w pronounced aswē, for the single letter, as when spelling a word.seepīʻāpā.

w the twelfth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet. The real sound represented by it is one between the Englishw andv. In Tahitian thev sound is most universal; in Hawaiian thew sound predominates. In many cases the letterw is superfluous, the vowela beforea,e,i,o, producing the same sound as is made by the use ofw; as,uwala, uala; uuao, uao; uwa, uä uwe, uë uweke, uëke; uui, uï; uwila, uila; uwo, uö; kawowo, kauouo, &c. In other places thew is an important letter, and sometimes, if the orthography of the language were fully settled, its use would serve to make a distinction in the meaning of words, askaua, war, andkauwa, a servant, &c.

wā₁ n.period of time, epoch, era, time, occasion, season, age.[PPn *waa,interval (of space or time)]

ʻAʻohenohoʻihewā,hoʻokuʻiʻiaekekaʻa.In no time at all, hit by the car; almost hit by the car.

ʻaʻohewāalmost, no time

ikawāheawhen

ikawāihalabefore

ikawāmua,ikawāmamuabefore, in past times, formerly

ikawāoat the time of, during

ikawāpauʻole,ikawāmauloaforever, eternity

iawāthen, at the time

maikēiawāakufrom this time forth, henceforth

maikēlāwāmaifrom that time on

nāwāmenākauseasons, chronology

Wāhuliilunakealo.The time the belly turns up [infancy].

wākamaliʻi,wāliʻiliʻichildhood

wāmahopefuture

wāuʻiage of youth and beauty

wa A definite period of time, as the lifetime of a person; i kawa i hiki mai ai o Vanekouva, at thetime Vancouver arrived;wa kamalii,time of childhood; kawa ana ao (seewanaoo), the early dawn of the morning. NOTE.—The Hawaiian year was formerly divided into twowas. Elua nowa o ka makahiki hookahi, o kekau a o kahooilo, there are twowas (periods) in one year, thekau (summer) and thehooilo (winter.)

wā₂ n.tense, in grammar.cf.wā ʻānō.LNG

wāehikimaianafuture tense

wāihalapast tense

wa Ingrammar, a tense.

wā₃ vi.
  • to make a noise, roar, din; noisy, loud;
  • to talk much, as of gossip: to talk loudly back and forth;
  • to reason.
 .cf.wawā.[(EO) PPn *waa,roar, talk loudly][Kūkākūkā me ka leo ikaika me ka pīhoihoi.]₁₄

hoʻowāto make a sound, roar; to cause gossip, talk. see ex.,haʻanou

kaihoʻowāroaring sea

Wāiholalākouiālākouiho.They reasoned among themselves.(Mat. 16.7)

wa s.Private talk or gossip concerning the characters of others.v.To reflect; to think; to reason.Mat. 16:7, 8.To seek to know; to wish. PASS. To be the subject of conversation.Laieik. 87.To say to one's self; to ponder; to revolve in one's mind; to consider.

wā₄ n.space, interval, as between objects or time; in music, one of the four spaces of the staff; channel.cf.kōwā.PPN *waa.MUS

wā n.interval, i.e. the number of units between spaces on a graph's scale, in math.MUS

wa s.A space between two objects, as between two rafters or two posts of a house; hence.A space between two points of time.

wā₅ n.fret of an ukulele, guitar, or similar instrument.MUS

wā n.fret, as on an ʻukulele, guitar, etc.seeʻukulele.MUS

wa A situation without friends or connexions, as in the phraseku i ka wa, independent. He alii e noho wale ana i kawa, a chief without subjects.To hit as a stone hits a mark; to compass, as a man his designs.Hoo. To sicken; to make sick; to cause to vomit.

waʻa₁ n.canoe, rough-hewn canoe, canoemen, paddlers; a chant in praise of a chief's canoe.seewaʻa kaukahi, single canoe...,waʻa kaulua, double canoe[(AN) PPn *waka,canoe]CAN MUS

waʻakomebasket(RSV), ark(KJV), of bulrushes(Puk. 2.3)

waa s.A canoe; a small boat;waa kome.Puk. 2:3. NOTE.—The ancient canoes of the Hawaiians were dug out of single logs or trees, generally of the koa; many were large. The specific names werekaukahi, a single canoe;kaulua, a double canoe;peleleu, a short blunt canoe, &c.

waʻa₂ n.trench, furrow, receptacle.fig., a woman.PCP *waka-.

waa v.Forwaha, a ditch.Hoo. To dig a ditch or pit; to make a furrow.

waʻa₃ n.moving masses of liquid lava, so called because of similarity to a moving canoe.(rare.) VOL CAN

waʻa₄ same as more commonwaʻawaʻa₃, stupid.

waʻa ʻākea,waʻa kea [waʻaʻā·kea,waʻakea] n.starboard hull of a double canoe.CAN

waʻa ʻauhau [waʻaʻau·hau] n.tribute canoe; a basket filled with food and set adrift during themakahiki ceremonies, said to represent the canoe in whichLono returned to Tahiti.(Malo 151)CAN

wāʻaeʻoia same aslāʻaeʻoia.

Waʻahila [Waʻa-hila] n.a rain inNuʻuanu andMānoa Valleys and the name of a ridge separatingMānoa andPālolo Valleys.see saying,puʻipuʻi.WIN

OlakekaioKouikauaWaʻahila.The land of Kou[Honolulu] lives by the Waʻahila rain. (saying)

Waʻahila placename.former land section,Mānoa; faculty housing,Mānoa campus, University of Hawaiʻi; ridge separatingMānoa andPālolo valleys; State recreation area, 40 acres in area, St. Louis Heights; trail alongWaʻahila ridge ending in upperMānoa Valley,Honolulu. Also the name of a beneficentMānoa rain, and of a chiefess who excelled in a dance named for her. (PH 170.)

waʻa holo hau n.sleigh.lit., canoe running on snow.CAN

waʻa honua n.a wide canoe.CAN

waʻa ʻīhoe canoe paddler(EH)(rare.) 

Waʻaiki [Waʻa-iki] placename.coastal area, bay, and gulch, northeastKahoʻolawe.lit.: small canoe.

waʻakaiaka [waʻakai·aka] n.kayak.CAN

waʻa kai like n.a canoe with little sheer.lit., equal-sea canoe.CAN

waʻakau [waʻa·kau] n.head fisherman's canoe.FIS CAN

waʻa kaua n.war canoe; an army formation.(Malo 197)CAN

waakaua s.A division of an army as about to enter into battle; a mahope mai o lakou (huna paa) nawaakaua.

