Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vs., Clear, luminous, transparent, visible, manifest, plain, intelligible; thin, as cloth; shining, bright, distinct.

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  • Also: akaka.
  • hoʻākaaka Caus/sim.; To clarify, explain, render or make intelligible, provide clearly for, prescribe, describe; explanation, clarification.
    • ʻŌlelo hoʻākaaka mua, preface.
    • Nā mea apau i hoʻākaaka ʻole ʻia ma ke kānāwai, all things not expressly provided for by law.
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  • Cf. mōakaaka.

2. n., A white and very thin tapa.

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  • Cf. aka-ʻaʻamo.

3. n., A downy, thorny branching plant (Solanum aculeatissimum), 30 to 90 cm high, from tropical America. It bears round scarlet fruits 2.6 em in diameter, which are strung for leis.

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  • Also: kīkānia lei.
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  • Neal 742–3.

4. Same as aka #5.

nvi., To laugh, ridicule; laughter, merriment.

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  • hōʻakaʻaka Caus/sim.; To cause laughter, create mirth, jeer, ridicule, pretend to laugh; comic.
    • ʻŌlelo hōʻakaʻaka, witticism, amusing speech.
    • Kiʻi hōʻakaʻaka, cartoon.
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  • PPN katakata.