Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi. Rattling, as of a window; rustling, as of paper. hoʻo.nakeke To make a rattling or rustling noise. ʻO wai kēlā e hoʻonakeke maila i nā pā? Who is that rattling the dishes? (PPN ngatete).

2. n. A brown seaweed (Hydroclathrus clathratus), resembling pūhā and closely related to it, but the surface pierced with holes of different sizes; not eaten.

ʻaʻano Crunchy, as fresh potato chips. Niʻihau. Also nakekeke, kakani. See kamumu.

v. To move back and forth; to make an indistinct sound.

2. To rattle; to rustle, as paper in the wind, or as new kapa.

3. To shake to and fro. Iob. 39:23.

adj. Humming; rustling; moving.

Humming; rustling.

1. To rustle; to make an indistinct sound by rapping slightly.

2. To rattle; to rustle, as paper in wind, or as new tapa.

3. To shake to and fro.

A crackling sound in rapid succession is nakeke; paʻapaʻaʻina, the crackling of oily wood on fire, is also applied to the snapping noise of the fire-

to rustle, rattle.