puaʻa
See also: pua'a
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *puaka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puaʻa
- pig, hog, swine
- pork
- (obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped
- banks of fog or clouds, often as gathered over a mountain summit, a sign of rain and believed to be the cloud forms of Kamapuaʻa
- Mehe ao puaʻa lā, ke aloha e kau nei.
- Like a cloud resting on the mountain is the love alighting here.
- Mehe ao puaʻa lā, ke aloha e kau nei.
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
terms derived from the noun "puaʻa"
- ahupuaʻa
- ʻaila puaʻa
- ao puaʻa
- hinupuaʻa
- hū ā puaʻa
- hula puaʻa
- hulu puaʻa
- humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
- ʻiʻo puaʻa uahi
- ʻiole puaʻa
- kākā puaʻa
- kāpī puaʻa
- Ka-ihu-o-ka-puaʻa
- ka-ihu-o-ka-puaʻa
- Kamapuaʻa
- Ka-puaʻa-kā-huluhulu
- kuʻi puaʻa
- kūkaepuaʻa
- kūkae-puaʻa-uka
- maka puaʻa
- mauʻu kūkae puaʻa
- mea ʻono puaʻa
- niho puaʻa
- ʻōpū puaʻa
- pā puaʻa
- pine niho puaʻa
- poʻopuaʻa
- pua puaʻa
- puaʻa ʻāʻaua
- puaʻa ʻāhiu
- puaʻaʻehuʻehu
- puaʻa ʻehuʻehu
- puaʻa hame
- puaʻa heʻa
- puaʻa hinu
- puaʻa hiwa
- puaʻa hulu ʻole
- puaʻa kai
- puaʻa kāne
- puaʻa kāpī
- puaʻa kau
- puaʻa keiki
- puaʻakuhinia
- puaʻakukui
- puaʻa kumulau
- puaʻa ʻili ʻoiʻoi
- puaʻa ʻimi aliʻi
- puaʻa laho
- puaʻa lau
- puaʻalohelohe
- puaʻa māiki
- puaʻa makanahele
- puaʻa nui huelo huluhulu
- puaʻa ohi
- puaʻa ʻōkalakala
- puaʻa olomea
- puaʻa paʻakai
- puaʻa pipi
- puaʻa pūkoʻa
- puaʻa uahi
- puaʻa ūkō
- puaʻa wahine
- puaʻa wāwae loa
- ʻūhā puaʻa
- ʻuku puaʻa
- ulepuaʻa
- wilipuaʻa
Samoan edit
Noun edit
puaʻa
- Alternative spelling of pua'a