Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., Wave, crest of a wave, billow; to ripple, form waves, stir; to well, as tears in the eyes; rippling, stirring.

• Examples:
  • ʻAle lau loa, wave long and large.
  • ʻAle poʻi, breaking wave, ʻAle pā puaʻa, pig-pen wave, of a wave striking the side of a canoe.
  • Ka ʻale wai hau a ke kua, the snow water wave of the gods [it was believed that the gods made snow].
• Related:
  • hōʻale Caus/sim.; to surge (PH 51).
• References:
  • See poale.
  • PCP kale.

2. n., Gust.

• Rare

3. n., Are, a unit of measure.

• Eng.
• Related:
  • Also: are (not cap.).

kikino Wave, as a swell in the open ocean. Dic. Cf. nalu. See hokua, honua, kiʻekiʻena, kōā.

Wave or billow put in motion by the wind. Ka ʻale wai hau a ke kua, water of the snow god. It was supposed that the gods made the snow.

A wave; the crest of a wave (AP).