Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. idiom. There, there it is, there are (sometimes shortened to ai, with loss of the following part. i, see ai lalo, ai luna).

• Examples:
  • Aia kēia, furthermore, besides.
  • Aia malaila ka hale, the house is there, there's the house.
  • Aia i hea ka hale? Where is the house?
• References:
  • Cf. also aia hoʻi, aia kā, aia lā, aia naʻe, ai lā, ai loa, Gram. 4.6.

2. idiom. Depending on, only if, only when, whatever, whenever.

• Examples:
  • Aia nō ia iā ʻoe, depending on you; as you want; it's up to you; suit yourself.
  • Aia nō ia i kāu hoʻoholo ʻana, whatever you decide.
  • Aia nō i kahi e hana ana, it doesn't matter where the work is done; depending on where the work is done.
  • Aia nō i kāu hele ʻana mai, whenever you want to come; depending on your coming.
  • Alia wau e ʻae aku, aia ʻae mai ʻo ʻAiwohikupua (Laie 485), before I consent, ʻAiwohikupua must agree.
  • Aia ā pau ka uhi ʻana o ka noe … ia manawa e ʻike aku ai i nā mea apau (Laie 499), when the mist covering is gone, then everything may be seen.
  • Aia ā pau kēia hana, when [or whenever] this work is done.
  • Aia ā hele aku au, when I go.
  • ʻAʻole ʻoe e ola i ka mele hoʻokahi, aia ʻelua mele (FS 239), you won't be saved by one song, only with two songs.
  • Aia aku ā aia mai, ʻai kākou i ka naʻaukake, every now and then we eat wieners.
  • Aia hea ka puke? Where's the book?

• Examples:
  • Aia i loko o ka papa. To take a class.
  • Aia wau i loko o ka papa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i kēia kau kula. I'm taking a Hawaiian language class this semester.
• References:
  • Cf. komo.

1. adv., There, referring to place: aia malaila ka hana ana, there the work is being done.

2. adv., Then, referring to time, generally in connection with some other event.