Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., Failure to give a return gift; to receive without giving in return; illiberal, ungrateful, close-fisted. Cf. mamaua.

2. n., Native forest trees, Xylosma hawaiiense 🌐.

• References:
  • See aʻe #6.
  • Neal 592.

3. n., A type of prayer for luakini dedication.

• References:
  • For. 6:23.

1. adj., Large; many.

2. Close; stingy; illiberal; obstinate. See makona. He kanaka maua.

3. Lame; sore; stiff, as with walking.

s., The name of a tree, timber good for boards.

adv., See mau. Often or constantly repeated; loaa mau mai, mau maua, hiki pinepine mai.

adj., Close; stingy; illiberal; obstinate. See makona. He kanaka maua.

adj., Lame; sore: stiff, as with walking.

n., The giving of many gifts. Syn: Hookupu.

n., A tree (Xylosma hawaiiense), the timber of which is good for poi boards.

Tree good for making boards (genus Xylosma, family Flacourtia), a native forest tree. (NEAL 592.)

Close, stingy, illiberal; lame, sore, stiff, as with walking; large; many.

ungrateful.