (Laie 523)

kaea [ka·ea]  v. To have no appetite; to lose the appetite for food. see kanea and kuanea. To be indolent; to be lazy. s. The loss of appetite; no relish for food; o ke kaea pu wale no ia. Laieik. 142. adj. Having no appetite. see manawahua.

kaea₂  vi. tired. Eng.

kaʻeʻa  same as kāʻeʻaʻeʻa.

kāʻeʻaʻeʻa  n. expert, hero, fighter.

He kāʻeʻaʻeʻa pulu ʻole nō ka heʻe nalu.An expert on the surfboard does not get wet.

kaee [ka·e·e]  v. To dry up, as water in the sun or by heat. see kae, to rub out. He wahi wai, aole i kaee i ka la.

kaʻeʻe  vi. hard, stiff, not soft or or pliable; dried up withered as by heat; evaporated.

He wahi wai ʻaʻohe i kaʻeʻe i ka lā.A little water not evaporated by the sun.

kaee [ka·ee]  adj. Hard or stiff, as new kapa.

kāʻeʻe₁  n. a sea bean (Mucuna gigantea), native from southeast Asia, east into Polynesia, a high-growing vine, bearing greenish flowers and large pods, each pod containing two to four round and flattened seeds, black-spotted or brown. In Hawaiʻi, the seeds, known as pēkaʻa, are found on the beaches, and are used medicinally for their strong purgative effect and are also strung for leis. (Neal 462)PLA FLO

kaee [ka·e·e]  s. The name of a fruit which resembles a bean, used as a cathartic.

kāʻeʻe₂  n. hand net hanging on an ellipsoidal wooden frame with one end pointed, used for ʻōhua and other inshore fish; to use this net or a skirt of a dress in this type of fishing; to strain, as through a strainer. [Pn(CE) *taakeke, type of net]FIS NET

kāʻēʻē  vs. same as aʻa₂; joyful, glad, hospitable, friendly.

kaee [ka·e·e]  Joy; gladness, as at the arrival of a friend.

kaeee [ka·e·e·e]  adj. Stiff; ragged. see kaee above. Kaeee kela, i ka onohi o kuu maka.

kāʻeʻeʻe  var. of kāʻēʻē₁.

kāʻēʻēʻe  redup. of kāʻēʻē; very joyful, glad, etc.

kaeele [ka·e·e·le]  s. The body of a canoe.

Kaʻeʻele  rare var. of Kaʻele₂, a wind. WIN

kaeelo [ka·e·e·lo]  s. The name of a kind of food, perhaps of Borabora origin.

kaeepaoo [ka·ee·pa·o·o]  s. Name of a species of fish net.

Ka-ʻēheu [kae·heu]  n. a lua fighting stroke. lit., the wing. (Also ʻĒheu.). LUA

kāehu [ka·ehu]  rare var. of kaiehu.

kāehuehu [ka·ehu·ehu]  vt. to dust, i.e. brush or apply lightly a thin coat, such as sulphur to a plant. [comb. kā- + ʻehuehu.].

kāʻei  var. of kāʻai; belt, sash; zone; ring for bobbin winder of sewing machine. Kāʻei kapu o Līloa, a sacred cordon, baldric, or sash, the highest symbol of authority, on display in 1976 at the Bishop Museum. It is made of a net of olonā fibre with red ʻiʻiwi feathers on the sides and a lei of ʻōʻō feathers on the borders. The end, hanging in front of the body, is ornamented with human and fish teeth. The other end was brought over the shoulders and passed twice around the waist. According to tradition it was made by Līloa for his son ʻUmi in the late 15th century. A copy, without the teeth, is on the statue of Ka-mehameha in front of Aliʻi-o-lani Palace, Honolulu. FIS NET

kāʻei [ka·ʻei]  n. zone. kāʻei hola. time zone, as Pacific or Rocky Mountain. kāʻei māwae. rift zone. palapala kāʻei meakanu. vegetation zonation sheet. see kaʻakepa, pale kāʻei, and entries below. .

