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Source: Pukui, Mary Kawena & Elbert, Samuel H.,
This page is dedicated to ku`u hoa `inau.
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sweetheart, lover Root: ipo = lover, ipoipo = to make love |
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sweetheart, lover, loved one
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(male/ husband) sweetheart |
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(pretty or handsome) sweetheart, lover Root words: hua = fruit + pala =ripe |
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spring water. Fig., a sweetheart |
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sweetheart, mate, spouse Root: `inau, same as `inâ`inau = to make love; pleasant, agreeable, sprightly. |
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cherished flower, sweetheart |
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Nâ Pua / Flowers In poetry and songs, a sweetheart may be likened to flowers, buds, and lei. |
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ginger |
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yellow, orange, greenish, or dull-red flowers; some kinds are strung for leis. The flowers last only a day and are so delicate that about 500 are needed for one lei. Designated flower for the Island of O`ahu. |
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crown flower; white or lavender crown-shaped flowers, commonly used for leis. |
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gardenia |
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small white flowers of the candlenut trees, often strung with its silvery leaves into leis. Designated flower for the Island of Moloka`i. |
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rose geranium |
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Fig., sweetheart, warrior, beloved friend or relative, expert. Red (most common), salmon, pink, yellow, or white pom-pom-shaped flowers. Designated flower of the Island of Hawai`i. See Greenery for the Hula Altar for more information. |
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fragrant leaves are made into leis. See Greenery for the Hula Altar for more information. |
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safflower or false saffron, yellow flowers, like the feathers of the mamo bird. |
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plumeria (frangipani) blossoms, five-petaled, fragrant, commonly sewn into leis. |
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Arabian jasmine, small, white, intensely fragrant flowers, used for leis. |
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buds |
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lei (garland) Fig., beloved |
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Nâ `A`ala / Fragrances |
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fragrant, sweet-smelling, perfumed; fragrance, perfume (preceded by ke) |
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fragrant, sweet-smelling; fragrance, perfume, aroma, sweet scent |
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softly fragrant; soft fragrance or perfume, aroma; gentle and sweet, as the eyes or disposition; inviting, attractive, alluring, lovely. |
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Nâ Kupukupu / Ferns |
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a fragrant fern, when crushed, its fragrance suggests that of maile; famous for its fragrance on Kaua`i; beloved, sweet, of a lover. |
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native fern with lacy, ovate fronds |
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Nâ Manu / Birds |
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scarlet Hawaiian honey creepers; its feathers were used extensively in featherwork |
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(perhaps) Laysan albatross |
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bird |
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black honey creeper with yellow feathers in a tuft under each wing, which were used for featherwork |
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young bird, fledgling. Fig., a young sweetheart. |
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Nâ I`a / Fishes |
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surgeonfish Refers to sweet-eyed sweetheart. Kole maka onaona, said of attractive people, as the eye of this fish is considered beautiful. |
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goatfish Refers to a good-looking, handsome sweetheart. (modern slang) |
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shark Refers to a passionate sweetheart. |
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certain species of crevalle, jack or pompano Refers to "man, sweetheart". |
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Huki i ka ulua! Pull in the ulua! Figuratively, get your man! |
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`A`ole nô wau i mahu`i mua, e lilo ana I never thought before that you’d be my sweetheart. |
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Aia i ka huki ulua. Gone to pull in an ulua (a man). |
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