Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Ashes; ash-colored or gray, as a chicken.

• Examples:
  • Pōpoki lehu, gray cat.
• Related:
  • Lehu ane, fine ashes.
  • Lā Hāpala Lehu, Ash Wednesday.
  • Puhi lehu, hoʻolehu ʻia, cremate.
  • hoʻolehu Caus/sim.; To reduce to ashes.
• References:
  • See saying, ash.
  • Perhaps PPN refu .

2. n., A variety of sugar cane, probably recently introduced, extensively planted by Hawaiians. The stunted mature stalks look dead except for their green leaves. A gray to green-brown frosted-looking cane covered with hairs; pith green-white; both sides of leaves bearing long scattered hairs.

• References:
  • HP 224, 225.

3. num., The number 400,000; numerous, very many.

• References:
  • Cf. lehulehu, Gram. 10.3.