kaei [ka·ei]  v. To gird on; to bind on, as a belt around the body; e apo ma ka opu. To put on, as armor; to gird on, as an official or extra garment. 1 Sam. 2:18. To put on, as a mourning dress or a loose garment. Kin. 37:34. s. A belt; a girdle; a sash. Puk. 28:4. Ke apo ma ka opu.

kaei [ka·ei]  In geography and astronomy, a zone of the earth or heavens; na hoku o ke kaei, the planets. 2 Nal. 23:5.

kāʻei ʻāʻī [ka·ei·a·ʻī]  n. scarf. lit., neck sash.

kāʻei alo [ka·ei·alo]  n. foreground, as in a photo, movie, or video scene. lit., front zone. cf. kāʻei kua.

Kāʻei-anu  n. Arctic Circle. G

kāʻei hōkūnaʻi [ka·ei·ho·ku·naʻi]  n. asteroid belt. STA

kāʻei iki [ka·ei·iki]  n. subzone. lit., small zone.

ʻO kahi o ka ʻoʻoleʻa loa o ka mālama ʻia, ʻo ia ke kāʻei iki mālama.The preservation subzone within the conservation district is the most restrictive.

kāʻei kanu kope [ka·ei·kanu·kope]  n. coffee-growing belt. lit., coffee-planting zone. [+]ADD PLA

kāʻei kapu [ka·ei·kapu]  n. domain, as on the internet. lit., forbidden zone. CMP

kāʻei kau lā [ka·ei·kau·lā]  n. solar constant. lit., zone (where) sun shines. STA

kāʻei kiʻi kālai [ka·ei·kii·ka·lai]  n. frieze. lit., sash of carved images.

kāʻei kopikala [ka·ei·kopi·kala]  n. the tropics. lit., tropical zone. see kāʻei kuʻina kopikala.

kāʻei kua [ka·ei·kua]  n. background, as in a photo, movie, or video scene, or on a computer screen. lit., back zone. cf. kāʻei alo. CMP

E holo ana kekahi polokalamu ma ke kāʻei kua.The other program is running in the background.

kāʻei kuʻina kopikala [ka·ei·kuina·kopi·kala]  n. intertropical convergent zone (ITCZ). lit., tropical junction zone. abb. KKK..

kāʻei manehu uila [ka·ei·manehu·uila]  n. electrical force field. lit., electrical force zone.

kāʻei pāpale [kaei·pa·pale]  n. hatband.

kāʻei pāpūhea [ka·ei·pa·pu·hea]  n. doldrums, an area near the equator where calm ocean and atmospheric conditions prevail. lit., dead-calm zone. [+]ADD GEO

kāʻei poʻo  n. diadem, turban. CLO

kaeipoo [ka·ei·poo]  s. A turban; a diadem. Iob. 29:13.

kāʻekā  vi. entangled, confused, twisted; to interweave.

hihi kāʻekāobscure confusion, tangle

Wili kāʻekā ke aho.The line is tangled.

kaeka [ka·e·ka]  v. To be entangled, as a rope or string; e hihia, e lauwili. adv. Rolled and twisted up; entangled; e wili kaeka.

kaekae₁ [kae·kae]  vs. smooth, polished, perfect, as a new canoe without knots or knobs; young, attractive, plump, desirable, as of a woman; tasty, mellow, soft, as of sweet potatoes; to rub smooth, polish, finish. cf. mōkaekae. SWP CAN

Kaekae ka ʻumeke.The wooden bowl is smoothly polished.

Kaekae ke olonā.The olonā fibers are perfectly cleaned.

kaekae [kae·kae]  v. To be smooth and plump; without protuberances. adj. Young, fresh and smooth, as an unmarried woman who is much desired; hence, applied to a small woman. Applied to a canoe, new; smooth; without knots, &c.; he waa kaekae; also, i mai no ia, he kihei pili nau, he kaekae ka olupi. adj. Soft; mellow; soft, as a cooked potato. Light in traveling. s. see kae. The narrow edge of a rule. adv. see kae, border. Having many edges; by borders; on the borders.

