Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., To count, number, compute, take a census, figure, enumerate, list, include, impute (Oihk. 7.18); to assess, as taxes; to chant a list of names, as of genealogy; including, counting, enumeration, census, list, rate, number, figure, total, inventory; statistics.

• Examples:
  • Helu ʻekahi, number one, best.
  • Helu ʻole ʻia, not counted, excluded.
  • Poʻe helu ukana, shipping clerks.
  • He mau mea helu bālota, election tellers.
  • Mīkina helu, adding machine; comptometer.
  • He lehulehu loa kēia poʻe, ke helu ʻia nā kāne, a me nā wāhine, these people are very many, counting men and women.
• Related:
  • hoʻohelu Caus/sim.; numerator, in fractions; a telling, explanation.
• References:
  • Cf. heluhelu, huahelu, uē helu.

2. nvs., Arithmetic, score, reckoning, account; serial; volume (in a series); numbered.

• Examples:
  • Pona helu, serial bond.
  • Aʻo i ka helu, to learn arithmetic.
  • Helu a nā kamaliʻi, children's counting [a game].

3. A few.

• Examples:
  • He mau lā helu wale nō i koe, only a few days left.

4. vt., To scratch the earth, as a hen; to dig with the fingers; to paw the earth, as an angry bull.

• Examples:
  • Neʻepapa ka helu a ka lā i Punahoa, the sun scratched everywhere at Punahoa [a long fight].
• References:
  • See māhelu.
  • PPN selu.

5. vt., To grumble, list offenses or complaints, especially about lack of gratitude or appreciation.

kikino, Amount.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Eia ʻelua pūʻulu helu ʻelua. Here are two groups of twos.
• Related:
  • Also: heluna.
  • Waiwai helu. Numerical value.
• References:
  • See mīkini helu.

kikino, Size, as of clothes.

• Source:
  • Mānaleo.

v., To scratch the earth, as a hen; to dig potatoes with the fingers; to paw the ground, as an angry bull.

2. To count; to number; to compute; to reckon up the sum of numbers. Puk. 30:12.

3. To reckon in favor of one or against him; to impute. Oihk. 7:18.

4. To tell; to relate; to recount some past transaction. 2 Nal. 8:4.

s., The seeds of the puakala.

2. Shot used in shooting birds.

adv., Reciting or proclaiming the virtues of a deceased person; alaila, uwe helu mai la ia, penei, a uwe helu iho la. Laieik. 50.

adv., A reciting or proclaiming the virtues of a deceased person: alaila, uwe helu mai la ia, penei, a uwe helu iho la. Leieik. p. 50.

n., A recounting; a retelling.

1. n., Any mass of hard particles taken collectively, as the seeds of the liipoe or Indianshot.

2. n., Small shot. Syn: Lu.

3. n., A scattering or strewing. Syn: Lu.

1. v., To scratch the earth, as a hen.

2. v., To dig potatoes with the fingers.

3. v., To paw the ground, as an angry bull.

4. v., To count; to number; to compute.

5. v., To impute; to attribute.

6. v., To relate; to tell over; to repeat.

memorial recitation: to count; to scratch in the earth like a fowl.

1. Number; to assess as taxes; volume (in a series) (PE). 2. Surveyors’ mark of degrees.