puaʻa

See also: puaa and pua'a

Hawaiian

For generic sense as quadruped, compare with Tahitian puaʻa in puaʻahorofenua “horse” (corresponding to puaʻa holo honua; holo itself basis for holoholona “animal”) and puaʻatoro “cow, bull” lit. 'astretch pig'

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.

terms derived from the noun "puaʻa"

puaʻa

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