Waʻakauhi [Waʻa-Kauhi] placename.seeWailuku.

waʻa kau hī n.canoe for fishingaku.FIS CAN

waʻa kaukahi [waʻakau·kahi] n.single canoe, as contrasted with thekaulua.lit., single-placed canoe.seewaʻa kaulua.CAN

waakaukahi s.Waa andkaukahi, one place. A single canoe, or a canoe moved with one paddle; he waa hoe hookahi.

waʻa kaulua [waʻakau·lua] n.double canoe.lit., double-placed canoe.see alsoHōkūleʻa,waʻa kaukahi.[He waʻa nona nā kaʻele ʻelua i hoʻohui pū ʻia me ka pola ma waena.]₁₄CAN

waakaulua s.Waa andkaulua, two-fold. Two canoes united; a double canoe; more generally written simplykaulua; he mau waa elua i hoapipiia.

waʻa kea var. spelling ofwaʻa ʻākea, starboard hull of a double canoe...

waʻa kea₁ n.unpainted canoe set to sea after the taboos were lifted during themakahiki harvest festivals.lit., white canoe.(Malo 151)CAN

waʻa kea₂ same aswaʻa ʻākea.

waakioloa s.A very small handsome canoe.

waakoihi s.A waterspout; a great rush of water from above; he wai nui i iho mai, mai luna mai.

waʻa kome n.vessel of papyrus(RSV), bullrush(KJV).

waʻa kūpāhoa [waʻakū·pā·hoa] n.a long, thin canoe.(rare.) CAN

waʻa lau kī n.toy canoe made ofti leaves.CAN

waʻaʻllikini [waʻaʻlli·kini] n.canoe withoutʻiako.lit., Indian canoe.CAN

Waʻaloa [Waʻa-loa] placename.way, place, ravine, and stream,Mānoa,Honolulu.(TM)seePūʻahuʻula.lit.: long canoe.

waʻa lolo niu n.toy canoe made of coconut sheath.CAN CN

waanaao s.Wa, time,a of,na, article, andao, light.lit. The time of the lights, i. e., the first rays of the sun; early morning; the early dawn. NOTE.—In common use, the word is contracted intowanaao.seewanaao.

wā ʻānō [wāʻā·nō] n.present tense.LIN

waʻapā [waʻa·pā] n.skiff, rowboat; ferryboat.lit., board canoe.(2 Sam. 19.18)[He mea holo haole i ʻano like me ka waʻa i ākea aʻe naʻe a me ke ama ʻole.]₁₉CAN

waapa s.Waa, canoe, andpa, a board. A canoe made of boards; a skiff; a boat. 2Sam. 19:18. Awaapa is shorter and wider than a canoe. He waa pelupelu. A ship boat; he keiki na ka moku, a child of the ship.

waʻa pāhoa [waʻapā·hoa] same aswaʻa kūpāhoa, a long, thin canoe... (rare.) CAN

waʻapā hoʻopakele ola lifeboat(EH)

waʻa paulua [waʻapau·lua] n.said to be a large or double canoe with threeʻiako.CAN

waʻa puhi n.a small, slim canoe used for surfing.(rare.) CAN

waʻa ʻula n.a chief's canoe with red sails.CAN

Waʻaʻula [Waʻa-ʻula] placename.trail and coastal area,Kamalō qd., northMolokaʻi.lit.: red canoe.

waʻawaʻa₁ [waʻa·waʻa] full of gulches, gullies, grooves; gullied, furrowed, grooved.redup. ofwaʻa₂, trench, furrow...PCP *wakawaka.

waawaa Full of hillocks or knolls; hewaawaa ka lae, an expression of blackguardism.

waʻawaʻa₂ [waʻa·waʻa] nvs.muscular, one whose back bulges with muscles.PPN *wakawaka.[He kino me nā mākala he nui a ʻoʻoleʻa.]₁₇

waawaa adj.Plump, as the shoulders of a young man; hard; full.

waʻawaʻa₃ [waʻa·waʻa] nvs.stupid, ignorant; ignoramus, simpleton, fool.cf.hāwāwā.[Ka ʻīhepa a hūpō paha o ke ʻano o kekahi kanaka.]₁₀

hoʻowaʻawaʻato act the fool

Waʻawaʻaikinaʻaupō[Waʻawaʻa-iki-naʻaupō].Ignorant stupid one [name of a legendary simpleton].

waawaa v.To act ignorantly or without forethought, as if a person, without thought, should in a freak of generosity, give away all his property, and afterwards should remember his own act when it was too late.Mischief from ignorance, from badness generally; applied to all classes of persons; ku i kawaawaa o ke kapu la.Dark-hearted; ignorant; unskillful; awkward; naaupo. (see the verb.)Waawaa iki naauao kahi keiki;waawaa iki naaupo kahi keiki.

waʻawaʻa₄ [waʻa·waʻa] n.upper end of a lobster's leg.FIS

waawaa s.The upper end of a lobster's leg; also the front side of a lobster's head.

waʻawaʻa₅ [waʻa·waʻa] n.hollow at meeting of bones below the Adam's apple.[(FJ) PPn *waka-waka,thorax, rib-cage]BOD

waawaa The upper part of the thorax; the lower part of the throat.

waʻawaʻa₆ [waʻa·waʻa] vs.desolate, uninhabited.

Waʻawaʻakōkāuahale,ʻaʻohekānaka.Our house is desolate without people. (a dirge)

waʻawaʻahia [waʻa·waʻa·hia] pas/imp. ofwaʻawaʻa₁, furrowed...WIN

KauawaʻawaʻahiaoWaipiʻo.The furrow-cutting rain of Waipiʻo.(ON 1604)

waʻawaʻa iki [waʻa·waʻaiki] n.same aswaʻawaʻa₃, stupid, ignorant...

Waʻawaʻaikinaʻaupō [waʻawaʻa-iki-naʻaupō] name of a legendary simpleton; stupid, simpleton, ignoramus...(EH)

waʻawaʻalia [waʻa·waʻa·lia] same aswaʻalia, to dig a trench...

hoʻowaʻawaʻaliacaus/sim

-wae seemāwae, cleft, fissure,ʻōwae, crack...

wae₁ S  nvt.
  • to choose, select, pick out, nominate;
  • sort, discriminate, separated, cull,
  • to draft, as soldiers;
  • to preen, as of a chicken;
  • finicky, fussy;
  • to reflect, meditate;
  • appointment.
 bcPPN *wahe.[Koho akahele ma waena mai o nā koho a pau i loaʻa.]₁₄

hīmeniwaeselected hymn or anthem

hoʻowaeto choose, pretend to choose; finicky

wae v.To select; to pick out; to choose.Puk. 12:21.To sort out the good from the bad; to separate; to set aside; to draw out some from among others;wae ae la ke kuhina i na waa kupono ke holo.Laieik. 100.To break and separate, as the parts of a thing.To dwell upon, as the mind in thinking of an event.To think; to reflect; to consider a case.seewa.s.A choice; a thing that suits one's desires; something according to one's wish.

wae₂ n.u-shaped canoe spreader.see ex.pūkōkeʻe.bcCAN

wae The knee; the side timbers in a boat or ship; hewae waa, hewae moku.

wae₃ n.leg.seewāwae, leg, foot... (rare.) bc[(AN) PPn *waʻe,leg]BOD

wae₄ n.rib of a ship.bc

waʻe same asʻaʻae, third generationtaro.TAR

wae Name of a species of kalo.

waeʻana n.var. spelling ofwae ʻana, selection, choice; nomination...AltSpel

wae ʻana,waeʻana S  n.selection, choice; nomination(EH)...

waeʻano [wae·ʻano] nvt.category [+]. to classify, categorize.lit., sort (by) types.[+]

waeʻano S  seepēmāʻōʻāwaeʻano, selective solubility...

waeʻanona category, classificationseewaeʻano, to classify, categorize...(Perreira)[+]

wā e hiki mai ana n.future tense or time.

