Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Same as waʻu, to scrape.

2. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

3. Same as heaʻe, a variety of Zanthoxylum dipetalum 🌐, the wood of which was used for tapa-beating anvils.

4. Same as pūkiawe.

• Source:
  • Lānaʻi, Maui.

5. Same as uhiuhi, a tree.

• Source:
  • Maui.

6. n., A native holly (Ilex anomala 🌐), a rather common shrub or tree, with shiny, oval leaves and panicles of small, white flowers and small, round, black fruits.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻaiea.
• References:
  • Neal 528.

7. To detain, delay, keep back.

• References:
  • AP

v., To keep back; to detain; to stay; to delay.

Tree that furnished the hard wood on which kapa was pounded; the kapa anvil.

Native tree (Ilex anomala). It is a handsome tree growing to between 20 and 40 feet. It is common on all islands, chiefly in the rain forests. The tree is seldom bothered by insects. Its wood is whitish and rather soft. (NEAL 528.)