Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. s., A kapa fastened at each end between two posts and swinging between; na kapa e kau ana ma ka manuea mai hope a mua, he moe lewa.

2. A brave man skilled in a knowledge of the lua and of war.

s., An assembly for prayers.

1. n., A swinging bed fastened to the manuea (center support) of a house. Hammock, a tapa fastened at each end between two posts and swinging between: na kapa e kau ana ma ka manuea mai hope a mua, he moe lewa.

2. n., The act of killing by the lua [by breaking the bones].

3. n., A special secret assemblage of priests for prayer. The object of such aha or assembly for prayer was to invoke the gods in behalf of the alii, king, or chief, without knowledge of the aialo [those about the king or chief].