Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. loc.n., Before, ahead, forward, in advance, future, front, first, former, foremost, primary, principal; previously, beforehand; oldest, older brother or sister; senior branch of a family; leader, senior partner, senior; more than.

• Examples:
  • I mua! Mamua! Forward! Holo i mua, to progress, go forward.
  • Kēia mua iho, the near future.
  • Kēia mua aʻe, fairly near in the future.
  • Kēia mua aku, distant future.
  • Mamua aku nei, some time ago.
  • Ua noho ʻoia i mua o ke aliʻi, he stayed in the presence of the chief.
  • I mua ou, before you.
  • I mua i hope, back and forth.
  • ʻAʻole i … mamua, never before.
  • ʻAʻole au i ʻike iāia mamua, I've never seen him before.
  • ʻO kō mākou mua loa ia, he is our eldest.
  • Na ka mua, na ka muli, belonging to the older [sibling], belonging to the younger [sibling] [a way of describing the parentage of first cousins].
  • Hele mua, older brother or sister, senior branch of a family; to go ahead or first.
  • ʻOi kēia mamua o kēlā, this is better than that; literally, superior this before that.
• Related:
  • hoʻomua Caus/sim.; To push forward, to do something first; to claim to be senior; to advance to seniority; to give the rights of seniority to a junior.
• References:
  • Gram. 8.6.
  • PPN muʻa .

2. n., Men's eating house.

• Related:
  • Ma mua o ka manawa. Early. Also ma mua o ka hola.
• References:
  • See ʻōlelo mua.