u

-u  second person singular poss. suffix in kāu and kou, your. (Gram. 8.2)   [PPn *-u, second person singular possessive suffix]

u  the fifth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. It represents generally the sound of the English oo, as in too, coo, fool, &c.; but when preceded by i, it sometimes has the sound of the English u or yu; as, waiu, waiyu; iuka, yuka.

u  v. To protrude; to rise on the toes; to prepare to stand up; to draw out, as a pencil from a case.

u-₁  prefix to some words to denote plural, as uhaele, ulawaiʻa, unoho, unonoho. (This u- is sometimes written as though forming a word with a preceding o, imperative marker, as Ou haele oukou, you go. (Gram. 6.3.3)  

E uhaele ʻolua.You two go.

o uʻai likeeat together

Ou haele ʻoukou.You go. (Mat. 2.8)

u-₂  prefix to many words with meanings ‘quality or state’; there is variation in some words of u-, ʻu-, and ʻū, especially in rare words. see uahi, uhaki, uhemo, ʻuhene, uhinu, ʻūlika, ʻuwaʻa, and others. . (Gram. 6.3.2)  

ū-  rare var. of u-₂. (Probably length of ū- was due to assimilation of the long vowel in the base.). cf. ūkō, ūpē.

ū₁  n. breast, teat, udder. . cf. waiū. [(AN) PPn *huhu, nipple, breast]BOD

u  s. The breast of a female. Ezek. 23:8. The breast. Luk. 23:29. The pap; the udder; hence, with wai, milk, i. e., waiu. lit. Breast water.

ū₂  vs. moist, soaked; to drip, drizzle, ooze; impregnated, as with salt. . cf. kawaū, koʻū, maʻū. WIN TAP

hoʻoū, hōʻūto moisten, soak, wet

Ū ke kapa i ka ua.The tapa was wet by the rain.

u  To drip or drizzle, as water; to ooze or leak slowly, as water from a kalo patch or from the crevices of a rock; e kahe ae. v. To be tinctured or impregnated with anything; as, ua u ka pipi i ka paakai; ua u ke kapa i ka mea hooluu; u ke kapa i ka ua.

ʻu-  . see u-₂.

-ʻu  first person singular poss. suffix in kaʻu, koʻu, and kuʻu, mine, my. (Gram. 8.2)   [(AN) PPn *-ku, first person singular possessive suffix]

ʻū-  . see u-₂.

ʻū-  a prefix indicating the instrument or cause of a particular action. . see ʻūomo, ʻūheheʻe, ʻūhili, ʻūholo uila, ʻūhōloʻa, etc. .

ʻū₁  S  interj. to grunt, groan, moan, sigh, hum, coo, mourn, grieve, complain; grief, sorrow; an exclamation of delight or assent; to exclaim thus; to grunt ‘yes, yes!’ (saying that you are listening). PCP *kuu.

e ʻū hele anato go mourning (Hal. 38.6)

hoʻoʻū, hōʻūto grunt and strain, as with physical exertion (Kep. 159); to mourn

noho ʻūgrief; grief-stricken

pā i ka ʻū lātouched by grief (Kep. 71)

Pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe e ʻū ana.Blessed are the people that mourn. (Mat. 5.4)

ʻŪ ke kai o ʻEwa i ke ʻala o ka maile.The lowlands of ʻEwa exclaim over the perfume of the maile vine.

u  To weep. Mat. 5:4. To grieve; to mourn. Hal. 38:6. E u hele, to go about mourning; to mourn for, i. e., desire earnestly; i kekahi manao o'u e u nei, e ao kakou i ka leo o ka himeni. s. Grief; sorrow; expression of affection; like me ke aloha, ame ka u, ame ka uwe ana. Unwillingness; not disposed to do.

ʻū₂  vi. to hold the breath. . cf. ʻupu.

ʻAʻole i ʻū.In no time at all; lit., in not even time to take a breath.

ʻū₃  vs. snub-nosed (used with ihu).

ʻū₄  n. short for ʻulu, breadfruit, as in the place name Ka-ʻū-pūlehu.

ʻū₅  n. the letter "u.".

-ua  R   indicator of the dual number in first and third persons of pronouns and poss. only (kāua, māua, lāua). cf. -lua₂. (Gram. 8.2)   PPN *-ua.

ua₁  R  nvi. rain; to rain; rainy. see rain. Rain was beloved as it preserved the land; it was called kāhiko o ke akua, adornment of deity. For symbolic connotations of rain cf. wai₁, rain, and (Elbert-1962). Many rains are named and associated poetically with particular places. Many rain names refer to the action of rain on plants, as Hehi-pua-hala, Kani-lehua, Kinai-lehua, Lū-lau-kō, Moaniani-lehua, Moe-lehua, Pōʻai-hala. Other names show the supposed effects of rain on people or their possessions, as Poʻo-lipilipi, Poʻo-nui, Pōpō-kapa, Pupū-hale. see hikikiʻi₁, lehua, Hilo. Rains are often referred to with ua preceding a base, as ua Kuahine. They are entered in this dictionary without initial Ua. (Ua- is retained before prepositions, as Ua-ma-ka-lau-koa). [(AN) PPn *ʻuha, rain]WIN PLA KAV

Ē ka ʻohu kolo ē, hoʻoua ʻia mai i ulu ka ʻawa.O creeping mist, make it rain so that the kava will grow.

hoʻouato cause rain

Kā hewahewa, he ua.Hit wildly, it's raining [let's get going, let the fight begin]. (FS 37)

ua liʻiliʻilight rain, drizzle

ua  n. rainfall. lit., rain. alo ua. rainy side, as of a mountain. ua pili pali. orographic rainfall. ka ili o ka ua. rain distribution. palapala ʻāina ua. rainfall map. wai ua. rain water. see kualā. WIN PLA KAV

ua [u·a]  v. see Gr. uo, Malay ujan, to wet; to rain. To rain; ua iho la ka ua, he ua nui loa. lit. The rain rained, it was a very great rain. Hoo. To send or give rain; to cause to rain. Kin. 7:4. s. Rain; water falling from the clouds. 1 Sam. 12:17, 18. Rains were divided by Hawaiians into ua loa, long rains; ua poko. short rains; ua hea.

ua₂  R  demon. aforementioned, the one talked of. ua is often followed by a noun and nei, here, or lā, there, and is used idiomatically (see ua o, ua ona o, mea₆ ). (Gram. 8.3.4)  

ua [u·a]  pron. dem. adj. Ua before a noun, and la or nei after it, forms a strong demonstrative adjective pronoun; this; that; as la or nei is used. It refers to some noun that has just been mentioned. Ua kanaka nei, this man (just spoken of); hiolo ua mau hale la, those houses (just mentioned) have fallen down. Gram. § 152.

ua₃  R   common part. preceding verbs and denoting completed or recently completed action; to become. (Gram. 5.2)   [PPn *kua, perfect aspect]

ua [u·a]  prefixed to verbs, marks the fourth form of the preter tense. Gram. § 187.

ʻuā  R  S   var. spelling of ʻuwā, shout, cry out...

ʻuʻa₁  R  vs. useless, unproductive, vain, to no profit, good-for-nothing, worn-out; completely unattractive. . cf. koloʻuʻa, maʻuʻa. [Pn(CE) *kuka, ??]

luhi ʻuʻavain effort

ua [u·a]  adj. Vain; useless; to no profit. adv. In vain; to no purpose; manao no ka poe kahiko ua luhi ua ka lakou hana ana.

