Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vs., Disappointed.

• Examples:
  • Kū mawaho o ka pā o Homa, standing outside Holmes's yard [said of one who is disappointed, a play on the name Holmes].

2. vs., Thin, flabby; hollow, as cheeks.

• Rare

3. vt., To hold a canoe to its course in a rough sea.

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4. n., Beat of paddle on canoe side, as in rhythmic paddling while fish are driven into a net.

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1. v., To be poor; to be thin in flesh; to make one's self poor.

2. To be disappointed; to be baffled in one's efforts to do a thing.

1. adj., Thin in flesh; poor; hollow; applied to the cheeks.

2. Disappointed; baffled.

adj., Thin in flesh; poor; hollow; applied to the cheeks, not well rounded or filled out.

1. v., To be lacking in muscle; to be thin in flesh; to lose plumpness of feature.

2. v., To be of vacant countenance; to be empty of thought.

To be thin in flesh; to be disappointed or baffled in oneʻs efforts to do something.