Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

nvt., To strike, smite, dash, beat, chop; to thresh or beat out, as grain (Ruta 2.17); to kick and flail the arms as an angry child; to strike, as flint and steel; to hit broiled breadfruit with a stick to remove the blackened skin; slab.

• Examples:
  • Pili kākā lalo (For. 5:131), to place bets.
  • Ke pau ka ʻai ʻana a ka moa, kākā i ka nuku, when the chicken finishes eating, it shakes its beak.
• References:
  • Cf. kā #1, kākā puaʻa.
  • PPN taataa.

2. vs., Odorous, either fragrant or otherwise; to make an odor.

• Rare

3. nvi., To excrete; dirty, excreta (a euphemism, taught to children).

4. nvi., To fish, as for uhu, parrot fish, with a square net (FS 39) or ulua with hook and line but no pole; net or nets dropped in a semicircle in shallow water, as for mullets or ʻōʻio.

v., To be odorous, fragrant or otherwise.