ʻuʻa₂  R  n. a coarse mat or tapa. TAP

ua (noun) nei  R   . see ua₂.

Ua-a-ka-līpoa [uaakali·poa]  R  n. name of a fine, cold rain. lit., rain by the līpoa seaweed. SWD WIN

ua ao  Wake, it is light, it is bright (UL 197). (EH)

ua aʻo  taught. (EH)

uaʻau ʻia nā kai loa  The distant seas were traveled on. (EH)

uaaula [u·a·a·u·la]  adj. Bad smelling; filthy. see aaua.

ua ʻawa  R  n. cold, bitter, drizzling rain. fig., hard experience. WIN

ua ʻewa ka pilina a ka nihoniho  in poor taste. (EH)

ua-hāʻao  R   same as hāʻao₃, a tapa pattern. TAP

ua hana ā walea  done until automatic. (EH)

ua hānai [ua·ha·nai]  R  n. rain that nurtures the earth. WIN

ua hana lepo ʻoe?  Have your bowels moved?. (EH)

uahau [u·a·hau]  v. To imbed in; to lay in, as brick or stone in mortar. see uhau, Anat. 19.

ua hekili  rain with large drops. (EH)

ua hele au  I have gone. (EH)

ua hele nōʻoia  He did go. (EH)

ua hele ʻoia ā huhū  He has become angry. (EH)

uahi, uwahi  R  nvs. smoke; smoked; dustlike, spraylike; dust, spray, wisps. . cf. auahi. [Pn(NP) *ʻau-afi, smoke]FIS

hoʻouahito smoke, emit smoke, cure by smoking

I ke kau uahi o ke ao.At the coming of the wisps of dawn. (For. 5:715)

Ola i ka ʻai uahi ʻole ke kini o Mānā.The multitudes of Mānā live on smokeless food [they were said to trade fish and gourds for cooked food].

pipi uahismoked beef

uahi  . see puka uahi, chimney... FIS

uahi [u·a·hi]  s. U, ooze or milk, and ahi, fire, that is, smoke. A cloud; a vaporous appearance. see uwahi. NOTE.—Uahi is undoubtedly the better orthography.

uahi-a-Pele₁  R  n. a native variety of sugar cane, heavy-stooling, light red-purple, the nodes hairy-fringed, the internodes sausage-shaped. . also naʻaukake. (HP 223, 225)PLA SUG

uahi-a-Pele₂  R  n. several varieties of taro described at Puna, Wai-piʻo, and Kona, Hawaiʻi. (HP 30)TAR

uahi-a-Pele₃  R  n. a variety of sweet potato. SWP

uahi-a-Pele₄  R  n. a tree (Pelea barbigera), endemic to Kauaʻi, with opposite, elliptical leaves, conspicuous for their smoky-gray color. It is related to the mokihana. TRE

Uahi-a-Pele₅  R  n. a wind associated with Kī-lau-ea, Hawaiʻi. (Nak. 55)WIN

uahi ʻawa  R  n. pungent sulphur smoke, as from a volcano. lit., bitter smoke. (For. 6:478) VOL

uahi iki  wisp (as smoke). (EH)

ua hikikiʻi  slanting rain. (EH)

uahi lepo  R  n. dust wisps.

Ua piʻo ka uahi lepo i ka lani.The dust wisps bend in the heavens. (chant)

uahi wai  R  n. mist, spray, steam. lit., liquid spray. WIN

uahiwai [u·a·hi·wai]  v. E kulu ana. see wawai. To be desirous of some evil; to lust after; to be greedy for.

uahoa [ua·hoa]  R  vs. hard, severe, harsh, indifferent to the distress of others.

Nā-maka-uahoa.The hard eyes. (name)

uahoa [u·a·ho·a]  adj. Hard, as an unfeeling person; unkind; ungenerous; passionate.

ua hōʻeʻele  drenching rain. (EH)

ua hoʻokina  continuous rain. (EH)

ua hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i kou manawa  Have you made an appointment?. (EH)

ua hoʻopau pilikia  Have your bowels moved?. (EH)

ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka mālama ola ʻole  He was sued for nonsupport. (EH)

ua hoʻopili ʻia ma ka pelika maʻemaʻe o ka male  united in the pure bonds of matrimony. (EH)

ua huli ʻoia  He is a convert. (EH)

uai, uwai  R  vt. to move, as an object; to push aside; to move from place to place, as a tethered animal; sliding, as a door; opening and shutting; to be dislocated, as a joint. cf. pākaukau uai i ka loa, puka uai. [PPn *ua, push or lever along horizontally]

hoʻouaicaus/sim

Uai ka mana.To lie down to sleep in security; lit., The mana is set aside.

uai  vi. to slide, as a door. laka uai. sliding latch. puka uai. sliding door. also ʻīpuka uai.

uai [u·ai]  v. see uwai. To open or shut, as a door. To extend; hoonee. see huai. s. A door for stopping an entrance. see uwai.

uʻai  R   plural of ʻai, to eat.

uai i kahi kanu  transplant. (EH)

ua ʻike au  I saw. (EH)

uaiki [ua·iki]  R  n. offspring of a chief and a mother of no rank. lit., little rain. (Malo 55)WIN

ua ili mai kēlā ʻāina iaʻu  I inherited that land. (EH)

ua ʻiʻo ke kalo  The taro has formed a corm. (EH)

ua kaʻa kuʻu ʻaiʻē  My debt is paid. (EH)

ua kāʻawe ʻoia a make  He hanged himself until dead. (EH)

uakaha [ua·kaha]  R   same as uauakaha, stiffness of neck... ILL

uakaha [u·a·ka·ha]  s. Stiffness; applied to the neck.

ua kanaka lā  that aforementioned person. (EH)

ua kanaka nei  this aforementioned person. (EH)

uakea₁ [ua·kea]  R  n. mist (famous at Hāna, Maui). lit., white rain. WIN

uakea₂ [ua·kea]  R  vs. white as mist, mist-white, white as breaking surf or snow. WIN

Ē Kāne uakea, eia ka ʻālana, he moa ualehu, he moa uakea, he moa ʻula hiwa.O Kāne white as mist, here is the offering, an ashy-gray chicken, a mist-white chicken, a black-red chicken. (Malo 180)

moa uakeawhite chicken, as used in offering

Na Kahiko ka nalu uakea i hānau.Kahiko gave birth to the mist-white waves. (chant)

uakeʻe [ua·keʻe]  R  n. bend, crook, as in a path.

uakeʻe [ua·keʻe]  n. curve or turn, as in a road or on a trail. uakeʻe hiō. banked curve, as on a race track.

uaki, uati, uwaki, waki. wati  R  n. watch, clock; a watch, as of a sailor. . see kū uaki. Eng.

uaki, uāki  vt. to time. also cf. helu manawa. helu uaki. to tell time. also helu uāki. see uaki helu manawa.

uaki helu manawa  n. stopwatch. lit., watch (to) compute time. also uāki helu manawa. see helu manawa. CMP

uaki hoʻāla  R  n. alarm clock.

uaki hoʻāla  n. alarm clock. lit., clock (for) waking. also uāki hoʻāla.

uaki kikohoʻe [uaki··kiko·hoʻe]  n. digital watch or clock. lit., watch (with) digits. also uāki kikohoʻe. cf. uaki lima kuhikuhi.

ua kilihune  drizzle, light shower. (EH)

ua kilikili  sprinkle (rain). (EH)

ua kilikilihune  sprinkle (rain). (EH)

uaki lima kuhikuhi [uaki···lima··kuhi·kuhi]  n. analog watch or clock, i.e. a watch or clock with hands. also uāki lima kuhikuhi. cf. uaki kikohoʻe.

