pukai
A kind of fish. (And.)
pū.kai
1. nvt. Lime bleach for hair; to bleach. Oho pūkai, hair dyed brown with lime.
2. n. Salty tears. Rare. E loku ai ka maka i ka pūkai (chant), eyes that well with salt tears.
PU-KAI
v. To paint or color the hair with lime or whitewash, a practice of former times.
PU-KAI
s. The name of the wash used in painting the hair.
2. Name of a species of fish.
PU-KAI
adj. Stained or colored with the pukai; a ike oia i ka wahine pukai maikai, when he saw a woman beautifully painted.
Pukai (pū-kā'i), adj.
/ pū-kā'i /Stained or colored with the pukai: a ike oia i ka wahine pukai maikai. when he saw a woman beautifully painted.
Pukai (pū-kā'i), n.
/ pū-kā'i /1. A wash used in painting.
2. A species of fish. called also oopukai.
Pukai (pū'-kă'i), v.
/ pū'-kă'i /To paint or color with the pukai, a practice of former times.
Pū-kaʻi
Gulch, East Maui. Lit., parading trumpet.
pūkai
To whiten the color of hair with lime; hair bleached red-dish-brown with lime. Chiefesses often whitened a narrow band of their hair just above the forehead. Coral from the sea was baked, ground, and made into a paste. This lime changed the dark hair to mahogany-brown or lighter with more applications. Reddish-brown hair was known as ʻeheu. The application of lime paste to the hair killed lice as well. (KILO.)
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