Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

v., Pa doubled. See pa, to touch. To touch; to feel; to take hold of; to examine.

2. To communicate with each other, as husband and wife.

3. To be intimate with another person's wife or husband.

v., See papa, a row; a rank. To place in rows or ranks, as soldiers; to lay in rank one above another; to pack in order, as clothes in a trunk.

s., A shelf made by placing sticks across the corner of a room.

2. The condition of a female with a board tied on to her abdomen to secure her conception; a e hoomaemae i kona hanau keiki.

v., For hoopaapaa. To quarrel; to contend; to dispute; to scold.

1. n., A shelf made by placing sticks across the corner of a room.

2. n., The condition of a woman with a board tied to her abdomen to secure her conception; a e hoomaemae i kona hanau keiki.

n., A champion or leader. O Kanupaiki ko Hilo keiki hoopapa.

1. v., To touch gently with the hand; to pat.

2. v., To make advances to, for the purpose of gaining information.

3. v., To decide questions of rivalry by competitive contest.

[Hoo and papa, a row; a rank.] v., To place in rows or ranks, as soldiers; to lay in rank one above another; to pack in order, as clothes in a trunk.

v., To answer back and forth in the way of friendly dispute; to contend for in words.