ua kiʻo ʻoe?  Have your bowels moved?. (EH)

uaki pūlima [uaki·pu·lima]  R  n. wrist watch.

uakoko₁ [ua·koko]  R  n. a low-lying rainbow. lit., blood rain. see ex. kīʻohuʻohu. WIN

uakoko₂ [ua·koko]  R  n. a rain so heavy that it turns stream waters red-brown with the wash of the hillside. WIN

uakoko₃ [ua·koko]  R  n. reflection of rainbow colors in the clouds. WIN

uakoko [u·a·ko·ko]  s. see koiula, Kam., punohu, &c. A cloud standing erect and having different colors, somewhat like the rainbow.

ua komo mai nei ʻoe i kou ʻaʻahu  Have you dressed yet?. (EH)

ua kū koʻu lima i ka lāʻau  I have a splinter in my hand. (EH)

ua ... lā  aforementioned. (EH)

ʻuala₁, ʻuwala  R  n. the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), a perennial, wide-spreading vine, with heart-shaped, angled, or lobed leaves and pinkish-lavender flowers. The tuberous roots are a valuable food, and they vary greatly in many ways, as in color and shape. Though of South American origin, the plant has been a staple food since ancient times in many parts of Polynesia, as well as in some other regions. (HP 131–66). (Neal 706–7)SWP PLA FLO

uala [u·a·la]  s. see U and ala, sweet. The sweet potato.

ʻuala₂, ʻuwala  R  n. a variety of sugar cane, a yellow mutant of ʻakoki with large stalks; often called pilimai and similar to it but stronger. (HP 221, 225)SUG

ʻuala₃, ʻuwala  R  n. see uhi ʻuala, a variety of yam (Dioscorea alata). SWP

ʻuala₄, ʻuwala  R  n. large muscles of the upper arm, biceps, brachii. BOD

ʻuala  mākala ʻuala . biceps, i.e. the muscle of the front of the upper arm. BOD

uala [u·a·la]  The large muscles of the upper arm. Anat. 18.

ʻuala₅, ʻuwala  R  n. a kind of cowry shell (no data). FIS

uala [u·a·la]  A name of a certain kind of leho, a sea shell. Sometimes written uwala.

ualaau, uwalaau [u·a·la·au·u·wa·la·au]  v. see walaau. To cry out; to make a great noise; to cry out in a confused manner, as a great multitude. Isa. 22:2. s. An outcry; a loud noise in conversation; a confused noise.

ʻuala ʻawaʻawa  R  n. sweet-potato beer. SWP

ʻuala hēʻī  R  n. a variety of sweet potato. SWP

ʻuala hoʻomalamala [uala·hoo·mala·mala]  R  n. mashed sweet potato, slightly fermented and eaten as poi. SWP POI

ʻuala hūpē [uala·hu·pē]  R  n. Madeira vine (Boussingaultia gracilis.) lit., mucus sweet potato. (Neal 344)SWP PLA

ʻuala kahiki  R  n. the white or Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum), a weak-stemmed herb about .9 m high, with lobed leaves. The white, starchy, underground tuber is a valuable food in many countries. A native of the Andes, it was introduced to Hawaiʻi in the early 1800s. (Neal 745)SWP PLA FOO

He Hawaiʻi ʻuala kahiki.An Irish-potato Hawaiian [one who apes white men instead of appreciating his own culture] lit., foreign sweet potato.

ʻuala kahiki  kipi uala kahiki. potato chip. see entries below. SWP PLA FOO

ualakahiki [u·a·la·ka·hi·ki]  s. Uala, potato, and kahiki, foreign. A foreign or Irish potato.

ʻuala kahiki hoʻowali ʻia  mashed potatoes. (EH)

ʻuala kahiki kolikoli [uala·kahiki·koli·koli]  n. hash-brown potatoes. lit., whittled potato. also ʻuala kolikoli. FOO

ʻuala kahiki pepeiao [uala·kahiki·pepei·ao]  n. scalloped potatoes. lit., potatoes (like) scallops. also ʻuala pepeiao. FOO

ʻuala koali  R   same as kūpala₃, a wild sweet potato. SWP

ʻuala kolikoli [uala·koli·koli]  . see ʻuala kahiki kolikoli.

ʻualalehu [uala·lehu]  R  n. a name later applied to yellow bamboo. (HP 222)PLA

ʻuala lehu₁  R   same as lahi, a variety of sugar cane. (HP 222)SUG

ʻuala lehu₂  R  n. a variety of sweet potato. (HP 225)SWP

ʻuala nika  R  n. a variety of introduced sweet potato. SWP

ua lani pili  rain downpour. (EH)

ua lanipili [ua·lani·pili]  R  n. a heavy rain, as one lasting for days and days, or a cloudburst. WIN

ʻuala pepeiao [uala·pepei·ao]  . see ʻuala kahiki pepeiao.

ʻuala pilau  R  n. turnip (Brassica rapa). lit., smelly potato. PLA FOO

ualapilau [u·a·la·pi·lau]  s. Uala, potato, and pilau, strong scented. A turnip; a radish.

ʻuala ʻula kīnaʻu [uala·ula·ki·naʻu]  R  n. a variety of red sweet potato. SWP

ualeha [ua·leha]  R  vs. lazy. . cf. palaleha.

ualeha [u·a·le·ha]  adj. Lazy. see hoopalaleha.

ualehe₁ [ua·lehe]  R  vs. loose, loose-fitting, as a dress; sitting with the knees wide apart; stretching the mouth, as in a grimace.

hōʻualehecaus/sim

ualehe₂ [ua·lehe]  R  vs. wary of a hook, as a fish once caught and having escaped. rare. FIS

ualehe₃ [ua·lehe]  R  vt. to oust a tenant from his land and deprive him of the fruit of his work; to evict.

ualehe [u·a·le·he]  v. To strip one of his property; to dispossess one; hemo.

Ua-lēhei [uale·hei]  R   short for Ka-ua-lēhei-o-Makawao. LUA

ualehu₁ [ua·lehu]  R  vs. gray, ashy-gray. . see ex. uakea₂.

ualehu₂ [ua·lehu]  R  n. a variety of taro. TAR

Ualehu₃ [ua·lehu]  R  n. wind name, Hālawa, Molokaʻi. WIN

ualei [ua·lei]  R  vt. to spread out, as a fish net. FIS NET

ua liʻiliʻi  drizzle. (EH)

ua limua  R  n. a period of constant rain. lit., mossgrowing rain. WIN

ualo  R   var. spelling of uwalo, call out...

ualo [u·a·lo]  v. To cry; to call out; to complain; to call for help. Hal. 4:1. see uolo. s. A complaining; a crying to one for help.

ua loaʻa i ke aloha  Man is dedicated to love, caught by love (FS 231). (EH)

ua loku  rain downpour. (EH)

ua maha  Weariness is released, there is rest (of death). (EH)

ua maikaʻi au  I was well. (EH)

ua maʻi ʻoia  He is sick. (EH)

Ua-ma-ka-lau-koa  R  n. name of a rain at Nuʻu-anu, Oʻahu. lit., rain amid the koa tree leaves. WIN TRE

ua mālamalama  Wake, it is light, it is bright (UL 197). (EH)

ua male ʻia lāua  They were married. (EH)

ua māluhiluhi ʻoia  He has become tired. (EH)

ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoia i ke akua  He believes in God. (EH)

ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono  The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. (EH)

ua mea  R   . see mea₆.

ua me ka hau  sleet. (EH)

uana [u·a·na]  adv. Ua, sign of the perfect tense, and na, quiet, enough, &c. see na, v. It is enough; it is sufficient; a plenty.

uananahuki [ua·nana·huki]  R  n. tapa beater. (Kam. 76:109)

uanaoa [u·a·na·oa]  v. Ua as above, and na, satisfied, and oa, sick. To have no relish for food. adj. Wanting an appetite; disrelishing food.

ua nāulu  showery rain. (EH)

ua ... nei  aforementioned. (EH)

uaneʻi [ua·neʻi]  R   short for auaneʻi₂, probably not, especially after words ending with -a. cf. (Oih. 5.39) .

