Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Meeting, assembly, gathering, convention, court, party.

2. nvi., Sennit; cord braided of coconut husk, human hair, intestines of animals; string for a musical instrument; to stretch the ʻaha cord for the outline of a house so that the posts may be properly placed; measurement of an edge or border.

• Examples:
  • Ua like nā ʻaha, the sides are of equal length [as of a rectangle].
  • E kiʻi i ke kaula e ʻaha ai, get a cord to stake out the house with.
• Related:
  • hōʻaha Caus/sim.; To make or braid ʻaha; to tie up a calabash.
• References:
  • PPN kafa.

3. n., A prayer or service whose efficacy depended on recitation under taboo and without interruption. The priest was said to carry a cord (ʻaha).

• Examples:
  • Ua kaʻi ka ʻaha, the prayer is rendered.
  • Loaʻa kā kākou ʻaha, our prayer is rendered successfully.
  • Ua lilo ka ʻaha, ā laila pule hou, the prayer has not been successfully given, so pray again.
• References:
  • Malo 180–1.

4. n., Millepede, so called because it coils itself up like a string.

5. n., Any of the needlefishes of the family Belonidae 🌐.

• Related:
  • The young are called ʻahaʻaha.
  • Varieties are qualified by the terms holowī, mele, and uliuli.

6. n., Design supposed to resemble the continuing track of a duck, carved on tapa beaters.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻahaana and kapuaʻikoloa.

kikino, Council.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • ʻAha kalana. County council.

To stretch the ʻaha cord for the outline of a house so the posts may be properly placed; measure of a side.

Aha!

Several species of the needlefish family (Belonidae) go by this name and are found in Hawaiian waters. These are voracious surface fishes, some growing to 40 inches in length. Its young are called heahaaha. See kekeʻe.

Needlefish of the (family Belonidae), a fish that swims crookedly near the surface. See ʻaha.

To stretch the cord by which the first posts of a house were set straight; general name for cordage.

Earwig (order Dermaptera.) Possibly any of the native species Anisolabis. See lō.

Design resembling a duckʻs tracks carved on kapa beaters. (PE.) Also called ahaana, ʻahana, kapuaʻi koloa.

Kind of kapa from Molokaʻi; a small piece of wood wound around by a piece of kapa held in a priestʻs hand while offering sacrifices.

Cord braided from the husk of the coconut, sennit; cord made from human hair and intestines of animals.

Prayer to heaven, connected with a rigid, non-interruptive kapu, drew its name from ʻaha, the very strong cord braided from the husk of the coconut. This sacred prayer was presumed an effective process to hold the kingdom together in time of danger.

1. Court, assembly, meeting, gathering (PE). 2. Edge or border of a surface; measure in a single line (AP).