Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of hau #3, to hit.

• Examples:
  • E hoʻohauhau mai ʻoe i ka lau hala a kāua i palupalu, beat our pandanus leaf so as to soften it.
• Related:
  • hoʻohauhau Same as above.
• References:
  • PPN faʻufaʻu.

2. vs., Cool, as food.

• References:
  • Cf. hau #2.

3. Same as hauna, bad odor.

• References:
  • PCP sausau.

v., To lay stones in a wall; to build with stones.

v., To strike; to smite; to beat. See hahau.

adj., See hau, cold, &c. Cool, as where the heat is separated from a thing.

adj., Cold; applied to food that has become cold.

1. v., To lay stones in a wall.

2. v., To build with stones. Syn: uhau.

3. v., To strike; to smite; to beat. See hahau.

4. v., To tap; to rap lightly with rapid strokes.