Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. To speak out. Hea, kāhea; call, as in welcome, heahea, pā kāhea, pāheahea.

• Related:
  • Also: kūhea, oho, eō, kalahea, walo, uwalo, uolo, waloina, walowalo, wawalo, kalaʻau.
  • Call the roll, hea inoa.
  • Call to eat, kāhea ʻai.
  • Call loudly, kāhea leo nui.
  • Call over and over, heahea.
  • Call the first lines of a stanza by the dancer as a cue to the chanter, kāhea.
  • A call to chickens, kolo, kolo, kolo!
  • A call to pigs, kō, kō!
  • A call to petrel birds, kue, kue, kue!

2. To give a name. Kapa.

3. To visit. Kipa.

As a call made on a telephone. See Hawaiian entries under kelepona.

e hea aku, e kahea.

hai. e hea aku, e kahea.

kāhěă; (name), kă’pă; (visit), kĭ’pă.

1. E kahea. Call him, e kahea iaia. 2. E kapa'ku. 3. E kipa launa.

1. Ka hea ana; leo kahea. 2. Ke kipa launa ana.