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1. nvs., Hot, burned; heat, temperature.

• Figuratively, lust, passion; to feel such.
• Wela may refer to the fiery heat of taboo, an epithet applied to Kalākaua.
• Examples:
  • Ua wela kekahi i kekahi (Kep. 97), one lusted for another.
  • Wela ka hao! The iron's hot [now is the time for fun]! Whoopee! Hurray! (see also ʻalu).
  • Wela ka hao i nā kaikamāhine home lula! Hurray for the home rule girls.
• Related:
  • hoʻowela Caus/sim.; To beat, burn, arouse passion.
• References:
  • PPN wela.

2. Same as puhi wela, an eel.

3. n., A new field, as of sweet potatoes; a piece of land cleared for planting by burning.

• Examples:
  • He wela he kauwahi e mahi ʻai, a wela is a certain place to be cultivated.
• Related:
  • Also: makawela.

ʻaʻano Temperature, when weather considered hot. ʻEhia ka wela o kēia lā? Whatʻs the temperature today? Lit., hot. Cf. anu, mahana, mehana. See kēkelē, wela lōpū.

1. v., To burn. Kanl. 4:11. To be on fire.

2. To burn or rage, as anger. Puk. 4:14. To be hot in mind; mai wela ko oukou manao i keia olelo, be not excited at the speech.

3. To be warm. FIG. To be warm, as the heart with affection for one.

4. Hoowela. To cause to burn; to set on fire; to scorch. Hoik. 16:8.

s., The heat of fire or of the sun. FIG. The heat of anger. A burning, as of a sore. Oihk. 13:25. Warmth. FIG. Strong feelings.

adj., Warm; hot; burnt; cooked; burnt very much.

adj., Warm; hot; burnt; cooked; burnt very much.

1. n., The heat of fire or of the sun.

2. n., Fig. The heat of anger.

3. n., A burning, as of a sore.

4. n., Warmth.

5. n., Fig. Strong feelings.

1. v., To be hot.

2. v., To be hot in mind: Mai wela ko oukou manao i keia olelo, Be not excited at the speech.

3. v., To be warm.

4. v., Fig. To be warm, as the heart with affection for one.

Patch of freshly turned soil. (NP 129.)

heat: hot, burnt; burning.

v. to burn, to bo on fire, to be warm; fig; to be warm as the heart with affection for one, to burn, or rage as anger.

s. heat, of a fire, of the sun; fig heat of anger.

adj. hot, burnt.

A new field (PE). Land cleared for planting by burning (PE).