Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., Paddle, oar; to paddle, row.

• Figuratively, to travel, get to work, continue working.
• Examples:
  • Kāna hoe (FS 21), his paddle.
  • Hoe aku i ka wāʻa, paddle ahead the canoe [do your share; continue; keep going].
• Related:
  • hoʻohoe Caus/sim.; to have a canoe paddled.
• References:
  • PPN fohe.

2. vi., To draw in the breath and expel it with a whistling sound, as when tired.

3. n., A bird reported by Kepelino as being the size of the ʻōʻō and black and gray.

s., A paddle for a canoe; an oar for a boat.

n., A paddle for a canoe; an oar for a boat.

To paddle a canoe; a paddle. The words oar and row were not used by the early Hawaiians. They were amused to see Captain Cookʻs men rowing a boat and laughed at the rowers, seated backwards, who could not see where they were going. (KILO.)

Paddle for a canoe, oar for a boat; to paddle, row.

paddle.