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.

hehele, To “surf,” as the Internet.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • Cf. mākaʻikaʻi.

1. v., To slip; to slide; to glide easily.

2. To sink in the sea or in the mud.

3. To be entangled at the bottom of the sea when diving.

4. To sail far out to sea, as a canoe; e kele wale ana ka waa mawaho.

5. Hookele. To steer a ship or canoe; hiki ia ia ma kona ike ke hookele moku; eia ka pule:
A kele akiu, kelekele akiu.

1. s., Mud; mire; the fat of animals, grease or whatever induces slipperiness.

2. Hookele. The steersman of a canoe or ship; the director of a boat or ship.

adj., Reached or arrived at by sailing; he moku kele i ka waa, an island reached by a canoe. Moolelo Hawaii #7:3.

adj., Reached or arrived at by sailing: he moku kele i ka waa, an island reached by a canoe.

n., The fat of animals, grease or whatever induces slipperiness. See kelekele.

1. v., To be surrounded; to be enveloped: kuu moku kele i ke kai; my island surrounded by the sea.

2. v., To sail on or out.

3. v., To sail off and on: e kele wale ana ka waa mawalo; the canoe is sailing off and on outside.

To sail a canoe far out to sea; to steer; a steersman.

To sail; jelly, jam.

to reach by sailing; to sail off and on.

kelekele, fat, grease; slippery.