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1. n., Sky, atmosphere, space, air, upper heavens; aerial.

• Related:
  • Kaʻaahi kau i ka lewa, elevated train.
  • He wai kau i ka lewa: he niu (riddle), water perched in the sky: a coconut.
  • Mahele kaua lewa, air force.

2. vi., To float, dangle, swing, hang, oscillate; swinging, dangling, pendulous, afloat, unstable; limber-jointed, of admired hula dancers.

• Examples:
  • E ola ana ʻoia nei a lewa ke kanahiku, he will live on to past seventy.
• Halelewa, tabernacle.
• Hōkū lewa, moving star, planet.
• One lewa, shifting sand.
• Kai lewa, deep sea out of sight of land.
• Ka moana lewa loa, the deep ocean.
• Waiū lewa, long, pendulous breasts.
• hoʻolewa Caus/sim.
  • a. To float, as a cloud; to lift up and carry, as on a stretcher; to suspend. Moe hoʻolewa, stretcher, hammock. Nā mea hoʻolewa, peddlers [they carried their goods swinging on a carrying pole; cf. kālewa #1].
  • b. To rotate the hips in dancing, sway. See song under Hopoe. He aha ē ka hana a ʻAnapau lā? Hoʻolewa ka hana a ʻAnapau lā (song), what is the work of ʻAnapau there? Rotating the hips is the work of ʻAna-pau there. PNP lewa.
• Cf. akalewa, haʻalewa.

3. nvs., Homeless vagabond, wanderer; landless, homeless.

• Examples:
  • He lewa hele, ʻaʻohe kahua paʻa, a wandering traveler without fixed residence.
  • Poʻe lewa (1 Pet. 2.11), pilgrims.

4. vi., To know thoroughly, as a type of work; to be thoroughly familiar with, as a place.

• Examples:
  • Ua lewa iaʻu ka hana o ke kuiki kapa, I'm thoroughly familiar with the work of quilting.
  • Ua hele au i kēia mau kuahiwi ā lewa, I've gone to these mountains until I know every nook and corner.

5. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

kikino, Space.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Lewa lipo. Outer space.
  • Kukuna lewa lipo. Cosmic ray.
  • Palapala lewa lipo. Space map.
  • Paʻalole hele lewa. Space suit.
  • Pūʻali kaua lewa. Air force.
• References:
  • See lewapuni.

1. v., To swing; to float in the air, as clouds; to hang in a swinging manner; to float in mid heaven; e lewa wale ana no (ka honua) i ka lani, (the earth) was floating freely in mid heaven.

2. To move back and forth like a hinge; e ami.

3. To float on the water.

4. To put a thing up in an unsafe place or in a tottering position where it may easily fall.

5. Hoolewa. To carry on the surface, as to float on water; e hoolewa me ka wai.

6. To be carried, as a coffin at a funeral, on the shoulders of men; i ka hoolewa ana i ke kupapau.

1. s., The upper regions of the air; the region of the clouds; na ao o ka lewa, the clouds of the air.

2. Whatever is suspended or movable.

3. The space where anything may be suspended.

4. The air; the atmosphere; the visible heavens; kahi o ke ea, ka lani; a particular place in the air or atmosphere; ma keia lewa o ka lani, in this part of the heavens.

5. Persons without home or local attachment. 1 Pet. 2:11. Auhea oukou e na kamalii o ka lewa mai, ame na kanaka makua o ka lewa mai no hoi.

6. A foreign country; mai ka lewa mai, mai ke kua mai o ka moku; o ke ano o ia mau olelo, ua hele mai lakou mai ka aina e mai, he lewa ia; a ma ke alo o keia aina, he kua o ka moku ia. D. Malo #3:22.

7. Name of that part of the ocean where it is deep. SYN. with moana.

adj., Swinging; pendulous; floating; unstable; homeless.

adj., Swinging; pendulous; floating; unstable; homeless.

1. n., The upper regions of the air; the region of the clouds: na ao o ka lewa, the clouds of the air.

2. n., Whatever is suspended or movable.

3. n., The space where anything may be suspended.

4. n., The air; the atmosphere; the visible heavens; kahi o ke ea, ka lani; a particular place in the air or atmosphere: ma keia lewa o ka lani, in this part of the heavens.

5. n., Persons without home or local attachment: Auhea oukou e na kamalii o ka lewa mai, ame na kanaka makua o ka lewa mai no hoi.

1. v., To be afloat in the air or on the water.

2. v., To be loose; to be unfixed.

3. v., Same as hoolewa, to carry for burial.