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N  the tenth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. It represents the same liquid in Hawaiian as in most European languages. It is often commuted for l (see the letter L); as, nanai, lanai; nanahu, lanahu, &c.

n-₁ [n·-]  initial in no, na, noʻu, naʻu, nou, nāu, nona, nāna with meanings 'for', 'by', 'of'. (Gram. 9.11)   PCP *n-.

n-₂ [n·-]  initial of words for soft sounds and movements. cf. nākuʻi, to rumble; nakulu, to patter; naue, to vibrate; nē, to murmur; nehe, to rustle; nei, to rumble; nēnē, to chip; nenene, to flutter; nū, to roar. cf. Rennellese ng-. PPN *ng-.

na  R  prep. by, for, belonging to (a-form; see no). (Gram. 9.11)   PCP *na(a).

Aloha ʻolua na Ka-wai.Greetings to you both from Ka-wai [close of a letter].

he puke na Puaa book for Pua; a book by Pua [ambiguous]

Na wai ʻoe?Who was your parent? (Lit., by who you?). (FS 117)

na-, nā-  R   prefixes indicating a quality or state. . see nāhili, naholo, nakele, nākiʻi, nakulu, and others . (Gram. 6.3.2)   PPN *nga(a)-.

na  simp. prep Of; for; belonging to. Placed before nouns or pronouns, it conveys the idea of possession, property or duty. It has the relation to no that a has to o, or ka to ko. Gram. § 69, 1, 2, 3.

-na₁  R   common nominalizing suffix, sometimes with shortening of a long vowel in the base. . see haʻi, haʻina, hāpai, hapaina, kālai, kalaina, ʻohi, ʻohina, piʻi, piʻina, and others. . (Gram. 6.6.2)   [(OC) PPn *-ŋa, gerundive suffix]

-na₂  R   rare pas/imp.; suffix. . see ʻaina, haʻina, kiʻina. (Gram. 6.6.3)   PPN *-na.

-na₃  R   his, her (in poss. kāna, kona). (Gram. 8.2)   [PPn *-na, third person singular possessive marker]

nā-  R  var. spelling of na-, prefixes indicating a quality or state...

nā₁  R  vs. calmed, quieted, pacified, assuaged, soothed; settled, as a claim. [PPn *naʻa, become quiet (of a crying child); pacified]

E hoʻi, ē Pele, i ke kuahiwi, ua nā kō lili, kō inaina.Return, O Pele, to the mountain; your jealousy, your rage are pacified. (chant)

hoʻonāto relieve pain, soothe, comfort, quiet, appease, lull, placate, make calm, pacify, console, find solace; to end, as a taboo; to settle a claim

hoʻonā waleto attempt to pacify without effect; to try vainly to assuage, allay pain, grief

Komikina Hoʻonā ʻĀina.Land commissioners who settle land claims.

Poʻe hoʻona kuleana ʻāina.Board of commissioners to quiet land titles.

na  v. To be quiet; to be pacified, as a child; ua na ke keiki, the child is quiet; to be comforted, as one in affliction. Ier. 31:15. To enjoy respite from pain; a pau kana heluhelu ana, noho iho la ia e na aku i ka mea manao ole. Hoo. The same; also, in a legal sense, to settle difficulties; to decide between different claimants; as, e hoona kumu kuleana aina, to settle land claims. adj. Quiet; pacified, as an aggrieved child; calmed; quieted, as one's passions.

nā₂  R  vi. to moan, groan, wail. [(EO) PPn *ŋaa, breathe, pant]

nā ka ihuto snore with prolonged sounds

na  To gasp or half breathe, as a dying person.

nā₃  R   plural definite article. (Gram. 10.2)   [PPn *ŋaa, plural marker preposed to definite or specific nouns]

nā lanithe chiefs

na  art. standing before nouns, represents the plural number; as, ke alii, the chief; na alii, chiefs or the chiefs. Na often answers the double purpose of a plural article (that is, a plural for all the other articles which are singular), and the sign of the plural number of the noun. As an article, it is both definite and indefinite. Gram. § 67; also, § 83. 86 and 87.

nā₄  R  demonstrative part. indicating the addressee, sometimes said disrespectfully and translated 'you'. . cf. kēnā. (Gram. 8.3.2)   [(EO) PPn *na, there (near addressee): *na(a)]

Ē nā keiki lapuwale.O you worthless children.

na  A particle somewhat frequent, adding strength to an expression either positive or negative; aole na he wahine e, o ka moopuna na a Waka, she is not certainly any other woman, she is certainly the grandchild of Waka. Laieik. 128;.

naʻa  R  vs. firmly seated.

Aia ā kīkoʻo no nā wāwae ma ʻō ā maʻaneʻi, ā laila naʻa.If the feet are stretched here and there, then [one is] firmly seated.

nāʻā  R  vs. covered with ashes, as a fire. rare. 

Nā Aliʻi  Kings (Bibl.). (EH)

Nā aliʻi o ka hale ʻa haʻōlelo  House of Nobles. (EH)

nāʻana [na·ʻana]  n. review, checkpoint. sh. nānā + ʻana.

naʻanaʻa₁ [naa·naʻa]  R  vs. potbellied, protruding.

hoʻonaʻa-naʻato protrude

I Pōkiʻi ke kiʻi, hoʻokīkiʻi ke kiʻi, hoʻonaʻanaʻa ke kiʻi.The image is at Pōkiʻi, the image leans back, the image protrudes its belly. (chant)

naanaa [naa·naa]  Round and hard, as pills, or as goat's dung; poepoe me he lepo kao la.

naʻanaʻa₂ [naa·naʻa]  R  vs. confused, bewildered. . cf. pōna ʻanaʻa.

naanaa [naa·naa]  s. A sour disposition; unsociability; ignorance. adj. Unsocial; crabbed; sour; unlovely in temper and life.

naʻanaʻau [naa·naʻau]  R  n. small intestine. BOD

naanaau [naa·na·au]  s. The stomach; the small intestines; the receptacle of food-after it is eaten; kahi e waiho ai ka ai maloko o ke kino.

Nā-ānuenue-ʻewalu [naa·nue·nue-ʻewalu]  R  n. stroke in lua fighting. lit., the eight rainbows. WIN LUA

naʻau  R  n. intestines, bowels, guts; mind, heart, affections; of the heart or mind; mood, temper, feelings. fig., child. cf. naʻau aliʻi, naʻau ʻino, naʻaupō. [PPn *ŋaakau, intestines]BOD

helu naʻaumental counting (name of an arithmetic book)

hoʻopaʻanaʻauto memorize

naʻau pōkoleshort-tempered; lit., short intestine

pōkole ka naʻaushort-tempered, cross

naʻau  helu naʻau . mental math. also makemakika naʻau. pōʻai naʻau. affective domain, as relating to the learning process. BOD

naau [na·au]  s. The small intestines of men or animals, which the Hawaiians suppose to be the seat of thought, of intellect and the affections. The internal parts, i. e., the inwards of animals. Oihk. 1:13. The bowels. 2 Oihl. 21:15. Alua ano o na naau, o ka mea nui ame ka mea liilii, the intestines are of two kinds, the large and the small. Anat. 51. Hence,. The affections; the mind; the moral nature; the heart; the seat of the moral powers. Mat. 22:37. Synonymous in many cases with uhane. the soul. NOTE.—The naau of animals were formerly used by Hawaiians as strings for various purposes; ka naau i mea aha moa, the intestines for strings to tie fowls. see the compounds of naau below.

