- cut
- 'Oki, hō'oki, moku, mō, mokumoku, momokū, mokuhia, kālai, kaha; kua (as a tree); mahele, 'ako, 'ai kepa, ho'olepe; pa'ipa'i (as a plant or the hair); 'ō'ō (as in bloodletting); ka'akepa (at an angle); 'ōpaka (in evenly matched vertical facets); pāhi'a (obliquely); kahe, kahi (longitudinally); 'āpahu, ka'āpahu (squarely off); pa'i koli (short); mā'i'o (raggedly); kalakalai (a little at a time); ka'āpahu, pū'ā (crosswise);♦ cut apart, hele (rare);♦ cut up, helehele;♦ cut off, mu'umu'u, 'akumu, po'omuku, 'ōmu'o;♦ cut off short, 'ōmuku, 'ōkumu, pahu;♦ cut up alive, kākāola;♦ cut into pieces, ma'oki, ho'omākoli, 'oki'oki, paukū;♦ cut in short pieces, 'āpoke, poke, pokepoke;♦ cut in half, pahupū;♦ cut in long slabs, as pig or fish for salting, pākā;♦ cut back, as a plant, pākā.♦ To cut cards, 'oki pu'u pepa.♦ To cut in copper or brass, kaha keleawe.♦ To cut stone, kālai pōhaku.♦ A cut portion, mokuna.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.