Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Life, heart, seat of life; ghost, spirit.

• Examples:
  • Mauli hiwa, choice or precious life.
  • Ā lele nui nā mauli o ua poʻe nei, the spirits of these people have flown away together [death].
• References:
  • PPN maʻuri .

2. n., Fontanel.

3. (Cap.) n., Twenty-ninth of the old month.

• References:
  • Malo 32.
  • PCP mauli .

1. s., The name of the first day of the new moon.

2. An obscure cloud seen at a distance; he mauli ua paha.

3. A shoot, as from the root of a tree or vegetable, as from kalo or banana; poetically, from persons, as chiefs; mauli au honua, a descendant (of chiefs) from ancient times.

1. n., The last night of the old moon; night before hilo, the new moon; the twenty-ninth day of the month.

2. n., Darkness, as from overhanging clouds: He mauli ua paha keia, Perhaps this darkness portends rain.

3. n., A shoot from the root of a tree or vegetable, as from taro or banana; poetically, from persons, as chiefs; mauli au honua, a descendant (of chiefs) from ancient times.

Twenty-ninth night, the last night the moon is visible. The sea gathers up the sand and returns it to its place.

last night of moon.