Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

s., Name of a tree in the mountains.

1. v., To be moved, as the stomach; to rumble, as the bowels; applied to the stomach or bowels; e olapa, e nahu.

2. To flash, as lightning; olapa ka uwila. Laieik. 163.

3. To move, as a muscle or bone. Anat. 19.

1. n., A tree 30 to 50 feet high (Cheirodendron gaudichaudii). Called also mahu or kauila; its bark and leaves were used in preparing a blue dye.

2. n., A variety of hula.

1. v., To be moved, as the stomach; to rumble, as the bowels; applied to the stomach or bowels; e olapa, e nahu.

2. v., To flash, as lightning; olapa ka uwila. Laieik. p. 63.

3. v., To move, as a muscle or bone.