waele vt.to weed, clear, remove grass or weeds.[Pn(TA) *waere,to weed, clear away scrub, weeds (borrowed)][Ka huki ʻana i ka nāhelehele ʻino ma kahi mālaʻai. Ka huhuki ʻana aku i ka nāhelehele e ulu ana i loko o ka māla. 1. wehe i ka nāhelehele. 2. hana a maʻemaʻe kekahi alanui.]₉_,₁₅_,₁₄PLA

Nānaiwaelekeala,mahopeakumākou.He opened up the path, we followed [respect the older sibling].

waele v.To clear away weeds, grass, bushes, &c., preparatory to planting.To clear away grass, weeds, &c., preparatory to building a house.To weed; to hoe; to cultivate food.Ier. 4:3.

waeleʻa [wae·leʻa] S  vt.to distinguish.

wā ʻelemakule old age(EH)

waemoho S  vt.primary, primary election, i.e. a preliminary election to nominate candidates for office.alsokoho pāloka wae moho.LAW GOV

Makawaemoho,ekohokekahiʻaoʻaokālaiʻāinaikameaalākouekākoʻoaiikaholomohoʻananokekahikūlanakoʻikoʻiokeaupuni.In the primary, a political party chooses the person they will support in running for election for an important government position.

waemohokūākeaopen primary

waemohokūlokoclosed primary

waena₁ loc.n.middle, between, center, central, intermediate, medial (often preceded byi,ma-,mai); mean, average.cf.leo waena,paʻapū.bc[PPn *wahe-ŋa,division, portion, share, piece of land; middle: *wa(a)he-ga]

manamanawaenamiddle finger (Niʻihau) alsomanamana loa

waena s.The middle; the central point of a substance or of a period of time; i kawaena o ka po, midnight. 1Nal. 3:20. With the article,ka waena, the middle. 1Nal. 6:6.comp.prep. Between; in the middle; in the midst; prefixed byi, ma, mai, no. Gram. § 161.

waena₂ n.cultivated field, garden, vegetable plot.bc[Māla, kīhāpai. He māla kahi e hoʻoulu ʻia ai ka meaʻai. (kāpae pinepine ʻia ke kaʻi ma mua).]₂_,₁₄

nāmeakanuokawaenathe herb of the field(Kin. 3.18)

waena A space inclosed by bounding lines.Ana Hon. 10.A field; a farm; a garden; a cultivated spot.Kin. 3:18.

waena A dead body.syn. with kupapau.

waenaalelo n.central portion of the tongue.lit., tongue center.seekūʻau alelo,lau alelo,mole alelo,wēlau alelo.BOD

waenahonua middle of the Earth.

KeKaiWaenaHonuaMediterranean Sea

pōʻaiwaenahonuaequator. alsoKapikoowākea

waenakolu s.Waena andkonu, center.lit. The middle center. The central point; the very or real center.Puk. 14:29. The center of a circle.Ana Hon. 20. The midst, as of an assembly of people.Laieik. 120. NOTE. The first orthography is seldom used.

waenakonu [waena·konu] loc.n.center, middle, midway.bc[Pn(CE) *tonu,postposed particle indicating precision][Waena pono.]₁₄

iwaenakonuokekaiin the midst of the sea(Puk. 14.29)

waenakonu s.Waena andkonu, center.lit. The middle center. The central point; the very or real center.Puk. 14:29. The center of a circle.Ana Hon. 20. The midst, as of an assembly of people.Laieik. 120. NOTE. The first orthography is seldom used.adv.Through the midst; in the middle; in the center.

waenamoana asea, at sea; midocean.

Aianāmokuapauōnaiwaenamoana.All his ships are at sea.

kualapawaenamoanamidocean ridge

waena moku loc.n.amidships.

waeōewe [waeō·ewe] S  vt.artificial selection.lit., select genes. cf.keolaōeweʻana.[+]SCI

Makawaeōeweʻana,uahoēhupuakaʻakepaʻiaʻeluaʻanoʻāpalaiʻoleepalahūkokemaikahua.In artificial selection, two kinds of apples were crossbred so that the fruit would not spoil right away.

wae ʻole indiscriminately(EH)

wae waʻa same aswae₂, canoe spreader...CAN

waewae [wae·wae] S  selective.redup. ofwae₁, choose, select...seekūlana waewae.PPN *wahewahe.

waʻewaʻe₁ [waʻe·waʻe] n.cloven hoof, as of cattle, goats, and deer.Kauaʻi.(rare.) 

waʻewaʻe₂ [waʻe·waʻe] head fisherman in charge ofkūʻula, stone gods.FIS

waewaele [wae·waele] vt.to thin, as plants when gardening.

waha₁ n.
  • mouth,
  • opening,
  • inner surface of a bowl,
  • open top of a canoe,
  • muzzle of a gun,
  • oral,
  • one who talks too much
  (see ex.,hewa₄).seekakaʻo,waha wale,wahāwahā.bc[Pn(CE) *wafa,mouth][ʻO luna o ka waʻa, ka hāmama ʻana o luna o ka waʻa (Ua ʻano like ʻo luna o ka waʻa me ka waha, pēlā i kapa ʻia ai he waha.)]₁₉BOD SWP CAN

hoʻowahato talk excessively; to make faces; to make an opening or furrow; to dub out a canoe, hew

Kāikawaha.Smite the speaker [said disparagingly of one who does himself what he has condemned others for doing].(ON 1396)

makawahaoral

Mailawemaiikānaʻuala,hewaha.Don't bring his sweet potato, [he] talks too much.

wahanui,wahakanigarrulous

waha s.A mouth; an opening generally.The mouth of a person; e olelo hewaha no hewaha, to speakmouth tomouth.The mouth of a cave or pit; kawaha o ke ana.Ios. 10:18.The mouth of a bag.seeauwaha, a furrow.To dig a furrow or a ditch, especially a long one.seewaha,s.

waha₂ n.neck of a dress.bc

muʻumuʻuwahanuigown (muʻumuʻu) with a low neck

waha₃ nvt.to carry on the back, as a child; a load so carried.bc[Pn(CE) *wafa,carry on back][Hāpai ma ke kua.]₁₄

hoʻowahacaus/sim

waha A bundle to be carried on the back.seewaha,v.v.To carry on the back, as a child, or a person, or a bundle.

waha₄ n.square notch cut in the upper part of house posts, in which the wall plates (lohelau) were placed; tenon.(For. 5:651)bc

waha The throating in the lower end of a rafter.

waha ʻā vs.sharp-tongued, rude; to speak heatedly and rudely.lit., burning mouth.

wahaa v.To talk or speak with the mouth; to mumble; to dispute.

wahaama v.Waha andama, tattling. To tell tales; to reveal secrets.

waha ʻawa n.a bitter (ʻawa) and sadistic person who makes impulsive vindicative statements about the one he hates, attempting to strike at his weaknesses or guilts, and usually predicting misfortune that often comes true.(Nānā 197–200)

waha haukaʻe [wahahau·kaʻe] nvs.smeared mouth; smutty-mouthed, evil-tongued.

wahahaumia s.Waha andhaumia, dirty; foul. A foul mouth; a blackguard.

