- back
- 1. Anatomy. Kua.See taboo.♦ Back of the neck, hono.♦ To cling to the back, pili kua.♦ To go behind one's back, hele i hope o ke kua, kō i kua.♦ To call from behind one's back, kāhea kua.♦ To turn the back on, huli kua (insult).♦ Back wall of a house, paia o hope, huli kua.♦ Stiff-backed, nanai, lanai.♦ Burning back taboo, kua'ā, kua liholiho, kualoi, kualoiloi.2. Behind. Hope, muli.♦ At the back, i hope, mahope.♦ To back up or away, peki, emi hope, ne'e hope, ho'one'e hope, koene.♦ Back and forth, i mua i hope, ha'aku'e, helo.♦ To back water with a canoe, ho'ēmi hope i ka wa'a,♦ Backed up against the wall (hard-pressed), pili pū i ka paia.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.