w

w  pronounced as wē, for the single letter, as when spelling a word. see pīʻāpā.

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

ʻAʻohe nohoʻi he wā, hoʻokuʻi ʻia e ke kaʻa.In no time at all, hit by the car; almost hit by the car.

ʻaʻohe wāalmost, no time

i ka wā heawhen

i ka wā i halabefore

i ka wā mua, i ka wā mamuabefore, in past times, formerly

i ka wā oat the time of, during

i ka wā pau ʻole, i ka wā mau loaforever, eternity

ia wāthen, at the time

mai kēia wā akufrom this time forth, henceforth

mai kēlā wā maifrom that time on

nā wā me nā kauseasons, chronology

Wā huli i luna ke alo.The time the belly turns up [infancy].

wā kamaliʻi, wā liʻiliʻichildhood

wā mahopefuture

wā uʻiage of youth and beauty

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

wā e hiki mai anafuture tense

wā i halapast 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

kai hoʻowāroaring sea

Wā ihola lākou iā lākou iho.They reasoned among themselves. (Mat. 16.7)

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

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

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

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

waʻa komebasket (RSV), ark (KJV), of bulrushes (Puk. 2.3)

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

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

waʻa₄  same as more common waʻawaʻa₃, stupid.

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

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

wāʻaeʻoia  same as lāʻaeʻoia.

Waʻahila [Waʻa-hila]  n. a rain in Nuʻuanu and Mānoa Valleys and the name of a ridge separating Mānoa and Pālolo Valleys. see saying, puʻipuʻi. WIN

Ola ke kai o Kou i ka ua Waʻahila.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 separating Mānoa and Pālolo valleys; State recreation area, 40 acres in area, St. Louis Heights; trail along Waʻahila ridge ending in upper Mānoa Valley, Honolulu. Also the name of a beneficent Mānoa 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, northeast Kahoʻolawe. lit.: small canoe.

waʻa kaiaka [waʻa kai·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

Waʻakauhi [Waʻa-Kauhi]  placename. see Wailuku.

waʻa kau hī  n. canoe for fishing aku. FIS CAN

waʻa kaukahi [waʻa kau·kahi]  n. single canoe, as contrasted with the kaulua. lit., single-placed canoe. see waʻa kaulua. CAN

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

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

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

waʻa kea₂  same as waʻa ʻākea.

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

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

waʻa lau kī  n. toy canoe made of ti leaves. CAN

waʻa ʻllikini [waʻa ʻlli·kini]  n. canoe without ʻiako. lit., Indian canoe. CAN

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

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

wā ʻānō [wā ʻā·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

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

waʻapā hoʻopakele ola  lifeboat (EH)

waʻa paulua [waʻa pau·lua]  n. said to be a large or double canoe with three ʻiako. 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., north Molokaʻi. lit.: red canoe.

waʻawaʻa₁ [waʻa·waʻa]  full of gulches, gullies, grooves; gullied, furrowed, grooved. redup. of waʻa₂, trench, furrow... PCP *wakawaka.

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

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].

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

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

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

Waʻawaʻa kō kāua hale, ʻaʻohe kānaka.Our house is desolate without people. (a dirge)

waʻawaʻahia [waʻa·waʻa·hia]  pas/imp. of waʻawaʻa₁, furrowed... WIN

Ka ua waʻawaʻahia o Waipiʻo.The furrow-cutting rain of Waipiʻo. (ON 1604)

waʻawaʻa iki [waʻa·waʻa iki]  n. same as waʻawaʻa₃, stupid, ignorant...

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

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

hoʻowaʻawaʻaliacaus/sim

-wae  see māwae, 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.
  bc PPN *wahe. [Koho akahele ma waena mai o nā koho a pau i loaʻa.]₁₄

hīmeni waeselected hymn or anthem

hoʻowaeto choose, pretend to choose; finicky

wae₂  n. u-shaped canoe spreader. see ex. pūkōkeʻe. bc CAN

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

wae₄  n. rib of a ship. bc

waʻe  same as ʻaʻae, third generation taro. TAR

waeʻana  n. var. spelling of wae 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. [+]

wae ʻano  S   see pēmāʻōʻā wae ʻano, selective solubility...

waeʻanona  category, classification see waeʻano, 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

Nāna i waele ke ala, mahope aku mākou.He opened up the path, we followed [respect the older sibling].

