Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., The eyeball; center; setting, as of a ring.

• Figuratively, eyes.
• Examples:
  • ʻŌnohi kaimana, set diamond.
  • ʻŌnohi kau maka, beloved one; literally, eyeball placed in the eye.
  • ʻŌnohi uliuli, dark pupil of the eye.
  • Kahi mea iāia ka ʻōnohi o ka pahu hula, the one who has the central [role] among hula drummers.
  • He paʻakai poepoe liʻiliʻi, he ʻōnohi awa ka inoa, small round-grained salt is called milkfish eyeball.
• References:
  • See ex., hehelo.
  • PNP kanofi, PCP ko(a)nofi.

2. n., Patch or fragment of a rainbow.

• References:
  • Laie 351.

Segment of a rainbow.

Center of the eye; eyeball.