Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vt., To rinse, clean.

• References:
  • PEP tata .

2. vs., Arched; curving from end to end, as the top of a canoe.

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3. Same as kakaka #1.

• Examples:
  • Kaka ihola ʻoia i ka pua (For. 4:35), he then shot the arrow.

4. Same as kakaka #2.

5. n., Cluster.

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6. Also gasa. n., Gas.

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  • English.

v. Ka, to strike; to dash. To beat; to whip.

2. To cut and split or break wood (this was anciently done, not with an axe, but by striking sticks against stones or rocks.)

3. To wash, as dirty clothes (this is done by Hawaiians by beating them.)

4. To strike, as fire with flint and steel; ka or kaka ahi.

5. To thrash, as grain. Rut. 2:17.

6. To rip open. 2 Nal. 18:12.

7. To dip or bail out water. See KA.

v. To be odorous or sweetscented; to smell agreeably.

s. Fruits that grow in clusters, as grapes; much fruit in one place.

s. A bird; a species of duck; he manu nene.

n., A cluster; number of things growing together or adjusted in clusters.

n., Modern The common duck.

[Ka, to strike; to dash.]

1. v., To beat; to whip.

2. v., To cut and split or break wood (this was anciently done, not with against stones or rocks).

3. v., To an axe, but by striking sticks strike, as fire with flint and steel; ka or kaka ahi.

4. v., To thrash, as grain.

v., To cleanse by dipping or rubbing in water.

v., To be odorous, fragrant or otherwise.

Quack, used to mean a domesticated duck.

To wash clothes by beating them; to rinse and clean. (PE.) kaka. To split wood by striking it on a stone. (A.)

to rinse.