- bowl
- 1. Vessel. 'Umeke (for various types, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); ipu, pola;♦ kava bowl, kānoa, kā'awa;♦ low, broad wooden bowl, pākākā;♦ stone bowl, poho pōhaku;♦ medium-sized bowl, puahala;♦ small wooden bowl, puaniki;♦ medium-sized deep bowl, kū'oho;♦ large wooden bowl, lawalawaihonua;♦ elongated bowl, pā;♦ low wooden bowl, pālewa;♦ cooking bowl, pā ipu;♦ poi bowl, 'umeke poi, 'umeke 'ai, kūmau, kūmauna;♦ bowl of polished coconut shell, pūniu.♦ Rim of a bowl, nīao, See finger bowl and chant, hana 1.2. Game. 'Ulu maika, maika, pahe'e 'ulu, 'olohū.♦ Bowling ball, 'ulu, pu'upā. See alley.♦ The little fellow, he is a master bowler (For. 5:441), 'o ka iki, makua ia o ka 'ulu (good in small packages).
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.