Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., To rub back and forth, grate, saw; a saw (also pahi olo).

• References:
  • Cf. hale olo papa.
  • PPN holo .

2. vi., To resound, sound long.

• Examples:
  • Olo ke kani o ka pila, the instruments sounded together.
  • Ua olo pawa ke kani nei ka moa, the dawn sounds are here, the cocks crow.
• References:
  • Cf. olo ʻawa, olo pihe.
  • PPN olo .

3. n., Long surfboard, as of wiliwili wood.

• References:
  • Laie 449.

4. n., Hill (rare now except in place names, as Olo-kuʻi, tall hill; Olo-mana, divided hill; Olo-walu, many hills).

• References:
  • PPN olo .

5. n., Shelf.

• Rare
• References:
  • Cf. oloʻewa, olohaka.

6. n., Large foreign glass beads, said to be so called from a Hawaiian name given to the British ship, Queen Charlotte Mary, which came in 1786 under the command of Captain Dixon; this ship is said to have introduced the beads.

• Rare