Kaekae₂ [kae·kae]  n. name of a star. STA

kaʻekaʻe₁ [kae·kaʻe]  same as kaʻe₁, brink, border, edge...

kaʻekaʻe₂ [kae·kaʻe]  redup. of kaʻe₄, to smudge, dab, besmear.

hōkaʻekaʻe, hoʻokaʻekaʻeredup. of hoʻokaʻe

Mai hoʻokaʻekaʻe wale ʻoe i ka paia.Don't stain the wall.

kaekaea [kae·kaea]  rare pas/imp. of kaekae₁.

kāʻeke  same as kāʻekeʻeke, bamboo pipes; drum. MUS

kaeke [ka·e·ke]  v. To beat the drum. see hooekeeke. s. Drum beating; the skill of drumming; he poe akamai i ke kaeke. Laieik. 112.

kāʻekeʻeke  nvt. bamboo pipes, varying in length from .3 to about 1 m; usually with one end open. A player held one vertically in each hand tapping down on a mat or on the ground. The tone varied according, to the size of the tube. Several musicians might play at once. (UL 143–4), (Roberts 53) Barrèrre suggests (Barrère-1980:11) that kāʻekeʻeke as the name for bamboo pipes seems to have originated with Emerson. She quotes Andrews (who refers to (Laie)) as saying the name applied to coconut-tree drums. It is also used as a verb. Also ʻohe kāʻekeʻeke or pahūpahū. CN TRE MUS

kaekeeke [ka·e·ke·e·ke]  v. To beat or play the drum, as in ancient times; e pai pahu, e hookanikani. s. A kind of drum made of the cocoanut tree. The art of drumming; oia ka wa i laha mai ai ke kaekeeke.

Kāʻekeʻekeloi  var. spelling of Kāʻekeloi, name of a rain at Makiki...

Kāʻekeloi, Kāʻekeʻekeloi [kaeke·loi·kaekeeke·loi]  same as Kāʻeleloli, name of a rain at Makiki, Oʻahu.

kaekene [kae·kene]  n. sewage sludge. (Niʻihau). [sh. kae + kukene]. see kāemikala, to treat chemically, as sewage...

kaekene makaraw sewage

kāʻeko  vs. peeved, offended.

kaela  rare var. of kaola, beam, bar, rail...

kaela [ka·e·la]  s. A beam, brace or cross-piece. see kaola.

kaela [ka·e·la]  adj. Half full; partly filled; unfinished. see kaelewaa.

kaʻele₁  nvs. empty and hollow, as of a bowl, poi board, drum, canoe hull; hull; inside bottom as of a calabash or poi board. also ʻele. [(FJ) PPn *takele, base, bottom (of canoe), keel]CAN WIN POI

iwi kaʻelekeel

kaʻele papadug-in poi board

Mehe kaʻele papa lā Hilo, i lalo ka noho, kāʻele wale Hilo i ke ālai ʻia e ka ua.Like a poi board Hilo, dwelling below, darkened Hilo by the blocking rain. (UL 60)

kaʻele  vs. empty, as a bowl. usu. hakahaka. CAN WIN POI

kaele [ka·e·le]  v. To be partially filled, as a calabash with fish or food, leaving some empty space at the top.

Kaʻele₂  n. name of a wind of Ka-lele-waʻa, Molokaʻi. (For. 5:101) WIN

kāʻele₁  vs. darkened; cf. ʻele, black. see ex. kaʻele₁.

kāʻele [ka·ʻelo]  vs. bold, on a computer or in typesetting; boldface. see hoʻokāʻele.

kāʻele₂  vs. numerous.

