Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt. Oven, baking pan; to roast, bake; roasted. Figuratively, sacrificial victim.

• Examples:
  • Pelehū ʻoma, roast turkey.

2. vt. To open the mouth, as though to speak, or as a child about to nurse at the breast; to ask indirectly.

• Rare

3. n. Female mahimahi fish; but cf. oma #3.

4. Same as ʻoʻoma, concave.

• hōʻoma Caus/sim.; Same as hoʻoʻoma.
  • Koʻi hōʻoma, chisel.

5. Small adze.

• References:
  • And.

6. Space between opposing armies where sacrifices were offered; preparations for war; first men killed in war.

• References:
  • And.

No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Pā ʻoma. Baking pan (preceded by ke).

Small, gouge-shaped adze.

Space between two armies where sacrifices were offered.