Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of oe; whistle, as of steamer or train, siren; bull-roarer, as made of kamani seed or coconut shell on a long string; long, tall, tapering, towering; a long object, pillar (preceded by ke).

• Related:
  • Peʻa oeoe, a long sail.
  • Kani oeoe ke oeoe, the bull-roarer whistles.
  • hoʻōeoe Caus/sim.; To stretch out, as the neck; to reach high; to prolong, as a sound; to toll; to yodel.
    • Uwē hoʻōeue, prolonged wailing.

2. Same as lupeʻakeke, a bird.

3. n., Temporary booth occupied by priests during taboo days of a heiau.

• References:
  • Malo 163.

kikino Alarm bell, as on a clock or fire alarm. Dic., ext. mng. Also pele. See oeoe uahi.

Long, stretched out, as the neck of a goose. Oeoe ka ʻaʻio ka manu nēnē, long is the neck of the nēnē, goose.

Sprit of a sail.

steam whistle.

Roarer.

(ke) oeoe whistle or horn of train, steamer or automobile; lengthened neck.