He Aniani — Combined Hawaiian Dictionary Mirror

updated: 5/27/2020

ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

ʻehu

ʻehu
1. same as:
• ʻehu₁ spray, foam, mist...;
• ʻehu₂ dust, dusty...;
• ʻehu₃ pollen...;
• ʻehu₄ faint, difficult to see...

2. thriving.
3. n. water or water mixed with fragrant herbs used in sprinkling or gently rubbing a patient to revive him from fainting.
4. var. name for ʻōlapa₂, Cheirodendron trees.
5. One of the servants of the king.
6. v. Hoo To drive away; to scare away, as hogs or hens.
7. s. The spray of the surf.
8. The steam of boiling water. see mahu and kehu.
9. n. spray, foam, mist. (Many older people say ehu for ʻehu₁,₂,₃,₄, which is probably the older form; note lack of glottal stops in such forms as ehuehu, ʻehuehu, kaiehu, kēhu, kuehu, luehu, puehu.)
10. nvs. dust; dusty.
11. n. pollen.
12. n. pollen.
13. nvs. faint, difficult to see; wisp.
14. adj. Red or sandy haired; ruddy in countenance; florid. 1 Sam. 16:12.
15. nvs. reddish tinge in hair, of Polynesians and not of Caucasians; one with ʻehu hair; reddish-brown complexion said to be characteristic of some ʻehu people; ruddy. (This ʻehu is invariably pronounced with an initial glottal stop.)

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101	ʻĀko Nuʻuanu i ka hālau loa a ka makani; ʻāko Mānoa i ka hale a ke ʻehu.	Gathered in Nuuanu is the longhouse of the wind; gathered in Mānoa is the house of rainy sprays.
366	E, ʻolohaka! I ke ʻehu nō o ka lāʻau pālau, kulana; hākālia nō a pāpā lāʻau aku o ka make nō ia.	Say! The person is hollow. With just the passing breeze of a brandished club, he falls. As soon as a spear touches him, he dies.
	[Said by Pupukea, a chief of Kaʻū, of Makakuikalani, chief of Maui, in an exchange of insults. Later commonly used to refer to weaklings.]
524	He ala ʻehu aku kēnā.	That is an uncertain path.
557	He ʻehu wāwae no kalani.	A trace of the heavenly one’s footsteps.
	[The rain, the rainbow, and other signs seen when a chief is abroad are tokens of his recognition by the gods.]
619	He ikaika nō nā ʻehu kakahiaka no nā ʻōpio, a piʻi aʻe ka lā heha mai a holo.	The morning is full of strength for youth, but when the sun is high they become tired and run.
	[Said of the young who do not work as persistently as their parents — they start well but soon quit.]
1026	Hoʻi hou i ke ʻehu me he moi lā.	Returns to the broiling sea like a moi fish.
	[Said of one who leaves home for a better chance of advancing but eventually comes back.]
1027	Hoʻi hou ka iʻa i ke ʻehu kai.	The fish returns to the foamy sea.
	[Said of one who returns to a previous home or former habit.]
1282	Ka ʻehu kai o Puaʻena.	The sea sprays of Puaʻena.
	[Wind blows the sea sprays of Puaʻena, Waialua, Oʻahu.]
1521	Kapa ʻehu kai o Kaʻena na ka makani.	Kaʻena is adorned with a garment of sea sprays by the blowing of the wind.
	[Refers to Kaʻena, Oʻahu.]
1689	Ke ʻehu kai o Puaʻena.	The sea sprays of Puaʻena.
	[Puaʻena, Waialua, Oʻahu.]
1899	Kū ke ʻehu o ka huhū o ka mea hale, nakeke ka ʻauwae i ka inaina.	The anger of the house owner rises like the [sea] spray, and the chin rattles with wrath.
	[Said of an angry host. First uttered by Lohiʻau when he arrived at Kīlauea and encountered the wrath of Pele.]
1900	Kū ke ʻehu o nā wahi ʻauwaʻa liʻiliʻi.	How the spray dashes up before the fleet of little canoes.
	[An expression originating in the game kōnane. Trifling things are as dust to experts. Used in a chant of ʻAukele-nui-a-Iku.]
1912	Kūlele ke ʻehu kai i ka makani.	The sprays are a-flying in the wind.
	[What wrath!]
1945	Lānaʻi i ke ʻehu o ke kai.	Lānaʻi stands among the sea sprays.
2256	Nalowale i ke ʻehu o ke kai.	Lost in the sea sprays.
	[Said of one who disappears from sight to avoid coming in contact with others, like a canoe that speeds away and raises sprays so that it can’t be seen.]
2337	No ke ʻehu kakahiaka.	BeIongs to the early morning hours.
	[Said of one who is not well versed.]
2457	ʻO ke ʻehu kakahiaka nō ka wā loaʻa.	The time to catch anything is in the early morning.
	[When you want to do something, don’t wait. Get at it as early as possible.]

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