puaʻa

See also: pua'a

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puaʔa/

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka

Noun

1. pig, hog, swine
2. pork
3. (obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped
4. 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.

Hyponyms

• kīkepa, hahei, huluʻiwi

Derived terms

terms derived from the noun "puaʻa"

• ahupuaʻa
• ʻaila puaʻa
• ao puaʻa
• hinupuaʻa
• hū ā puaʻa
• hula puaʻa
• hulu puaʻa
• ʻiʻo puaʻa uahi
• ʻiole puaʻa
• kākā puaʻa
• kāpī puaʻa
• Ka-ihu-o-ka-puaʻa
• ka-ihu-o-ka-puaʻa
• 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

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka

Noun

puaʻa

1. pig