Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., A bud, the budding breasts of a girl, the budding spur of a young cock; to bud; a child; a geometric cone.

• Examples:
  • Na ʻōpuʻu maka moʻa me ke ahi (Oihk. 2.14), fresh ears [of grain] parched with fire.
  • He ʻōpuʻu ʻoe, he kākala kēlā (FS 95), you have young spurs, that one [a cock with old] spurs.

2. n., A whale-tooth pendant, not tongue-shaped like the lei palaoa.

• Related:
  • Kalaniʻōpuʻu (name of a chief), the whale-tooth pendant high chief.
• References:
  • See ex., hulali #1.

3. n., A large surf, swell.

• References:
  • UL 36.

kikino Bulb. Niʻihau. See ʻōpuʻuahi. Ana kawaūea ʻōpuʻu pulu a maloʻo. Wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer. ʻŌpuʻu kukui. Light bulb.

kikino Geometric cone. Dic.

kikino Underground chrysalis. Dic., ext. mng.

Child.

Spur of a very young cock.

Child, bud.

Mat taking its name from the pattern with rounding edges resembling flower buds.