Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., Sprout, rootlet; lineage, kin; birthplace; family trait; to sprout.

• Examples:
  • Hookahi nō o māua ēwe, we are of the same lineage.
  • Ēwe hānau o ka ʻāina, natives of the land.
  • Kū nō ke ēwe, true to the family traits.
  • E kolo ana nō i ēwe i ke ēwe, rootlet creeps to rootlet [kinfolk seek and love each other].
  • I ke ēwe ʻāina o ke kupuna, in the ancestors' family homeland.
• Related:
  • hoʻēwe Caus/sim.
    • Ua hoʻēwe paʻa ʻia i loko o kona papa houpo aliʻi, firmly fixed in the heart of the chiefly class.
• References:
  • Cf. ēweewe, ēwe kapu, ēwe lani.

2. n., Navel string; abdominal aorta, mature birth.

3. Same as ʻiewe #1, afterbirth.

• Related:
  • Hānau ēwe, premature birth.
• References:
  • PCP eewe .

4. n., White of an egg.

• Examples:
  • Ke ēwe o ka hua moa (Ioba. 6.6), the white of an egg.