dye
Wai, waihoʻoluʻu, wai ʻele, wai ʻeleʻele. Also: weʻa, hili, kūhili; kūpenu (by dipping); kiʻolena, hōlei, kīheʻaheʻa palaʻā. Dye colors: ʻōlenalena (yellow); puakai (red); nao (dark red); pōkohukohu (made of noni root); ʻākala (raspberry or thimbleberry juice). Dye cup, kā kāpala; kākākau, pahu palapala (rare). To extract dye colors, hōʻawa.