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

wā ʻelemakule  old age (EH)

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

Ma ka wae moho, e koho kekahi ʻaoʻao kālaiʻāina i ka mea a lākou e kākoʻo ai i ka holo moho ʻana no kekahi kūlana koʻikoʻi o ke aupuni.In the primary, a political party chooses the person they will support in running for election for an important government position.

wae moho kūākeaopen primary

wae moho kūlokoclosed primary

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

manamana waenamiddle finger (Niʻihau) also manamana loa

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

nā mea kanu o ka waenathe herb of the field (Kin. 3.18)

waena alelo  n. central portion of the tongue. lit., tongue center. see kūʻau alelo, lau alelo, mole alelo, wēlau alelo. BOD

waena honua  middle of the Earth.

Ke Kai Waena HonuaMediterranean Sea

pōʻai waena honuaequator. also Kapikoowākea

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

i waenakonu o ke kaiin the midst of the sea (Puk. 14.29)

waena moana  asea, at sea; midocean.

Aia nā moku a pau ōna i waena moana.All his ships are at sea.

kualapa waena moanamidocean ridge

waena moku  loc.n. amidships.

wae ōewe [wae ō·ewe]  S  vt. artificial selection. lit., select genes. cf. ke ola ōewe ʻana. [+]SCI

Ma ka wae ōewe ʻana, ua hoēhu pua kaʻakepa ʻia ʻelua ʻano ʻāpala i ʻole e palahū koke mai ka hua.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 as wae₂, canoe spreader... CAN

waewae [wae·wae]  S   selective. redup. of wae₁, choose, select... see kūlana waewae. PPN *wahewahe.

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

waʻewaʻe₂ [waʻe·waʻe]  head fisherman in charge of kūʻula, 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). see kakaʻo, 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

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

ma ka wahaoral

Mai lawe mai i kāna ʻuala, he waha.Don't bring his sweet potato, [he] talks too much.

waha nui, waha kanigarrulous

waha₂  n. neck of a dress. bc

muʻumuʻu waha nuigown (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

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

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

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

kapa wahaheʻe ʻanafalse impersonation

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

waha kani  garrulous (EH)

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

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

wā hala  n. past tense. LNG

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Wahane  placename. gulch, northeast Lānaʻi. lit.: loulu palm nut.

wāhane [wā·hane]  n. same as hāwane, seed of the loulu. PLA

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

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

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

Wahaokamanō [Waha-o-ka-manō]  n. see Kawahaokamanō.

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 of waha ʻōlelo, spokesman, mouthpiece, herald; speaking mouth. AltSpel

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

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

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.

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

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 a luakini (heiau where human sacrifices were offered) near Kalapana, Hawaiʻi, attributed to Pāʻao, a priest from Tahiti in about the thirteenth century; originally called ʻAhaʻula (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 the heiau (believed to be the shadow of the heiau god and hence taboo); he was killed by the Mū people and his bones thrown into the bone pit. His spirit told his father, the high chief of Kaʻū, 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.

hoʻowahāwahā i ka ʻahacontempt of court

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.

waha wali  S  n. smooth talk, smooth talker; to talk smooth; glib. Niʻihau.

Ma muli o ka maikaʻi loa o kō kēlā kanaka kūʻai kaʻa me ka waha wali, nui ka poʻe kūʻai kaʻa maiā ia mai.Because that car salesman is such a smooth talker, many people buy cars from him.

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

wā heuʻole  n. var. spelling of wā 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 common kahi). bc [Pn(NP) *waafi, side, place, part: *wa(a)(fs)i]

Iāʻoe ia wahi.None of your business [rude]; it's your turn [polite].

kēlā wahi kēia wahieverywhere

ma ia mau wahihereabouts, thereabouts

ma kekahi wahisomewhere

ma nā wahi āpaueverywhere, wherever, universal

Ua hele akula lāua ia wahi aʻe, ia wahi aʻe.They went everywhere.

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

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

ʻaʻohe wahi ā neʻeneʻeu maidoes not bestir at all

E ʻoluʻolu ʻoe i wahi wai.Please a little water.

He wahi makana kēia.This is just a little gift.

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

Wahi a kahiko.According to the ancients.

Wahi a ke aliʻi.The chief said.

Wahi a wai?Who said so?

