Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vt., To serve, work for, minister to, tend, attend to, do, perform, serve, transact; to treat, as the sick; to wait, as on tables; to handle.

• Examples:
  • Ka lawelawe ʻana, the service, performance, procedure, execution, carrying out, administration.
  • Lawelawe hoʻopiʻi kalaima, criminal procedure.
  • Kanaka lawelawe, mea lawelawe, servant, waiter, steward [this term does not carry the opprobrium attached to kauā].
  • Wahine lawelawe, waitress, maid, stewardess.
  • Lawelawe ʻoihana, to conduct business.
  • ʻIke pono i nā mea e lawelawe ʻia ana, to see clearly what happened.
  • Ka loio nāna e lawelawe nei i ka hihia, the lawyer who is handling the law case.
  • Ke lawelawe lā naʻe hoʻi; ā make akula ʻoe iā Kuʻikaʻa (victory chant of Ka-welo, FS 63), the [job] is being done; Kuʻikaʻa [the war club] slays you.
• References:
  • PPN lawelawe.

2. vt., To pilfer, make off with.

• Examples:
  • Lima lawelawe, pilfering hand.

kikino, Service.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Unu lawelawe. Processor, as in computer hardware.
  • Lawelawe hana. Function, as on a calculator.
  • Lawelawe kōkua. Social services.
  • Lawelawe poʻokela. High-quality service.
  • ʻOihana lawelawe. Service industry.
• References:
  • See Papa Lawelawe Hoʻolaha.

to serve; to handle.