E manaʻo ana he ʻoiaʻiʻo ka ʻōlelo a nā ʻelemākule, ʻaʻole kā uaneʻi.It was thought that the word of the old men was true, but it was not. (FS 139)

uanei [u·a·nei]  adj. Adverb of time future; it refers to something to be done or something to take place hereafter, but at no great distance of time; soon; by and by; hereafter. The full form is auanei; it is contracted by dropping the initial a, after a word ending in a. Dan. 1:10.

ua nihi  creeping rain. (EH)

uāniʻi, uwāniʻi [ua·nii·uwāniʻi]  R  nvs. stiff, as salted fish; stiffness. . see ex. pēpē₁, uwaʻuwali. FIS

hoʻouāniʻito stiffen

Ua hoʻouāniʻi i kona kino me ka ʻoʻoleʻa loa.Stiffened his body with all his might.

uanii [u·a·nii]  adj. Too salt; miko loa.

ua noe  R  n. misty rain, fog. WIN

ua nui ka ua  There was much rain. (EH)

Ua nui ka ua, akā naʻe maikaʻi nō nā mea apau.There was much rain, otherwise everything was fine. (EH)

ua o  R   same as ua ona o, aforementioned. (Gram. 8.3.4)  

Mehameha nā hale ua o Kaʻōleiokū.The aforementioned houses of Kaʻōleiokū are deserted. (FS 133)

uao [u·ao]  v. To mew, as a cat. see below. s. A cat, from the noise. see also owau and uwau.

ʻuao, ʻuwao  R  nvt. to intercede, arbitrate, reconcile, mediate; referee, umpire, conciliator, arbitrator, peacemaker.

e ʻuao ana nō lākouto make intercession for them (Heb. 7.25)

ʻuao  n. referee, umpire; to referee. also ʻuao haʻuki. see kanaka makaʻala ʻupena, and entry below. vt. to arbitrate. ka ʻuao ʻana. arbitration.

Ma kekahi mau ʻano hihia o kekahi hui me nā poʻe limahana, na kekahi luna hoʻokolokolo e ʻuao.In some disputes between a company and the employees, a judge will arbitrate.

uao [u·ao]  v. see uwao. To interfere; to procure peace between contending parties; to intercede; interpose; reconcile; a na kekahi alii manuwa Amerika i uao; to take one's part.

uaoa [ua·oa]  R  n. light rain, mist. rare. WIN

ua oki  Cut! i.e. a command to stop the filming of a movie or video scene (pronounced uoki).

ua ʻōlelo ʻia  It is said. (EH)

ua ona o  R  idiom. aforementioned (often before names of people).

Ua hānau ʻia ua ona o Meipala i Kahiki.The Mabel we've been talking of was born in Tahiti.

ʻuao ʻuwao  R  var. spelling of ʻaha ʻuao, Board of arbitration...

uapo, uwapo  R  n. wharf, pier, quay, dock, bridge. Eng.

nā loaʻa mai nā uapo mairevenues from wharves

ua pono kā kāua hana  Our work is successful. (EH)

ua pono kāna hana  his conduct is righteous. (EH)

He manaʻopaʻa kona, ua pono kāna hana.He is convinced his conduct is righteous. (EH)

ua pono kāua  We have succeeded. (EH)

ua pūnohu [ua·pu·nohu]  R  n. a red rain in the sunshine. WIN

uate  n. watt. abb. uat. see kilouate. Eng. SCI

uati  R  var. spelling of uaki, watch...

uau [u·au]  s. A leather bag.

uaʻu  R   var. spelling of uwaʻu; and same as waʻu, to grate.

uau [u·au]  adj. Tough, as kalo. see uaua.

ʻuaʻu, ʻuwaʻu  R  n. dark-rumped petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis), an endangered sea bird, considered by some an ʻaumakua. see kaini. BIR

uau [u·au]  A species of bird that dives in the water.

uaua [u·a·u·a]  adj. Poor; naked; destitute.

uaua₁ [ua·ua]  R  nvs. tough, sinewy, glutinous, viscid, leathery; not easily broken, as cord. fig., hardheaded, willful, obstinate, tough-minded. (For a rare use of uaua as a noun, see ʻīlio-holo-i-ka-uaua.). [(AN) PPn *ua, vein, artery, tendon, sinew]BOD

ʻāʻī uauastiff neck

hoʻouauato toughen; tough, stubborn

uaua [u·a·ua]  adj. Strong; tight; fast; unbroken. Tough, as some kinds of kalo; paa, paakiki.

uaua₂ [ua·ua]  R  n. a variety of taro. The name may be qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, mōlina, piko. (HP 29, 30, 34)TAR

uaua₃ [ua·ua]  n. tendon. [ mān]. also lohi. BOD

uʻauʻa [ua·uʻa]  R  n. a tapa dyed as with ʻōlena (turmeric) or noni. TAP

uaua [u·a·u·a]  The name of a kapa or pau colored yellow; ina i hooluu ia ka pau i ka olena, he uaua ia.

ʻuāʻuā  R   var. spelling of ʻuwāʻuwā, shout, cry out... redup. of ʻuā.

uaua [u·au·a]  s. A noise; a confused noise, as of an army or multitude; the noise of wailing; he olopihe.

ʻuʻaʻuʻa  R   redup. of ʻuʻa, useless, vain...

uaua [u·a·u·a]  s. Pride; haughtiness; acting the spendthrift. adj. Proud; haughty; arrogant; vain.

uauahi [ua·uahi]  R  nvs. smoky-gray color, as of tapa; gray quality, as of a whitened sugar-cane leaf; smoky, hazy; a reddish-blue tapa. (Kam. 76:157)TAP

uauahoa [ua·ua·hoa]  R   redup. of uahoa.

uauai [ua·uai]  R   redup. of uai.

uauakaha [ua·ua·kaha]  R  nvs. stiffness of the cords of the neck. ILL

ʻuaʻuala, ʻuwaʻuwala  R  nvi. sour odor, as of fermenting or decaying sweet potatoes; to smell thus. SWP

uauala [u·a·u·a·la]  s. A strong smell of decaying food; the smell of rotten potatoes; wekoweko.

uaʻuali  R   var. spelling of uwaʻuwali, limp, weak...

uaua loli [ua·ua·loli]  R   . see limu uaua loli.

ʻUaʻu-kaha  R   same as Ka-ʻuaʻu-kaha.

ʻuaʻu kani  R  n. wedge-tailed shearwater or moaning bird (Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus). lit., calling ʻuaʻu. also hōʻio. BIR

ʻuaʻu kēwai [uau·ke·wai]  R  n. a variety of ʻuaʻu, petrel... (Malo text, chapter 13, section 23). BIR

uaukewai [u·au·ke·wai]  s. The name of a large bird the size of a turkey; breast and wings white, back black.

