Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. s., Down or fine hair.

2. A youngster; a young man, from his down or first beard; kuu kane o ka wa heu ole, my husband from the time of youth (without a beard.) Laieik. 204.

3. The quicksilver on the back of a looking-glass; holoi lakou i ka heu o ka aniani, they washed off the quicksilver of the glass.

4. The work first done, the speech first made, the first movement in an affair.

v., To begin to grow, as the beard; he kanaka opiopio wale no, akahi no a heu.

adj., The first shooting of beards in boys; he keiki heu, a child bearded.

v., With a sharp break in pronouncing, to sing, as birds; to sound, as the voice of birds; to sound, as the voice of spirits with sweet sounds.