Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., To chirp, as a cricket; to croak, as a mudhen; crying, as in distress; whimpering, as a sleeping infant; rumor, gossip; to be attracted to; cherish, think of, as with affection.

• Examples:
  • ʻO nā kānaka Hawaiʻi, he poʻe makeʻe haku, he poʻe nēnē ʻili kapu, the Hawaiian people are people who cherish their lords, people constantly thinking of the sacred skin [of chiefs].
• Related:
  • hoʻonēnē Caus/sim.; Same as above.
    • Hoʻonēnē kaua (FS 139), rumors of war, talk or threats of war.
• References:
  • Cf. hōnēnē; nē, fretting; nēnē hiwa.

2. n., Hawaiian goose (Nesochen sandvicensis 🌐), protected and rare on Maui and in Hawaiʻi uplands (down to 40 at one time and about 1,000 in 1978).

3. n., Mat pattern: two vertical rows of triangles, with the bases below, and the apices touching the bases above.

4. n., A variety of ʻawa, stems green with dark-green spots.

• Related:
  • Also: kuaʻea.

5. Same as ʻaiakanēnē, a plant.

• References:
  • Neal 803.

6. Probably same as nēnē ʻau kai.