Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Right (not left).

• Examples:
  • Ma ka ʻākau, huli, right, face; nānā ma ka ʻākau, dress right [military commands].
  • Lālau ka ʻākau, lū ka hema (saying), the right [hand] grabs, the left throws away [of a spendthrift].
• References:
  • Cf. mākaukau, hema.
  • PPN mataʻu, PCP katau.

2. n., North (when one faces west, the direction of the sun's course, the right hand is to the north).

kikino, North.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Abbreviated as ʻĀk.
  • Ke Kai ʻĀkau. North Sea.
  • Kōʻai ʻākau. Clockwise.
  • Poepoe hapa ʻākau. Northern hemisphere.
  • See wēlau ʻākau.

North, as indicated by a person facing the west, and extending his hand to his right. See hema, hīkina.

1. North (abbreviated A. or Ak.) (PE). 2. Right (not left) (PE). 3. North, one of the four cardinal points of the compass (AP).