Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Fish or any marine animal, as eel, oyster, crab, whale.

• Examples:
  • Ka iʻa kīnohinohi pōhaku, the sea creature that adorns rocks [periwinkles and Nerita].
• References:
  • PPN ika .

2. n., Meat or any flesh food.

3. n., Any food eaten as a relish with the staple (poi, taro, sweet potato, breadfruit), including meat, vegetable, or even salt.

• Examples:
  • Ka iʻa lauoho loloa o ke kuahiwi, the long-haired relish of the mountain [greens].
• Related:
  • Also: ʻīnaʻi.

4. (Cap.) n., Milky Way.

• Examples:
  • Ka Iʻa ui o ka lani, the turning Milky Way of the heavens.
  • Ua huli ka Iʻa, the Milky Way has turned [changed position; it is past midnight].

kikino, Fish or any marine animal.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Kini iʻa. Canned fish.
  • Mahi iʻa. Aquaculture.
  • Manamana iʻa. Fish stick.
  • ʻOihana Iʻa me ka Holoholona Lōhiu o ʻAmelika. US Fish and Wildlife Service.

s. The galaxy or milky way.