Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

Limu, lī-. See Haw.-Eng. entries and the entries that follow them for various kinds. Limu and lī- are sometimes omitted. Some names vary according to islands. See lists below, also moss, scum, sea lettuce, vagabond. Ball of seaweed, as sold for food, pōpō limu; to gather seaweed, ʻaku limu.

Common edible seaweeds (following Abbott and Williamson; var. names are in parentheses, but see Haw.-Eng. entries for other names): ʻakiʻaki (kōʻeleʻele), ʻeleʻele, huluhulu waena (pakele-a-waʻa), limu kala, limu kohu (līpehe, līpehu, līpaʻakai), līpahapaha (pahapaha, pāpahapaha, līpaha, pālahalana, pakaiea, ʻīliohaʻa), līpeʻepeʻe, līpoa, manauea, māneʻoneʻo, paheʻe (pāheʻeheʻe, limu lūʻau), wawaeʻiole (ʻaʻala, ʻaʻalaʻula, ʻalaʻula).

Less common seaweeds (alternate names are in parentheses; see also Haw.-Eng, entries beginning limu and lī-): ʻākaʻakoʻa, alani, ʻānapanapa (limu loloa), ʻāpiʻipiʻi, ʻāʻula (hāʻula?), ʻawa, ʻāweʻaweʻa, ʻāweoweo, ʻeloʻelo (pīpīlani), hāwane, hinaʻula, hoʻonunu, huʻahuʻakai, hūai, huihui, huihui maka liʻi, hulu ʻiʻi, hulu ʻīlio (hulu, hulu pāhuluhulu, ʻīlio, nahawele, pūhuluhulu), hulu manu (ʻai-a-ka-honu, hulu moa, līmoa), huna (hunehune), huna pakēpakē, hūpēkohola, kāʻapeʻape, kāʻele, kāhili, kaunoʻa, kaupau, kāwelu, kihe (akuila), kīkalamoa (kīkala), kīkī, kilihune, kōʻeleʻele (kōʻele, ʻāwikiwiki, ʻēkahakaha, limu-uaua-loli, nei), lauoho-o-Pele, lelepo, lepe-o-Hina (lehelehe-ʻīlio, lepelepe-o-Hina), leponalo, likolehua, lupe, maka, makaloa, mākole, makua-o-ka-limu-kohu, manamana-ʻula, māwaewae-kilihune, moʻopuna-a-ka-līpoa (aupūpū), naio, nakeke, nane, nanea, nanoʻo, nanue (nenue), nē, nuʻa, ʻōhelo-huihui, ʻōhiʻohiʻo, ʻōhune, ʻōkala, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, oneone, ʻoʻolu, ʻopiʻopi, pahapaha-o-Polihale, pahapaha-wai, pākalakala, pakelo, pakēpakē, pakūpakū, pala, pala pōhaku, pala ʻula, pale wāwae, paninikū, pānohonoho, pānoʻonoʻo, pāpaʻakea, pāʻū-o-Hiʻiaka, pehu, pepe-o-Hina, pīlali, pilikoʻa, pohāpohā (pohā), popohe-Makaliʻi, puakī, pūhā, pūkoʻakoʻa, pūʻula, ʻūnoko, wāwahi-waʻa, weluwelu.

See agar.