Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vs., Spreading, as vines; thriving; to grow lush.

2. nvt., Affection, love, greeting; to greet, show joyous affection or friendship, joy.

• References:
  • Cf. aloha.
  • PPN ʻofa.

1. s., The small sprigs of kalo that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.

2. A branch from a stock. Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree. Isa. 11:1. FIG. Ier. 23:5.

3. A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.

s., A salutation between the sexes; rather a call, as halloo! to attract attention, and when the person looks round, then beckons.

v., To salute, as a man a woman, or vice versa; to call to one at some distance, and when he looks, then beckons to him.

adj., Sick from grief or care.

adj., Lovesick; languishing with amorous desire. Kuoha is the more familiar word.

1. n., The small sprigs of taro that grow on the sides of the older roots; the suckers which are transplanted.

2. n., A branch from a stock. Isa. 53:2. A sucker from the root of a plant or tree. Isa. 11:1.

3. n., Fig. A branch, a scion. Ier. 23:5.

4. n., A stick for ensnaring birds; he laau kapili manu.

A salutation between the sexes, as when one attracts attention and beckons.

v., To salute, as a man to a woman, or vice versa.

Stick for ensnaring birds. (A.) See hāpapa, lāʻau kia, kolokio.

To greet, show great affection.

Thriving; spreading, as vines; to grow with lushness.