Naʻau-ake-ʻai-haku  R  n. name of a star. lit., heart eager to rule as a lord. STA

naʻau aliʻi  R  nvs. kind, thoughtful, forgiving, loving, possessed of aloha, beneficent, benevolent, loving heart.

naʻau aloha  R  nvs. filled with aloha, beneficent, benevolent (similar to meanings of aloha).

naʻauao [naau·ao]  R  nvs. learned, enlightened, intelligent, wise; learning, knowledge, wisdom, science. lit., daylight mind.

Hoʻomana Naʻauao.Christian Science.

hoʻonaʻauaoto educate, instruct; educational, instructive, civilized

ka naʻauao loa ʻanathe instruction, education

Kuʻu home hoʻonaʻauao.My home of learning.

naʻauao ʻike muaforesight

Ua hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ʻoia.He was educated.

naauao [na·au·ao]  s. Naau, the mind, and ao, instructed. An enlightened mind. Instruction; knowledge; learning; wisdom. Kanl. 4:6. He ike, he noonoo, he noiau. adj. Naau and ao, to teach. Wise; knowing; learned; enlightened; having the skill or art of thinking and planning well. v. see the noun. To be learned; to be wise; to be intelligent, &c. Hoo. To enlighten, as the mind; to instruct; to be instructed. To instruct, i. e., to convince; to be advised; to be warned. Hal. 2:10. To attend to that which is right; to give heed to truth and duty.

naauau  R   remission of a taboo. (And.)

naauau [na·au·au]  s. A remission of the strictness of a kapu; used in the phrase kau naauau; the suspension of a kapu so far that the people might eat certain kinds of food, thatch houses, &c.

naʻauʻau  R   same as naʻauʻauā.

naʻauʻauā, naʻauauā  R  nvi. intense grief; anguish so great that it may lead to suicide; to mourn, grieve.

Naʻauʻauā hele.To wander about in grief.

naauaua, naauauwa [na·au·au·a·na·au·au·wa]  v. Naau and aua, selfish desire. To kill one's self; to commit suicide on account of the death of a friend, or from the feeling that nothing remained worth living for. s. The desire to commit suicide on account of the death of a friend; self murder through grief or disappointment; nui na hewa o ka wa kahiko, o ka naauaua, many were the sins of ancient times, suicide.

naauauwa [na·au·au·wa]  To mourn for the loss of a friend; to grieve. To be weak; to be bent over, as one in sadness. Anguish; sympathy with one; sorrow for the loss of one dear. Strong desire for the good of one. Depression of spirits; grief. Real sorrow of heart.

naʻau ʻawaʻawa  sour disposition. (EH)

naʻau hoʻokiʻekiʻe [naau·hoo·kie·kiʻe]  R  nvs. conceited, proud, willful; proud heart.

naʻau hoʻomaikaʻi  grateful heart,. (EH)

naʻau ʻino  evil-hearted, malevolent. (EH)

naʻau ʻinoʻino  R  nvs. malicious, malevolent; evil or nasty heart, misanthrope. . also naʻau ʻino.

naʻaukake₁ [naau·kake]  R  n. sausage, wiener. lit., sausage (Eng.) intestines. FOO

naaukake [na·au·ka·ke]  s. A sausage.

naʻaukake₂ [naau·kake]  R  n. same as uahi-a-Pele₁, a variety of sugar cane. SUG

naʻaukake ʻAmelika [naau·kake·ame·lika]  n. hot dog. lit., American sausage. FOO

naʻau kaumahaʻole  lighthearted. (EH)

naʻau keʻemoa [naau·kee·moa]  R  vs. evil-hearted. evil-hearted.

naaukeemoa [na·au·kee·mo·a]  s. Naau and kee, crooked, and moa, cooked, i. e., hardened in any shape. An evil disposition; perverseness; a general disposition to wickedness. see opukeemoa.

naʻau kōkua ʻole [naau·ko·kua·ʻole]  R  vs. uncooperative, unaccommodating.

naʻau kopekope [naau·kope·kope]  R  nvs. of hateful or nasty nature, spiteful, surly, malevolent; sour or surly disposition, misanthrope.

naaukopekope [na·au·ko·pe·ko·pe]  s. Naau and kopekope, morose. Perverseness; a bad disposition; surliness. see naaukeemoa.

naʻau kūhili [naau·ku·hili]  R  vs. blundering, careless, thoughtless.

naaukuhili [na·au·ku·hi·li]  s. Naau and kuhili, blundering. Carelessness; indifference; a disposition to carelessness; inattention.

naʻau lauwili [naau·lau·wili]  R  n. name of an introduced flower (no data). FLO

naʻau lua  R  vs. doubtful, two-minded, undecided, indecisive.

naʻaumoa [naau·moa]  R  n. appendix. lit., chicken intestines.

ʻOki ʻia ka naʻaumoa.The appendix was removed.

naʻau moekolohe  whorish heart,. (EH)

naʻau palupalu [naau·palu·palu]  R  vs. soft- or tender-hearted.

naʻau pē  modest. (EH)

naʻau pēpē [naau·pe·pē]  R  nvi. modest heart; to have such; unpretentious.

naʻaupō [naau·pō]  R  nvs. ignorant, unenlightened, uncivilized, benighted; ignorance, ignoramus. lit., night mind. cf. naʻauao.

holo naʻaupōrun pellmell, wildly

hoʻonaʻaupōto cause or feign ignorance; ignorant

inu naʻaupōto drink foolishly and to excess

Naʻaupōʻoukou i nā kūpuna o kākou.You are ignorant about our ancestors. (1-Kor. 101)

naaupo [na·au·po]  s. Naau and po, night. Ignorance; darkness of mind; without intelligence or instruction; a cloudy mind; awkwardness. adj. Dark-hearted; ignorant; unenlightened; dark-minded. v. To be dark-hearted; to be ignorant; to be awkward; to be brutish. Hoo. To be willingly ignorant; to remain ignorant while possessing the means of knowledge.

naʻau pōkole [naau·po·kole]  R   . see pōkole.

naʻau pono  R  nvs. upright, just; right-minded; upright heart.

naaupono [na·au·po·no]  v. Naau and pono, right. To be upright; to be just. Hoo. To be staid in mind; to be fixed; to be sober. Tit. 2:6.