Kāʻele hoʻi kānaka o kēlā wahi!So many people in that place!

kaele [ka·e·le]  v. To increase in number; to be a great number; kaele ua make, kaele ua ia, kaele ua kanaka.

kāʻele₃  vs. slow, delaying.

Kāʻele nohoʻi kō ʻoukou hele ʻana mai.How slowly you came.

kāʻele₄  n. a seaweed. SWD

Ka-ʻelele-o-ka-wanaʻao  n. star name, probably the same as Hōkū-loa, Venus. lit., the messenger of the dawn. (Kep. 82)STA

kāʻeleloi [kaele·loi]  n. roll, ruffle, as of a drum. MUS

kaeleloi [ka·e·le·loi]  s. The sound of the drum in ancient times; the roll of the drum; kaekeeke.

Kāʻele-loli  n. name of a rain at Makiki, Oʻahu. WIN

kaelewaa [ka·e·le·waa]  s. An unfinished boat or canoe. see kaela. He waa i kapili ole ia i ka laau. The bottom of a canoe.

kaʻelo  n. ciguatera, i.e. poisoning caused by eating fish with accumulated toxic substance in its flesh. Tah. taʻero. ILL FIS

ʻO ke kaʻelo, he ʻano maʻi ia i hiki ke loaʻa ma ka ʻai ʻana i kekahi iʻa i loaʻa i kēia ʻano maʻi.Ciguatera is a kind of sickness one can get by eating fish contaminated with this kind of sickness.

Kāʻelo₁  n. name of a wet month. cf. ʻelo, saturated. [Pn(NP) *taakelo, name of a month; a star name]

ʻO Kāʻelo ka malama, kāpule ke kōleaKāʻelo is the month, the plovers are fat. (saying)

Kaelo [ka·e·lo]  s. The name of that month of the year nearly corresponding with our January.

Kāʻelo₂  n. name of a star, possibly Betelgeuse. [Pn(NP) *taakelo, name of a month; a star name]STA

kāemikala [ka·emi·kala]  vt. to treat chemically, as sewage. [sh. kā- + emi + kemikala.]. see kaekene, sewage sludge...

ke kaekene i kāemikala ʻiatreated sewage

kaena  vt. to boast, brag, glorify, praise; boastful, conceited, proud. cf. akena, boast, brag...

No koʻu ʻike i ka maikaʻi, koʻu mea nō, ia i ʻōlelo kaena ai.As for my knowledge of beauty, that's something I brag about. (saying)

kaena [ka·e·na]  v. To boast; to glory; to brag. 1 Oihl. 16:10. To make pretenses; to boast of what one has done. 2 Oihl. 28:19. To be self-conceited; auhea la ka mea nui i kaene ai oukou ia oukou iho? where is the great thing for which you boast yourselves? see kaeena. s. High mindedness; pride; self-exaltation. adj. Excelling; going before; self-opinionated. adj. With certainty; surely; without error, &c.; no ko'u ike i ka maikai, ko'u mea no ia i olelo kaena ai, from my knowledge of beauty, I can speak with confidence.

kaena [ka·e·na]  s. A room in a house. Mar. 14:15. A cabin in a ship; a drawer of a bureau; a closet of a room. see keena.

kaenakoi [ka·e·na·koi]  s. A low blackguard word; e hele oe a i kaenakoi.

kaʻeo  vs. resentful, peeved, indignant, angry.

kaeo [ka·e·o]  s. Anger or excitement against what is wrong; anger at sin. see keeo.

kāʻeo₁  vs. full, as a food calabash. fig., full of knowledge. see ex. ʻumeke.

kaeo [ka·e·o]  adj. Full, as a calabash with food; he aloha i ka ipu kaeo.

kāʻeo₂  vs. strong, zealous.

kāʻeo₃  n. hair gathered in a topknot on the head, as by priests in ceremonies. (For. 6:401)

kāʻeoʻeo  Redup. of kaʻeo, and kāʻeo.

