Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n. Shadow.

• Examples:
  • Aka lehulehu, shadow of the multitude; fig., a well-worn path.
  • Ili i ke aka, to cast a shadow.
  • ʻŌlelo i ke aka ka hele hoʻokahi, one going alone talks to the shadow.
• Related:
  • hoʻoaka Caus/sim.; To cast a shadow.
• References:
  • Cf. hoaka #4.
  • PPN ʻata.

2. nvi. Reflection, image, likeness (Nah. 12.8); faint glimmer preceding the rising of the moon; essence of an offering rather than the flesh; to appear, of moonlight.

• Many words compounded with aka express clarity, brightness, related to this meaning.
• Examples:
  • ʻO ke aka kā ʻoukou, ē ke akua, ʻo ka ʻiʻo kā mākou, yours is the essence, O god, ours the material part.
• References:
  • Cf. hoaka #3.
  • PPN ata.

3. n. Embryo at the moment of conception.

4. n. Newly hatched fish in the stage in which its body is still transparent.

• References:
  • Cf. hāuli, mana, kākau.

5. n. Knuckles, as of hands or ankles; joints of the backbone; node and stalk of kava; kava slip for planting.

ʻaʻano Shadowed, as on computer or in typesetting.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See hoʻāka.