- shark
- Manō (for various kinds, sayings, fig. meanings, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it).Also: lālākea, laukāhi'u, leleiwi, lelewa'a, luhia, niuhi. See saying, holopapa2, and idiom, eat.♦ Line of shark fins protruding above the water, lālani kalalea.♦ To catch sharks with bait and noose, kūmanō.♦ Shark-tooth weapon, leiomano.♦ Shark-tooth knife, niho 'oki.♦ To behave as a shark, to act like a shark, to pursue women, ho'omanō.♦ The wiliwili blooms, sharks bite, pua ka wiliwili, nanahu ka manō (of a girl reaching maturity).
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.