ʻUaʻu-komo-hewa  R  S   same as Ka-ʻuaʻu-komo-hewa.

ʻUaʻu-lewalewa [uaulewa·lewa]  R   same as Ka-ʻuaʻu-lewalewa.

uauoʻa, uauwoʻa [uau·oʻa]  R  n. distant sound, as of blended voices.

uauwoʻa  R  var. spelling of uauoʻa, distant sound...

ue₁, uwe  R  vt. to jerk, pull, twist, pry, turn, sway. . cf. naue. [(MP) PPn *ue, shake something backwards and forward; jiggle]PLA TAR

Ka ue ʻana, ʻo ka ue ʻana ia o ka mahi kalo i nā ʻohā ulu mua.The pulling away, this is a pulling away in the taro plantation of the first growing shoots. (Kep. 157)

ue [u·e]  v. To hitch or shove along a little; to shake. see naue. Hoo. To cause a movement or shaking. s. The wrenching of a stick; the turning of a screw.

ue₂, uwe  R  nvi. a hula step: the caller announces the step to drummer (who changes the beat) and dancers by calling e ue (e imperative and ue). The right foot is extended forward with toes pointing, while both arms are brought forward to chest level with hands crossed and fingers tipped upward; the left hand stays up, while right arm and foot swing back in an outward arc. Then the right arm and foot are moved forward, and the step is repeated to the left. Then three short steps are taken forward. In the last step the left hand is forward, and the right foot and arm back. To do this step. HUL

ue₃, uwe  R  vs. tall, far apart. Rare except in proper names.

Ka-pali-ue-loathe very tall cliff (name of a chief)

ue₄, uwe  R   a kind of mat, made without stripping the pandanus leaves. (And.) PAN

ue [u·e]  s. A kind of mat made without trimming the lauhala.

uē, uwē  R  S  nvi. to cry, weep, lament, mourn; a cry, lamentation, weeping; to salute. . cf. auē, haʻuhaʻu uwē. (Mat. 5.47)

hoʻouēto cause weeping, make someone cry

uē waleto cry for no reason; crybaby

ue [u·e]  v. To weep; to cry; to cry in an audible manner. To sigh; to have inward anguish; to be afflicted. To have pity upon. To salute; to love. To cry to one for relief in distress. To enter a complaint. see uwe.

uē (uwē) ʻino  tantrum. (EH)

uea, uwea  R  n. wire. . see pā uea. Eng.

uea  wire. uea nikoroma. nichrome wire. see kaula uea, and entries below. TOO

uea aweʻama [uea·awe·ʻama]  R  n. fiber optic cable. [+]ADD CMP

uea hakahaka [uea·haka·haka]  R  n. wire screen; screen, as on windows. lit., space wire.

uea kau lole  n. hanger. lit., wire (for) placing clothes. see lāʻau kau lole, mea kau lole, ʻea kau lole. CLO

uea kelepona [uea·kele·pona]  R  n. telephone wire.

uea kukū  R  n. barbed wire.

uē ʻalalā, uwēʻalalā [ue·ala·lā]  R  vi. to wail loudly, yelp.

uea maka ʻupena  R  n. chicken wire. lit., net-mesh wire.

uea makika  n. screen, as for windows. lit., mosquito wire. also makaʻaha.

uea moana  R  n. undersea cable.

uea nākiʻi [uea·na·kiʻi]  n. twist tie, as used with plastic bags. lit., tying wire.

ueaʻole  R  n. wireless.

uea ʻōlelo [uea·o·lelo]  R  n. telegraph wire. lit., speaking wire.

uea pale lua  R  n. coaxial cable, a double-shielded cable commonly used in cable television hookups, ethernet hookups, or similar applications. lit., double-shielded wire. [+]ADD CMP

uea peleki  n. brake cable, as on a bicycle. Niʻihau.

uea poepoe [uea·poe·poe]  R  n. smooth wire. lit., round wire.

uea radio  radio aerial. (EH)

uea wili  R  n. twisted pair cable. lit., twisted cable. [+]ADD CMP

uēʻehene, uwēʻehene  R   same as ehehene.

uē hāmama  to cry loudly. (EH)

ʻuehe  R   var. spelling of ʻuwehe, to open, uncover, reveal...

uē helu  R  nvi. a wailing call of grief and love, recounting deeds of a loved one and shared experiences; to weep and speak thus. lit., enumerating weeping.

uē hoʻi ē  woe!. (EH)

E uē nō anei, he keiki makua ʻole, ʻaʻohe mākua, uē hoʻi ē!Weeping for an orphan child, no parents, woe! (EH)

uē hoʻohune  teasing cry. (EH)

uē ʻino  R  nvi. to cry loudly; tantrum.

ueka  R   var. spelling of uweka, dirty.

uē kanikau [ue·kani·kau]  R  vi. to wail; wailing prayer.

uē kaukau  wail. (EH)

ʻueke  R   var. spelling of ʻuweke.

Uēki ʻAilana [ueki··ai·lana]  n. Wake Island. Eng. G

ueko  R   var. spelling of uweko, bad-smelling, musty...

uekoeko [ueko·eko]  R   var. spelling of uwekoweko.

uē leo nui  R  vi. to cry loudly, bawl.

uene₁, uwene  R  vi. to move back and forth, oscillate.

Uene ke kolopāthe crowbar lifts [of success]

uene₂, uwene  R  vi. to break wind slightly. BOD

uene₃, uwene  R  n. name of a string figure.

uepa [u·e·pa]  s. Eng. A wafer; better written wepa; better still wefa.

uepa₁, uwepa  R  n. wafer. Eng.

uepa₂, uwepa  R  n. whip. Eng.

uepa kiania flexible hand whip

uepa₃, uwepa  R  nvt. wax seal, as used on envelopes; to seal.

uepa  n. wax. also pīlali. cf. uepa ihoiho, ʻōihoiho.

uepa ihoiho [uepa·iho·iho]  n. paraffin. lit., candle wax seal.

ueue, uweuwe [ue·ue·uweuwe]  R   redup. of ue₁; to wriggle, squirm. PPN *ueue.

ueue [u·e·ue]  v. see ue, to shake. Nekoneko, nikuniku, pilupilu. Hoo. To cause to shake; to shake violently; hooewaewa ma ka nuku, me ka hoonaueue ae.

uēuē, uwēuwē [ue·ue·uwēuwē]  R   redup. of uē, cry, weep...

hoʻouēuēcaus/sim. to imitate wailing; a wailing dirge

ueueko [ue·ueko]  R   var. spelling of uweuweko, bad-smelling, musty...

ueueko [u·e·ue·ko]  s. A bad smell; a stench. see weweko. adj. Filthy; unpleasant to the smell.

ʻueʻuele, uweʻuwele, ueʻuele  R  vs. wet (used with kēhau, dew).

uē wale  crybaby. (EH)

uewale [u·e·wa·le]  s. Ue, to cry, and wale, without cause. A coward.

ʻUgana  n. Uganda; Ugandan. Eng. G

uha  R  n. large intestine, alimentary canal, colon. cf. uhahemo, uhalehe, uhalena, uhanui, uhaʻula. see saying, kāhela₁. BOD

uha [u·ha]  The enlarged intestine near the anus of beasts; the alimentary canal.

ūhā [u·hā]  R   same as puhi ūhā, an eel.

uha [u·ha]  adj. Slipping away; not easily held, as a cunning rogue. Greedy; craving; eating often.

ʻuha  R  nvt. wasteful, extravagant; waste, extravagance; to waste.

uha [u·ha]  To squander; to misspend; to waste; to misuse property. see uhauha.

