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Wai (fresh; for various kinds, see wai #1 and entries that follow it); kai (salt).

• Related:
  • To water, ninini wai, hoʻokahe wai, hoʻokahekahe wai, hoʻokele wai, hanawai.
  • Spring water, wai puna, wai māpuna.
  • Water source, māno wai, poʻo wai, wakawai.
  • Abundance of water, lau wai, lawe wai.
  • Charged water, wai pipiʻi, wai piʻipiʻi.
  • Trickling water, paihī.
  • Place with water, waina.
  • Flowing water, wai kahe, wai aulia.
  • Faucet water, wai piula.
  • Ice water, wai hau.
  • Potable water, wai mānalo.
  • Brackish water, wai kai, wai ʻawaʻawa.
  • Polluted water, wai pilopilo.
  • Sparkling water, wai lohia.
  • Agitated water, lapa wai, puʻewai.
  • Water rights, kuleana wai.
  • One in charge of water rights, kahu wai.
  • To sprinkle with water, pī wai.
  • To mix with water, as poi, hoʻokele wai; emowai (Kauaʻi).
  • To water at the mouth, moni i ka hāʻae, kahe ka hāʻae.
  • To backwater in a canoe, hoʻēmi hope i ka waʻa.
  • A water game, pōhā kīhelei.
  • A water toy, kōʻieʻie.
  • Water given by Kāne and Kanaloa, spring water, water to drink, water for power, water for life, may there be life (UL 258), i ka wai kau a Kāne me Kanaloa, he wai puna, he wai e inu, he wai e mana, he wai e ola, e ola nō.
• References:
  • See coconut, waterfall.