Nā Aupuni Huiʻia  League of Nations. (EH)

naʻauwili [naau·wili]  R   same as naʻaumoa, appendix... BOD

nae₁  R  nvi. shortness of breath; to pant or puff for breath, as a result of overexercise or asthma. [PPn *ŋahe-ŋahe, out of breath, exhausted]ILL

E noho iki iho a kuʻu ka nae.Stay a bit until the puffing for breath is over. [i.e., rest a bit]

hoʻonaeto cause shortness of breath

Ke nae iki nei nō.Some breath remains. [as of a dying person]

nae  v. To breathe hard; to pant, as one laboring or exercising severely. To pant for breath, as one with the phthisic. s. A sickness which occasions hard breathing. The blowing of one's breath when fatigued on stopping to rest. fig. Applied to the strong affections of the heart. Laicik. 142. The phthisic. see naenae.

nae₂  R  nvs. fragrant, sweet-smelling; fragrance. FER

He ʻala ka nae o ka palai.The perfume of the palai fern is sweet. (song)

nae₃  R  n. fishing net with small meshes; net structure to which feathers were attached for feather capes. . also naepuni, puni, ʻupena ʻōhua palemo. FIS NET

nae  The name of a species of fish net with small meshes.

nae₄  R   to give or parcel out equally, as food. (And.) FOO

nae  To give liberally; to distribute; to be liberal, as a landlord to his people. see nai below.

naʻe₁  R  loc.n. easterly, windward (used in some localities only, as on Molokaʻi). see aʻe₂, ₄. [Pn(CE) *ŋake, east]

Mai naʻe a lalofrom east to west (For. 5:665)

naʻe₂  R  conj. but, yet, furthermore, still, nevertheless. (Gram. 11.1)  

nae  adv. An elegant expletive, but difficult to define. Truly; indeed; but; however, &c. A mild but is perhaps the best definition, though it does not express strong opposition like the English but. Aohe alii au, he kanaka nae, I am not a chief, but I am a man.

nae  The upper regions of the air in distinction from the lower; ua lohe o uka a me kai, a me nae a me lalo. The place whence the wind comes; a ihea o mea? Aia ma nae.

naeʻāʻīkū [naeai·kū]  R  n. croup. lit., gasping croup. ILL

naeele [nae·e·le]  adj. Open; loose; full of holes, as open sleazy cloth; perhaps better spelled naele, the same as the following.

nāeheehe [na·eheehe]  R  vs. soft, thin.

nā-ʻehu  the late. (EH)

nā-ʻehu i make aku nei  the late. (EH)

naeiki [nae·i·ki]  adj. Nae and iki, little. Breathing a little, i. e., almost exhausted; near dead. Nearly out of patience or courage.

nae kuku  R  n. bag nets of fine-meshed nae (netting) consisting of rectangular pieces joined together; a stick (kuku) was used at each end of the foot or lower rope. NET

naele₁  R  n. rock crevice, as in the sea; full of holes, chinks.

Ka ula noho i ka naele.The lobster living in the crevices. (FS 49)

naele [na·e·le]  adj. Full of holes, cracks or chinks. v. To scatter, as men who do not abide by their work; to be distributed by littles; to be dissipated or scattered.

naele₂  R  vs. stretched out of shape; yielding, soft, miry, spongy; misshapen; swamp, mire, bog; to stretch. [PPn *ŋahele, soft]PLA

hoʻonaelecaus/sim.; to soften, as earth for planting

nāele  n. bog, with no trees and soft ground. . see ālialia, ʻolokele. PLA

naele [na·e·le]  s. Mire; deep mud. see nakele, boggy, and naka. To get into a slough or into the mud; to sink down. fig. To get into difficulty; aia ka kakou e malama ai, o naele auanei kakou, it is for us to take heed, lest we get into the mud, i. e., into difficulty; o naele auanei kakou, a pahemo, a haule ilalo.

nāʻele  R   same as nāʻeleʻele₁, weeds...

naeleele  R   redup. of naele, crevice (And.)

nāʻeleʻele₁  R   var. of nāhelehele, weeds...

nāʻeleʻele [na·ele·ʻele]  n. weed. Maui.

nāʻeleʻele₂  R  vs. rotten, as timber. rare. 

naelele [na·e·le·le]  adj. Full of holes, cracks or chinks. Rotten, as timber. Moist; damp; applied to that kind of soil which retains moisture and is always rich and good.

naelona [nae·lona]  n. nylon. Eng.

naemai [nae·mai]  s. Hard breathing; wheezing mixed with cough.

naenae [nae·nae]  R   redup. of nae₁, shortness of breath... PEP *ngaengae. ILL

Ua naenae koʻu naʻau.My heart pants. (Hal. 38.10)

naenae [nae·nae]  v. see nae. To breathe like one out of breath by hard exercise; to be out of breath; to pant for breath; to sigh. Hal. 38:10. s. Difficult breathing; the phthisic; the asthma.

naenae [nae·nae]  An offering made to the gods to appease their anger; a sacrifice. see kanaenae.

naʻenaʻe₁ [nae·naʻe]  R  n. all species of native genus in the daisy family (Dubautia), which are shrubs or small trees with narrow leaves and small yellow, orange, purple, or white flower heads borne in large cone-shaped clusters. also hanupaoa, hina-ʻai-ka-malama, neʻineʻi. (Neal 845)PLA TRE FLO

naenae [nae·nae]  s. The name of a shrub bearing sweet flowers.

naʻenaʻe₂ [nae·naʻe]  R  vs. fragrant, as the naʻenaʻe bloom. (But cf. nae, fragrant.).

naenae [nae·nae]  adj. Sweet-scented, as some herbs; he aku pua naenae o Waialoha.

naʻenaʻe₃ [nae·naʻe]  R  n. design on outer sheet of a sleeping tapa. TAP

naʻenaʻe₄ [nae·naʻe]  R  n. fish of surgeon family (Acanthurus olivaceus). FIS

naenae [nae·nae]  The name of a species of fish; he mahamea.

naʻenaʻe₅ [nae·naʻe]  R  vs. quick, alert.

naenaele [nae·naele]  R   redup. of naele₂.

naʻenaʻe pua kea [nae·nae·pua·kea]  R  n. a kind of naʻenaʻe (Dubautia paleata), from Kauaʻi, with large round flower heads, each head with 25 or more light yellow becoming purplish florets. lit., white-flowered naʻenaʻe. FLO

naʻenaʻe pua melemele [nae·nae·pua·mele·mele]  R  n. a kind of naʻenaʻe (Dubautia laxa). lit., yellow-flowered naʻenaʻe. FLO

naʻenaʻe ʻula [nae·nae·ʻula]  R  n. a kind of naʻenaʻe (Dubautia raillardioides) from Kauaʻi, with white to purplish flowers. lit., red naʻenaʻe. FLO

naeʻoaikū [naeoai·kū]  R  n. severe asthma. ILL

naeoaiku [nae·o·a·i·ku]  s. Nae, hard breathing, a-i, the neck, and ku, to stand. A disease where hard breathing causes one to stretch out the neck; a disease of the throat; the croup. NOTE.—The first orthography is the correct one.

naeʻōpuakau [naeo·pua·kau]  R  n. a disease, accompanied by shortness of breath (nae). cf. waiʻōpua.

naeʻowaikū [naeowai·kū]  R   var. spelling of nae ʻoaikū, severe asthma... ILL

naeowaiku [nae·o·wai·ku]  s. Nae, hard breathing, a-i, the neck, and ku, to stand. A disease where hard breathing causes one to stretch out the neck; a disease of the throat; the croup. NOTE.—The first orthography is the correct one.

naepuni [nae·puni]  R   same as nae₃.

nae waikū [nae·wai·kū]  R   same as nae ʻoaikū, asthma...

naha₁  R  vs. bent, curved, bowlegged. [(FJ) PPn *nasa, ??]