kaʻe ʻoi  sharp-edged. (EH)

kaʻeo lau  n. a variety of taro. TAR

kaʻeo nui  n. a variety of taro. TAR

kaʻe paʻa  n. selvage of cloth. lit., solid edge.

kaʻe pololei [kae·polo·lei]  S  n. straightedge.

kaeueu [ka·eu·eu]  v. To be the largest, as of two ropes or pieces of wood joined together; to be big; to excel.

kāʻeuʻeu  vs. helpful, cooperative; joyous, active larger, bigger. cf. ʻeu.

hoʻokāʻeuʻeu, hōkāʻeuʻeuto encourage and bestir to action

kaeueu [ka·eu·eu]  s. Joy; delight; gratification; excitement. see eueu.

kaʻeumu [kae·umu]  n. a variety of sweet potato. SWP

kaha₁  nvt. to scratch, mark, check, draw, sketch, cut, cut open or slice lengthwise, as fish or animals; to operate, as on the sick; to give a grade or mark to; to engrave; a line in mathematics; punctuation or other mark, as an accent mark; stripe, as in the flag or of enlisted men in the Armed Forces; a grade, as in school; checkmark, long striped cloth. see kaha kiʻi, kaha palapalaʻāina. [(EO) PPn *tafa, cut lengthwise, slice, incise]FIS MTH

He aha koʻu kaha?What was my grade?

he hana kaha eadeprivation of livelihood; lit., life-cutting activity

hoʻokahacaus/sim

kaha  n. line. ʻāpana kaha. line segment. helu kaha. to tally. see huina kaha and entries below and. also kaha laina. FIS MTH

kaha [ka·ha]  v. To scratch; to make marks; to write; to make marks indefinitely. To cut; to hew, as timber. To cut open, as a fish or animal; to rip open, as the belly of a person. Amos 1:13. s. A scratch; a mark; a letter. In mathematics, a line.

kaha₂  loc.n. place (often followed by a qualifier, as kahakai, kahaone, kahawai, and used without ke, as hele i kahakai, go to the beach); in legends, a hot dry shore. (PH 74, 84); (FS 173). (Gram. 8.6)   [PPn *tafa, side]

ʻO kēia ka mea ulu o koʻu kaha.This is what grows on my place.

kaha [ka·ha]  A strip of barren land on the sea shore; hence,. Barren land anywhere where upland kalo will not grow, but the people depend on another place. The channel of a small stream. see kahawai and kahakai.

kaha₃  vi. to swoop, as a kite; to be poised, soar, as a bird (less used than kīkaha); to go by, pass by, to turn and go on; to surf, body surf. (FS 153) [Pn(CC) *tafa, soar]BIR

hoʻokahacaus/sim

Kaha ka lā ma ke kua o Lehua.The sun passes to the back of Lehua [Island]. (UL 238)

kaha  vi. to drive, in basketball. kīloi kaha. lead pass; to throw such a pass. BIR

Ua kaha palamimo ʻo Ioredāne ma waena o nā kūpale ʻehā.Jordan slyly cut right through the four defenders.

kaha [ka·ha]  To turn about and go away; to go off; to set out to go. Laieik. 67. v. To stand sideways; to stand up on the edge like the comb of a cock; to tread water; to swim standing up. Laieik. 92.

kaha₄  vt. to desolate, plunder, cheat. cf. pākaha.

hoʻokahacaus/sim. to extort

Ua kaha akula ka nalu o kuʻu ʻāina.The waves of my land have swept everything away [said of famine].

kaha [ka·ha]  Hoo. To seize; to take with one's knowledge, but without his consent; to rob; to take what is another's. see hookaha, an extortion. see makaha. To land or be thrown on the shore from the surf without a surf-board. fig. To press the land on the back, as when one lands on shore in the surf; e kaha i ka nalu; hence the proverbial expression, ua kaha aku la ka nalu o kuu aina, means (lit. The surf has pressed upon my land) to have a famine for land, i. e., to press, to squeeze the people for food. Robbery; plunder; rapine; oppression.

