Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

haehae

/ hae.hae / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. Reduplication of hae #2, hae #3; to tear to bits, tease.

  • Examples:
    • Ua pau ʻo Iosepa i ka ʻīlifo hihiu, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, ua haehae ʻia ʻo Iosepa (Kin. 37.33), Joseph is devoured by a wild beast; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

2. Reduplication of hae #1.

  • Related:
    • hoʻohaehae Caus/sim.; to drive into a fury; to decoy uhu fish by tying an uhu to a line; to tease.
      • Ka ʻiwa hoʻohaehae nāulu, an ʻiwa, frigate bird, teases the showers [an attractive person provokes envy].

3. n., A native variety of taro in the piko group, characterized by having the two basal lobes of the leaf blade separated up to the piko (point of joining with the leaf stem); a hardy taro often grown commercially for poi, formerly common at Kaʻanapali, Maui, where strong winds tore the leaves (hence haehae).

  • Related:
    • Also: piko uliuli.
  • References:
    • HP 29, 32.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: flora kalo Maui

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

haʻehaʻe

/ haʻe.haʻe / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

Reduplication of haʻe; strong affection and desire.

  • Examples:
    • Ā e hāʻawi ʻia aku kāu mau keiki … i nā kānakaʻē, a e haʻehaʻe wale nā maka ou i ka nānā, aku (Kanl. 28.32), thy sons … shall be given unto other people, and thy eyes shall look and fail with longing for them.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

HAE-HAE

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

v. See HAE. To tear or rend, as cloth or a garment. Kin. 44:13. With aahu. Ios. 7:6.

2. To tear in pieces, as a savage beast does a person. Kin. 37:33. To tear, as a garment, through grief or indignation. Nah. 14:6

3. To rend, as the mountains in a hurricane. 1 Nal. 19:11,4. See HAE, adv., above.

4. To be moved with compassion; to sympathize with one. Kanl. 28:32. Haehae. na maka, haehae ke aloha.

HAE-HAE

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s. Strong affection for one.

2. A strong desire for a thing, as a starving man for food.

HAE-HAE

Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s. Name of two yards pertaining to a particular house of Lono.

Haehae (ha'e-ha'e), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. Strong affection.

2. Any strong or earnest desire, as hunger, thirst, etc.

3. Name of a cape or promontory in Puna often used in native meles or songs.

4. The two enclosures in front of Lono's temple.

Haehae (ha'e-ha'e), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker,

To tear, as cloth or a garment. (Used with aahu.)

2. To tear in pieces, as a savage beast does a person. To rend, as a garment, through grief or indignation.

3. To rend, as the mountains in a hurricane.

4. To be moved with compassion; to sympathize. Haehae na maka, haehae ke aloha.

Haʻehaʻe

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi,

Land division near Kumu-kahi, Makuʻu qd., Hawaiʻi. Ka hikina a ka lā i Haʻehaʻe (PH 189), the rising of the sun at Haʻehaʻe. See Kumu-kahi.

No nā lepili ｜ Regarding tags: Pili piha a pili hapa paha kēia mau lepe i nā hua o luna aʻe nei. ｜ Tags may apply to all or only some of the tagged entries.

E huli iā “haehae” ma Ulukau.

Search for “haehae” on Ulukau.

Hāpai i wehewehena hou a i ʻole i ʻōlelo hoʻoponopono ｜ Suggest a translation or correction

E hāpai i kahi wehewehena a i ʻole hoʻoponopono no Wehewehe Wikiwiki. ｜ Suggest a translation or correction to the Wehewehe Wikiwiki Community Dictionary for consideration.

Mai hoʻouna mai i noi unuhi ʻōlelo. ｜ This is not a translation service.