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

kēlā wahi ʻīliothat darned dog

kuʻu wahi ʻīliomy sweet little doggie

Ma o ka hoʻohiwahiwa ʻana aku i ka Lā Kamehameha e hoʻomanaʻo iho ai ka lāhui Hawaiʻi i kēia wahi aliʻi hanohano a me kona ʻano ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hana.By celebrating Kamehameha Day Hawaiians would remember the example of this noble and hardworking leader. (Comeau 86)

wahī  nvt. wrapper, envelope, case, covering, sheath; a ti-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

Ā wahī ihola ʻoia i nā papa i ke gula.And he overlaid the boards with gold. (Puk. 36.34)

wahī makaanianiglasses case

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

Pono e hana kope ʻia kēlā waihona ma ka wahī ʻōnaehana.That file needs to be copied to the system folder.

wahī o wahoexternal folder

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

E wāhi mai i ka berena e ola ai.Break the bread of life. (hymn)

he nīnau wāhi pūniuaquestion that cracks the skull

hikiʻole ke nahā (haʻi, wāhi), haʻi ʻole.unbreakable (EH)

hoʻowāhicaus/sim

O wāhi mai, ē Lono, o wāhi ʻo luna, o wāhi ʻo lalo, o wāhi ka uka, o wāhi ke kai.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 (kapuahi) hoʻoheheʻe hao  foundry (EH)

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

Ka hūlili paʻa ʻaʻoe e wāhiathe 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.

wahi ʻaina  mess (dining) (EH)

wahi a ke aliʻi  the chief said (EH)

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

wahī ʻanoʻano [wahī ʻano·ʻano]  n. seed pod. lit., seed case. PLA

Wahiawa [Wahi-awa]  placename. stream and heiau. 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, central Oʻahu. (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

wahie₂  n. stroke in spear or club fighting. bc

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

wahieʻala  sandalwood (EH)

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

wahī ʻeha  n. var. spelling of wahīʻeha, 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 [wahi hā·nai holo·holona, wahi hā·nai pipi]  n. cattle ranch.

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

wahi hihia  kink (EH)

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

wahi hoʻāhu ʻōpala [wahi hoʻāhu ʻō·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 [wahi hoʻo·malu]  n. shelter.

wahi hoʻomalu [wahi hoʻo·malu]  n. shelter.

wahi hoʻomalu holoholona  animal quarantine station (EH)

wahi hoʻopau pilikia [wahi hoʻo·pau pili·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)

wahī iwi  BOD

niniki wahī iwiperiosteum, i.e. the tough membrane adhering tightly to a bone

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

wahi kanaaho, wahi kanaho  refuge, sanctuary (EH)

wahi kanaho  var. spelling of wahi 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., north Molokaʻi. 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 [wahī maka·ani·ani]  n. glasses case.

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

wahi mālama mea ulu  herbarium (EH)

wahi mālama pipi waiū [wahi mā·lama pipi wai·ū]  n. dairy.

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

wahī mimiki  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 a wahine; to become a woman, as an adolescent. In some chants, as those about Pele, the word wahine has a connotation of goddess (see ex., ʻolokaʻa). cf. wāhine. bc [Pn(CE) *wafine, woman, female]MUS

A laila wahine ʻoe.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

ʻIke ʻoia i ka wahine maikaʻi o Kamaile, ʻo ka hoʻowahine ihola nō ia.He saw the beautiful womanliness of Kamaile, [and] took her as wife. (For. 5:607)

kai wahinea gentle sea (Kep. 183)

Kamika wahine.Mrs. Smith.

kāna wahine maikaʻihis good wife

kona wahine maikaʻiher good-looking femininity

pipi wahinecow

Ua wahine ʻoe.Now you have a woman. (GP 12)

wahine  see hoʻokae.

hoʻokae wahinemisogyny, hatred of women

wahine₂  n. plant names. (see table above). bc PLA

nā wāhine  women (EH)

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

nā wāhinethe women

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

wahine hana  n. female servant.

wahine hana keaka  actress (EH)

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 [wahine hoʻo·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.

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

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

Wahinekapu [Wahine-kapu]  placename. a bluff near Kīlauea, 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 of wahine maikaʻi, a gray lichen. AltSpel PLA

wahine maikaʻi, wahinemaikaʻi [wahine mai·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 [wahine mā·lama kapa]  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 [wahine manu·ahi]  mistress, common-law wife... see manuahi, gratis, free of charge... LAW

wahine mare  var. spelling of wahine 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 of wahine 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 [wahine o ka ʻaʻahu keʻo-keʻo]  woman of the white garment (epithet for Pele) (EH)

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

wahine o ka pō  n. wife of the night. Similar to kāne 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 as mohihihi, a vine. PLA

Wahineʻōmaʻo₂ [Wahine-ʻōmaʻo]  S   the companion of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele on her trip to Kauaʻi to fetch Lohiʻau for Pele. lit., green woman.

