Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Foundation, base, site, location, ground, background, platform, as of a house; an open place, as for camping or for sports, as for ʻulu maika or hōlua sliding; playground, arena, stand, stage, courtyard course, camp; bed, as of a stream.

• Examples:
  • Ka Monroe kahua kālai ʻaina, Monroe doctrine about land division.
  • E hana mua ā paʻa ke kahua, mamua o ke aʻo ʻana iā haʻi (saying), work first to make firm the foundation before teaching others.
• Related:
  • Figuratively, declaration of principles or policy, doctrine, platform.
  • hoʻokahua Caus/sim.; To lay a foundation, establish, found; to camp or be stationed, as soldiers; to settle down and develop a place, as homesteaders.
    • Hoʻokahua ka noʻonoʻo, settle down to a task with determination to see it through.
    • Koʻu noho aliʻi i hoʻokahua ʻia maluna o kahi puʻuʻ pele, my kingdom established on a lava hill.
• References:
  • PEP tafuʻa , tasuʻa .

2. n., Base of a quilt on which the pattern (lau) is appliquéd; this base is above the layer of cotton or wool. The pili is below it.

kikino, Site.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Kahua hulihonua. Geological site.
  • Kahua hulikoehana. Archaelogical site.
  • Kelepona kahua. Station-to-station call; to make such a call.
• References:
  • See other kahua entries and aʻo kahua lawena, aʻo kahua ʻike kuʻuna, aʻo kahua ʻuhane, aʻo kahua ʻōlelo.

kikino, Base.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Kahua pūʻali koa. Military base.
  • Kahua pūʻali kaua moana. Navy base.

kikino, Court, as for basketball or volleyball; field, as for baseball or football.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • E hoʻoholo ʻia nō ia ma ke kahua pōhīnaʻi. Let's settle this on the basketball court.

kikino, Field, as in a database.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Hope kahua. Subfield.

kikino, Set, as for movie or video production.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Mea kūkulu kahua. Stagehand, grip.
  • Luna kūkulu kahua. Stage manager, key grip.
  • Mea hakulau kahua. Set designer.
  • Mea hoʻoponopono kahua. Set decorator.
• References:
  • See pono kahua.

1. s., The prepared foundation of a house, i.e., the ground cleared off and leveled down on which to set up a building; ua maikai ke kahua o kekahi hale, the place (for the foundation) of the house is good.

2. A place of encampment for a company of travelers or an army; an open space proper for an encampment; a camp ground; kahua kaua, a camp. 2 Sam. 1:2. Kahua hehi palaoa, a thrashing floor. Nah. 18:27. Kahua mokomoko, a place where people assembled to wrestle. Laieik. 42.

s., Wrath; anger. See hua, envy; jealousy.

v., To designate; to point out; to direct.

1. n., The prepared foundation of a house, that is, the ground cleared off and leveled down on which to set up a building: ua maikai ke kahua o kekahi hale; the place (for the foundation) of the house is good.

2. n., An open space proper for an encampment; a camp ground: kakua kaua, a camp.

3. n., A place: kahua hehi palaoa, a thrashing floor; kahua mokomoko, a place where people assembled to wrestle. Laieik. p. 42.

foundation, site. Land section, Kohala, Hawaii.

[Ka, to send forth, and hua, a word.]

1. v., To designate; to point out; to direct.

2. v., To make plain; to expound: E kahua mai oe na makou, make plain to us.

n., [Ka and huwa, envy.] Envy.

Platform and floor of the house. (RA.)

foundation, encampment.