ʻūhā [u·hā]  . see mākala kaʻakepa ʻūhā, mākala ʻūhā.

ʻūhā₁ [u·hā]  R  n. thigh, lap, shoulder; hindquarters, as of a horse, beef, or pig. [Pn(CE) *kuufaa, thigh]BOD

ʻūhā moadrumstick of a chicken

uha [u·ha]  s. The thigh; the thigh of a person. Lunk. 3:16. The ham of a hog. The lap of a woman. 2 Nal. 4:20. Uha hoali, the heave shoulder. Oihk. 7:34.

ʻūhā₂ [u·hā]  R  n. foster parent of a chiefly child, or guardian, so-called because he might hold the child on his lap (ʻūhā).

ʻūhā₃ [u·hā]  R   var. of pūhā₁, abscess, pūhā₂, hollow, pūhā₃, belch, pūhā₄, breath air, as a sea turtle...

uha [u·ha]  v. To belch up wind. To hawk up mucus; to hawk, as a means of raising phlegm from the throat or lungs. see puha. To swell; to distend, as the stomach.

ʻūhā₄ [u·hā]  R   rare var. of hāhā, to grope.

ʻuha ʻai  R  n.v. to waste food or anything; to squander; extravagant; extravagance. (The old Hawaiians did not waste food.).

uhae  R   same as hahae, tear, strip, as leaves...

uhae [u·hae]  v. To tear; to rend, as a garment. Oihk. 10:6. Ua uhaeia ka lole, ua uhaeia ka moena. see hae and haehae.

uhaele mai  come (plural). (EH)

uhaele  R   plural of haele, to go, come . see ex. mākiʻa.

O uhaele mai.Wonʻt you (plural) come.

ʻūhā hame [u·ha·hame]  R  n. leg of ham. . see hame, ham...

ʻūhā heke [u·ha·heke]  R   (Emerson) (Malo 201) correction of ʻūhā kākau.

uhahemo [uha·hemo]  R  n. hemorrhoids. ILL

ʻūhā hipa [u·ha·hipa]  R  n. leg of mutton.

lima ʻūhā hipaleg-of-mutton sleeve

ʻūhā hope [u·ha·hope]  R  n. hindquarters, as of horse, beef, pig.

uhai  R   same as hahai, pursue, accompany... BIR

Ka uhai manuthe bird hunter (Kep. 89)

uhai [u·hai]  To follow; chase; pursue. Laieik. 71. To overrun; to treat with contempt. see hahai.

uhai [u·hai]  To speak to; to say to one; ke uhai mai nei ka naaupo ia makou e hoohalikeia ka mea naaupo me ka mea naauao.

uhaʻi₁  R  S   same as uhaki, to break

E uhaʻi ia i kō lākou mau iwi.He shall break their bones. (Nah. 24.8)

uhai [u·hai]  v. see hai. To break in two, as a stick; to break, as a bone. Nah. 24:8. To break, as the neck. Puk. 13:13. To break, as a covenant. Kanl. 31:16. To break, as a law; ua uhai ke kanawai; to disregard, as an agreement; to break away, as from a yoke or bondage. To jerk or pull out; to tear out or off by force, as a branch from a tree. To pound up or break to pieces, as with a rod; to break off, as a horn. Dan. 8:8.

uhaʻi₂  R  n. covering for door opening, doorway frame. TAP

Lele kāhili, holo ka uhaʻi, uhi kapa.Feather standards sway, the door opening is moved into place, the tapa covers [the chief sleeps].

uhai [u·hai]  s. E hilinai ana no ia maluna o ka uhai; the door shutter of a room or house; e pane mai i uhai. s. The door, or properly the door frame of a house; ke kikihi o ka hale.

uhaʻi₃  R   similar to ʻalu, depression, gutter...

uhaiāholo [uhai·a·holo]  R  vt. to pursue or run swiftly; to pass swiftly, as time.

E uhaiāholo ana i ka lei aloha.Following quickly after the beloved child. [in death] (Kel. 61)

uhaiaholo [u·hai·a·ho·lo]  v. Uhai and holo, to run. lit. To break away and run; to run, as in a race; to fly; to hasten after a thing; ke uhaiaholo nei na kanaka ma ka waiwai, me ke kukini nui ma ia aoao me he man elele na ke alii o ka lewa. s. A swift running; an eager pursuit after a thing.

uhai mālie  stalk (follow). (EH)

uhai manu  fowler. (EH)

ʻūhā kākau [u·ha·ka·kau]  R  n. subjects of the high chief. lit., tattooed thighs. (Malo 194)

uhakakau [u·ha·ka·kau]  s. The office of one of the king's attendants.

ʻūhā kapu [u·ha·kapu]  R  n. a taboo lap, said of persons unable to raise children successfully, believed due to jealousy of an ʻaumakua (family god); a person with the taboo lap. (It was believed that children of the ʻūhā kapu would die unless reared by relatives.).

uhakē [uha·kē]  R   same as hakē; broad, wide.

Uhakē nā iwi pāpā kole.The hip bones are broad.

uhakeʻe [uha·keʻe]  R  vs. crooked, as a road.

uhaki  R  S   same as hahaki, to break.

uhaki [u·ha·ki]  v. see uhai, k inserted. To break, as a stick or staff. Isa. 14:5. To break, as the bones. Isa. 38:13. To break, as a covenant. Ier. 11:10. adj. Broken, as some brittle substance; hu ulu uhaki; he kuapuu, i. e., a broken or humpbacked person.

uhaki kānāwai  to violate a law. (EH)

uhakole [uha·kole]  R  vi. to strain in an effort to evacuate the bowels. fig., disobedient, stubborn. lit., red colon. BOD

uhaku  R  vt. to put together, roll up.

uhaku [u·ha·ku]  v. To put together; to bundle up; to roll together.

uhalalē [uhala·lē]  R  vs. obese. . cf. halalē. rare. 

uhalehe [uha·lehe]  R   same as wahalehe, wide open...

uhalehe [u·ha·le·he]  s. A vulgar word used by children; similar to wahahee; he uhalehe oe. adj. Broad; wide, as a hole; uhalehe ka waha; uhalehe ka puka.

uhalei [uha·lei]  R   same as helei.

uhalena [uha·lena]  R  vs. lazy, overstuffed with food. lit., lazy colon.

uhalena [u·ha·le·na]  adj. Lazy; full by over eating.

ʻuhaloa [uha·loa]  R  n. a small, downy, American weed (Waltheria indica var. americana), with ovate leaves and small, clustered yellow flowers. Leaves and inner bark of root are very bitter and are used for tea or chewed to relieve sore throat. (Neal 575–6) One of the plant forms of the pig demigod Kama-puaʻa (FS 215). also ʻalaʻala pū loa, hala ʻuhaloa, hiʻa loa, kanaka loa. PLA FLO

uhaloa [u·ha·lo·a]  s. Name of a small shrub growing in dry places, used in making scars on the skin something like blisters.

uhalu  R   same as puhalu₁, , soft, flabby... halu, soft, flabby... to deplete.

Uhalu ka waihona aupuni no ia mau loaʻa.Deplete the national treasury of these revenues.

uhalu [u·ha·lu]  adj. Hungry; weak from hunger; destitute.

uhaluhalu [uhalu·halu]  R   redup. of uhalu, soft, flabby... Water-soaked; tough, as kalo.

uhaluhalu [u·ha·lu·ha·lu]  adj. Applied to the visage; gazing; staring.

uhalula₁ [uha·lula]  R   same as hālula, a sea urchin. FIS

uhalula₂ [uha·lula]  R  vs. lazy.

uhalula [u·ha·lu·la]  adj. Lazy; slow; weak; cowardly. s. Weakness; laziness; cowardice.

