Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Outgoing current.

2. n., Fresh water mixed with noni juice, drunk after kava.

3. Same as miki #2; to sip.

• Examples:
  • Aumiki aku i ka ʻapu ʻawa, sipping in the kava bowl.

s. Water kept in a calabash, and the chief drinks awa, (which is very bitter,) then drinks this water, which he thinks is sweet.

[Au, gall and miki, to act quickly.] A water especially prepared to counteract the unpleasant results of drinking awa [a drink made from the awa root]. It consists of the best spring water mixed with the juice of the noni fruit and is set aside in a clean calabash ready for use when the awa is taken.

Water kept in a calabash. The chief drinks ʻawa, which is very bitter, then drinks this water which he thinks is very bitter.