naha₂  R  nvi. union of a chief with his half-sister; their offspring was entitled to the kapu noho; to take part in such a marriage. (Malo 55), (Kam. 64:9–10, 22) Later naha was changed to mean what (Malo) calls hoʻi.

naha [na·ha]  To operate, as an emetic or cathartic.

nahā₁  R  vs. cracked, broken, as a dish; smashed to bits, as masonry; to act as a purgative; to split; loss of virginity. see ex., koʻokā. [Pn(EP) *ŋa-faʻa, burst, break, split open]

ʻaila nahā, ʻaila hoʻonahācastor oil

hoʻonahāto smash, shatter, crack, split; to take a purgative

lāʻau nahāpurgative (FS 129)

umauma nahāhunger (FS 195)

naha [na·ha]  v. To split, crack or open, as the ground. Nah. 16:31. To break up or break open, as a house. To be split, cracked or broken, as a dish or any kind of crockery, glass, boards, slates, &c. Puk. 32:19. To crack or break, as mason work. 1 Nal. 13:3. To break or burst open. To break in pieces. Nonoi ae la ka lani iluna. Naha mai la Kulanihakoi,. Kulukulu ka ua. Kapakapa e Kane,. Akahi akua i nana—. Ke haupu wale nei ka lani Kau o Hiiaka. Wahi ka lani, uli ka lani eleele,. Ka lau ka hoalii,. Ka pohaku koii ka hooilo,. Naha mai Kulanihakoi,. Ke haaloloku nei ka ua,. Ke neinei ke olai. adj. Bent; broken; separated; scattered. Pierced; opened.

nahā₂  R  vi. to blot out from sight.

Holo akula lākou ā nahā nā moku o Hawaiʻi nei, ā nalowale ka ʻāina.They sailed on until the islands of Hawaiʻi here were blotted out of sight and the land disappeared. (For. 4:161)

nahae₁  R  vt. torn, rent; tear; to rip or tear (said figuratively of emotions). see hae₃. [Pn(NP) *ŋa-sae, torn, rent]

nahae [na·hae]  v. see hae, to tear in pieces. To rend; to tear; to burst. To break, as the heart with sadness. Ier. 23:9. To rend, as a garment. 1 Sam. 15:27. To tear away; to separate, as a people. 2 Nal. 17:21. Fracta pudenda sicut virginis coitio prima. s. A rent; a torn place; mea nahaeia, that which is torn. Oihk. 22:8. A piece broken off. adj. Rent; torn; broken off.

nahae₂  R  vs. branching out, as a family.

He nahae aliʻi kēia.This is a royal branch.

nāhaehae [na·hae·hae]  R   redup. of nahae, torn, rent PCP *ngasaesae.

nāhaehae ʻana o ka ʻuhanevexation of spirit (Isa. 65.14)

nahaehae [na·hae·hae]  adj. Torn in pieces, as a welu or rag; broken, as the heart. Isa. 65:14.

nāhāhā [na·ha·hā]  R   redup. of nahā, cracked, broken...

Nāhāhā i ke ania e ka makani.Broken by the blowing by the wind.

nāhāhā [na·ha·hā]  vs. crumbled.

nahaha [na·ha·ha]  v. Frequentative of naha. To break, as a hammer breaks a rock. Ier. 23:29. To be dashed or broken in pieces. Kanl. 9:17. To divide up; to separate in pieces. adj. Broken; cracked; broken in pieces; separated. Nahaha i ke ania e ka makani he puulena,. He makani kahiko ia no Puna,. No Puna ka hala me ka lehua,. Ke kui ana e ke ani lehua,. Ke kaoo la ia ka moani.

naha iʻa  n. small school of reef fish, such as manini. also naho iʻa . [mān]. cf. kumu iʻa. FIS

nahanaha [naha·naha]  R   redup. of naha₁, bent, curved...

nahanaha [na·ha·na·ha]  v. Frequentative of naha. To break up; to break fine.

nāhanahā [naha·nahā]  R   redup. of nahā, cracked, broken...

nahanahae [naha·nahae]  R   redup. of nahae.

nahanawale [na·ha·na·wa·le]  s. The name of a small fish.

nahanawele [nahana·wele]  R   rare var. of nahawele₁, bivalve... FIS

nahau  n. arrow, an indicator; arrowhead. see pua, ihe. haku kā nahau. Mesolithic, in anthropology. ke au haku kā nahau. Mesolithic age, period. nahau ʻiole. mouse arrow, pointer, or cursor, as in a computer program. usu. nahau. cf. kahaʻimo. see pihi nahau. PPN *ngāsau. . CMP

nahā wale  vs. fragile, as glass. lit., easily broken. cf. haki wale, pāloli.

nahawele₁ [naha·wele]  R  n. a bivalve of the family Isognomonidae. On Oʻahu, the Perna costellata, Atrina sp. FIS

nahawele [na·ha·we·le]  s. The muscle shell-fish; he wahi ano pioeoe.

nahawele₂ [naha·wele]  R   same as hulu ʻīlio, (Chaetomorpha antennina), a seaweed. SWD

nahawele liʻiliʻi [naha·wele·lii·liʻi]  R  n. a shell (Brachidontes crebristriatus). lit., small nahawele. FIS

nahe  R   rare var. of nahenahe, soft, sweet...

nahe [na·he]  adj. Soft; slow; gentle, as the voice of music. see unahe. He leo nahe, a melodious voice; he makani nahenahe, a gentle wind; thin; soft, as fine kapa or soft cloth. v. To blow softly, as a gentle breeze; stronger than aheahe, which is stronger than aniani. see kolonahe.

naheka, nahesa  R  n. snake. Heb. nahas. ANI

naheka welafiery serpent (Kanl. 8.15)

naheka huelo kani, nahesa huelo kani  R  n. rattlesnake. lit., tail-sounding snake.

nahele  R  n. forest, grove, wilderness, bush; trees, shrubs, vegetation, weeds. . cf. hoʻomakanahele. [Pn(CE) *ŋasere, forest]PLA TRE

ʻUpu mai ana ke aloha i ka uka nahele o Puna.Loving memory returns of the forest uplands of Puna.

nahele [na·he·le]  s. That which grows; the verdure of bushes or trees; the leaves of bushes or thick trees; nahele ooi, thorns; brambles. 2 Sam. 23:6. adj. Pertaining to a thicket or grove; lau nahele, green leaves; herbs.

nāhelehele [na·hele·hele]  R   redup. of nahele; weeds, undergrowth. PCP *ngaa(f,s)ele(f,s)ele. PLA

Piha kēia māla i ka nāhelehele.This patch is full of weeds.

nāhelehele [na·hele·hele]  n. weed. also nāʻeleʻele.. see lāʻau make nāhelehele. PLA

nahelehele [na·he·le·he·le]  s. The grass, trees, shrubs, &c., of a wilderness; a wilderness. adj. Wild; uncultivated, as land. v. To become wild, as land that has once been tilled; to be overgrown with vegetation. Puk. 23:29. Hoo. To allow or cause land to be overgrown. E kokomo aku ai maua. I ka pea i Kahiki,. I ka ukauka laau nahele waokanaka,. He nahelehele okoa hoi ke kanaka,. Ulu nahele ka oa nahele hiki ke koa,. Ulu wehiwehi i ka niu po i ke kou,. Oia uka nahele loloa, a ka puni—e—. O kou puni iho la ia, ua hala kamalii,. Kau ka naha ia.

