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Words used throughout the website as found in wehewehe.org (in alphabetical order)
- ʻĀina
- n. Land, earth.
- Aloha
- nvt., nvs. Aloha, love, affection, compassion...
- Aloha ʻĀina
- n.v. a very old concept, to judge from the many sayings (perhaps thousands) illustrating deep love of the land.
- ʻAwa
- n. The kava (Piper methysticum), a shrub 1.2 to 3.5 m tall with green jointed stems and heart-shaped leaves, native to Pacific islands, the root being the source of a narcotic drink of the same name used in ceremonies (Neal 291), prepared formerly by chewing, later by pounding...
- vs. Sour, bitter, poisonous.
- Awa
- n. Port, harbor, cove; channel or passage, as through a reef
- Milkfish (Chanos chanos).
- Awāwa
- n. Valley, gulch, ravine.
- Hewa
- nvs. Wrong, fault, offense.
- Iʻa
- Fish or any marine animal
- ʻIke
- nvt. To see, know.
- ʻIʻo
- n. Flesh, meat.
- Kalo
- n. Taro (Colocasia esculenta). In Hawaiʻi, taro has been the staple from earliest times to the present, and here its culture developed greatly, including more than 300 forms. All parts of the plant are eaten, its starchy root principally as poi, and its leaves as lūʻau.
- Kānaenae
- nvt. Chanted supplicating prayer; chant of eulogy or praise.
- Kūkulu
- vt. To build, as a house; to construct, set up; to put up, as a tent or as mast and sail.
- Kupanaha/Kupaianaha
- vs. Surprising, strange, wonderful
- Lawaiʻa
- nvi. Fisherman; fishing technique; to fish, to catch fish.
- Leo
- nvt. Voice.
- Mahiʻai
- nvt. Farmer, planter; to farm, cultivate.
- Mele
- nvt. Song, anthem, or chant of any kind; poem.
- Momi
- n. Pearl.
- (Mat. 13.46.) Kuʻu momi makamae, my precious pearl [a beloved person]. He momi waiwai nui, Hawaiian translation of the title of the English book “A Pearl of Great Price” by Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet.
- Moʻolelo
- n. Story, tale, myth, history
- Noʻeau
- vs. Clever, skillful, dexterous, wise.
- ʻŌlelo
- nvt. Language, speech, word, statement; to speak, say, state, mention, quote, converse.
- Oli
- nvt. Chant that was not danced to...
- Palapala
- nvt. Document of any kind...
- Bipi / Pipi
- n. Hawaiian pearl oyster (Pinctada radiata); in songs this is known as the iʻa hāmau leo o ʻEwa, ʻEwa's silent sea creature [it was believed that talking would cause a breeze to ripple the water and frighten the pipi]. (PPN pipi.)
- Pōhaku
- nvs. Rock, stone.
- Poina
- vt. To forget; forgotten.
- Pūpū
- n. General name for marine and land shells.
Place names meanings as defined by Place Names of Hawaiʻi by Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini, and Hawaiʻi Place Names by John R.K. Clark (in alphabetical order)
- ʻEwa
- Lit., crooked. (Kāne and Kanaloa threw a stone to determine district boundaries. The stone was lost but was found later at Pili-o-Kahe (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Hālawa
- Lit., curve (Places Names of Hawaiʻi & Hawaiʻi Places Names).
- Hōʻaeʻae
- Lit.,to make soft or fine (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Honouliuli
- Lit., dark bay (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Kalauao
- Lit., the multitude [of] clouds (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Mānana
- Same as mālana, buoyant (Hawaiian Dictionary).
- Puʻuloa
- Lit., long hill (Places Names of Hawaiʻi & Hawaiʻi Places Names).
- Waiau
- Lit., swirling water (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Lit., milkfish water (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Waikele
- Lit., muddy water (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Waimalu
- Lit., sheltered water (Places Names of Hawaiʻi).
- Waimano
- Lit., many waters (Places Names of Hawaiʻi)
- Waipiʻo
- Lit., curved water (Places Names of Hawaiʻi & Hawaiʻi Places Names).