P.
Pa, a dish or platter; a fence or wall.
Pau, a short skirt worn by women; completed, finished.
Pahale, a lawn or other enclosure.
Pahu, a general name for a drum.
Papa, a board; a sledge used in the pastime of holua.
Papalina, the cheek.
Paliuli, paradise.
Pahi, general term for a knife or cutting instrument.
Pakiko, an ancient war implement.
Palala, any tax paid to a chief.
Panalaau, a distant possession of lands.
Papapaina, a table of any kind.
Pahoa, a dagger, generally of wood.
Palaoa, a carved ivory talisman worn around the neck by chiefs.
Pali, a precipice.
Paiai, pounded taro for making poi.
Pahoehoe, lava.
Pawa, a garden; a small cultivated field.
Pea, an elevated cross before a heiau, signifying sacred.
Peleleu, a large double war canoe.
Pepeiao, the ear.
Pipi, an oyster; clam; shell-fish.
Poi, the paste of taro.
Po’i, a cover or lid.
Poo, the head.
Poohiwi, the shoulder.
Poni, purple.
Pokahu, a stone.
Pouli ka la, an eclipse.
Po, night; darkness; the realms of death; chaos.
Pola, a raised platform over double canoes.
Pololu, a long war spear.
Pua, a flower.
Puka, a door.
Puuwai, the heart.
Puaa, a hog.
Puaa-keiki, a pig.
Puahiohio, a whirlwind.
Puhenehene, an indoor pastime.
Punipeki, a child’s game.
Pueo, an owl.
Puana, a leader in meles; a starter of words.
Pukaua, an officer in the army; a captain; a champion.
Pule, a prayer.
Pulelelua, a butterfly.
Punahele, a friend or companion.
Puloulou, a tabu staff, crowned with balls of kapa.
Puuku, inferior chiefs, personal attendants of the king.