nāhelehesa [na·hele·hesa]  n. Snakeweed. Sh. nāhelehele + nahesa..

nahele maneʻo  R  n. nettle. lit., itching plant. (Isa. 34.13) PLA

nahelemaneo [na·he·le·ma·ne·o]  s. Nahele, a plant, and maneo, stinging. A nettle. Isa. 34:13.

nahele maʻukele [nahele·mau·kele]  S  n. rain forest. lit., rain-forest area forest.

nahenahe [nahe·nahe]  R  vs. soft, sweet, melodious, as music or a gentle voice; soft, as fine cloth; softly blowing, as a gentle breeze; gentle-mannered, soft-spoken, suave. [(OC) PPn *ŋase-ŋase, weak, feeble]WIN MUS

nahenahe [na·he·na·he]  adj. Soft; slow; gentle, as the voice of music. see unahe. He leo nahe, a melodious voice; he makani nahenahe, a gentle wind; thin; soft, as fine kapa or soft cloth. v. To blow softly, as a gentle breeze; stronger than aheahe, which is stronger than aniani. see kolonahe. To be soft, as the voice. To be thin and soft, as fine cloth or kapa. adj. see nahe. Thin; soft; fine.

nahenahe [na·he·na·he]  Empty, as the bowels from fasting or sickness.

nahesa  R  n. snake. . see naheka. ANI

nahesa [na·he·sa]  s. Heb A serpent. Kin. 3:1. syn. with moolele. Kin. 49:17. Hoowalewale i na nahesa, a snake charmer. Kanl. 18:11. see mooomole and mookahiko.

nahesa huelo kani  R  var. spelling of naheka huelo kani, rattlesnake...

nāhesa pulu [na·hesa·pulu]  n. bullsnake. [comb. nahesa + Eng.]. ANI

nahi₁  R   var. of lahi, thin, frail, delicate...

nahi₂  n. lichen, general term. [sh. unahi.]. PLA

nāhi₁  R  paucal article. Some, few, the, the little (contraction of nā, the, and wahi, little). see ex. pōkaʻakaʻa₂. (Gram. 10.4)   PPN *ngaafi.

ʻAuhea akula nāhi keiki?Where are the boys?

nāhi₂  R  n. the fires (contraction of nā ahi, as in the name Nāhi-ʻenaʻena).

nahi [na·hi]  see nahe and lahi.

Nā-hiku  R  n. constellation of the Big Dipper. lit., the seven. STA

Nāhiku [na·hiku]  n. Big Dipper. STA

nāhili [na·hili]  R  vs. blundering, confused, perplexed, wandering off the course; careless, awkward. CAN

hoʻonāhilito cause a blundering, wandering, as by misdirecting; to procrastinate, waste time through blundering

I hea aku nei lā i nāhili ai ka ʻau waʻa?Where did the canoe fleet wander off to?

nahili [na·hi·li]  v. see hili. To act awkwardly; to blunder in doing a thing; to be slow; to lag behind; e lalau, e manuka. s. A mistake; a blunder the effect of carelessness; slowness; want of energy; ka lalau, ke kiipua, ka hanamanuia. adj. Slow; lagging behind; awkward; blundering. O nahili ka pololoa ia manu,. O kapu kau kama ia kea a Kiha.

nahinahi [nahi·nahi]  R   var. of lahilahi, weak, flimsy...

nahinahi [na·hi·na·hi]  adj. see nahe and lahilahi, soft; thin. Very small or fine; kapa nahinahi or lahilahi, thin cloth; applied to words or manner of speaking, soft; mild; gentle; soothing; he olelo akahai. NOTE. The orthography of nahinahi and nahenahe is used; the meaning is the same, and the pronunciation but slightly varied.

nahiolea [nahio·lea]  R  n. a variety of taro. TAR

naho  R  nvs. hollow, as a cleft where fish hide; deepset, as eyes of a starving person; eye sockets. [Pn(CE) *naho, [hollow...] *na(f,s)o]FIS

naho [na·ho]  v. To overflow; to be deep, as water. s. Depth; an overflowing with water; he manini ku, he manini kai.

nahoa₁  R  vs. bold, defiant, daring. . cf. uahoa. CAN

ʻAʻohe waʻa hoʻonahoa o ka lā ʻino.No canoe defies a storm; lit., no canoe defiant of a stormy day. [do not venture in the face of danger].

hoʻonahoacaus/sim.; to challenge

nahoa [na·ho·a]  v. To be bold; to dare. To be strong; to feel one's self to be strong. Hoo. To provoke; to be impudent to one. see nehoa, hoo.

nahoa₂  R  nvi. head wound; intense headache; mental agony; hit or wounded in the head. . cf. hoa, mallet, club. [Pn(CE) *ŋa-foa, headache]ILL

poʻo nahoafractured skull

nāhoahoa [na·hoa·hoa]  R   redup. of nahoa₁, bold, nahoa₂, head wound... [Pn(CE) *ŋa-foa, headache]ILL

nahoahoa [na·ho·a·ho·a]  v. To strike one on the head; to break one's head. To strike the head, as the rays of the sun. To give pain; to wound the feelings. s. A wound on the head and the pain connected with it. The effect of a sun-stroke on the head. Applied to the heart when the mind is in great distress. syn. with walania and ehaeha.

naho iʻa  n. small school of reef fish, such as manini. also naha iʻa. [mān]. cf. kumu iʻa, large school of fish... FIS

Nā-hōkū-māhana [naho·kuma·hana]  R   . see Māhana. STA

Nā-hōkū-pā [naho·kū-pā]  R  n. constellation of five stars forming a circle; they are said to be near Nā-hiku, the Big Dipper. lit., enclosure stars. STA

naholo, nāholo  R  vi. to flee, of several; to run away; gone away. (2 Sam. 23.9) [PPn *ŋaasolo, move swiftly forward]

hoʻonaholoto chase, cause to run

Pau nui nā koa i ka naholo.Every last one of the soldiers fled.

naholo [na·ho·lo]  v. Na and holo, to run. To run along on the ground. Puk. 9:23. To run at random, here and there; to run away from, through fear. Luk. 8:34. To be absent; to be gone away. 2 Sam. 23:9. To flee away from, as from an enemy in battle. 2 Sam. 23:11. To run along together, as a company of people desirous of doing something; naholo mai la lakou ma keia kapa, they ran along on this side (of the stream.). Naholo i ka laula o Puna,. Ka luhi a ke kalukalu,. Ku moena a ipo,. Moku mahole i ka hoa mauu. s. A running; a fleeing; a retreat; a flight.

nāholoholo₁ [na·holo·holo]  R   redup. of naholo, flee... PNP *ngaasolosolo.

naholoholo [na·ho·lo·ho·lo]  v. see naholo. To run along: to move rapidly; to pass along by something else.

