Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of uhi #1.

• References:
  • PPN ʻufiʻufi.

2. n., An endemic legume (Mezoneuron kauaiense 🌐), a tree with pink or red flowers and thin, broad, winged pods (Neal 435). The wood is hard and heavy and formerly was used for hōlua (sleds), spears, digging sticks, and house construction.

• Related:
  • Also: kawaʻū, kea, kolomona, and the weedy herb Phaseolus lathyroides (Niʻihau).
  • hoʻouhiuhi Caus/sim.; To prepare uhiuhi wood for house posts (GP 8).

v., To thatch a house poorly with banana leaves; he ako paa ole.

s., Name of a timber tree on Kauai; wood a dark red color, very durable, very hard.

n., A tall timber tree (Mezoneurum kauaiense). The wood is hard grained and dark, and very durable.

1. v., To cover in a temporary manner; to thatch or cover as a makeshift.

2. v., To withhold knowledge of in the use of language; to cover or hide the truth by prevaricating.

To thatch a house with banana leaves, a poor material for such use.

Endemic leguminous tree (Mezoneuron kavaiense). (NEAL 435.) See Plants: Uses.

Endemic leguminous tree (Mezoneuron kavaiense). A beautiful tree, it grows to a height of 30 feet, its trunk reaching 1 foot in diameter. The tree is scarce on Kauai, its first home. It inhabits the leeward side of the islands, especially lava fields. On Maui, above Kaupō, it is called kea. Its wood is extremely hard, close-grained, and almost black. Bark and young leaves were used for purifying the blood, the wood for spears and the holua (sleds). (NEAL 435.)