water

water
  Wai (fresh; for various kinds, see wai1 and entries that follow it); kai (salt).
  See coconut, waterfall.
    To water, ninini wai, ho'okahe wai, ho'okahekahe wai, ho'okele wai, hanawai.
    Spring water, wai puna, wai māpuna.
    Water source, māno wai, po'o wai, wakawai.
    Abundance of water, lau wai, lawe wai.
    Charged water, wai pipi'i, wai pi'ipi'i.
    Trickling water, paihī.
    Place with water, waina.
    Flowing water, wai kahe, wai aulia.
    Faucet water, wai piula.
    Ice water, wai hau.
    Potable water, wai mānalo.
    Brackish water, wai kai, wai 'awa'awa.
    Polluted water, wai pilopilo.
    Sparkling water, wai lohia.
    Agitated water, lapa wai, pu'ewai.
    Water rights, kuleana wai.
    One in charge of water rights, kahu wai.
    To sprinkle with water, pī wai.
    To mix with water, as poi, ho'okele wai; emowai (Kaua'i).
    To water at the mouth, moni i ka hā'ae, kahe ka hā'ae.
    To backwater in a canoe, ho'ēmi hope i ka wa'a.
    A water game, pōhā kīhelei.
    A water toy, kō'ie'ie.
  Water given by Kāne and Kanaloa, spring water, water to drink, water for power, water for life, may there be life (UL 258), i ka wai kau a Kāne me Kanaloa, he wai puna, he wai e inu, he wai e mana, he wai e ola, e ola nō.

English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.

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