ʻūhā moa [u·ha·moa]  n. chicken thigh. . see pālaumoa. BIR FOO

ʻūhā mua [u·ha·mua]  R  n. shoulder, as of a cow, horse, pig. ANI

uhamua [u·ha·mu·a]  s. Uha and mua, first, fore. The shoulder of an animal. Ezek. 24:4.

ʻuhane  R  nvs. soul, spirit, ghost; dirge or song of lamentation (rare); spiritual. [Pn(EP) *kuhane, ghost, soul, spirit: *ku(f,s)ane]

Kuʻu i ka ʻuhane.To give up the ghost. (Kin. 35.29)

Lele ka ʻuhane.The soul leaves [death].

pili ʻuhanespiritual

ʻuhane ʻolewithout a soul; shameless, like a beast

ʻuhane ʻololīthin, shriveled soul or ghost

ʻuhane  aʻo kahua ʻuhane spiritually-based learning.

uhane [u·ha·ne]  s. see hane and hanehane in the meles. The soul; the spirit of a person. Oihk. 5:1. He mea ninau i na uhane ino, a consulter of evil spirits. Kanl. 18:11. He kino wailua. The ghost or spirit of a deceased person. The Spirit; applied to the third person of the Trinity. Ioan. 1:32. Uhane Hemolele, the Holy Spirit. NOTE.—Hawaiians supposed that men had two souls each; that one died with the body, the other lived on either visible or invisible as might be, but had no more connection with the person deceased than his shadow. These ghosts could talk, cry, complain, whisper, &c. There were those who were supposed to be skillful in entrapping or catching them. adj. Spiritual. 1 Kor. 15:44. Partaking of the spirit or soul. adv. Me ka hoi uhane aku hoi i Kauai. Laieik. 95. Their flesh eaten by the birds, they would return as to their souls only to Kauai.

ʻuhane haukaʻe [uhane·hau·kaʻe]  R  n. wandering, friendless spirits.

ʻuhane hele  R  n. a traveling spirit, usually of a living person.

ʻUhane Hemolele [uhane·hemo·lele]  R  n. Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit.

ʻuhaneʻino  R  n. unclean or evil spirit, demon. (Bib.).

ʻuhane kiaʻi  R  n. guardian spirit.

ʻuhane kīhei pua [uhane·ki·hei·pua]  R  n. a spirit partially controlling a person and giving him strength, animation, or talents. lit., flower-mantle spirit. FLO

ʻuhane noho  R  n. a spirit possessing a person completely and talking through him. . also akua noho.

ʻuhane ʻole  soulless. (EH)

ʻuhaneʻole  shameless. (EH)

uhanui [uha·nui]  R  vs. fat, weak. lit., big colon. rare. 

uhanui [u·ha·nui]  adj. Weak; feeble; having little physical strength; not able to bear a great weight; he mea uhanui ke kanaka ikaika ole.

uhao₁  R   same as hao₃, scoop, pick up, hao₄, come with force...

uhao [u·hao]  v. see hao. To put into; to fill; to put into, as into a bag. Kin. 44:1. Or into a basket or other container; ua uhaoia ka ai iloko o ka umeke; i ka manawa e uhao. ai i ka poka i ka pu. see hahao.

uhao₂  R  n. cone-shaped base from the kāhili staff to the first feathers, formerly of feathers, later also of silk or ribbons.

ʻO ka moʻoni ʻula ka uhao ma ke kumu, i hana ʻia i ka hulu lena ʻōʻō.The cone-shaped base forms a red spiral at the staff, made with yellow ʻōʻō feathers. (kāhili chant)

uhao₃  R  n. tenderloin. rare. FOO

uhao [u·hao]  s. The line of lean flesh each side, but outside of the backbone; the lean flesh inside is called ioliu; na io e moe lua ana maloko o ke ka o ka puaa a pili aku i ke kuamoo. see ioliu.

ʻūhā puaʻa [u·ha·puaʻa]  R  n. ham.

uhau  R   var. of hahau, strike, hit... (Neh. 3.2)

ʻEhia āu manawa i uhau ai iāia?How many times did you hit him?

Uhau akula ia i ka puaʻa me ke alo o ʻIwa.He laid a pig down before ʻIwa. (FS 21)

uhau i ke kauto present a chant; to strike, as in sorcery or as a blow (GP 66)

uhau [u·hau]  To whip; to scourge; ke uhauia la ke kua o ke kanaka i ke kaula; to strike; to smite. Oih. 12:23. To pinch; to afflict; to press. s. A whip to strike with. Nahum. 3:2.

uhau [u·hau]  v. To pile together; to build up, as the walls of a city. 2 Oihl. 32:5. To put in, as clothes into a chest; to pack. see uhao. To lay brick or stone into the walls of a house or city. Neh. 3:2. To pile one thing on another.

uhaua [u·hau·a]  s. The stones; the testicles of the male. Iob. 40:17.

uhauha [u·ha·u·ha]  Tough; applied to kalo. see uaua.

uhāuhā [uha·uhā]  R  vi. to pant, puff, as a dog or as the wind. (For. 4:77)

ʻuhaʻuha  R   redup. of ʻuha; prodigal, wastrel; to squander, debauch, dissolute.

ka pāʻani, ka ʻuhaʻuha, a me ka hoʻohiki ʻinogaming, waste, and blasphemy

ka ʻuhaʻuha a me ka lapuwalemadness and folly (Kekah. 1.17)

ʻuhaʻuha walewanton

uhauha [u·ha·u·ha]  v. see uha 4. To live in a wasteful manner; to squander property. To live in every indulgence of passion; a noho uhauha ke alii me ka inu rama ame ka aie, the king lived in a reveling manner, drinking rum and going into debt. adj. Riotous; gluttonous; reveling. s. Moral madness; folly. Kekah. 1:17.

uhauhakō [uhau·hakō]  R   same as pāwale, a plant; used as medicine the name may have been uhau. (Kam. 64:141)ILL PLA

uhauhalalē [uhau·hala·lē]  R   rare redup. of uhalalē, obese...

uhauhalale [u·hau·ha·la·le]  adj. Large, fat and unwiedly, as a very fat person; also weak.

uhauhau [uhau·hau]  R   redup. of uhau, strike, hit...

uhauhau [u·hau·hau]  v. see uhau. To crowd on; to press forward. s. Weakness; tremulous, as of old age. adj. Weak; tremulous; tottering with age; fearful.

uhaʻuhaʻu [uhau·haʻu]  R   same as haʻuhaʻu, snort...

ʻuhaʻuha wale  wanton. (EH)

uhau hili kinipōpō [uhau·hili·kini·po·pō]  R  n. batter (in baseball). SPO

uhauhui [uhau·hui]  R  nvt. presentation of a prayer, especially in ʻanāʻanā sorcery; to present such a prayer.

uhauhui [u·hau·hu·i]  s. Name of a religious ceremony in the pule anaana; same as auhauhui.

uhauhumu [uhau·humu]  R  vt. to sew together, as sails; to lay together, as stones in a wall; to interlock. rare. 

uhauhumu [u·hau·hu·mu]  v. Uhau and humu, to unite. To lay stones smoothly in a wall.

uhaʻula  R  vs. lazy, good-for-nothing. rare. 

uhaula [u·hau·la]  v. To waste; to be prodigal of; e hoomauna.

uhau ʻupena  R  v. to strike with a net, as a bird-catching net on a long handle. BIR NET

uhe  R  n.v. offering place for fish on a heiau; to offer, as fish. rare. FIS

ʻuhē  R  vs. chilly, wet and cold.

