May 29, 2025
kupu: 1. nvi. Sprout, growth; offspring; upstart, as one rising suddenly and conspicuously to high position; to sprout, grow, germinate, increase; to occur. Kupu wale, to occur by chance or spontaneously; whimsical. Ke kupu, ka ʻeu, ke kolohe, the upstart, the rascal, the mischief-maker. Na wai ke kupu ʻo ʻoe? Whose sprout are you? hoʻo.kupu To cause growth, sprouting; to sprout. (PPN tupu.)
2. n. Spirit, supernatural being. (For. 4:161.)
Makekuka.
Perfect: Hemolele
useless - poho
Waiwai ʻole, makehewa, ʻuʻa, ʻole wale, ʻuko ʻole, pohō wale. Also: hāloliʻili, pauʻaka, hakanele. See worthless and idioms, ʻalaʻala, hāwaʻe.
Figuratively, useless.
Examples:
Ahu ka ʻalaʻala! Just a pile of squid ink sac [no use]!
He aha ka ʻalaʻala o kēnā mea āu i hoʻihoʻi mai nei? What’s the good of that octopus ink sac you’ve brought home?
He aha kāna ʻalaʻala? What’s he good for?
He aha kō ʻalaʻala (For. 5:569)? What's your reason?
hāwaʻe. 1. n., A sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla 🌐). Figuratively, of no character or substance, perhaps so used because of the sayings hāwaʻe kai nui, sea urchin with much juice [and little meat, hence useless], and he hāweʻa ʻiʻo ʻole, sea urchin without meat [or brains].
nvs. Startled, surprised, astonished, aghast, frightened; surprise, amazement, fright. hoʻo.pū.ʻiwa To startle, astonish, etc. Me nā mea kani e ho ʻopūʻiwa iā ʻoukou (2 Oihn. 12.12), with the instruments to startle you.
pao - 1. vt. To scoop out, dub out, as a log for a canoe, or as of the action of the sea on the coast; to peck, chisel out, gouge, undermine, erode, bore. Fig., blunt, cruel, harsh in speech; to rebuke; digging, scooping, etc. (preceded by ke). Cf. paokeʻe, paokoke, paomoni. Pōhaku pao, stone chisel. Ua pao ʻia ʻo Pua e ka hoahānau, Pua was rebuked by the cousin. Pao ka lima, ʻae ka waha, the hand bores from below, the mouth says yes. (PEP paʻo.)
i paopao ka 'aina
miki - shocked
alapao
kolo ana, crawl
whisker: he umiumi loloa ma ka papalina.
ʻano keʻokeʻo a ʻeleʻele ʻoia.
a laila, kū ka popoki a holo i ka lumi kuke no kahi mea ʻai ʻike.
Haʻalele akula ka pōpoki,
Kaʻaahi. Railroad track. alahao.
toy Mea pāʻani,
alapao - tunnel
paopao - dig out, as a tunnel
kolo - to crawl along
kolokolo - redup. wale no.
2.
nana ka mea i na kaula uila he nui, a laila, Nana no hoʻi kahi halulu a lohe ia i kahi kani kanono.
Halulu; kani kanono
uea uila electric lines
nāna - observe
ʻike - see
punawai ʻauʻau - swimming pool. He wai puna, puka mai, he punawai ʻauʻau
exclaim - Hoʻōho, ʻū, āhē, kaniʻū (as in delight); kaulele.
kūkala - to announce, proclaim
hoʻōho - to exclaim. ʻano hʻai a me ka leo pihoihoi.
hoʻōho ka wahine, ʻae, ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ia.
He makani ma waho.
hoʻoluʻu
ka hui ʻana o ka poʻe ma hoʻokahi wahi e kakali ana i kekahi mea; noho mālie.
kaulana mokulele
departure lounge: lumi hoʻolulu