Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., White, clear; fair-complexioned person, often favorites at court (Malo 201); shiny, white mother-of-pearl shell.

• Examples:
  • Poʻo kea, towhead, gray-haired person.
  • One kea, white sand [this is shortened to ōkea or kea, as in the expression kea pili mai, drift gravel [vagabond].
• References:
  • Cf. keakea, kekea, Mauna Kea.
  • PPN tea.

2. n., Breast milk.

• References:
  • See Nuʻakea.

3. n., A variety of sugar cane, among Hawaiians one of the best-known and most-used canes, especially in medicine: clumps erect, dense, of medium height; pith white.

• Examples:
  • Ua ola ā ʻō kō kea, living until kea cane tassels [until the hair turns gray].
• References:
  • HP 223–5.

4. n., Name listed by Hillebrand for kolomona (Mezoneuron kavaiense 🌐); see uhiuhi.

5. nvs., Share, as of stocks; stocks. Kuʻu kuleana kea, my shared property.

• Eng.

6. n., Hart, male deer.

• Related:
  • Also: dea.
• References:
  • Kanl. 12.15.

See kea hoʻopukapuka.

adj., White, pellucid; clear. Syn: keo.

Share, as of stock.

Anything white; a white kapa, if speaking of a kapa kea.

Rain or mist at Hana or Koʻolau, Maui. (A.)

Best known and most used cane in these listings. Limited height. The erect compact stooling of this cane with its clinging trash leaves the stool in such shape one cannot see through it. Pith is white and dense.

White variety of sweet potato. (NP 126.)

I. he laau kea, a he laau kau pea kekahi. O ka make ma ke kea, oia ka make mainoino o ka poe i hoahewaia,' Kan. 21:23; Gal. 3:13. Oia kekahi hoopai pinepine iwaena o ko Roma, nolaila ua kapaia ka pilikia, he 'kea.' Olelo mai Iesu, e pono i kana mau haumana e hapai i ke kea, a e hahai ia ia. Oiai o ke kea ka hoailona o ka mainoino a me ka eha, aka nae, he hoailona nani ia o ka poe Kristiano.

white.

Word borrowed from the English word “share.”