Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Temple, side of the head.

• References:
  • Lunk. 4.21.
  • PNP mafa .

2. n., Gill plate of a fish.

3. n., Wings of a flying fish.

4. n., Preputium, foreskin.

5. n., Lower portion of a canoe manu.

6. nvs., Rest, repose, vacation; freedom from pain; at ease, comfort.

• Related:
  • hoʻomaha Caus/sim.; Vacation; to take a rest or vacation; to retire, stop work; to obtain relief; to pause; rest in music (types are hoʻomaka poʻo, a whole rest; hoʻomaha poʻoʻele, a quarter rest; hoʻomaha poʻolima, a half rest; hoʻomaha poʻomana, an eighth rest; hoʻomaha poʻomanalua, a sixteenth rest; hoʻomaha poʻomanakolu, a thirty-second rest).
    • Ua hoʻomaha nā kula, the schools are having a vacation.
    • Hoʻomaha ʻia mai au i kuʻu hāʻawe, I am relieved of my burden.
    • Hoʻomaha ai ma nā kānāwai (For. 6:159), to rest with the laws [obey them].
• References:
  • See mahamaha #2.

7. n., Severed portion.

• References:
  • Cf. maha lāʻau, mahamaha, maha ʻōʻō.

8. Same as mahamoe #1.

9. Same as māhana, twin.

• Examples:
  • Maha puʻu, twin hills.

10. Variant of mahamaha #3, to show affection.

• Rare

11. n., Fishes.

• References:
  • See maha mea, maha ʻōʻō, maha wela.

Mākala maha. Temporalis muscle, i.e. the muscle of the side of the head.

Lower portion of carved ornament on a canoe bow or stern.

to rest; to enjoy ease and quiet after pain.