Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Air, breath, air current.

• Related:
  • Some confusion exists in the uses of eaea, ʻeaʻea, and ʻeʻaʻeʻa.

2. Reduplication of ea #3; to rise; high waves.

• Examples:
  • He iʻa no ka papaʻu, he loaʻa wale i ka hopu lima; he iʻa no ka hohonu, noho i ke eaea, fish of the shallows, gotten merely by catching in the hands; fish of the depths stay in the high waves [some tasks are easier than others].
• References:
  • PPN eʻaeʻa.

3. Reduplication of ea #4; a smell, as of seaweed; to smell.

ʻaʻano Aerated; aerobic, i.e. living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen. Dic., ext. mng. See hōʻeaea. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻana. Aerobic decomposition. Ka hoʻohāpopo eaea ʻole ʻana. Anaerobic decomposition.

adj., Dignified; honorable; high. SYN. with hanohano, hiehie, eaea kai. Me he wawae, kuhaka la ka eaea.

s., See ea, adj.,. The strong, offensive smell of meat; eaea, paoa, hauna, hohono; eaea ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau; eaea ka hohono o ka palani (barani.)

v., To cover the eyebrows, as a fisherman, to shade the eyes while looking into deep water for fish; ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

v., To be covered with dust, as one out in the wind where the dust is flying; eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

1. adj., Dignified; honorable; high: Me he wawae kuhaka la ka eaea. Syn: hiehie, eaeakai.

2. adj., Offensive, disagreeable. Same as ea.

n., An offensive odor; a foul smell; stench; stink: Ka eaea o ka iloli o ka mano o Koolau.

1. v., To be covered with dust; to be dusty: Eaea na kamalii o Lahainaluna i ka lepo.

2. v., To make dim with or as with shade; to obscure the light, brightness, illumination, or luster of; to dim; to darken; to overshadow; to cloud; to shade: Ka lawaia nui i eaea na kuemaka i ehuehu na lihilihi.

medicine; offensive odor of sea or swamp.