- house
- Hale (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entry and the many entries that follow it), kauhale.♦ Two-story house, hale i luna a i lalo.♦ House trailer, ka'a hale.♦ Ancient types of houses: mua (eating, for men); hālau (for canoes, hula instruction); kua (for beating tapa); pe'a (menstrual); pū'o'a (for corpses); hāwai (for purification ceremonies); 'eleua (new); moku hale (ulu hale) (set apart, as for instruction); wai ea, ha'i. (See also heiau.)♦ Humble references to houses, ōpū malumalu, ōpū weuweu.♦ House parts: kahua (platform, foundation); paepae puka, ni'o (threshold); paia (wall, side), hākala, kala (end, gable); also: holo, ho'oholo, lolo, kana, uluhaka, ukuwai. See also post, purlin, thatch. House site, kahua hale. House adornments and furniture, pono hale, kāhiko o ka hale. House dedication, ho'ola'a hale, 'oki i ka piko. To have a house, hale. To go from house to house, komo kauhale. House visiting, komo 'āpana. To receive in a house, ho'ohale. House lot, yard, fence, pā hale. House dweller, noho hale. House owner, haku hale, mea hale, noho hale. See fig. meaning, welcome.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.