wahaheʻe [waha·heʻe] S  nvi.to lie; lying, deceitful, false; a lie, liar.lit., slippery mouth.see ex.keu.bc[Ka haʻi ʻana i ka mea pololei ʻole a me ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole; hoʻopunipuni.]₂

kapawahaheʻeʻanafalse impersonation

wahahee v.Waha andhee, slippery. To lie; to speak falsely; to deceive in speaking.s.A lie; a false speech; a deceit in speaking.adj.Lying; deceitful; deceiving.adv.Falsely; not truly.Kanl. 5:17.

wahahewa s.Waha, mouth, andhewa, wrong; wicked. The wickedness of the mouth; any false conversation. In a prayer to the gods for the sick, e kala mai i kona hewa, a me kona aiku, a me kona aia, a me konawahahewa, foul mouth.

waha kale nvi.to drool at the mouth, talk excessively, gush; one who does so.

waha kani garrulous(EH)

wahakoko v.Waha andkoko, blood. To contend; to quarrel.adj.Tale bearing; slandering.

waha kole nvi.garrulous, noisy, boisterous and obstreperous in speech; such a person; to rant.

wahakole s.Waha andkole, red. A long protuberant mouth; waha nuku.A mouth that belches out filthy matter; a boisterous, raving person.adj.Clamorous; noisy; obstreperous; contradicting. Synonymous withwahapaa.

waha koʻu nvi.garrulous, clucking mouth; to gabble.

wā hala n.past tense.LNG

waha lapalapa [wahalapa·lapa] nvt.to scold, utter scathing remarks; one who does so.lit., blazing mouth.

wahale s.The same tree as the loulu or palm tree.

wahalehe [waha·lehe] vs.wide open, as a door; too large, as the neck of a dress.fig., to exaggerate.lit., wide mouth.alsouhalehe.

hoʻowahaleheto stretch the mouth with fingers; to stretch out of shape, as the mouth

wahalehe s.Waha andlehe, lips. The outside of a hole or orifice.adj.Wide or broad, as a hole in a board; open wide, as the mouth of a hole.

waha lina nvs.finicky, of eating.lit., tight-mouthed; such a person.

wahamana [waha·mana] n.screen, shutter.(rare.) 

wahamana s.Waha andmana, divided. A screen; a shutter.

waha mana₁ n.voice of authority, person in authority.lit., powerful mouth.

waha mana₂ nvi.one who digresses from subject to subject; to digress.lit., branching mouth.

wahamana A digression in one's speech; a turning off the subject in conversation.

Wahane placename.gulch, northeastLānaʻi.lit.:loulu palm nut.

wāhane [wā·hane] n.same ashāwane, seed of theloulu.PLA

waha nui nvi.a big mouth; to talk too much, tattle; tattler.

wahaohe v.To talk scandal; to scandalize.seewahaohi.s.A great tattler; a scandalizer.

wahaʻohi nvi.to talk in a foolish, silly, senseless manner; such talk; such a talker.

wahaohi v.To talk like a crazy person; to talk confusedly about this and that; to utter many words without meaning.To scold; to tattle.s.Foolish; crazy; loud talk.The person so talking; applied to females.A scold; a slanderer; a tale bearer.

waha o ka heʻe octopus mouth (liar).(EH)

Wahaokamanō [Waha-o-ka-manō] n.seeKawahaokamanō.

waha ʻō koko S  v.to slander one's own blood.lit., mouth that pierces blood.

waha okooko venomous mouth (fig.)(EH)

wahaʻōlelo n.var. spelling ofwaha ʻōlelo, spokesman, mouthpiece, herald; speaking mouth.AltSpel

waha ʻōlelo,wahaʻōlelo [wahaʻō·lelo] n.spokesman, mouthpiece, herald; speaking mouth.

wahapaʻa [waha·paʻa] vt.to goad, tease, banter; argumentative.lit., hard mouth.

wahapaa s.Waha andpaa, hard. A person full of noise in his talk; a raving person; a scold; one who talks angrily and furiously; hewahapaa ia; mai hele oe i kawahapaa; o kawahapaa, oia ka hoopaapaa.adj.Noisy; clamorous; raving.

waha pala n.a coated mouth, said in derision of an ignoramus, especially one who does not know the chants honoring his chief.MUS

waha pilo n.halitosis; foul mouth.

waha pio to be unable to speak; not to dare to speak, speechless.lit., imprisoned mouth.

wahapio v.Waha andpio, a prisoner. To speak as one that is under constraint and knows not what to say; e like me ka pio.

waha puʻu n.protruding lips; unintelligible speech, as of one who has had a stroke.lit., lumpy mouth.

wahapuu s.Waha andpuu, swelled. A person who speaks unintelligibly in conversation; a boisterous person; a loud talker.adj.Rude; obstreperous in conversation; unintelligible.

wahauhauha s.Waha anduhauha, dirty. A long or hoggish mouth.A gormandizer; one who eats as long as he can.adj.Hoggish in one's manners; filthy; cramming one's self with food.

wahaukae s.A filthy mouth.seewahahaumia.

waha ʻūkele drool(EH)

wahaʻula vt.to nibble and pick at food without appetite.lit., red [sore] mouth.

Wahaʻula [Waha-ʻula] placename.land section and aluakini (heiau where human sacrifices were offered) nearKalapana,Hawaiʻi, attributed to Pāʻao, a priest from Tahiti in about the thirteenth century; originally calledʻAhaʻula (sacred assembly). It was used by Kamehameha I and dedicated to his war god, Kūkāʻilimoku; it was also the last major temple where public worship was held. In one legend (HM 346; Westervelt, 1964a:2–13), a young chief crossed through the smoke of theheiau (believed to be the shadow of theheiau god and hence taboo); he was killed by theMū people and his bones thrown into the bone pit. His spirit told his father, the high chief ofKaʻū, who recovered the bones to give them proper burial or to resuscitate the son.lit.: red mouth.

wahāwahā [wahā·wahā] vt.
  • to treat with contempt, scorn, despise,
  • abhor,
  • ridicule;
  • be disgusted,
  • defy.
 .cf.waha₁, mouth, opening, inner surface of a bowl, open top of a canoe, muzzle of a gun, oral, one who talks too much...PCP *wafa(a)wafa(a).[Ka hoʻokae a manaʻo ʻino ʻana i kekahi mea.]₁₀

hoʻowahāwahācaus/sim.

hoʻowahāwahāikaʻahacontempt of court

wahawaha v.seewaha, mouth. To make mouths at; to open the mouth at by way of contempt.To be dishonored; to live unhonored.To hate; to dislike; to be ashamed of.Hoo. To mock; to scorn; to rail at; to despise.Nah. 14:31. To treat contemptuously; to deride.To abominate.Oihk. 19:7. To hate. 1Nal. 22:8.To be unbelieving; to be disobedient; ua like kahoowahawaha me ka hoomaloha.s.Dislike; hatred; contempt.Iob. 31:34.adj.Disliked; displeased with; objected to; ahu iho ka puawahawaha i Wailua.

wahawai [waha·wai] vt.to talk glibly, brag.lit., watery mouth.[Ke kaena ʻana.]₂

waha walaʻau obstreperous(EH)

waha wale vs.deceitful, lying.lit., slimy mouth.

waha wali S  vs.glib-tongued.

wahawali S  n.smooth talk, smooth talker; to talk smooth; glib.Niʻihau.

