Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Once uncultivated land, as for bananas, sweet potato, taro; fallow land.

• References:
  • Cf. kūmahakea.

2. n., A variety of taro.

3. n., A variety of kava, usually called mākea.

Mahi ʻai mahakea. Shifting cultivation, in geography.

s. An uncultivated piece of land overgrown with weeds and grass; a jungle; a wild place.

adj., Wild; overgrown with weeds, grass and bushes; nahelehele, weuweu.

1. adj., Wild; overgrown with weeds, grass and bushes; nahelehele, weuweu.

2. adj., Cultivable, said of land naturally fertilized.

1. An uncultivated piece of land overgrown with weeds and grass; a jungle; a wild place.

2. Land which has been cultivated but given up to mahakea or a period of rest.