Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Tiny, very small, fine, wee, smallmeshed; narrow wefts.

• Examples:
  • Makaliʻi ʻōhua, tiny ʻōhua, spawn; figuratively, anything wee, tiny.
• References:
  • PPN mataliki.

2. (Cap.) n., Pleiades; Castor and Pollux.

• References:
  • See Pleiades.
  • PPN Mataliki.

3. (Cap.) n., Hawaiian month name; the six summer months collectively.

See pākū makaliʻi, waiehu makaliʻi.

Person who brought cooked food to the rainbow. (A.) Chief of Waimea, Kauaʻi; father-in-law of Mano-ka-lani-pō, who was famous as an agriculturist. (PE.)

Exceedingly fine mesh with very narrow strands, made of the tender young leaves of the hala, used in mat making.

Small, diminutive, tiny.

Pleiades. This is the preferred name all over the Pacific.