Mamuliokamaikaʻiloaokōkēlākanakakūʻaikaʻamekawahawali,nuikapoʻekūʻaikaʻamaiāiamai.Because that car salesman is such a smooth talker, many people buy cars from him.

waheawa s.The giving up of a plan, device, or intention, as a desire to go to a chief, but on thinking, gives it up; kawaheawa o ke alaula.

wahee s.A contraction ofwahahee, which see.

wā heʻe n.time whenheʻe (octopus) abound.FIS

wā heuʻole n.var. spelling ofwā heu ʻole, time of beardless youth, preadolescence. lit., time without whiskers.AltSpel

wā heu ʻole,wā heuʻole n.time of beardless youth, preadolescence.lit., time without whiskers.

wahi₁ n.place, location, position, site, setting. (ka wahi contracts to commonkahi).bc[Pn(NP) *waafi,side, place, part: *wa(a)(fs)i]

Iāʻoeiawahi.None of your business [rude]; it's your turn[polite].

kēlāwahikēiawahieverywhere

maiamauwahihereabouts, thereabouts

makekahiwahisomewhere

manāwahiāpaueverywhere, wherever, universal

Uaheleakulalāuaiawahiaʻe,iawahiaʻe.They went everywhere.

wahi n.region, a specific area, in math.MTH

wahi s.A place; a space; a situation;wahi kaawale, a vacantplace; synonymous withkahi, but used differently in a sentence.seekahi.Wahi hilahila, private parts.Kanl. 25:11. Nawahi a pau loa, allplaces.Ios. 1:3. Nawahi paa, strongholds orplaces. 1Sam. 23:14. It is used withka forkau: aka wahi (kau wahi) e noho ai, the dwellingplace.Hal. 26:8.

wahi₂ paucal article.some, a little, a bit of.(Gram. 10.2) bcPCP *wa(a)si.

ʻaʻohewahiāneʻeneʻeumaidoes not bestir at all

Eʻoluʻoluʻoeiwahiwai.Please a little water.

Hewahimakanakēia.This is just a little gift.

wahi art.Gram. § 63. Some; some little; a few. It unites or takes with it the indefinite articlehe; as, hewahi wai,some water. It also takeskau before it, and both the definite articleke; as, lawe ae la ia ike kau wahi leho no ka honua, in which case it means, some; some little; some indefinite quantity. It has no corresponding word in English; as, owau nei o ko oukouwahi kaikaina uuku hope loa.

wahi₃ idiom.to say, according to (usually followed by the possessivea or by a zero-class possessive and not preceded by either verb or noun particles).bcIDI

Wahiakahiko.According to the ancients.

Wahiakealiʻi.The chief said.

Wahiawai?Who said so?

wahi s.A word; a saying; a remark. NOTE.—This word is somewhat anomalous; it has no article and has some of the properties of a verb; as,wahi a wai?word of whom? whoseword? whosesaying, or whosaid it?Ans. Wahi a ke alii, the kingsaid so.

wahi₄ used before a noun to indicate one's attititude toward that noun...(Wight)

kēlāwahiʻīliothat darned dog

kuʻuwahiʻīliomy sweet little doggie

MaokahoʻohiwahiwaʻanaakuikaLāKamehamehaehoʻomanaʻoihoaikalāhuiHawaiʻiikēiawahialiʻihanohanoamekonaʻanoʻokahoʻoikaikaʻanaikahana.By celebrating Kamehameha Day Hawaiians would remember the example of this noble and hardworking leader.(Comeau 86)

wahī nvt.wrapper, envelope, case, covering, sheath; ati-leaf bundle; to wrap, cover, bundle up, fold up, roll up, swathe; to dress, as a wound.cf.ʻili wahī,kīpē.bc[Pn(CE) *wafii,cover, wrap; wrapping, covering][Hoʻopaʻa i loko o ka lāʻī, pepa, ʻea a mea like paha.]₁₄

Āwahīiholaʻoiaināpapaikegula.And he overlaid the boards with gold.(Puk. 36.34)

wahīmakaanianiglasses case

wahī n.folder, as in a computer program.cf.waihona.CMP

Ponoehanakopeʻiakēlāwaihonamakawahīʻōnaehana.That file needs to be copied to the system folder.

wahīowahoexternal folder

wahi s.Accent on the last syllable. That which surrounds or envelopes anything; a covering; a sheath; a wrapper, as kapa, paper, ki leaf, cloth, &c.;wahi pahi kaua, a swordscabbard. 1Sam. 17:51.v.To cover over; to bind up, as a wound.Ier. 30:26.To wrap up, as a body for burial; to tie up in a wrapper, as a bundle.To roll or fold up in kapa or cloth; to swathe; to wrap up.To surround, as a wrapper; to overlay; to cover up.Puk. 36:34.To cover, as the body of a person with clothing.syn. with uhi. O ka lole ka mea ewahi ai i ke kino.

wāhi vt.
  • to cleave, split, burst through, break through;
  • to change, as money;
  • to have sex relations with a virgin, deflower.
 .cf.wāwahi.bc[Pn(NP) *wasi,to split: *wa((q)a)si][Ka wāwahi ʻana.]₈FLO

Ewāhimaiikaberenaeolaai.Break the bread of life. (hymn)

henīnauwāhipūniuaquestion that cracks the skull

hikiʻolekenahā(haʻi,wāhi),haʻiʻole.unbreakable(EH)

hoʻowāhicaus/sim

Owāhimai,ēLono,owāhiʻoluna,owāhiʻolalo,owāhikauka,owāhikekai.Break through, O Lono, break through above, break through below, may the uplands break through, may the lowlands break through. (prayer to Lono for rain)

wahi v.To break by casting out of one's hand.Puk. 34:1. SYN: with naha.To break through, as an army; to break or rush through, as through a troop.Hal. 18:29.To break, as one's head.Lunk. 9:53.To separate; to open; to rend; to break through.Isa. 64:1.To open; to cause to flow.Isa. 41:18.To break; to cleave; to break, as a rock.Hal. 105:41.seewawahi.

wahi s.One that is above law, or is so much a favorite, or is so holy that the law cannot affect him.A favorite or high servant of the king; pepehiia o Kainapanwahi alii e Kainapau kuaaina, Kainapau the king'sfavorite was slain by Kainapau the backwoodsman.

wahi (kapuahi) hoʻoheheʻe hao foundry(EH)

wāhia pas/imp. ofwāhi, cleave, split...[Pn(NP) *wasi,to split: *wa((q)a)si][Wāhi ʻia; hoʻohaki ʻia; nahā.]₁₇MUS

Kahūlilipaʻaʻaʻoeewāhiathe strong bridge that cannot be broken. (chant for Kalākaua)

wāhia [wā·hia] vs.decomposed, i.e. broken down into component parts, as through chemical reaction.cf.hāpopopo.

wahia v.seewahi, to break.Wahia is forwahiia, to be broken.

wahi ʻaina mess (dining)(EH)

wahi a ke aliʻi the chief said(EH)

wā hiamoe [wāhia·moe] n.time to sleep, bedtime.

wahīʻanoʻano [wahīʻano·ʻano] n.seed pod.lit., seed case.PLA

Wahiawa [Wahi-awa] placename.stream andheiau.Kōloa district,Kauaʻi. (FS 102.).lit.: milkfish place.

