meli

Etymology
. Coined by missionaries for the 1839 translation of the Bible. The missionaries had considered transcribing into Hawaiian as either  or as. The two were considered unacceptable as being too impure and as such the missionaries went to Ancient Greek to coin a word.

Noun

 * 1) honey
 * 2) * 1839 Ka Baibala: Lunakanawai 14:8 (tr. Authorized Version of the Bible, Judges 14:8):
 * "haw"

- A mahope iho hoi mai la ia e lawe ia ia, kipa ae la ia e nana i ke kino o ka liona, aia hoi, he poe nalomeli, a me ka meli pu maloko o ke kino o ua liona la.


 * 1) bee

Verb

 * 1) to buy

Etymology 1
See.

Etymology 2
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Etymology 3
Nominal derived from an old (unattested) verb, from. The semantic evolution was probably: “something ground, crushed (to small pieces)” > “(unimportant) blabber, gossip” (a meaning attested for the verb in some contexts; compare also 🇨🇬) > “lie, untruth.” Cognates include 🇨🇬,, dialectal , 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) lie, falsehood, untruth

Numeral

 * 1)  four

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) mail

Etymology 2
Ultimately from, perhaps via.

Noun

 * 1) honey

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) honey

Etymology
, from, in reference to the steamers that brought mail.

Noun

 * 1) ship
 * 2) cargo

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  nose