Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

There is no general term; the main usages follow:

1. Usually intransitive, a state of being open, as a door. Hāmama; makili, mikili, nakili, hoʻomakili (as a crack); kūnihi; kaʻakaʻa (as eyes); ākea. Also: poale, pōaleale, ulehe, ulehelehe, kauhola, ʻuhola, hoaka, hunāhunā ʻole, ʻōwehewehe, wahalehe, uhalehe, ʻoma. Open to the public (as open house), hoʻohāmama ʻia i ka lehulehu.

2. As a flower. Mōhala, hoʻomōhala, mōhalu, molokala, pohala, makala, mokala, ōpū, ʻōmeʻo.

3. Transitive, as a door, package. Wehe, ʻuwehe, ʻuehe, weke, wekeweke, hemo, māwehe, māweke; huʻe (as an oven); ʻūpā, hāʻupā; hoʻohāmama, ʻōlepe; hoʻokaʻakaʻa (as eyes).

As for business; unlocked; ajar. Hemo. See entries below and bracket, imu, leaf, parenthesis. Spread ~; also blossoming, blooming, as a flower. Mohala. Wide ~. Hāmama. ~ reel, as for fishing. Wiliaho hāmama. To ~ an imu. Huaʻi i ka imu.

As a primary election. Kūākea. See closed. ~ primary. Wae moho kūākea.

To complete, as an electric circuit. Hoʻokuʻi. See break.

As a frame in a computer program. Kaʻakaʻa. See close, closed. ~ frame. Mōlina kaʻakaʻa. To ~, as a file. Wehe.

To be ~, as for a play in basketball. Hemo. To get oneself ~. Hoʻohemo.

To separate. Māwehe.

To separate. Māwehe.