wahine ʻōpio [wahine ʻō·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)

wahi noho  n. dwelling place, address.

wahi noho  n. residence. also hale 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)

wahī pāleo [wahī pā·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

E hoʻomeamea kāua he palupalu ke aniani e like me ka wahī pulupulu i hiki iā kāua ke komo.Let's pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, so that we can get through. (Aniani 14)

wāhi pūniu  "skull cracking", difficult see pūniu, skull

he nīnau wāhi pūniua question that cracks the skull [a difficult question]

wahi uliuli ma ka wao one  oasis (EH)

wahi ulu o ke kī  place where kī grows (EH)

wahi waiho lole  n. clothes hamper.

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

e ʻimi i ke ola mawahoseek help outside [consult a kahuna]

he make na wahodeath by outside [sorcery, not a natural death]

mawaho aku o ka poʻina nalubeyond the breakers

Mawaho aku ʻolua!Go out, you two!

mawaho o Hanaleioff Hanalei [as a ship] (FS 45)

waho loa  STA

hōkūhele o waho loaouter planet

wā hoʻohana [wā hoʻo·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)

wā hoʻomalu [wā hoʻo·malu]  n. probation, in law. lit., time (of) probation. luna wā hoʻomalu. probation officer. LAW

ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi nōna, he ʻeono māhina ma ka wā hoʻomalu.His sentence was six months probation.

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

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

wā huli o ke alo i luna  infancy (EH)

wahulu  same as ahulu, overcooked. FOO

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

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

E wai kahi ka pono i mānalo.Better sweeten with a single color. [unity to find serenity]

hoʻokahi wai ʻo ka likethe sameness of a single dye [unity]

Hoʻolana i ka wai ke ola.Life floats on water. [near death]

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

Komo wai ē ʻia.Foreign liquid has entered [of a child conceived by other than the married husband].

Koni au, koni au i ka wai, koni au i ka wai huʻihuʻi.I throb, I throb for liquor, I am eager for cool liquor. (song)

Paʻihi ʻoe lā, lilo i ka wai, ʻaʻohe ʻike iho i ka hoa mua.Well-adorned are you, carried to water. [wealth], not knowing former friends (ON 2574)

ua hewa i ka waigreat quantities of water

Wai ihola ke koko.The blood flowed.

wai o ka lehualehua flower honey

wai o ka wahinemenstruation or other discharge

wai o kaunuthrilling discharges of love

wai o ke kānesemen

wai  n. water. dic. . see ana kaumaha wai, pena kuapapa wai, pena wai. FLO

ʻāina kumu waiwatershed, i.e. an area from which water drains

nele waianhydrous, i.e. without water. cf. ʻanahaidaraside

papa kānāwai wai o ka mokuʻāinastate water code

Wai₂  n. place names beginning with Wai-, river, stream.

Nā Waiʻehā.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 common waiho, waihona, waiwai, and less common wailana, waina₂, wai ʻūlili). bc PCP *wai.

hale waiprison

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

Iā wai ʻoe i kamaʻilio ai?To whom did you speak?

Kō wai kaʻa kēlā?Whose car is that?

Kō wai, kā wai?Whose?

Na wai nō i ʻōlelo iāʻoe e hele malaila?Who told you to go there?

Na wai?By whom?

No wai?For or in honor of whom?

ʻO wai ia?Who is he? (angrily) Who does he think he is?

ʻO wai kou inoa?What is your name?

ʻO wai!Who?

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 on Maui beginning with Wai- are famous in song: Waiehu, Waiheʻe,Waikapū, Wailuku.

waʻi  vi. Kauaʻi. same as wāhi, to break, end FIS

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

Waia nohoʻi ka inoa o ka ʻohana.The name of the family is disgraced.

Waia₂  n. name of a star. STA

Waia₃  a son of Hāloa noted for corruption and sin. lit., dishonor. see waia. (Malo 244-246)

wa iʻa  season of abundant fish (EH)

wāiʻa  n. season in which fish are numerous. FIS

waiʻaʻa  same as wai ʻaʻapu, water in a leaf...

waiʻaʻapu  rare var. of wai ʻapo, water in a leaf...

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

Waiahewahewa [Wai-a-Hewahewa]  placename. gulch and stream, Airport qd., south Molokaʻi. 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.: mature āhole (a fish) water.

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

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

wai ahu  n. pool of water.

