- smell
- Honi, honihoni (transitive).Also: hanu, ea, 'ea.See saying, goat.♦ Sweet-smelling, 'ala, 'a'ala; onaona (soft); paoa, kūpaoa (strong); māpu, maoani (wafted); anuhea, waianuhea (cool, soft); kolopua, hō'ala, kāna'e, nae, kaluhea, pē, puīa.♦ Bad-smelling, pilau (as of rotten flesh); pilapilau (somewhat pilau); 'ena'ena pilau (strongly pilau, unbearable stench); 'ōhonohono, 'ōpilopilo, palani, malani, 'ua'uala (rancid); pilo, pelekunu, polopolona, kūnāhelu, kilu (musty, swampy); hauna, hauhau, hauhauna (fishy, sulphur); hohono, honohono, maea, pilo, puluea (body); hanahana, māhanahana, kākā (excreta, flatulence); ekikilau (drawing flies); lāhea, eko, ekoeko, neko, weko, uweko, 'ino, wilu, niku, mā'ā (stench).Rare: 'oka'oka, 'ona'ona, mōuki, piena, 'ukī, 'iku'iku (bad).♦ Strong smell, good or foul, paku'i.♦ The bad smell arises, kū ka lāhea.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.