Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of ʻō #1; to pierce, lance, poke, put in, insert; to pierce the fetus in the womb with a sharp instrument in order to practice infanticide; to abort; to cut, as to let blood; to hurl, as a spear.

• Examples:
  • Lele ʻōʻō, to leap into the water feet first, without splashing.
  • ʻŌʻō heʻe pali (Kep. 103), to poke out tiny octopuses from cracks.
• Related:
  • hōʻōʻō Caus/sim.; To insert, put in, pierce, cause to pierce.

2. n., Digging stick, digging implement, spade.

• References:
  • PCP kookoo.

3. n., A black honey eater (Moho nobilis 🌐), with yellow feathers in a tuft under each wing, which were used for featherwork; endemic to island of Hawaiʻi, now extinct.

• Related:
  • M. bishopi, endemic to Molokaʻi, possibly also extinct.
  • M. apicalis, the extinct Oʻahu species.
  • The Kauaʻi species was called ʻōʻō ʻāʻā.
• References:
  • See ʻēʻē #2, pīpī #3.
  • PPN koo.

4. n., A type of fish, perhaps a swordfish.