Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Large night moth.

• References:
  • See ex., ʻāolo.

2. nvi., Tendrils of a plant; to grow, interlock, interweave, as tendrils. Cf. wiliʻōkaʻi.

3. Same as kaʻi, procession.

• References:
  • See ex., ʻeʻa #1.

4. n., Blossom container of bananas.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻeʻa #2.

5. n., Cords on the mouth of a fish net, as for iheihe fish.

6. Small oblong net connecting two larger fish nets.

• References:
  • AP

1. n., The tendril of a plant.

2. n., A butterfly or moth of the order Lepidoptera, so called from the proboscis, which resembles the tendril of a plant.

3. n., A crooked line of stragglers on the move.

4. n., The small oblong net used to connect the two larger nets in fishing for malolo or flying fish.

The blossom container holding the young bananas before fruiting. (PE.)