Nāholoholo₂ [na·holo·holo]  R  n. name of a star, perhaps Venus. STA

Naholoholo [na·ho·lo·ho·lo]  s. The Hawaiian name of the planet Saturn.

nahonaho [naho·naho]  R   redup. of naho, hollow...

nahonaho [na·ho·na·ho]  adj. see naho. Deep or fistulous, as a sore; deep, as a pit; far down in the earth.

nahu₁  R  nvt. to bite; to have a tendency to bite, as a dog; to sting, as beating rain; pain, as of stomachache or of childbirth; bite. [Pn(CE) *ŋasu, bite]WIN ILL

hoʻonahuto bite, cause a stomachache; to pretend to bite

nahu [na·hu]  v. To bite; to gripe with the teeth; e hoopohole i ka ili me ka niho, to tear up the skin with the teeth. To bite, as a dog; to snatch at; to seize. To bite; to gnaw. Mik. 3:5. To gnash the teeth, as in pain; e nahu i ke elelo, to gnaw the tongue. Hoik. 16:10. To bite, as a serpent. Nah. 21:6. To bear the short sharp internal pains of colic or of child-birth. To bite off, as a shark; nahu mai la ka mano i kona waa a mumuku o hope, a shark bit his canoe short off behind. To file; to rasp; e apuapu. s. The pain of biting; the colic; sudden internal pains. adj. Biting; writhing in pain.

nahu₂  R  n. inexplicable bruise seen on the body, believed caused by the ghost of a living person who was about to die. also nahu akua. (Nānā 156–7) ILL

nahua₁  R   pas/imp. of nahu. . see ex. ʻapoa.

Loaʻa akula i ka nahua a ka ʻino.Caught by the pelting of the storm.

Nahua₂  R  n. wind associated with Kāʻana-pali, Maui. (Nak. 68)WIN

Nahua [na·hu·a]  s. The name of a wind which often blows at Kaanapali. The fine rain with the north-east trade winds on the northern part of Maui.

Nā-huihui [nahui·hui]  R  n. the Pleiades. also Nā-huihui-a-Makaliʻi, the clusters of Pleiades. STA

Nā Hui Nui ʻElima  n. The Big Five, i.e. the five corporations that controlled most of the sugar industry in Hawaiʻi. lit., the five big corporations.

nahu ka ʻōpū  indigestion, upset stomach. (EH)

nahu kuakoko [nahu·kua·koko]  R  n. labor pains. (Mika 4.9) BOD

nahukuakoko [na·hu·ku·a·ko·ko]  adj. Nahu, pain, kua, back, and koko, blood. Suffering pain, as a travailing woman. Mik. 4:9. see kuakoko.

nahumaka [nahu·maka]  R  n. fattened, as a dog for offering.

nahuna  R  n. bite.

nahunahu [nahu·nahu]  R   redup. of nahu; to suffer pangs of childbirth. WIN BOD

ka ua nahunahuthe pelting rain

pala nahunahupartially ripe, of a fruit that can be bitten into, as a mountain apple (Kep. 93)

nahunahu [na·hu·na·hu]  v. see nahu. To bite often. To suffer frequent pains; to writhe in pain; to feel the first pains of child-birth; ia ia nei e nahunahu ana hele aku la. Laieik. 11. To bite, as a serpent or centipede. To be in, or to suffer the pains of childbirth. 1 Sam. 4:19. s. The birth pains of females. Iob. 29:3.

nahunahuihu [nahu·nahu·ihu]  R  n. family discord, quarrel. lit., nose biting.

nahunahuihu [na·hu·na·hu·i·hu]  v. To quarrel, as two brothers; to fight or dispute, as an older with a younger brother.

nahunahupū [nahu·nahu·pū]  R  vt. to bite into with relish. FIS

Nahunahupū i ke alopiko.Bite the belly [of the fish] with relish.

nai  To give or parcel out alike; na ia keiki e nai na moku e pau ai. Laieik. 10.

-naʻi  R   a rare transitivizer. cf. hili, to wander, and hilinaʻi, to believe; pī, to sprinkle, and pīnaʻi, to fill a crack;. (Gram. 6.6.4)   PPN *-naki.

naʻi₁  R  nvt. to conquer, take by force; conqueror. [Pn(CE) *ŋaki, avenge, conquer]

ʻO Ka-mehameha ka naʻi aupuni.Ka-mehameha, the conqueror of the nation.

naʻi₂  R  vt. to strive to obtain, endeavor to examine or understand.

Ua naʻi ʻoia i ka pono o nā keiki.He does all he can for the well-being of the children.

nai  v. To strive hard to excel another; to urge on; to go ahead. To finish; to make an end.

naia  R  vs. insecurely tied. rare. 

na ia  R   same as the poss. nāna, but rare. see ex. kāpeʻa. (Gram. 9.11)  rare. 

naiʻa  R  n. porpoise, dolphin. (KL. line 138) FIS

naia [na·ia]  s. A species of black fish; the porpoise. NOTE.—The naia was forbidden to women to eat, under the kapu system, under pain of death;. A kind of sandal-wood. see naio.

naʻiau [nai·au]  R  vt. to add to, join to. rare. 

naʻiau [nai·au]  vs. to have special effects, be enhanced. see hiʻohiʻona naʻiau, hoʻonaʻiau.

nāʻīā ʻumi [na·i·a·ʻumi]  vt. to boycott, i.e. abstain from buying from or dealing with (a company) as a means of coercion. [sh. nāʻīʻike + a + ʻumi.].

Ke hōʻeuʻeu mai nei nā ʻahahui he nui e nāʻīāʻumi i nā huahana o Palani no ka hoʻāʻo hoʻopahū nukelea ma ka Pākīpika.Many organizations are encouraging that French products be boycotted due to nuclear bomb testing in the Pacific.

Naigera [nai·gera]  n. Niger; Nigerien. Eng. G

Naigeria [nai·geria]  n. Nigeria; Nigerian. Eng. G

nāiʻi [na·iʻi]  R  vt. to remove, take out. rare. 

nāʻīʻike  R  vt. to refuse to see, especially a relative or friend; to disown.

naiike [nai·i·ke]  v. To be angry; to take in dudgeon; to set off in anger to take revenge. see hoomaau.

naika, naita  R  n. knight. Eng.

nāʻike  R   same as nāʻīʻike.

naike [na·i·ke]  s. Anger; a repelling from one; aole ike hou aku.

naikokene [naiko·kene]  n. nitrogen; nitric. koʻohune naikokene. azobacter, a type of bacteria containing nitrogen. naikokene diokesaside. nitrogen dioxide. also naikokene ʻokikene lua. pōʻaiapuni naikokene. nitrogen cycle. pūhui naikokene kaʻawale. free nitrogen compound. ʻakika naikokene. nitric acid. also ʻakika nikiriku. Eng. SCI

naikola [nai·kola]  R   similar to ʻaikola, hoʻonaʻaikola.

