- mat
- Moena, 'ahu, pālaulau (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entries and entries that follow them).Also: ālaulau, 'āne'ene'e, ao, 'apeu, 'āpeupeu, 'āleuleu, kumunu'a, maka'opihi, 'ōpihipihi, pālau; pākaukau, papa 'aina (for food); pā'ū, 'u'a, pakakeha, pākea. Coarse mat, moena lau. Mat with medium weft, moena makapepe.♦ Mat with finger-sized mesh, moena pu'ao, moena makali'i.♦ Pile of mats, hu'a moena, kūmoena, pa'a 'ahu, pā 'ahu.♦ Long strip mat commencement, kūmoena.♦ Mat designs: 'eke'eke, hale, hoehoe-pākea, hōkū-helele'i, ho'oke'eke'e, honu, humuniki, kūhanu, kumumiki, lau-lama, lolopili, nānā-nu'u, nēnē, nihowili-hemo, olowahia, 'opihi, pahakū, papa-kōnane, papa-'ula, pāwehe, poho-mōkoi, pua-hala.♦ Coarse mat covering, pale hāli'i moena (worthless person).
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.