- seaweed
- Limu, lī-. See Haw.-Eng. entries and the entries that follow them for various kinds. Limu and lī- are sometimes omitted. Some names vary according to islands. See lists below, also moss, scum, sea lettuce, vagabond.♦ Ball of seaweed, as sold for food, pōpō limu; to gather seaweed, 'aku limu.Common edible seaweeds (following Abbott and Williamson; var. names are in parentheses, but see Haw.-Eng. entries for other names): 'aki'aki (kō'ele'ele), 'ele'ele, huluhulu waena (pakele-a-wa'a), limu kala, limu kohu (līpehe, līpehu, līpa'akai), līpahapaha (pahapaha, pāpahapaha, līpaha, pālahalana, pakaiea, 'īlioha'a), līpe'epe'e, līpoa, manauea, māne'one'o, pahe'e (pāhe'ehe'e, limu lū'au), wawae'iole ('a'ala, 'a'ala'ula, 'ala'ula).♦ Less common seaweeds (alternate names are in parentheses; see also Haw.-Eng, entries beginning limu and lī-): 'āka'ako'a, alani, 'ānapanapa (limu loloa), 'āpi'ipi'i, 'ā'ula (hā'ula?), 'awa, 'āwe'awe'a, 'āweoweo, 'elo'elo (pīpīlani), hāwane, hina'ula, ho'onunu, hu'ahu'akai, hūai, huihui, huihui maka li'i, hulu 'i'i, hulu 'īlio (hulu, hulu pāhuluhulu, 'īlio, nahawele, pūhuluhulu), hulu manu ('ai-a-ka-honu, hulu moa, līmoa), huna (hunehune), huna pakēpakē, hūpēkohola, kā'ape'ape, kā'ele, kāhili, kauno'a, kaupau, kāwelu, kihe (akuila), kīkalamoa (kīkala), kīkī, kilihune, kō'ele'ele (kō'ele, 'āwikiwiki, 'ēkahakaha, limu-uaua-loli, nei), lauoho-o-Pele, lelepo, lepe-o-Hina (lehelehe-'īlio, lepelepe-o-Hina), leponalo, likolehua, lupe, maka, makaloa, mākole, makua-o-ka-limu-kohu, manamana-'ula, māwaewae-kilihune, mo'opuna-a-ka-līpoa (aupūpū), naio, nakeke, nane, nanea, nano'o, nanue (nenue), nē, nu'a, 'ōhelo-huihui, 'ōhi'ohi'o, 'ōhune, 'ōkala, 'ōma'oma'o, oneone, 'o'olu, 'opi'opi, pahapaha-o-Polihale, pahapaha-wai, pākalakala, pakelo, pakēpakē, pakūpakū, pala, pala pōhaku, pala 'ula, pale wāwae, paninikū, pānohonoho, pāno'ono'o, pāpa'akea, pā'ū-o-Hi'iaka, pehu, pepe-o-Hina, pīlali, piliko'a, pohāpohā (pohā), popohe-Makali'i, puakī, pūhā, pūko'ako'a, pū'ula, 'ūnoko, wāwahi-wa'a, weluwelu.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.