Ua uhi mai ka hau o nā kuahiwi; he manawa kēwai ia o ka mauna a me ka ʻuhē.The dew of the hills settles down; it is a wet time in the mountains and uncomfortably cold. (Kep. 97)

uhea [u·hea]  s. The cover of a pot. NOTE.—This may be an erroneous orthography for uhia, a contraction of uhiia, covered.

uheʻe  R  S   plural of heʻe₂, slide, heʻe₃, melt, heʻe₄, hang down...

ʻūheheʻe [u·heheʻe]  S  n. solvent. ʻūheheʻe wai. aqueous, i.e. having water as a solvent, in science. māʻōʻāna ʻūheheʻe wai. aqueous solution. [comb. ʻū- + heheʻe.]. see mea heheʻe. SCI

uheheu [uhe·heu]  R  vi. to fly or hurry as though on wings (ʻēheu). (Kep. 95)

ʻuheke  R  vs. plump, fat-cheeked, fleshy.

uheke [u·he·ke]  adj. Languid; weak; imbecile.

ʻūhekeheke [u·heke·heke]  R   redup. of ʻuheke, plump...

uhekeheke [u·he·ke·he·ke]  adj. Full; plump; applied to the cheeks; papalina uhekeheke. Large, fleshy and weak, as a fat man.

uhele₁  R   plural of hele, to go.

uhele₂  R   rare var. of helehele, to cut, skin, strip off bark or rind.

uhele [u·he·le]  v. To bark; to peel bark from a tree or banana.

ʻū hele  go mourning. (EH)

uhelehe [uhe·lehe]  R  vs. sulky, annoyed, vexed. rare. 

uhelehe [u·he·le·he]  adj. Offended.

uhelei [uhe·lei]  R   same as helei, straddle...

uhemo  R   same as hemo, loose, separated...

uhemo [u·he·mo]  v. see hemo. To break off; to separate into parts. To divorce, as man and wife; alaila, kuha aku la o Wakea i ko Papa mau maka a uhemo iho la laua, then Wakea spat in Papa's face and they two were divorced.

ʻuhene  R  interj. to play a merry tune, converse quietly and romantically, tease coquettishly; exclamation of exultation, as in songs; happy or joyous sound. . cf. henehene.

Ua ʻuhene maila lākou i ka mele.They played a merry tune.

ʻUhene ahahana kaʻu lei, naʻu ia.Oh joy, oh boy; sheʻs my darling. (song)

uhene [u·he·ne]  v. see henehene, to mock. To use vile and lascivious language between the sexes.

ʻuhenehene [uhene·hene]  R   same as henehene, ridicule...

hōʻuhenehenesame as hoʻohenehene

uhenehene [u·he·ne·he·ne]  v. see henehene, to mock. To use vile and lascivious language between the sexes.

ʻūheona [u·heona]  R  n. aesthetic element, esthetic element. [Sh. ʻūmaupaʻa + heona]. cf. kālaiʻūheona.[+]ADD

uheuhe [u·he·u·he]  adj. Offended. see uhelehe.

ʻuhēʻuhē₁  R   redup. of ʻuhē, chilly, wet and cold...

ʻuhēʻuhē₂  R  interj. similar to ʻūhīʻūhā, ha ha!

ʻuheʻuhene, ʻuhēʻuhene [uheu·hene]  R   redup. of ʻuhene; tra-la-la; refrain (EH).

uheule [uhe·ule]  R  vs. weak, imbecilic, impotent (an epithet applied to men). cf. ule, penis. rare. 

uheule [u·he·u·le]  s. A word used in vilifying and reproaching another.

uhi₁  R  nvt. covering, cover, veil, film, lid, solid tattooing, tent (Puk. 26.12) ; to cover, spread over, engulf, conceal, overwhelm; to don, as a feather cloak. fig., to deceive, hide the truth. [PPn *ʻufi, cover up]

hoʻouhicaus/sim

kākau uhito tattoo solidly

Ua uhi ʻia kō lāua mau manaʻo i ke aloha.Their thoughts were overwhelmed with love. (For. 4:67)

uhi i ka moeto make a bed

Uhi mai ka lani pō.The night sky spreads forth [ignorance].

uhi  lepo uhi. topsoil. cf. lalo lepo.

uhi [u·hi]  v. To cover over a thing so as to hide it; to cover or hide, as the water covers what is in the bottom of the sea. Puk. 15:10. To cover, i. e., spread over the country, as an army. Nah. 22:5. To cover; to hide, as a sin, i. e., to forgive it. Neh. 4:5. Hoo. To veil; to cover with a veil, as the face. Kin. 24:65. To spread over a cover; to conceal, as a cloud. Kin. 9:14. Uhi uha mai ka pele o ka lua ahi, uhi mai ka leo o ke ahi o ka pele. To be smothered, as the voice of one by the voices of many; ua uhiia kona leo e ka haukamumu. Laieik. 22. s. A covering; a veil. Puk. 26:14. A fence; a protection.

uhi₂  R  n. large, bluish-brown birthmark. [PPn *ʻusi, dark-coloured, including dark blues and greens]BOD

uhi₃  R  n. the yam (Dioscorea alata), from southeast Asia, a climber with square stems, heart-shaped leaves, and large, edible, underground tubers. The plant is widely distributed through islands of the Pacific, where it is commonly grown for food. (HP 166–172), (Neal 230). In the past botanists have applied the name uhi incorrectly to the hoi kuahiwi. also pālau, ulehihi. [(AN) PPn *ʻufi, yam (Dioscorea)]SWP PLA

uhi [u·hi]  s. A yam, a vegetable; grows in the ground.

uhi₄  R  n. mother-of-pearl bivalve, mother-of-pearl shank. [PPn *ʻufi, shellfish sp]FIS

uhi [u·hi]  s. Name of a small shell fish.

uhi₅  R  n. turtle shell piece used for scraping olonā.

uhi₆  R  n. mark made by the gall of raw pūpū ʻawa (a shellfish) on tapa or on the skin as an ornament. [Pn(EP) *uhi, tattooing instrument]FIS TAP

uhia  R   pas/imp. of uhi₁. PPN *ʻu(u)fia.

uhi ʻālela [uhi·a·lela]  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber having white flesh and skin; grown in Puna, Hawaiʻi. (HP 168)SWP

uhiʻāpana [uhia·pana]  R  vt. to debate, argue. rare. 

uhi ʻāpana [uhi·a·pana]  R  n. patchwork cover or spread.

uhiapana [u·hi·a·pa·na]  v. see pakuikui, Kam.

uhi hoʻonohonoho [uhi·hoo·noho·noho]  R  n. a variety of yam. . see -nohonoho. SWP

uhi ʻia  hidden. (EH)

uhi i ka moe  to make a bed. (EH)

uhi i ka noe  misty. (EH)

uhi kalakoa [uhi·kala·koa]  R  n. a variety of yam, the tuber with mottled red and white flesh and white skin; grown at Hāʻena, Kauaʻi. also uhi ʻōniʻoniʻo. (HP 168)SWP

uhi keʻokeʻo [uhi·keo·keʻo]  R  n. a variety of yam, grown throughout the islands; tuber with white flesh and skin. (HP 168)SWP