Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., Mist, fog, vapor, rain spray; to form a mist; to settle gently as mist (poetic); misty.

• Examples:
  • Ua noe, misty rain.
  • Noe ke ʻala o ka lehua, misty is the fragrance of the lehua.
  • Noe wale mai nō ke aloha i kuʻu lei aʻu i haku ai, love alights like mist over the lei I have woven.
• References:
  • Perhaps PEP ngoʻe; cf. Easter ngoʻe.

2. (Cap.) n., A rare name for the northeast tradewind (Moaʻe).

• Rare

v., To sprinkle a little, as fine rain; to be damp in the air, as a fog; to rain, yet scarcely discernible to the eye.

s., A mist; a spray; small fine rain; a fog. See awa and awahia.

1. n., A mist; a spray; small fine rain; a fog. Syn: Awa and awahia.

2. n., A wind at Lahaina from over the land; the north-east trade wind.

v., To sprinkle a little, as fine rain; to be damp in the air, as a fog; to rain, yet scarcely so as to be discernible to the eye.

Mist or fine rain, spray or fog; to sprinkle a little, as fine rain; to be damp, as fog; to rain, yet be scarcely discernible.

Northeast trade winds, from overland at Lahaina; unusual name for trade winds.

mist, spray.