Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. v., See lua, two; twice. To do twice; to repeat; to do over again.

2. Specifically, to bake over; to cook twice.

3. To stop up a pathway that had been common.

1. s., The name of the strong north wind; he ua kahi hoolua, a he ua ole kahi hoolua, some strong winds have rain, others not.

2. The name of the rain accompanying the north wind; he ua hoolua, he ua nui no ia.

adj., Strong; rough; muscular; he hoolua nui ke kuaaina, he hoopepehu.

Strong; rough; muscular: He hoolua nui ke kuaaina, he hoopepehu, People of the back country are muscular, they show strength.

1. n., The strong north wind: He ua kahi hoolua, a he ua ole kahi hoolua, Some strong winds have rain, others not.

2. n., The name of the rain accompanying the north wind; he ua hoolua, he ua nui no ia.

[Hoo and lua, two; twice.]

1. v., To do twice; to repeat; to do over again.

2. v., Specifically, to bake over; to cook twice.

3. v., To cook in an imu or oven until very soft.

the north wind Land section, Lahaina, Maui.