- fall
- 1. From a height. Hā'ule (a solid object; sometimes said of rain); helelei, helele'i, ho'ohelele'i (as leaves, rain). Also: hā'ule'ule, hā'ulehia; pakakū, kūloku (as rain); hā'ule, helele'i (as fruit); kōheoheo (as through the air); hā'ulepio (surrender); palaiki.2. Topple. Hina;♦ fall prone, hina pālaha, moe pāki'i, pōhina;♦ fall backwards, kuwala, wala, wala kua, walawala pahū, walawalakī;♦ fall sideways, hiō;♦ fall forward, kimo;♦ fall over, palahuli;♦ fall, as a building, hiolo, hāne'e;♦ cause to fall, ho'ohina, ho'ohihina;♦ fall in (military), ka'a malalo;♦ fall down or off, āka'a;♦ fall and roll, ka'ahina;♦ fall head foremost, kiwi;♦ fall upon, as sorrow, ili. Also: pāhi'a, olopē; pi'i (as shadows); hihina, hinahina.See stumble.3. Autumn. No Hawaiian word; terms sometimes used: hā'ule lau, la'a make, la'a 'ula, ke kau o hā'ule lau.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.