Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n.v., Dart, fish spear, javelin; spike as on tail of a sting ray; skyrocket; firebrand thrown on grass houses in wars; to throw a spear, javelin, etc.

• Examples:
  • ʻO nā Piʻipiʻi nā poʻe na lākou i kao i nā pua pana, the Piʻipiʻi were the ones who hurled arrows.
• References:
  • PPN tao.

2. n., Snare of coconut midrib and fiber, used for ʻaʻama, a crab.

3. See Nākao, a constellation.

4. Interjection of surprise, as kāhīhī.

5. n., Goat.

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻahu ʻili kao, goatskin garment [said of shiftless people accused or sleeping under goatskins because they were too indolent to make tapa].
• References:
  • See saying, ʻumiʻumi #1 and Gram. 2.9.

6. n., Scow.

• Eng.

interj. The article ka and o. Similar to kahaha; kao mai, make kela kanaka; it expresses surprise.

v. To cry out as above; kao mai la o mea, somebody cries out with astonishment.

v. To intercede; to mediate; to separate contending parties; to prevent one from accusing or slandering another. See UWAO. Ua kao mai oe ia'u.

s. A peace-maker; an intercessor.

s. A goat; kao hele, a scape-goat. Oihk. 16:15.

s. A legend; a tradition. See KAAO.

s. A dart; a javelin; a rocket.

v. To throw or cast, as a dart or javelin.

[The article ka and o.] interjection, A word or phrase expressing surprise or wonder.

1. n., A peacemaker; an intercessor.

2. n., A goat; kao hele, scapegoat. So translated in the Scriptures.

3. n., A light spear.

n., Same as kaao, a legend.

v., To intercede; to mediate; to separate contending parties; to prevent one from accusing or slandering another: ua kao mai oe ia'u.

1. v., To call aloud in a sense of warning; to cry out as in cautioning against anything that may cause harm.

2. v., To plead; to call by way of entreaty. Syn: Uwalo.

3. v., To throw or cast a dart or javelin.