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1. vt., To call, name; to sing or recite a name chant; to give a name to.

• Examples:
  • Ua hea aku au i kona inoa ʻo Laʻa-kea, I named him Laʻa-kea.
  • Ke hea mai ʻoukou iaʻu, he kumu (Ioane 13.13), ye call me, teacher.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻauihea, kāhea.
  • PPN sea.

2. vs., Misty, clouded, smoky, obscure.

• References:
  • Cf. Kona Hea.

3. n., Bank, as of a river.

• References:
  • Kep. 91.

4. interrogative, Which (in questions and after other words).

• Examples:
  • Ka mea hea? Which thing?
  • Ka manawa hea? Which time? When?
  • Ka hale hea? Which house?
• References:
  • Cf. ʻāhea, ināhea.
  • Gram. 8.5.
  • PPN fea.

5. interjection, Where? (Usually following prepositions i, ma, mai, no, ʻo; mahea is often written as one word.)

• Examples:
  • I hea ka puke? Just where is the book?
  • Mahea ka puke? Whereabouts is the book?
  • Mai hea mai? Where from?
  • No hea ʻoe? Where are you from?
  • Ā e hele ana ʻoe ʻo hea (For. 5:219)? Where are you going?
  • Aia i hea ka puke? Where's the book (sometimes shortened to aihea)?
  • ʻO kēia lio ā ʻo kēlā lio, mahea ʻoe? This horse or that horse, which for you?
• References:
  • See also ʻauhea.
  • PPN fea.

nvs., Stained red, inflamed, reddened; flattened and destroyed, as by lava; blood red; a blood sacrifice, as hog or man.

• Examples:
  • Kā ia heʻa hala o Kaliʻu (song), this destroyed pandanus of Kaliʻu is struck [Pele's destruction of Hiʻiaka's pandanus trees].
• References:
  • Cf. heka, kiliheʻa, kīpalaheʻa.