Hawaiian

Noun

puaʻa

1. pig, hog, swine
2. pork
3. (obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped
4. banks of fog or clouds, often as gathered over a mountain summit, a sign of rain and believed to be the cloud forms of Kamapuaʻa

   Mehe ao puaʻa lā, ke aloha e kau nei.

   Like a cloud resting on the mountain is the love alighting here.

Hyponyms

• kīkepa, hahei, huluʻiwi

Derived terms

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka

Noun

puaʻa

1. pig