- sea
- Kai; moana (open); malo, pā'ū (poetic). See sayings, pūnoni, forecast.♦ Calm, quiet sea, kai mālie, kai malino, kai malolo, kai ho'olulu, kai pū, kai wahine, kai kalamania, kaiolohia.♦ Strong sea, kai ko'o, kai kāne, kai nui, kai nu'u, 'ōkaikai.♦ Rough or raging sea, kai pupule, kai pu'eone, kai akua, 'ōkaikai.♦ Deep sea, kai hohonu, kai 'au, kai ho'ē'e, kai lū he'e (fig.).♦ Restless sea with undercurrent, kai kuolo, kai holo, kai lewa, lapa kai, kai kō, kai au.♦ Dark blue sea, moana uli, moauli.♦ Streaked sea, associated with Kona, kai mā'oki'oki.♦ Whispering sea, associated with Kawaihae, kai hāwanawana.♦ Salt sea, kai pa'akai.♦ Shallow or reef sea, kai kohola, kai ko'ele.♦ Rippled sea, kai ho'olili.♦ Receding or ebbing sea, kai he'e, kai emi, kai mimiki, kai ho'i, kai nu'u aku.♦ Western sea, kai lalo.♦ High sea, kai piha, kai nu'u.♦ Of the sea, o kai.♦ Towards the sea, i kai, makai.♦ Place where sea and land meet, 'ae kai.♦ By the sea, a kai.♦ Sea almost surrounded by land, kai hāloko.♦ The eight seas, nā kai 'ewalu (seas about the Hawaiian Islands, poetic).♦ Puna with its sea rustling over pebbles, Puna i ke kai nehe i ka 'ili'ili.♦ My sea, concealing sarong (UL 124), ku'u kai, pā'ū halakā.♦ Black sea, yellow sea, Kāne's purplish-blue red-brown sea … silent sea, swinging sea (PH 237), kai 'ele'ele, kai melemele, kai pōpolohua mea a Kāne … kai mū, kai lewa.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.