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1. nvs., Mistake, fault, error, sin, blunder, defect, offense, guilt, crime, vice; wrong, incorrect, wicked, sinful, guilty; to err, miss, mismanage, fail, mis-.

• Examples:
  • Koʻu hewa, my mistake.
  • Hewa haumia, filthy sin, immorality.
  • Hana i ka hewa, to do wrong, commit adultery.
  • Hele hewa, to go wrong.
  • Ua ʻai hewa au i ka mea ʻono, I ate the cake by mistake.
  • Nā hewa i kūpono i ka make, offenses punishable by death.
  • Kū ka hewa iāia, he is guilty.
  • Ua hewa ʻo Pua iā Kū, Kū treated Pua wrongly.
  • E hele ana ʻoe i hea? E au ike hewa.
  • Where are you going? Just drifting aimlessly [said if one doesn't choose to answer the question].
• Related:
  • hoʻohewa Caus/sim.; To cause one to do wrong, cause or feign a mistake; to blame, condemn.
    • (Cf. the more common hoʻāhewa, to condemn.) Hoʻohewa ʻia, convicted.
    • ʻŌlelo hoʻohewa, to make errors in speech on purpose.
    • Mai ʻai ʻoe ia mea, ua hoʻohewa ka ʻāina nou (Kin. 3.17), eat not this thing, cursed is the ground for your sake.
• References:
  • PCP (f,s)ewa.

2. n., Is it wrong to? Then why not?

• Examples:
  • He hewa kā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ʻāina, loaʻa ke kahua paʻa? Why not then buy land and get security?

3. vs., Offended, annoyed.

• Examples:
  • E hūnā ʻoe i ke aloha, mai haʻi, a lohea ʻia auaneʻi, hewa kahi poʻe (song), conceal the love, don't tell, lest it be heard, and some people be offended.

4. vs., To the point of satiety; to be in great quantities; to do excessively.

• Examples:
  • Hewa ka maka, to look until one can see no more; to flirt with the eyes.
  • Hewa ka waha, to speak too much or hastily.
  • E hea i ke kanaka e komo maloko e hānai ai a hewa ka waha, call the person to come in and feed until his mouth can take no more [hospitality].
• References:
  • See ex., wai #1.

｜ No base definition, only supplemental content.

• References:
  • See hoʻoholo i ke kū i ka hewa, kaha pela hewa, keʻehi hewa, palena ʻāluna o ka hewa.

adj., Wrong; improper; sinful; wicked.

1. adj., Wicked; improper.

2. adj., Defective; imperfect in action.

1. v., To be wrong; to be in error.

2. v., To sin; to transgress.

3. v., To miss; to fail to hit.

4. v., To be incorrect; to be faulty; to fail.

5. v., To be under condemnation.

Guilty. Hana i ka hewa, to do wrong, i.e., to commit adultery.

Blunder, mistake, error; to be wrong; to transgress. (Isa. 43:27.)

Error, wrong, sin; to transgress, sin, condemn; to be under a curse; to be viciously inclined.

I. oia he wahi manao, he wahi kuko, he wahi olelo, he wahi hana ku e i ke kanawai o ke Akua, aole ku like me ia kanawai maikai. O ke kumu makamua o ka hewa he pohihihi ia, aka, ua hoakaka mai ka Baibala i kona komo mai ana i ke ao nei, a me kona ano ino, a me ka hana hewa ana o na kanaka a pau, Kin. 6:5; Ps. 51:5; Mat. 15:19; Rom. 5:12; Iak. 1:14, 15. O ka hewa ku e i ke Akua, ua kapaia he aia; o ka hewa haihai i ke kanawai, ua kapaia he lawehala; o ka hewa ku ole i ka pono io, ua kapaia, he ino, he pono ole; a o ka hewa makamua mai Adamu mai, ua kapaia, he 'hewa kahiko,' he 'kanawai o ka hewa a me ka make,' a pela aku, Rom. 8:1, 2; 1 Ioa. 3:4; 5:17. 'O ka uku no ka hewa he make ia.' Pela no i kinohi, Kin. 2:17; pela hoi i keia wa, 'o ka uhane lawehala, oia ke make,' Ez. 18:20. O ka hewa hookahi i mihi ole ia, he mea ia e make ai ka uhane, Iak. 2:10; no ka mea, he mea ino loa no ka hewa e like me ka maikai o ke kanawai i haihaiia. Hookahi moku ana o'ke kaulahaomoku, ili iho la ka moku.

fault, defect, error, mistake.

Wrongdoing; crime; unjust; damage.