Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of lewa #2.

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  • PEP lelewa.

2. n., Hangers-on about a chief; parasitic persons.

3. (Cap.) Variant of lewalewa #3, Gilbertese.

s., See lewa, pendulous. The private parts; applied to men; the stem of a vessel; a company following a chief.

1. v., See lewa, to swing. To float in the air or on water; ke lelewa nei ka moku.

2. To follow one about, as a company of persons; to follow after; to hang on, as those who followed a chief.

[From lewa, pendulous.]

1. n., A pretended deity.

2. n., The penis.

3. n., A general name given to the crowd which follows a chief aside from the servants or aialo; the hangers-on.

4. n., A peduncle.

[Lewa, to swing.]

1. v., To float in the air or on water; ke lelewa nei ka moku.

2. v., To follow one about, as a company of persons; to follow after; to hang on, as those who followed a chief.