Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vi., To fall, as through the air; to tumble.

• Examples:
  • ʻŌpū nui kewekewe, pā i ka lani, kōheoheo! (children's song ridiculing a fat stomach), big rounded belly, touch the sky and tumble down.
  • Lele kōheoheo i ka pali o Kapaʻa-heo, tumbling from the cliff of Ka-paʻa-heo [a “goner,” play on heo, gone].

2. nvs., Poisonous.

• Examples:
  • He ʻapu ʻauhuhu kōheoheo, a poisonous concoction of ʻauhuhu; figuratively, a poisonous-natured person.

3. n., Coattail.

4. n., Stick or buoy that floats a fishhook.

5. Reduplication of kōheo.

6. n., Nose flute (hano is more common).

A kind of play among children, such as swinging a rope to be jumped over.

Frock coat (not a jacket or dress coat); coattail.

Float for a fishhook, as a stick or buoy.

Alternate name for the nose flute; one of the instruments used in courting.