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banana

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Maiʻa (for various kinds and unfavorable connotations, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries tagged maiʻa).

  • Examples:
    • A banana tree, hollow inside, he pū maiʻa, he ʻolohaka o loko (of a weakling).
    • Big as a banana stalk, nui pū maiʻa (of a weakling).
  • Related:
    • Also: aʻeaʻe, āewa, ʻeka, hualau, lahi, maoli ʻili lahilahi, pākanaloa, nuʻuhiwa; lohelohe i honua (poetic), kahiki, kahiki hae, kahiki mauki, kahiki puhu, kūkanaloa.
    • Banana blossoms and sheath, pola.
    • Dry banana leaf, lauhulu.
    • Banana bunch, ʻāhui maiʻa.
    • Hand, as of banana, ʻekā, keʻa.
    • Banana bark, weo.
    • Banana stalk, pū maiʻa.
    • Mountain banana patch, ʻeʻa.
    • Unhealthy condition of banana fruit, hākonakona.
    • Mashed ripe bananas and water, poi maiʻa.
    • Banana pudding, pepeieʻe, paipaieʻe, piele.
  • References:

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banana

/ Ban-a-na / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h. he maia.

banana

Eng to Haw, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

măĭ‘a.

Banana

/ Ba-nä'na / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Ba-nä'na, n. Maia. Banana skin, he paaa'. Peel a banana, e paaa! i ka maia.

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