Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vs., Surrounded, controlled; overcome, as in battle or by emotion; to pervade, gain control of; to enclose (loaʻa-type construction; Gram. 4.4).

• Examples:
  • Puni i ka makaʻu, overcome with fear.
  • Ulu puni i ka huhū, to grow extremely angry.
  • Ka wā e puni ai ʻo Hawaiʻi iā ʻUmi (FS 125), the time that ʻUmi would control all Hawaiʻi.
• Related:
  • hoʻopuni Caus/sim.; To surround, enclose, get control of, besiege.
    • Hoʻopuni akule, to drive akule fish into nets by surrounding them.
    • Ua hoʻopuni ʻia ʻo Kawelo i ka weliweli (FS 93), Kawelo was filled with terror.
• References:
  • PPN puni .

2. nvt., To be fond of, desire, covet, like, be partial to; devoted; a favorite thing, delight, love.

• Related:
  • hoʻopuni Caus/sim.; To be charmed by, desire greatly.
• References:
  • Cf. puni ʻai, puni kālā, puni kaua, puni koko, puni leʻaleʻa, puni nani, puni waiwai.

3. vs., Deceived, deluded; to believe a lie.

• Examples:
  • Mai noho ʻoe ā puni …, don't you believe …
• Related:
  • hoʻopuni Caus/sim.; To deceive, fool, delude.
• References:
  • Cf. puni wale.

4. nvs., Completed, terminated, as a period of pregnancy; completely, all.

• Examples:
  • Ua hāpai, kokoke nō i puni (1 Sam. 4.19), to be with child, nearing completion.
  • Ua pōholehole ka ʻili a puni (FS 109), the skin was completely covered with bruises.
  • Ka puni ʻana o ka haneli makahiki, centennial.

5. n., A fine-meshed net.

• Related:
  • Also: nae, naepuni.

6. n.v., An even number; to be such.

• References:
  • See ʻoi #3.

kikino, Lap, complete circuit, revolution.

• Examples:
  • Ua ʻau ʻo ia ʻekolu puni o ka pūnāwai ʻauʻau. He swam three laps in the pool.
  • Ua puni ʻekolu manawa iā ia. He did three laps. Trad.
• Related:
  • Round, as in boxing. Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Hand, as a single round in a game of cards. Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

• Related:
  • Hoʻokūkū pā puni. Round-robin, as in sports.
  • Puni o ka minuke (p/min). Revolutions per minute (rpm).