Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi. Fiery, burning; fire; to burn, blaze. Figuratively, to glitter or sparkle, as a gem; to burn, as with jealousy or anger.

• Examples:
  • ʻĀ akaaka, to shine brightly, as stars.
  • ʻĀ ke kaimana, the diamond sparkles.
• Related:
  • hoʻā Caus/sim.; To set on fire, burn, ignite; to light, as a lamp. Figuratively, to incite, arouse.
    • Ua hoʻā ʻia kona inaina, his anger was aroused.
    • Hoʻā imu, to light an oven; one who lights an oven.
• References:
  • PPN kakaha, PNP kaa.

2. nvi. Aa lava, or lava rock, as distinguished from smooth unbroken pāhoehoe lava (formerly preceded by ke); to flow, as aa lava.

3. Same as ʻaʻa #1, to dare.

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻole ʻoia i ʻā e noho, he did not dare to stay.

4. n. Red-footed booby bird (Sula sula rubripes), brown booby (Sula leucogaster plotus), masked or blue-faced booby (Sula dactylatra personata); all indigenous and also breeding elsewhere.

• Legendary birds believed to have taken the shape of this bird are ʻā ʻaia, ʻā-ʻai-ʻanuhe-a-Kāne and ʻā-ʻaia-nui-nū-keu; ʻā by some were considered ʻaumākua.
• Related:
  • Also: ʻaʻa.
• References:
  • See also Kep. 33.

5. n. Young stage of damselfish (ʻāloʻiloʻi).

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  • Also: ʻaʻā.
  • ʻĀ ʻaki maunu, bait-taking ʻā [said of petty thieves; a variant phrase is ʻā ʻaki makau, hook-taking ʻā].

6. interjection, Oh! Well! Ah! Er …

• References:
  • Gram. 12.
  • PNP kaa.

7. vt. To drive, as fish or cattle.

• Related:
  • hoʻā Caus/sim.

8. n. The letter “a.”

• Source:
  • English.

ʻaʻano, Active, as a volcano.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Lua pele ʻā. Active volcano.

Red footed booby (Sula sula rubripes). Nests on Kauaʻi and Oʻahu and offshore islets. It is mostly white except for its webbed feet. 2. Brown booby (Sula leucogaster plotus. See ʻā ai anuhe a Kāne. 3. Masked or blue-faced booby (Sula personata dactylatra). All three may also be called ʻāʻā. Their range is throughout the tropical Pacific.

This honeyeater (Moho braccatus), also known as ʻōʻō, was famed for its far-heard, beautiful call, but is now extinct. This is also the name of the dwarf ʻōʻō, an endangered species found only on Kauaʻi.

Anger. Ua hoʻa ʻia kona ʻā, his anger was aroused.