Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vs., Native, indigenous, aborigine, genuine, true, real, actual; very, really, truly.

• Examples:
  • Maikaʻi maoli, very good indeed.
  • Kanaka maoli, ʻōlelo maoli, Hawaiian native, Hawaiian language [so used in reports of 1852 legislative session].
  • E puka ai ka makemake maoli o ka mea koho, expressing the free will of the voter.
• References:
  • PPN maʻoli , PPN maaʻoli .

2. n., A variety of ʻahi, a fish that may weigh about 90 kilos; it has light, slightly pinkish flesh.

3. n., A native variety of banana, with tall, green trunk; the fruit forming large, compact bunches, having thick yellow skin and sweet yellow flesh; edible cooked or raw.

• References:
  • HP 176.

4. n., A variety of sweet potato.

See kākau maoli.

s., A species of banana; the long dark colored plantain; he maia eleele loloa.

adj., Indigenous in distinction from foreign; native; real in distinction from fictitious; true; genuine.

1. adv., Really; truly; without doubt.

2. An intensive added to other epithets to strengthen them; he lio kolohe hana ino maoli.

adj., Indigenous in distinction from foreign; native; real in distinction from fictitious; true; genuine.

1. adv., Really; truly; without doubt.

2. adv., An intensive added to other epithets to strengthen them: He lio kolohe hana ino maoli, A tricky, evil-doing horse, really.

n., A species of banana; the long dark-colored plantain; he maia eleele loloa.

Species of banana, the long, dark colored plantain. Edible, cooked or raw.

native; genuine.

Native; real in distinction from fictitious; true; genuine (AP).