Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vi., To throw or fling violently; to haul energetically with ropes; to get into action, as play or sport; to pursue with energy, as love-making.

  • Examples:
    • Hiu ā wela, ardent and persistent love-making; to take by storm.
    • Hiu aku nei ʻoia i ka puʻupuʻu, he swung into action with his fists.
    • E kū i ka malo ā hiu (Malo 146), stand up with [your] malo and go to it.
    • Hiu nō au ā naʻu ʻoe, Iʻll sweep you off your feet.
  • References:
    • PCP fiu.

2. vt., To elevate, hoist, as by block and tackle.

3. n., Stones used in games of kōnane, kinepeki, and āneo, usually polished and flat.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

kikino, As used in poker, checkers, counting, etc. Chip.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

v. To seize; to grasp hold of, as a rope.

2. To throw a stone with violence.

3. To be wild; untamed, as an animal.

4. To cry, as a sailor does in pulling a rope; hence,

5. To haul down a ship for repairs.

6. To practice sorcery.

7. To move the hiu (see the s.) in playing konane, a game.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

1. v., To fling; to throw with violence.

2. v., To lift or haul with ropes.

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

Stream, Waiʻanae Valley, Oʻahu. Literally, throw violently.

Nā LepiliTags: Oʻahu

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