Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., To take a nip and let go, snap; to nibble, as fish; to bite off the bark of sugar cane to heal, as a wound; to scar over; sharp recurring pain, as in head or stomach. Figuratively, to attack, taunt, malign, snap at; slander (Hal. 50.20); backbiter (Roma 1.30).

• Examples:
  • ʻŌpū ʻaki, severe stomach-ache.
  • ʻAki ka nuku, to press the lips tightly together.
  • Pēlā e lilo ai ia i mea i hōʻino ʻia ai, i mea e ʻaki ai (Ezek. 5.15), so it shall be a reproach and a taunt.
• Related:
  • hōʻaki Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PNP kati.

2. n., Height, tip, top (preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • Kū i ke ʻaki, to stand at the top [to have success].

3. n., Pillow.

4. n., Block on which a canoe is placed on the shore.

• Related:
  • Also: lona.

5. vs., Filled, as a canoe with waves.

6. Same as ʻakiʻaki #2, a rush.

• References:
  • KL. line 66.

Stools on shore on which canoes were placed for care. See lona.

To slander, spread false reports.

Locks of hair left behind the head after the hair above is shorn off. Also, long switches of hair added to the wearerʻs own locks.

Pillow. See uluna.

Sharp, recurring pain in the head or stomach; headache. To begin to heal or scar over, as a wound. (HPL.)

A high place or station (HE) (T).