pua

From Proto-Oceanic *puŋa (“flower; blossom”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”) (compare with Malay bunga), from Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).


ʻAukekulelia

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


pepeiao

. Compare Maori popoia (“tragus of the ear”).


Hiʻiaka

→ English: Hiʻiaka

hiʻi (“hold, carry”) + aka (“essence, embryo”)


henua

From Proto-Polynesian *fenua. Cognates include Tahitian fenua and Maori whenua. Doublet of honua.


ʻEulopa

(astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)


lepu

Learned borrowing from Latin lepus, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries

List of missionaries to Hawaii#Roman Catholic


nīoi

From Proto-Polynesian *unuoi (“Eugenia reinwardtiana”). Sense of pepper likely came from similarity with the former's bright red fruit.

inh

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual


naio

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaio. Compare Rarotongan ngāio (“Myoporum wilderi”), Tuamotuan ngaio (“Myoporum stokesii”), Rapa Nui ngaio (“Myoporum rapense”), Maori ngaio (“Myoporum laetum”).

(botany) false sandalwood (Myoporum sandwicense), a flowering plant in the figwort family


Keaopō

(astronomy) Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis), a star in the constellation Corona Borealis


panalāʻau

(geography) territory, dependency, colony, province


ʻanoʻano

Either reduplication or doublet of ʻano from Proto-Polynesian *kano (compare Maori kano, Tahitian ʻaʻano and Tongan kano), from Proto-Oceanic *kanon (“flesh; kernel”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kan-ən from Proto-Austronesian *kaən-an (“food, cooked rice”) from Proto-Austronesian *kaən (“to eat”) (thus doublet of ʻai).


hōkū ʻaeʻa

[ˈhoː.kuː ˈʔɐe̯.ʔə]


Nuhōlani

(geology) Australia, New Holland (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Hoʻoleilana

Blend of hoʻolei + lana. From English Ho'oleilana, from Hawaiian hoʻoleilei ka lana (sent sounds of awakening), from the Hawaiian Kumulipo creation chant: Ho'oleilei ka lana a ka Po uliuli. Literally, “From deep darkness came murmurs of awakening”

lit

(astronomy, cosmology) Ho'oleilana: a baryon acoustic oscillation, a cosmic structure in Local Universe


mukuela

Learned borrowing from Latin mustela, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries


ʻAʻā

(astronomy) the primary, visible star of the Sirius binary system; Sirius A


mākaʻikaʻi

Reduplication of mākaʻi (“visit, inspect”).


kūkulu

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tu(lu)tulu (“house post, wall post”), reduplication of *tulu (“post”).

inh

nā kūkulu ʻehā

(geography) cardinal point, compass point


hoʻokuʻu

From hoʻo- (causative prefix) + kuʻu (“to release”).


ʻōlapa

From ʻō- (simulative prefix) + lapa (“to flash”).

(astronautics) to lift off, to blast off


hoʻoneʻe

From hoʻo- (causative prefix) + neʻe (“creep”).


ʻopi

From Proto-Polynesian *kopi (“double together, fold”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gepit (“pinch, squeeze between”).