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

Waiʻahukini [Wai-ʻAhukini]  placename. lava-tube shelter and pool, formerly called Wai-o-ʻAhukini, on the Kona 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. see Kāʻilikiʻi. lit.: water [of] ʻAhukini (a supernatural woman).

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

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

Waiaka [Wai-aka]  placename. spring and pool on the windward side of Nuʻuanu Pali, Oʻahu, famous for its clear reflections; now called Waikilokohe and Kawaikilokanaka. lit.: reflection water or 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.

Waiakaʻīlio [Wai-a-ka-ʻīlio]  placename. bay, Kohala qd., Hawaiʻi. Land section, Kaunakakai qd., Molokaʻi. lit.: water [used] by the dog.

Waiakalaʻe [Wai-a-ka-laʻe]  placename. gulch, Kaunakakai qd., Molokaʻi. see Kalaʻe. lit.: water of the clearness.

Waiakamilo [Wai-a-ka-milo]  placename. road and former land section, Kalihi Kai, Honolulu. lit.: water of the milo tree.

Waiakamoi [Wai-a-ka-moi]  placename. watershed, Keʻanae qd., Maui. lit.: water [acquired] by the threadfish.

Waiakanaloa [Wai-a-Kanaloa]  placename. a wet cave at Hāʻena, Hanalei district, Kauaʻi. (UL 249.). lit.: water [used, made] by Kanaloa.

Waiakanapō [Wai-a-Kanapō]  placename. coastal area, ʻĪlio Pt. qd., Molokaʻi. lit.: water of Kanapō (perhaps the name of a person or place).

Waiakāne [Wai-a-Kāne]  placename. gulch, Airport qd.; south Molokaʻi, where a spring, below high tide, is said to have been made by Kāne and Kanaloa (Summers 65); spring, Kaunakakai qd., north Molokaʻi. Old name for Waikāne, Oʻahu. lit.: water [made] by Kāne.

Waiakapuhi [Wai-a-ka-puhi]  placename. islet (0.1 acres, 40 feet elevation), Makawao, Maui. lit.: water [used] by the eel.

waiākea [wai·ā·kea]  same as lehua keʻokeʻo, a taro. TAR

Waiākea [Wai-ākea]  placename. village and land section, Makuʻu qd.; land section and camp, Humuʻula qd.; land section, Hilo suburb, bay (another name is Byron's Bay), park (see Mahohuli), fishpond, forest reserve, mill, plantation, stream, and school, Hilo qd., Hawaiʻi. A legendary man, 'Ulu (breadfruit), lived here. He died of starvation and was buried near a running spring. Next morning a breadfruit tree laden with fruit was found there, ending the famine. see Kanukuokamanu, Mokuola. (HM 98; PH 27; UL 60.) The tidal wave of 1960 greatly damaged the Hilo suburb of Waiākea. lit.: broad waters.

Waiakeakua [Wai-a-ke-akua]  placename. stream and gulch, Honolua qd., Maui. stream, Hālawa qd., Molokaʻi. waterfall and stream, Mānoa Valley, Honolulu (said to be on the east side of the valley). lit.: water [used] by the god. (Kāne₂ and Kanaloa₁, after making Punahou spring, came to this pool. A goddess, Kāmehaʻikana— alternate name for Haumea— flirted with them. Her servant tried to stop her and was turned to stone. Kāne₂ left his footprint on the stone at the pool's edge.)

waiʻakika  n. acid.

Waiakoa [Wai-a-koa]  placename. land division, village, road, gulch, and homesteads, Puʻuokali qd., Maui. lit.: water [used] by warrior.

Waiakoaʻe [Wai-a-koaʻe]  placename. diving pool, Kalihi Stream, Honolulu. (Ii 45). lit.: water [used] by tropicbird.

Waiʻākōlea [Wai-ʻākōlea]  placename. pond at Kalapana, Puna, Hawaiʻi. lit.: fern water.

waiakua [wai·akua]  vs. distant, aloof, unsociable, exclusive, as of a chief too high to mingle with others. lit., godly blood.

Waiakuilani [Wai-a-kuilani]  placename. gulch, Kamalō qd., south Molokaʻi.

waiʻala  n. perfume, cologne, toilet water. lit., fragrant liquid.

Waiʻalae [Wai-ʻalae]  placename. stream, falls, and mountain (3,600 feet high), Waimea district, Kauaʻi. Mountain (1,357 feet high), section 39 (map 6), country club, school, and avenue, Honolulu, said to be named for a spring. lit.: mudhen water.