Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Black, dark, the black color of Hawaiian eyes.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻeneʻene.
  • hōʻeleʻele Caus/sim.; To blacken, darken, become dark.
• References:
  • PPN kelekele.

2. n., Variety of tapa said to have originated at Kaumakani, Maui; it was dyed with candlenut, pāʻihi, and black mud.

3. n., Long, filamentous, green, edible seaweeds (Enteromorpha prolifera). Some kinds are among the most popular in Hawaiʻi, being eaten raw as condiments at feasts.

• Related:
  • Called pīpīlani on Maui.

4. n., A cooking banana (a form of Musa xparadisiaca), valued for shiny black skin of trunk, used for designs worked into pandanus mats and hats.

• Related:
  • Also: hinupuaʻa.
• References:
  • Neal 249.

5. Same as hinupuaʻa and naioea, varieties of taro.

6. Same as māikoiko, a variety of sugar cane.

7. n., A variety of sweet potato.

Black, dark colored; darkly. Ke hele ʻeleʻele nei au, I walk in darkness. (Ioba. 30:28.) See hiwa, polohiwa.

Kapa said to be from Kau-makani, Maui, dyed with candlenut, pāʻihi, and black mud. (PE.)

Hate.

Edible alga (Enteromorpha prolifera), a black limu. It lives in fresh brackish or salt water. Eaten with raw fish and in stew. Some of the species are very popular at luʻau tables. See huluʻīlio.

Variety of sweet potato with light-purple stems and veins, and purplish-green, channeled roots. (NP 127.)