Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. As air current. Puhi, pā, papā, pā makani, ulu, unu (wind); pūhihio, makani, pua; blow softly, ani, aniani, ʻōaniani, māaniani, hiohio, ʻōnini, pua aheahe, ahe, kōaheahe, ʻōaheahe, papaiāulu; blow in gusts, hio, kākala; blow strongly or in a gale, pāhili, loku, kuke kū; blow in a straight course, hina; blow at an angle, pā lala; blow favorably, hinaleʻa; blow away, puhi pau, pupuhi, luehu, hoʻopuehu; blow, as a cool breeze, hau; blow spray or dust, pua ehu, pulelehua, laumāewa; blow smoke, pūkoʻa; blow a Kona wind, Kona; blow in a current or draft, āmio; blow helter-skelter, pūlunaluna; blow up, pākākā (as a balloon); pahūpahū, pahū, hoʻopahūpahū (explode); blow from the mouth, kī, puhi; blow sonorously, ʻūhīʻūhā (as accompanying volcanic surging).

• Related:
  • Blow the nose, hoʻokē ihu.
• References:
  • Cf. ulu #1, wind #1.

2. Strike. Haua, hāuna, hahau, hauhāuna, uhau, kuʻia, kuʻina, lāʻau; undercut blow, poholalo; underhanded blow, huʻalepo; glancing blow, kā kīkepa; blow of fist, puʻupuʻu lima; blow of a club, lāʻau.

• Related:
  • To hurl a blow by swinging from the shoulders, hahau kākua.
  • To deliver a blow of the fist, hao mai i ka puʻupuʻu; hāneoʻo (rare).
  • To receive a resounding blow, kanono.
  • Loud sound, as of a blow, kani kanono.
  • A single blow of the youth, hoʻokahi lāʻau o ka uʻi (boast of a fighter who fells a foe with a single blow).