Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

paʻaʻā

/ paʻa.ʻā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Fiber, as of sugar-cane stalk or of banana sheath (probably a contraction of paʻa, solid, and ʻaʻa, fiber).

2. n., Variant of pāpaʻa #3.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

pāʻāʻā

/ pā.ʻā.ʻā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., First stage of growth of the fish akule, 6 or 7 cm. long.

2. n., Inferior tapa made from small lengths of bark.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish tapa

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

s. The rind of the banana; the skin or outside covering of a cluster of bananas; the fibre of a banana stalk; he ili mawaho o ka pumaia. See AA.

adj. See AA. Stony, as land; full of stones.

2. Burnt; scorched.

Paaa (pā'-ă-ā'), adj.

/ pā'-ă-ā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Aa, stony.]

1. Stony, as land; full of stones.

2. Burnt; scorched.

Paaa (pā-a'a), n.

/ pā-a'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Fiber of any vegetable growth as distinguished from the pulp; outer covering of fibrous plants.

Skin of the banana; fruit and outside covering sheath of a cluster of bananas; fiber of the banana stalk.

Banana leaves used for thatch and lining on high chiefsʻ houses.

Early practice of using short lengths of bark to produce a poor quality kapa.

Fiber, as of sugarcane stalk or banana sheath.

banana skin.

No nā lepiliRegarding tags: Pili piha a pili hapa paha kēia mau lepe i nā hua o luna aʻe nei.Tags may apply to all or only some of the tagged entries.

E huli iā “pāʻāʻā” ma Ulukau.

Search for “pāʻāʻā” on Ulukau.

Hāpai i wehewehena hou a i ʻole i ʻōlelo hoʻoponoponoSuggest a translation or correction

E hāpai i kahi wehewehena a i ʻole hoʻoponopono no Wehewehe Wikiwiki.Suggest a translation or correction to the Wehewehe Wikiwiki Community Dictionary for consideration.

Mai hoʻouna mai i noi unuhi ʻōlelo.This is not a translation service.