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1. nvs., Left, left side.

• Examples:
  • Nānā i ka hema, left, dress. Ma ka hema, huli, left, face. (Military commands.)
• References:
  • PPN sema.

2. nvs., South, southern.

kikino, South.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Abbreviated as Hm.
  • Kōʻai hema. Counterclockwise.
  • Poepoe hapa hema. Southern hemisphere.

adj., Left; applied to two opposite things; as, lima hema, the left hand, in distinction from lima akau, the right hand; welau hema (in geography), the south pole; opposed to welau akau, the north pole; kanaka lima hema, a left-handed man. Lunk. 3:15. NOTE.—In marking the cardinal points of the compass, a Hawaiian will place himself back to the east and his face to the west; hence, his right indicates the north and his left the south.

adj., Left; applied to two opposite things; as, lima hema, the left hand, in distinction from lima akau, the right hand; welau hema (in geography), the south pole, opposed to welau akau, the north pole. Kanaka lima hema, a left-handed man. (In marking the cardinal points of the compass, an Hawaiian faces the west; hence, his right hand indicates the north and his left the south.)

adj., Loose; separating.

South, as indicated by a person facing west who extends his left arm.

South. In marking cardinal points of the compass, Hawai- ians placed their backs to the east, so their right indicated the north and their left the south.

Left-handed.

the left; south.

Left or South (abbreviated He. or Hem.).