Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

There is no general term; the main usages follow.

1. As a stick or bones broken in two. Haʻi, hahaʻi, uhaʻi, haki, hahaki, hakihaki, uhaki; manunu; break easily, haʻi wale.

2. As a flat surface split or broken into pieces. Wāhi; wāwahi (for various uses, see Hawaiian-English entry and entries that follow it); wāhia, ʻulupā.

3. As a string that is severed. Moku, momoku, mokumoku, mō.

4. As a dish. Nahā.

5. General. Hoʻopilikia (damage); break open or burst, pohā, moku; break open, as a nut, kīkē, kīpō, kīmō; break or pluck, as flowers, ʻako, ʻakoʻako; break, as waves, poʻi, popoʻi, haki; break apart, as taro from stalk, kōhi; break, as lumps, kō; break, as taboo, ʻaʻe, ʻaʻe kū, hehi, mauʻaʻe, hōʻaʻe, hehikū; break, as law, wāwahi, pale, haʻihaʻi; break, as a horse, hoʻolakalaka.

• Related:
  • To break without permission or recklessly, hahaki kū.
  • To break and enter a house, wāwahi hale.
  • To break the Sabbath, hehi Sabati.
• References:
  • See break wind, broken, daybreak.