Wahiawā [Wahi-a-wā] placename.quadrangle, land section, city, district, forest reserve, public fishing area, homesteads, ditch, reservoir, schools, botanic gardens, and recreation center, centralOʻahu. (PH 99.).lit.: place of noise (rough seas are said to be heard here).

wahie₁ nvi.fuel, firewood; to serve as firewood.bc[Pn(CE) *wafie,firewood][Wahia; lāʻau e loaʻa ai ke ahi o ke kapuahi, imu, a mea like paha.]₁₄

wahie s.Wood for burning; fuel.Oihk. 1:7.Wahie is used forfuel in distinction fromlaau, timber.

wahie₂ n.stroke in spear or club fighting.bc

wahīʻea n.any plastic film for wrapping food, as Saran Wrap.lit., plastic wrapper.FOO

wahieʻala sandalwood(EH)

wahieala s.Wahie andala, odoriferous. An epithet of sandal-wood; sandal-wood. Its appropriate name isiliahi.

wahieʻekeʻeke [wahie-ʻekeʻeke] n.upper stroke in club fighting.(RC 59)

wahī ʻeha n.var. spelling ofwahīʻeha, bandage.AltSpel ILL

wahīʻeha,wahī ʻeha n.bandage.ILL

wahīʻeha [wahī·ʻeha] n.band aid.ILL

wahi ʻeli digging place(EH)

wahieokeola [wahie-o-ke-ola] n.lignum vitae (Guaiacum officinale), a small tree from tropical America, with heavy, hard wood, useful for many purposes. The resin yields medicine and stain. The tree is also ornamental, each leaf with two or three pairs of rounded leaflets, the flowers blue and clustered, the fruits yellow and heart-shaped.(Neal 476)PLA TRE FLO ILL

wahi hakahaka space(EH)

wahi hakina iki morsel(EH)

wahi hana n.workshop, place to work.

wahi hānai holoholona,wahi hānai pipi [wahihā·naiholo·holona,wahihā·naipipi] n.cattle ranch.

wahi hānai pipi var. spelling ofwahi hānai holoholona, cattle ranch...

wahi hihia kink(EH)

wahi hilahila [wahihila·hila] n.private parts.BOD

wahi hoʻāhu ʻōpala [wahihoʻāhuʻō·pala] S  n.dump, garbage pile.

wahi hoʻāhu waina wine cellar(EH)

wahi hoʻāno sanctuary(EH)

wahi hoʻokomoʻili kinai ahi fire plug(EH)

wahi hoʻokū kaʻa n.parking lot(HE)

wahi hoʻolele kiʻi screen for projecting pictures or movies(EH)

wahi hoʻomalu [wahihoʻo·malu] n.shelter.

wahihoʻomalu [wahihoʻo·malu] n.shelter.

wahi hoʻomalu holoholona animal quarantine station(EH)

wahi hoʻopau pilikia [wahihoʻo·paupili·kia] n.toilet, rest room.

wahi hoʻoulu mea ʻai no ka mākeke truck farm(EH)

wahi huna sexual part(EH)

wahi i hoʻokaʻawaleʻia zone(EH)

wahi i hoʻopōʻino ʻia disaster area(EH)

wahi ʻino evil place(EH)

wahi inoa place name

wahi inu lama bar (for drinking)(EH)

wahīiwi BOD

ninikiwahīiwiperiosteum, i.e. the tough membrane adhering tightly to a bone

wahi kaʻawale [wahikaʻa·wale] n.vacant place, vacancy.

wahi kanaaho,wahi kanaho refuge, sanctuary(EH)

wahi kanaho var. spelling ofwahi kanaaho, refuge, sanctuary

wahi kanu ʻanoʻano seedbed(EH)

wahi kapu sacred place, taboo place, enclosure(EH)

wahi kiaʻi n.lookout.

wahi koho pāloka poll(EH)

wahi kūkākūkā consultation place(EH)

wahi kūkulu kaʻa parking lot(EH)

Wahikuli [Wahi-kuli] placename.land sections, gulch, ditch, State wayside park, reservoir, and housing development,Lahaina,Maui.lit.: noisy place.

wahi kū moku n.anchorage.

wahi kupa residence for several generations(EH)

wahi laʻa sacred place(EH)

Wahīlauhue [Wahī-lau-hue] placename.gulch and land section,ʻĪlio Pt. qd., northMolokaʻi. A well here (Pūnāwaikoheleʻa) which gave drinkable water is now filled in.lit.: wrap gourd leaf.

wahī lawe pepa n.brief case.

wahī leka n.envelope.

wahi lulu n.shelter.

wahī makaaniani [wahīmaka·ani·ani] n.glasses case.

wahi mālama keiki nursery (children's)(EH)

wahi mālama mea ulu herbarium(EH)

wahi mālama pipi waiū [wahimā·lamapipiwai·ū] n.dairy.

wahi manaʻo hoʻopuka I have just a small comment (he...)(EH)

wahīmimiki n.shrink-wrapping; to shrink-wrap.lit., wrapping (that) shrinks.

wahi moe n.bed(Hal. 132.3), place to sleep.

wahi nānā n.lookout.

wahine₁ nvs.woman, lady, wife; sister-in-law, female cousin-in-law of a man; queen in a deck of cards; womanliness, female, femininity; feminine; Mrs.; to have or obtain awahine; to become a woman, as an adolescent. In some chants, as those aboutPele, the wordwahine has a connotation of goddess (see ex.,ʻolokaʻa).cf.wāhine.bc[Pn(CE) *wafine,woman, female]MUS

Alailawahineʻoe.Then you will have a wife.(Laie 493 [99])

hoʻowahineto behave like a woman, effeminate, feminine; to imitate the ways of a woman; to grow into womanhood; to have the manners and ways of a lady; to become a wife; to obtain a wife (rare); to take a wife

ʻIkeʻoiaikawahinemaikaʻioKamaile,ʻokahoʻowahineiholanōia.He saw the beautiful womanliness of Kamaile, [and] took her as wife.(For. 5:607)

kaiwahinea gentle sea(Kep. 183)

Kamikawahine.Mrs. Smith.

kānawahinemaikaʻihis good wife

konawahinemaikaʻiher good-looking femininity

pipiwahinecow

Uawahineʻoe.Now you have a woman.(GP 12)

wahine seehoʻokae.

hoʻokaewahinemisogyny, hatred of women

wahine s.A female in distinction fromkane, male.A woman; a wife. The term is applied to men and animals, and when applied to animals it merely marks the feminine gender. Ingrammar, anowahine, feminine gender.Wahine, he mea ia e nani ai ke kane, he lei alii maikai no ke kane,woman, she gives honor to the man, she is a crown of beauty for the husband.

wahine₂ n.plant names. (see table above).bcPLA

nā wāhine women(EH)

wāhine [wā·hine] plural ofwahine.(Gram. 8.1) bc[(OC) PPn *faafine,women]

nāwāhinethe women

wahine ʻai honua earth-eating woman (epithet for Pele)(EH)

wahine hana n.female servant.

wahine hana keaka actress(EH)

wahineheliakaea s.The names of two goddesses.

wahine hiʻu iʻa n.mermaid.lit., fish-tail woman.FIS

wahine hoʻāo bride(EH)(rare.) 

