Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt. To close, shut, block (For. 5:460–1), dam (For. 5:509), dike, substitute, replace, represent, fill a breach or vacancy; closure, stopper, valve, cork, plug, lid, cover, gate, blockade, door, agreement (GP 14), substitute, vice- (sometimes preceded by ke).

• Related:
  • Pani ʻino, to slam or close forcefully.
  • hoʻopani Caus/sim.; To cause a closing, pretend to close.
• References:
  • Cf. pani hakahaka.
  • PCP pani .

2. n. Final bit of food closing a period of treatment by a medical practitioner, commonly but not always sea food; final gift in a hoʻokupu ceremony.

• Related:
  • Cf. aeāea, ʻakilolo #1.

3. n. Odd-shaped pandanus key that fits, like a keystone at the bottom of a pandanus cluster; when this is knocked out, the others fall easily.

4. n. The bottom of a coconut when cracked off by blows around the base of the nut; it fits like a lid (pani).

5. n. Disease with severe pain at the solar plexus and choking.

6. n. Pan.

• Rare
• Source:
  • English.

kikino Cap, as for a toothpaste tube; lid, as for a jar (preceded by ke).

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Cf. poʻi peni.
  • See kekimala, paipu lawe ʻino.

hamani To close, as in a computer program.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • See wehe.

hamani Substitute, as in sports; also to substitute (preceded by ke).

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Auē! Ua ʻunu ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Lopaka; ʻo wai ana lā kōna pani? Shucks! Lopaka's ankle is sprained; who's going to substitute for him?
• Related:
  • Also: pani hakahaka.

Pan. Pa kini, tin pan.

Choking sensation; severe pain at the solar plexus. See keʻa.

(ke) pani stopper; something filling a vacancy: to shut, to close.