ʻAʻohe koe i ka hoʻonaikola ʻia e ka makani.Nothing survived the contemptuous destruction by the wind. (For. 4:476)

hoʻonaikolato show contempt, as by destruction

naikola [nai·ko·la]  v. To boast or glory over one. Hoo. The same. see akola, aikola and hoaikola.

naʻina  R  n. conquering, endeavoring, etc. . cf. naʻi₁, ₂.

nainai [nai·nai]  R   rare var. of nanai, nānai.

naʻinaʻi [nai·naʻi]  vs. lower case, small. cf. maʻaka. see hua naʻinaʻi. Tah. small.

naʻinaʻi₁ [nai·naʻi]  R   redup. of naʻi₁, naʻi₂.

naʻinaʻi₂ [nai·naʻi]  R  vs. crabbed, bitter, cross, of sour disposition; morose; ill-disposed; opposing. rare. 

nainai [nai·nai]  v. see nai. To exercise or cherish bad feelings; to be sour or crabbed towards others; to be evilly disposed; to struggle against opposition; to hop. adj. Sour; crabbed, as one's disposition; contentious; envious.

naʻinaʻi₃ [nai·naʻi]  R  vi. to shorten, to make short. rare. 

nainai [nai·nai]  Short; low; pokole, haahaa.

naʻinaʻi₄ [nai·naʻi]  R   similar to pīnaʻi₁. rare. 

naʻinaʻi₅ [nai·naʻi]  R  n. variety of fish (no data). FIS

naʻinaʻi mimi [nai·nai·mimi]  R  n. contest in urinating by small boys. lit., urine striving.

naʻinaʻina mimi [nai·naina·mimi]  R   same as naʻinaʻi mimi.

nainainamimi [nai·nai·na·mi·mi]  s. Living in a state of dissatisfaction; a persevering in and cherishing of bad feelings. adj. Unfriendly; unsocial; displeased with everybody and everything; changeable.

naio₁  R  n. pinworm, as in the rectum; white specks in feces; larvae, as of mosquitos; worm in dung or in taro. see pala naio. [Pn(CE) *ŋaio, threadworm, grub]TAR ILL INS

naio [na·i·o]  The name of the worm often found in horse dung and in that of other animals; the pin worm. Small white specks in the fæces.

naio₂  R  n. inferior taro left in the field after the crop is removed. TAR

naio₃  R  n. the bastard sandal-wood (Myoporum sandwicense), a native tree, with hard, dark yellow-green wood, scented like sandal-wood. Leaves are narrow-oblong, pointed, grouped at branch ends; flowers are small, pink or white; fruit, small, white, round. cf. ʻaʻaka. (Neal 791) [Pn(CE) *ŋaio, a tree (Myoporum sp.)]PLA TRE FLO

naio [na·i·o]  s. A species of sandal-wood; the bastard sandal-wood.

naio₄  R  n. name of a seaweed. SWD

naio ʻai kae  R  n. dung-eating pinworm, said contemptuously of slanderers. INS

naioaikae [nai·o·ai·kae]  s. The name of a famine in former times. see kaiolekaa. (Naio, pin worm, ai, to eat, and kae, the anus. lit. That which causes itching in the anus.) A slanderer; a backbiter; a detractor.

naioea [naio·ea]  R  n. a native variety of taro, with long, blackish leaf stem; blades large, dark-green; grown in uplands, valued for its red poi. also ʻeleʻele and also qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele and ʻulaʻula. (Whitney 48), (HP 25). TAR POI

naio makika  R  n. mosquito larvae.

naita  R  var. spelling of naika, knight...

naiu [nai·u]  s. Name of a kind of bush or small tree somewhat odoriferous.

naka₁  R  nvi. to quiver, quake, tremble, shake, as jello or as with cold or fear; shaky, unsteady, shivering, shaking.

ka naka o nā kulithe shaking of the knees (Kel. 82)

naka [na·ka]  v. To tremble; to shake; to be loose. To be fearful; to be afraid; to tremble, as the joints with fear. Dan. 5:6. To tremble, as ground not solid. Ier. 4:24. To shake, as a quagmire. adj. Trembling; shaking; unsteady; shaky, as a quagmire, in distinction from solid ground; full of cracks; not solid.

naka₂  R  vi. to crack open, as earth from the heat; cracked and peeling, as the skin of one who has drunk kava to excess. [Pn(CE) *ŋata, ??]KAV

naka [na·ka]  To crack; to split; to break open, as the ground sometimes in a drought.

naka₃  R  n. a land shell (Thaumatodon nesophila). [Pn(CE) *ŋata, sea-slug, slug etc]ANI

naka₄  R  n. a sea creature. [Pn(CE) *ŋata, sea-slug, slug etc]FIS

naka [na·ka]  s. Name of a species of fish.

Nā-kā-a-Makaliʻi [nakaamaka·liʻi]  R  n. Pleiades. lit., the bailers of Makaliʻi. (Kep. 79)STA

Na Kai ʻEwalu  The Eight Seas (seas about the Hawaiian Islands, poetic). (EH)

nakaka  R   redup. of naka₂, crack open...

hoʻonakakacaus/sim

nakaka [na·ka·ka]  v. see naka. To break; to shatter; to shake; to be full of cracks. adj. Split; shattered; full of cracks; split open, as parched grain. Ier. 14:4. Cracked and scaling off, as the skin of one after drinking awa; inu i ke awa; mahope, mahuna ka ili, nakaka puehuehu, inoino loa.

nakakaka [naka·kaka]  R   redup. of naka₂, crack open...

nakakaka [na·ka·ka·ka]  v. Frequentative and intensive of naka. To be trembling; to be shaking; to be full of broken places or cracks; to be unsound.

naka kāniʻo [naka·ka·niʻo]  R  n. a land shell (Nesophila thaanumi). lit., streaked naka.

naka kua mauna  R  n. a land shell (Nesophila thaanumi, N. nesodonta). lit., mountain-ridge naka.

naka kua poʻi  R   same as ʻopihi kapuaʻi lio.

Nakalike, Nazarite [naka·like]  R  n. Nazarite. (Bib.). Eng.

nakanaka [naka·naka]  R   redup. of naka₁, naka₂.

Nā-kao  R  n. belt and sword in the constellation of Orion. lit., the darts. STA

naka ʻōniʻoniʻo [naka·o·nio·niʻo]  R  n. a marine mollusk (Pleurobranchus). lit., mottled naka. FIS

nakapa, natapa  R  n. stacte. stacte. Heb. nataph. (Puk. 30.34)

Na-ka-uilani-ʻelua [nakaui·lani-ʻelua]  R  n. star name (no data). (Kuhelani)STA

Nakawila, Nasavila  R  n. Nashville. G

nake  R  n. name of a fish (no data). (KL. line 142) FIS

nākea [na·kea]  R  n. endemic fresh-water fish (Awaous [Chonophorous] stamineus) of the ʻoʻopu or goby family, favorite for eating, sometimes 30 cm long. Also nāwao, nōkea. cf. ʻoʻopu kumu iki, ʻoʻopu lehe. FIS

nakeke₁  R  nvi. rattling, as of a window; rustling, as of paper. [PPn *ŋatete, shake, tremble, be mobile: *gate(e)te(e)]

hoʻonakeketo make a rattling or rustling noise

ʻO wai kēlā e hoʻonakeke maila i nā pā?Who is that rattling the dishes?

nakeke  vs. crunchy, as fresh potato chips. Niʻihau. also nakekeke, kakani. see kamumu.

nakeke [na·ke·ke]  v. To move back and forth; to make an indistinct sound. To rattle; to rustle, as paper in the wind, or as new kapa. To shake to and fro. Iob. 39:23. adj. Humming; rustling; moving.

nakeke₂  R  n. a brown seaweed (Hydroclathrus clathratus), resembling pūhā and closely related to it, but the surface pierced with holes of different sizes; not eaten. SWD

nakekeke [nake·keke]  R   redup. of nakeke₁, rattling...