wahine hoʻohaʻi coquette(EH)

wahine hoʻokamakama prostitute. (no equivalent in ancient times)(EH)

wahine hoʻowahine [wahinehoʻo·wahine] n.platonic wife, an old Hawaiian relationship.lit., pretended wife.cf.kāne hoʻokāne.

wahine hula n.female hula dancer(KAN)

wahine i kaʻawale aku ex-wife (separated)(EH)

wahine kāne make S  n.widow.lit., woman with dead husband.

wahinekanemake s.Wahine andkane andmake, dead. A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.Kanl. 16:11.

wahine kāne ʻole n.spinster, woman without a husband, single woman.

wahine kapu n.taboo woman, goddess (specificallyPele — not a woman who might not have sex relations, as some believe).(Nānā 200–3)

Wahinekapu [Wahine-kapu] placename.a bluff nearKīlauea,Hawaiʻi and taboo residence of the god, Kamohoaliʻi, Pele's brother (Jarrett 32). (PH 140, 184.).lit.: sacred woman (Pele).

wahine kāpulu n.untidy woman, slattern.

wahine kaua n.fighting woman, woman in the armed services, Amazon.

wahine kau lei lei seller (female)(EH)

Wahinekoa [Wahine-koa] placename.place,Waiʻalae,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: female soldier.

wahine laikini licensed prostitute, prostitute(EH)

wahine lauʻauʻa unattractive woman(EH)

wahine lawelawe maid (servant), stewardess, waitress(EH)

wahinemaikaʻi n.var. spelling ofwahine maikaʻi, a gray lichen.AltSpel PLA

wahine maikaʻi,wahinemaikaʻi [wahinemai·kaʻi] n.a gray lichen.PLA

Wahinemakanui [Wahine-maka-nui] placename.islet (about 0.18 acres, 40 feet elevation),Puna,Hawaiʻi.lit.: big-eyed woman.

wahine makua n.older woman; older sister-in-law or female cousin-in-law of a man.

wahine mālama hale housewife(EH)

wahine mālama kapa [wahinemā·lamakapa] n.wardrobe mistress.

wahine male,wahine mare n.married woman, bride, wife.

wahine male hou bride(EH)

wahine male ʻole spinster(EH)

wahine maleʻole miss (unmarried woman). (no equivalent to the title)(EH)

wahine malihini foreign woman (epithet for Pele: she came from Kahiki)(EH)

wahine manuahi [wahinemanu·ahi] mistress, common-law wife...seemanuahi, gratis, free of charge...LAW

wahinemanuahi s.Wahine andmanuahi. A kept mistress.

wahine mare var. spelling ofwahine male, married woman...

wahine moekolohe prostitute (no equivalent in ancient times)(EH)

wahine moekolohe wale trollop(EH)

wahine noho kula n.an endemic shrub (Isodendrion hawaiiense) in the violet family, having the petals equal and without spurs.lit., woman dwelling [on the] plains.cf.aupaka.PLA

wahine-noho-mauna n.var. spelling ofwahine noho mauna, an endemic fern (Adenophorus tamariscinus)...AltSpel FER TRE

wahine noho mauna,wahine-noho-mauna n.an endemic fern (Adenophorus tamariscinus), with finely subdivided narrow-elliptical fronds 10 to 40 cm long, growing on trees and on the ground.lit., mountain-dwelling woman.FER TRE

wahine noho pū mistress, common-law wife(EH)

wahine o ka ʻaʻahu keʻokeʻo [wahineokaʻaʻahukeʻo-keʻo] woman of the white garment (epithet forPele)(EH)

wahine o ka lua woman of the pit(PH 25) (Pele)(EH)

wahine o ka pō n.wife of the night. Similar tokāne o ka pō but less common.

wahine ʻoki male ʻia ex-wife (divorced)(EH)

wahine ʻole nvs.without a wife or sweetheart; bachelor.

wahineʻōmaʻo₁ [wahineʻō·maʻo] S  n.same asmohihihi, a vine.PLA

Wahineʻōmaʻo₂ [Wahine-ʻōmaʻo] S  the companion ofHiʻiakaikapoliopele on her trip toKauaʻi to fetchLohiʻau forPele.lit., green woman.

wahine ʻōpio [wahineʻō·pio] n.young woman; younger sister-in-law or female cousin-in-law of a man.

wahine pākaukau prostitute (no equivalent in ancient times)(EH)

wahine pānoa woman easily taken(EH)

wahinepuupaa s.Wahine andpuupaa, epithet of virginity. A virgin;virgo intacta.Puk. 22:17. Hence, purity; a state of undefilement.

wahi noho n.dwelling place, address.

wahinoho n.residence.alsohale noho.

wahi noho kokoke neighborhood(EH)

wahi noho like o ka poʻe community(EH)

wahi noho o ke kanikela consulate(EH)

wahi no nā pāʻani hoʻoikaika kino gymnasium(EH)

wahī o waho pod(EH)

wahi paʻa stronghold(EH)

wahī pahi kaua scabbard(EH)

wahīpale [wahī·pale] n.coleoptile, a first leaf of germinating grasses which forms a protective sheath around developing leaves.lit., protective covering.[+]PLA

wahi palekana refuge(EH)

wahīpāleo [wahīpā·leo] n.record album cover.lit., record album wrapper.

wahi pana n.legendary place,sacred place, sacred site, cultural site....

wahī pepa paper wrapper(EH)

wahi puhi ahi n.crematory, incinerator.

wahī pulupulu n.gauze

Ehoʻomeameakāuahepalupalukeanianielikemekawahīpulupuluihikiiākāuakekomo.Let's pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, so that we can get through.(Aniani 14)

wāhi pūniu "skull cracking", difficultseepūniu, skull

henīnauwāhipūniua question that cracks the skull[a difficult question]

wahi uliuli ma ka wao one oasis(EH)

wahi ulu o ke kī place wherekī grows(EH)

wahi waiho lole n.clothes hamper.

waho loc.n.outside, beyond, out, outer, outward, exterior (frequently preceded by particlesʻo,ma-,mai).see ex.make₁.bc[Pn(CE) *wafo,outside]

eʻimiikeolamawahoseek help outside [consult a kahuna]

hemakenawahodeath by outside [sorcery, not a natural death]

mawahoakuokapoʻinanalubeyond the breakers

Mawahoakuʻolua!Go out, you two!

mawahooHanaleioff Hanalei [as a ship](FS 45)

waho comp.prep. Out; out of; outside; outward; prefixed byo, no, ko, i, ia andma.Gram. § 161.Ia waho, the outside.Mat. 23:25. Opposed toia loko.Luk. 11:40.adv.Outwardly.Esek. 44:1.

wahokahua s.Waho, outside, andkahua, foundation of a house. What is outside of a house.

waholoa STA

hōkūheleowaholoaouter planet

wāhoʻohana [wāhoʻo·hana] n.session, i.e. a period of time spent in an application of a computer program.lit., using time.CMP

wā hoʻomaha vacation(EH)

wāhoʻomalu [wāhoʻo·malu] n.probation, in law.lit., time (of) probation.lunawāhoʻomalu. probation officer.LAW

ʻOkaʻōlelohoʻopaʻinōna,heʻeonomāhinamakawāhoʻomalu.His sentence was six months probation.

