Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Pearl.

• Examples:
  • Kuʻu momi makamae, my precious pearl [a beloved person].
  • He momi waiwai nui, Hawaiian translation of the title of the English book “A Pearl of Great Price” by Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet.

• References:
  • Mat. 13.46.

2. n., Niʻihau name for pūpū Niʻihau, a Niʻihau shell used in leis; also momi o kai.

3. n., Hard center of eye, fish eyeball.

4. n., Face of a watch.

5. n., A fatty tissue between the cornea and the inner canthus of the eye, pinguecula.

6. Same as nuku momi, a jackfish.

1. n., A Pearl; the pearl of the oyster.

2. n., The hard center of the eye.

3. n., The hard face of a watch.

4. n., The eye of a fish; maka ia.

Hard center of the eye; fish eyeball; yellowish tissue elevated between the cornea and the inner canthus of the eye. Usually caused from irritation by wind and dust, not formed from fat. The medical term is pinguecula.

I. Ua manao no ka poe kahiko, o ka momi oia kekahi mea waiwai nui o na mea waiwai a pau, Hoik. 17:4, a ua makemake nui ia i mea e nani ai na wahine. Pela hoi i keia wa e noho nei ma ka Hikina; he mea ia e hanohano ai na'lii. Ua hoohalikeia ke aupuni o ka lani me ka monii maikai loa, Mat. 13:45, 46. Ua oleloia, o na puka o ka lani he mau momi ia, 'hookahi puka, hookahi no ia momi,' Hoik. 21:21. Papa mai no o Iesu, aole pono e hoolei iho i na momi imua o na puaa, Mat. 7:6; oia, aole e hai wale aku i ka olelo maikai o ka euanelio i ka poe hoowahawaha, a hoino mai.

pearl; jewel.