Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Tooth; toothed; nipper, as of an insect; octopus beak; Aristotle's lantern, of a sea urchin; claw, as of crab; tusk; stones set interlocking, as in a wall; biting, of the teeth; cog.

• Examples:
  • Mai hana wale aku ʻoe iā Keʻoi, he niho, don't act indiscriminately toward Keʻoi, he has teeth! [He is dangerous, as in sorcery.]
  • Nā niho o kāna pale kaua (Ioba 15.26), the bosses of his bucklers.
  • Puka ka niho o Laʻakea, Laʻakea is getting his teeth.
  • Hoʻonoho niho ʻia, the stones are set [as in a fence].
• Related:
  • hoʻoniho Caus/sim.; To lay stones interlocking; to set stones, as in a fence.
• References:
  • See niho-manō.
  • PPN nifo.

2. n., Tapa or mat patterns, always followed by qualifiers; see below.

kikino, Tooth.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Nau kuai i ka niho. To grind the teeth.
  • Puka niho. Cavity in a tooth, caries.
• References:
  • See kauka hoʻopololei niho, wili niho, ʻōhiki kauka niho.
  • Cf. haka waha.

kikino, Dental, in linguistics.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

ʻaʻano, To have whitecaps.

• Source:
  • Mānaleo (Daisy Pai).
• Examples:
  • Ua niho ke kai i nehinei. The sea had whitecaps yesterday.
• References:
  • See ʻale kuakea.

v., To bite with the teeth; to indent; to set in like teeth; to lay a stone wall in a bank of earth.

s., A tooth. Puk. 21:27. The tooth of an animal, especially a whale’s tooth; e malama i ka niho palaoa, take care of the niho palaoa (an ornament made of a whale’s tooth.) See palaoa. Niho elepane, elephant’s tooth, i. e., ivory. 2 Oihl. 9:17. O ka niho mano ko Hawaii nei mea e ako ai i ka lauoho, a shark’s tooth was the Hawaiian instrument for cutting the hair.

v., To bite with the teeth; to indent; to set in like teeth; to lay a stone wall in a bank of earth. Hooniho is preferable.

Tooth; a sharkʻs tooth used for haircutting; any tooth.

Tooth.

I. he mea oioi o ka palekaua, Iob. 15:26.

tooth.