-wā hoʻowā [-wāhoʻo·wā] to retch.see ex.haʻanou.ILL

wahu to take without consent, as food at a feast; to ensnare, trap.(AP)

wahu v.To take by force.Hoo. To rob; to take by force.

wahua v.To set a snare or trap.Hoo. To insnare; to entrap.s.A snare; a trap for catching small animals.

wā huli o ke alo i luna infancy(EH)

wahulu same asahulu, overcooked.FOO

wahulu v.To bake food in the oven for a long time till it is burnt or turned yellow or black; poha ka nanu (nalu) ke wewe, owahulu mai ka piko.

wahuwahū [wahu·wahū] to interlock arms, as while walking.(AP)

wahuwahu v.To lean upon a person with the arms across the shoulders.seewahu.

wai₁ nvs.
  • water, liquid or liquor of any kind other than sea water, juice, sap, honey;
  • liquids discharged from the body, as blood, semen;
  • color, dye, pattern;
  • to flow, like water, fluid.
 bc[(MP) PPn *wai,fresh water]FLO

Ewaikahikaponoimānalo.Better sweeten with a single color. [unity to find serenity]

hoʻokahiwaiʻokalikethe sameness of a single dye [unity]

Hoʻolanaikawaikeola.Life floats on water. [near death]

Iwainoʻu.Give me some water. [let's have a contest or fight](ON 1264)

Komowaiēʻia.Foreign liquid has entered [of a child conceived by other than the married husband].

Koniau,koniauikawai,koniauikawaihuʻihuʻi.I throb, I throb for liquor, I am eager for cool liquor. (song)

Paʻihiʻoelā,liloikawai,ʻaʻoheʻikeihoikahoamua.Well-adorned are you, carried to water.[wealth], not knowing former friends(ON 2574)

uahewaikawaigreat quantities of water

Waiiholakekoko.The blood flowed.

waiokalehualehua flower honey

waiokawahinemenstruation or other discharge

waiokaunuthrilling discharges of love

waiokekānesemen

wai n.water.dic..seeana kaumaha wai,pena kuapapa wai,pena wai.FLO

ʻāinakumuwaiwatershed, i.e. an area from which water drains

nelewaianhydrous, i.e. without water.cf.ʻanahaidaraside

papakānāwaiwaiokamokuʻāinastate water code

wai s.A general name for what is liquid; fresh water in distinction fromkai, salt water;wai maka, tears;wai kahe, running water;wai u, milk;wai eleele, ink;wai hooluu, dye;wai puna, spring water, &c.see the compounds.

Wai₂ n.place names beginning withWai-, river, stream.

NāWaiʻehā.The four waters, a poetic name for Wailuku, Waiehu, Waiheʻe and Waikapū, Maui.(ON 2300)

wai₃ n.grain in stone.bc

wai₄ vi.to retain, place, leave, remain, earn, deposit (see more commonwaiho,waihona,waiwai, and less commonwailana,waina₂,wai ʻūlili).bcPCP *wai.

halewaiprison

wai₅,ai interr. pronoun.who, whom, whose, what (animate antecedents).(Gram. 8.5) bc[(MP) PPn *hai,who?]

Iāwaiʻoeikamaʻilioai?To whom did you speak?

Kōwaikaʻakēlā?Whose car is that?

Kōwai,kāwai?Whose?

Nawainōiʻōleloiāʻoeehelemalaila?Who told you to go there?

Nawai?By whom?

Nowai?For or in honor of whom?

ʻOwaiia?Who is he? (angrily) Who does he think he is?

ʻOwaikouinoa?What is your name?

ʻOwai!Who?

wai inter.pron Who? It refers only to persons or to the names of persons or things.see the forms in the paradigm,Gram. § 156–158.

wai₆ n.type of house with thatch purlins separated by a width of two fingers.(For. 5:645)bc

wai placename.'Fresh water of any kind, stream, river'. Four places onMaui beginning withWai- are famous in song:Waiehu,Waiheʻe,Waikapū,Wailuku.

waʻi vi.Kauaʻi.same aswāhi, to break, endFIS

Lāwaʻiday to end [fishing taboo] (place name)

waia₁ nvs.disgraced; shame, dishonor.[Ka hilahila loa ma muli o kekahi ʻōlelo a hana hewa loa paha. Ka hilahila ma muli o kekahi hewa a hana maikaʻi ʻole paha.]₆_,₁₃

hoʻowaiato disgrace, put to shame

Waianohoʻikainoaokaʻohana.The name of the family is disgraced.

waia adj.Strong and bad smelling; stinking; foul; filthy; polluted.

Waia₂ n.name of a star.STA

Waia₃ a son ofHāloa noted for corruption and sin.lit., dishonor.seewaia.(Malo 244-246)

wa iʻa season of abundant fish(EH)

wāiʻa n.season in which fish are numerous.FIS

waiʻaʻa same aswai ʻaʻapu, water in a leaf...

waiʻaʻapu rare var. ofwai ʻapo, water in a leaf...

Waiʻaha [Wai-ʻaha] placename.forest reserve and stream,Kailua qd.,Hawaiʻi. Aheiau kālua ua (to stop rainor to get rain) calledMaʻo (green) was destroyed here when a road was built.lit.: gathering water.

Waiahewahewa [Wai-a-Hewahewa] placename.gulch and stream, Airport qd., southMolokaʻi.lit.: water of Hewahewa.

Waiāhole [Wai-āhole] placename.land division, camp, ditch, tunnel, forest reserve, homesteads, elementary school, stream, village, and beach park,Waikāne qd.,Oʻahu.lit.: matureāhole (a fish) water.

Waiahoʻokalo [Wai-a-hoʻokalo] placename.gulch,Hālawa qd., northMolokaʻi.

waiahu [wai·ahu] same aswaiehu, a file...TOO

wai ahu n.pool of water.

Waiahuakua [Wai-ahu-akua] placename.valley and stream,Hanalei district, northwestKauaʻi.

Waiʻahukini [Wai-ʻAhukini] placename.lava-tube shelter and pool, formerly calledWai-o-ʻAhukini, on theKona side of South Point,Hawaiʻi, studied by Bishop Museum archaeologists, 1967–1968; they believed it was occupied by fishermen between A.D.750 and 1250 or 1350. Fishhooks found there are similar to those in the Marquesas.seeKāʻilikiʻi.lit.: water [of] ʻAhukini (a supernatural woman).

waiahulu s.Wai andahulu, reddish; dirty. Water of a muddy color; dirtyish red water.

Waiahulu placename.stream,Waimea district,Kauaʻi. (FS 242.)

wai aka n.water showing a reflection; name of aNuʻuanu pool.

Waiaka [Wai-aka] placename.spring and pool on the windward side ofNuʻuanu Pali,Oʻahu, famous for its clear reflections; now calledWaikilokohe andKawaikilokanaka.lit.: reflection wateror shadowy water.

Waiʻaka [Wai-ʻaka] placename.land divisions, town, and gulch,Waipiʻo qd.,Hawaiʻi. Road and place,Mōʻiliʻili,Honolulu.(TM).lit.: laughing water.

Waiakaʻalalā [Wai-a-ka-ʻalalā] placename.spring,Kaʻū,Hawaiʻi, said to have been discovered by Hawaiian crows after the 1907 lava flow.lit.: water [found] by the crow.

Waiakaʻea [Wai-a-ka-ʻea] placename.pond and land division,Puna,Hawaiʻi.lit.: water [used] by the turtle.