Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Plant louse, gnat, small fly, such as Drosophila 🌐; blight; shriveled, as by blight; swarming, as with gnats.

• Related:
  • hoʻopōnalo Caus/sim.; To cause blight.
• References:
  • See example for uluulu #1.

2. nvs., Dim, blurred, obscure; misfortune, distress, death (probably pō- + nalo #1).

• Examples:
  • Ke uhai mai nei ka pōnalo iā kāua, ʻalua paha auaneʻi keiki a kāua e make (For. 4:145), misfortune seems to be pursuing us and perhaps two of our children will die.
• Related:
  • Also: pinao.

kikino, Pomace fly, family Drosophilidae 🌐.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Pōnalo huaʻai. Fruit fly.

Swarming of gnats, plant lice (family Aphidae) or leaf-hoppers (family Cicadellidae), also including small flies (Drosophila). These insects participate in blights, as on sweet potato and taro tops.

Yellowing of leaves, which indicates dry rot; the dying or drying up of potato tops. (NP 133; A.)