kaha₅  n. stage of a foetus in which limbs begin to develop. also mana. BOD

kaha₆  vs. proud, haughty. See hoʻokahakaha. rare. 

kaha₇  n. a kind of tapa. (Kam. 76:111)TAP

kaha [ka·ha]  s. A kind of paper or cloth.

kāhā [ka·hā]  vs. large, fat, plump, as of a well-fed dog. rare. 

kaha [ka·ha]  v. To be fat; to be plump; to be full, as a well-fed animal. Kin.41:2. s. Largeness; fatness; plumpness; aohe io o ke kaha.

kaha [ka·ha]  The crack of a whip; the report of a pistol.

kaha aka·pili  n. mirror site, a type of web site. [kaha + aka + pili]. [+]ADD CMP

hoʻokumu i kaha akapilito mirror, i.e. create or run a mirror site

kaha akua₁  n. a track of a god.

kaha akua₂  n. abode of gods or spirits.

kaha ana  n. benchmark, in math. lit., mark (for) measuring. MTH

kaha anaalike [kaha·ana·alike]  n. directrix, as a line which divides a parabola into two equal areas, in math. lit., line (which) measures until the same. see kaha kau. MTH

kahaapo [kaha·apo]  n. circumference, parentheses, brackets. lit., mark embrace. LNG

kahaapo [kaha·apo]  n. parenthesis. kahaapo wehe. open parenthesis. kahaapo pani. close parenthesis. see kahaapo kihikihi. LNG

kahaapo [ka·ha·a·po]  s. Kaha, marks, and apo, hoop. lit. An embracing mark. The circumference; he umi kapuai ke kahaapo o kekahi, ten feet is the circumference of some. In grammer, brackets[ ].

kahaapo kihikihi [kaha·apo·kihi·kihi]  n. bracket, in punctuation. lit., angular parenthesis. kahaapo kihikihi wehe. open bracket. kahaapo kihikihi pani. close bracket.

kaha ea  . see kaha₁, scratch, mark, check, draw...

kahaea [ka·ha·e·a]  s. The name of a disease, the thrush; the scald head; then goes over the body and is called kahaea.

Kahaea [ka·ha·e·a]  The name of a god.

kahaʻea  n. cumulus clouds, often colored, thought to be a sign of rain. cf. ao, ʻōpua. WIN

Kau kahaʻea i ka hana waele; palepale nā ʻauwai o lalo.The cumulus clouds appear during the task of weeding; clean the water-courses down below.

kahaea [ka·ha·e·a]  v. see omaomao. To extend over the heavens as a cloud, variegated, black, white, blue, &c.; ua kahaea luna, ua hoopona i ka maka o ka opua. Ua omaomao ka lani, ua kahaea luna,. Ua pipi ka maka o na hoku. s. A singular appearance of the sky in the morning; a sign of rain; he kahaea ia, he aouli ua ia.

kahaʻeaʻea  redup. of kahaʻea. WIN

I ke kau kahaʻeaʻea a ke aloha.The cumulus clouds of love are set.

kaha ʻeka  poor soil. (EH)

kaha emi  n. minus sign.

kahaha₁  n. young growth stage of the fish ʻamaʻama, about a hand's length. also pahaha. FIS

kahaha₂  same as aukaha, desolate.

kāhāhā [ka·ha·hā]  n., vi. interj. of suprise, wonder, displeasure; to wonder, be surprised, astonished, amazed, puzzled; surprise, astonishment.

hoʻokāhāhāsurprising, astonishing; to cause astonishment

kāhāhā i ka ʻinoshocked, aghast, horrified

kū i ke kāhāhā nuimost astonishing (Kel. 104)

kahahānai [kaha·ha·nai]  n. radius of a circle.

