Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., To take care of, tend, attend, care for, preserve, protect, beware, save, maintain; to keep or observe, as a taboo; to conduct, as a service; to serve, honor, as God; care, preservation, support, fidelity, loyalty; custodian, caretaker, keeper.

• Examples:
  • Mālama ʻana, custody.
  • Mālama pono ʻia, well cared for.
  • Mālama pono! Be careful! Watch out!
  • Mālama makua, one who cares for parents.
  • Mālama wahine, caring for one's wife.
  • Mālama i kou makua kāne, honor your father.
  • Mālama kauoha, obey orders.
  • Mālama Lā Kāpaki, keeping the Sabbath.
  • Ē kuʻu Akua, e mālama au iāʻoe ma ka noʻonoʻo, O my God, let me serve you in thought.
  • O ka hoʻolohe a me ka mālama pono i ke aupuni, obedience and fidelity due the government.
  • Ka mālama ʻole i kō haʻi ola, negligence of the lives of others.
• hoʻomālama
  • a. Caus/sim.
  • b. (Cap.) Star name.
• References:
  • Cf. makemake, mālama hale, mālama hele, mālama moku, mālama pūʻolo, pālama #1.

2. n., Pancreas.

3. (Cap.) n., Stroke in lua fighting.

hamani, To save, as in a computer program.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Mālama ma ka inoa ʻo. To save as.
  • Hoʻi i ka mālama. To revert to previous save.

• Related:
  • Lawe mālama. To adopt, as a highway or other public area for environmental cleanup or maintenance.
  • ʻAelike mālama kānāwai. Compact, i.e. a written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of the group.