Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

, s. The name of a bird having long legs, found on Molokai and in other places.

2. The voice of a bird on Molokai (the kioea probably); kani mai la ua manu la, penei: "kioea, kioea, lawekeo, lawelawekeo."

3. Name of a cape where the bird lives; ua kapaia kela lae mahope o kekahi manu olaila, he Kioea.

, v. To be long; to extend; to stretch out.

2. To be lifted up; to stand high, as on long legs (see the noun); ua like ke kiekie me ke kioea.

3. To be set confusedly together, as many things of different kinds.

1. A species of bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis), which has long legs. It is found on Molokai.

2. The voice of a bird on Molokai (the kioea probably): kani mai la ua manu la, penei: "Kioea, kioea, kioea, lawekeo, lawelawekeo."

3. Localities where birds assemble: ua kapaia kela mau lae mahope o kekahi manu olaila, he kioea.

1. To be long in an upright or perpendicular way.

2. To extend; to stretch out.

3. To be lifted up; to stand high, as on long legs (see the noun): ua like ke kiekie me ke kioea.

Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) that generally breeds in Alaska and the Arctic and migrates to Hawaiʻi in the winter. This bird, which makes sounds like its Hawaiian name, is a delicious game bird.

the names of many Hawaiian birds come from their peculiar cries: alani, ʻaʻo, ʻālala, ʻēlepaio, nau, ʻūlili, kioea, and kōlea among others.

curlew; tall and thin person.