kahaha [ka·ha·ha]  int. An expression of wonder, surprise or displeasure. NOTE. — Hawaiians in the use of this word express a great variety of shades of meaning, according to the pronunciation, tone of voice, &c. v. To wonder or be surprised at a thing; to be astonished at the sight of a thing or at an idea expressed by one; to marvel; to hiss at; to treat with contempt; to be in doubt or perplexity of what one sees or hears and knows not how to account for; to think a thing strange. 1 Pet. 4:4. NOTE. — This word is used with manao or naau to express wonder. s. Kaha and hanai, the name of the strings that surround a calabash; hence, in geometry, the radius of a circle. Anahon. 23.

kahahaia [ka·ha·ha·ia]  s. A wonder; an object of wonder or astonishment to the beholder, as something unaccountable. Kanl. 28:3.

kahahānai₁ [kaha·ha·nai]  n. radius of a circle. MTH

kahahānai₂ [kaha·ha·nai]  n. strings securing upper part of the net surrounding a calabash (kōkō). NET

kahahiō [kaha·hiō]  n. multiplication sign, crisscross mark; slanting lines.

kaha hiō  n. slash, in printing (/). lit., mark (that) leans up. also kaha hiō piʻi. kaha hiō iho. backslash (\).

kaha hoʻokaʻahua [kaha·hoo·kaa·hua]  n. a 'straight' z-shaped line written to indicate where two words written as one should be separated, in proofreading. also kaha hoʻokōā. [comb. kaha + hoʻo- + kaʻahua.]. cf. kaha kaʻahua.

kaha hoʻokaulihi [kaha·hoo·kau·lihi]  n. two vertical lines written to the left of lines of print to indicate that the left margin should be justified, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) justifying.

kaha hoʻokōā [kaha·hoo·ko·ā]  n. a 'straight' z-shaped line written to indicate where two words written as one should be separated, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) separating by a space. also kaha hoʻokaʻahua. cf. kaha kaʻahua.

kaha hoʻokomo [kaha·hoo·komo]  n. caret (^,ˇ), a mark used to show where something is to be inserted, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) inserting. cf. lina hoʻokomo.

kaha hoʻokuʻi [kaha·hoo·kuʻi]  n. a curved line (or lines) linking two letters or words to indicate that the letters or words should be joined, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) connecting.

kaha hoʻolālani [kaha·hoo·la·lani]  n. horizontal lines written above and below a word or words to indicate that they should be written or printed straight, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) placing in rows.

kaha hoʻolawe [kaha·hoo·lawe]  n. minus sign.

kaha hoʻolawe [kaha·hoo·lawe]  n. minus sign. cf. kaha ʻiʻo ʻole.

kaha hoʻomaʻaka [kaha·hoo·maʻaka]  n. three lines drawn under a letter to indicate that the letter is to be capitalized, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) capitalizing. cf. kaha hoʻonaʻinaʻi.

kaha hoʻonaʻinaʻi [kaha·hoo·nai·naʻi]  n. a line drawn diagonally through a capital letter to indicate that the letter is not to be capitalized, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) writing in lower case. cf. kaha hoʻomaʻaka.

kaha hoʻoneʻe [kaha·hoo·neʻe]  n. a circle around a word or words with an arrow going from the words to the place where they are to be moved, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) moving.

kaha hoʻonui [kaha·hoo·nui]  n. multiplication sign. MTH

kaha hoʻonui [kaha·hoo·nui]  n. multiplication sign. MTH

kaha hopu  n. a line written from the end of one paragraph to the beginning of the next paragraph to indicate that the two paragraphs should be combined, in proofreading. lit., mark (for) grasping.

kahahui [kaha·hui]  n. bracket combining two items, as male and female voices in music; tenor clef; plus sign in arithmetic. lit., joining mark. MUS MTH

kaha hui  n. plus sign. MUS MTH

kahahui [ka·ha·hui]  s. Kaha, a mark, and hui, to unite. In music, a brace.

kaha huina  n. intersecting line.

Kahaʻi  n. a culture hero. PNP *Tafaki.

kāhai [ka·hai]  var. of kāʻai, sash, belt...