Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Faint trace, spot, glimpse; faint, dim; streaked, faded.

• Examples:
  • ʻĀweʻaweʻa koko aliʻi (Kep. 127), trace of royal blood.
  • ʻĀweʻaweʻa lono, dim recollection.
  • ʻIke ʻāweʻaweʻa, to see fleetingly, to know but have slight knowledge; faint glimpsing, slight knowledge.
  • Ua ʻike ʻāweʻaweʻa aʻe nei au i ua manu nei, I caught but a fleeting glimpse of this bird.
• Related:
  • hoʻāweʻaweʻa Caus/sim.

2. n., A kind of seaweed.

ʻaʻano, Trace, small amount.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Kumumea ʻāweʻaweʻa. Trace element.

Seeds of green fruit, as squashes, melons, and the like. (A.)