he pili nakekekea loose or uncertain relationship

nakekeke [nake·keke]  vs. crunchy, as an apple. also nakeke, kakani. [redup. of nakeke.]. see kamumu.

nakele  R  S  nvs. soft, boggy, slippery, yielding, sinking in; a shallow boggy area. VOL

hoʻonakelecaus/sim

nakele ʻāfresh lava soft and not yet cold

nakele [na·ke·le]  v. see kele. To be slippery; to be soft; to sink in, as one in a soft boggy place. s. A soft boggy place, where the earth is not solid or hard. adj. Soft; slippery, as ground where one would be apt to slide.

nākelekele [na·kele·kele]  R  S   redup. of nakele.

hoʻonākelekelecaus/sim

Nā Kelikoli ʻĀkau Komohana [na·keli·koli·a·kau·komo·hana]  R  n. Northwestern Territories. [+]ADD G

naki  R   same as nākiʻi, to tie... PNP *nati.

hoʻonakicaus/sim

naki [na·ki]  v. To tie; to tie up; to fasten, as a horse. 2 Nal. 7:10.

nāki  n. tribe of people, outside of Hawaiʻi. . see hapū, ʻalaea. Māori ngāti..

He hoʻokahi ka lāhui Māori o Aotearoa, akā, hoʻomāhelehele ʻia ka poʻe ma nā nāki like ʻole.The Māori race of New Zealand are one race, but they are distinguished by various tribes.

nākiʻi [na·kiʻi]  R  vt. to tie. . cf. nīkiʻi. [Pn(NP) *nati, draw tight, tie]

nākiʻi ā paʻatie securely, tighten

nakii [na·kii]  v. To tie; to tie up; to fasten, as a horse. 2 Nal. 7:10. To bind fast; to tie round. To tie a knot; to bind, as a criminal. To confine one, as if bound.

nākiʻi ā paʻa  tighten. (EH)

nākiʻikiʻi [na·kii·kiʻi]  R   redup. of nākiʻi, to tie...

Nākiʻikiʻi [na·kii·kiʻi]  n. Zuben Elschamali, a star. [ mān: ha]. STA

nakiikii [na·kii·kii]  v. see naki. To bind; to tie up; to gird; to tie on. Puk. 29:9. To bind, as the hands. 2 Sam. 3:34.

nakiki [na·ki·ki]  v. see naki. To bind; to tie up; to gird; to tie on. Puk. 29:9. To bind, as the hands. 2 Sam. 3:34.

nakili  R  vi. to glimmer through, as light through a small opening; to begin to open, as eyes of a young animal; to twinkle. . also mikili. rare. 

nakili [na·ki·li]  v. To open a little; to let in a little light, as into the eyes, or to open the eyes a little. To see a little.

nākilikili [na·kili·kili]  R   redup. of nakili.

nakilinaka [nakili·naka]  n. tundra. Inuit natirnaq..

nakinaki₁ [naki·naki]  R   redup. of naki, to tie... (Hal. 105.22)

nakinaki [na·ki·na·ki]  v. see naki. To bind often; to bind fast. Hal. 105:22.

nakinaki₂ [naki·naki]  R  n. difficult breathing, as during an asthma attack. ILL

nakinaki [na·ki·na·ki]  To swell out; to make large; to swell, as the belly. s. A person sick in the chest and feels as though he was bound; one filled to surfeiting with food.

Nakiwile  R  n. Nashville. G

-nakoa  R  

hoʻonakoabrave, daring

Nā-kōkō-a-Makaliʻi [nako·koamaka·liʻi]  R  n. probably Pleiades. lit., the nets of Makaliʻi. (HM 368) STA NET

nakokolo [nako·kolo]  R   similar to nākolokolo. (For. 6:450)

nākolo₁ [na·kolo]  R  nvi. rumbling, roaring, as of surf or thunder; reverberating. . see ex. ʻuʻina. [Pn(NP) *ŋatolo, a repetitive sound (e.g. rattle, of surf)]

Ua haʻalulu kuʻu manawa, ua nei nākolo i ke aloha.My heart trembles, reverberating sighs of love. (Laie 521)

nakolo [na·ko·lo]  To make a noise in falling. as rain upon dry leaves. To move; to make a rustling sound. To make the noise of many feet running. To squeak like the soles of new shoes. adv. In a running, rushing manner; ua nei nakolo i ke aloha, my heart is moved deeply with love. Laieik. 142.

nākolo₂ [na·kolo]  R   redup. of kolo, to crawl (perhaps nakolo). (For. 6:450)

nakolo [na·ko·lo]  v. see kolo. To run; to flow, as a liquid; to spread out, as ink upon unsized paper.

nākolokolo [na·kolo·kolo]  R   redup. of nākolo₁, rumbling, nākolo₂, crawl...

nakolokolo [na·ko·lo·ko·lo]  v. see nakolo and kolo. To run, as many running together; to move along, as in a rush. To creak, as the sound of friction.

naku₁  R  vi. to root, wallow, as a hog; to tread, trample, push, as through mud or grass; to struggle; to roil, as water; to delve, search. see ʻakaʻakai and ex., oi₂. also haunaku. [(FJ) PPn *natu, knead, mix with water]PLA ANI

hoʻonakucaus/sim

naku liʻigroveler

naku [na·ku]  v. To root, as a hog; to throw up ground in heaps or ridges. To tread upon; to trample down; to destroy. To seek; to hunt after; to search for; to look or inquire for; oi imi, oi naku, oi noke, oi huli wale a! aole he loaa. To follow; to pursue; e naku aku ia ia a loaa. To shake; to be in a tremor, as one dying; naku iho la a make. A rooting; a throwing up dirt in ridges or hills. A destroying; an overturning. A pursuit after a thing; aia no i kau naku ia ia a loaa; no ka imi, ame ka naku, ame ka huli, ame ka noii ana; a search; a pursuit after. Ami Nuuanu i ka wa waahila,. Lea ole no ia Lalanihuli,. Huli ka makani,. Naku i ke oho o ke kawelu.

naku₂  R   same as nānaku, a bulrush. [Pn(EP) *ŋatu, bulrush (Scirpus sp.): *ga(a)tu]PLA

naku [na·ku]  s. Takes both ka and ke for articles. A rush. Isa. 9:13. The rush of which mats are made, akaakai.

naku₃  R  n. a kind of red-skinned onion. FOO PLA

-nākū  R  

hoʻonākūto suffer gas pains

Hoʻonākū nā mauna, kaʻahē nā mokupuni.The mountains are in distress, the islands gasp for breath. (birth chant for Ka-mamalu)

nakue  R   active, diligent. (And.)

nakue [na·ku·e]  adj. Diligent in business; active; not slothful or lazy.

nakuʻe₁  R  nvi. elbowing; to elbow; piston-like motion. . cf. kuʻe, to elbow.

nakuʻe₂  R   var. of nākuʻi, rumble, roar...

nākuʻi [na·kuʻi]  R  nvi. to rumble, roar, thump; rumbling; beating, as the heart; thrilled (perhaps naku₁ + -ʻi, transitivizer). (Gram. 6.6.4)  

hoʻonākuʻicaus/sim

ka nākuʻi o ka pū kuni ahithe roar of the cannon