Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs. Watery, muddy, wet, swampy, greasy, fat, lush.

• Figuratively, impurity.
• Related:
  • Wao kele, forested uplands.
  • Moku kele, district surrounded by water; submerged island.
  • hoʻokele Caus/sim.; Same as hoʻokelekele.
• References:
  • Cf. kelekele, makele, ʻūkele.
  • PCP tele .

2. nvi. To sail; reached by sailing; flight, sailing.

• Related:
  • Awa kele, harbor that may be reached by sailing.
  • He moku kele i ka waʻa, an island reached by canoe.
  • Momoku ahi kele kahi, firebrand lighted at one end only before being hurled over a cliff.
  • Momoku ahi kele lua, firebrand lighted at both ends.
  • hoʻokele Caus/sim.; Steersman, helmsman, navigator; to sail or navigate, as the master of a ship; to steer; to drive, as a car. Figuratively, to conduct any business.
    • Poʻe hoʻokele moku, ship crew or navigators.
    • Hoʻokele ʻino, to speed, drive, sail recklessly.
    • Hoʻokeleʻale, name of a navigation star.
    • Hoʻokelewaʻa, the star Sirius.
    • Hoʻokele kaʻa, chauffeur, driver; to drive a car.
    • Hoʻokele waʻa lolo niu, to sail coconut bloom sheaths as [toy] canoes.
• References:
  • Cf. pōhaku kele.
  • PNP tere .

3. vt. To scrape cooked taro with ʻopihi or spoon after peeling is removed, to clean it in preparation for pounding.

4. Variant of kela #1.

5. n. A fresh-water weed.

6. n. Any kind of wild taro.

• Rare

7. n. Jelly, jam.

• Eng.