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.

• Related:
  • 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).

ʻaʻano, As for business; unlocked; ajar. Hemo.

• Examples:
  • Huaʻi i ka imu. To open an imu.
  • Wiliaho hāmama. Open reel, as for fishing.
• Related:
  • Hāmama. Wide open.
  • Mohala. Spread open; also blossoming, blooming, as a flower.
• References:
  • See bracket, imu, leaf, parenthesis.

ʻaʻano, As a primary election. Kūākea.

• Examples:
  • Wae moho kūākea. Open primary.
• References:
  • See closed.

hamani, To complete, as an electric circuit. Hoʻokuʻi.

• References:
  • See break.

ʻaʻano, As a frame in a computer program. Kaʻakaʻa.

• Examples:
  • Mōlina kaʻakaʻa. Open frame.
• References:
  • See close, closed.

To be open, as for a play in basketball. Hemo.

• Related:
  • Hoʻohemo. To get oneself open.

hamani, To separate. Māwehe.

ʻaʻano, Open, i.e. unrestricted to the general public, as in seating, parking, or other areas. Noa.

hamani, As a file. Wehe.

e wehe, e hoohamama.

hai. e wehe, e hoohamama.

ha. aole i peluia, hamama ana.

hamă'mă: to open, wĕ'hĕ, he'mŏ; (unfold), moha'lă.

1. E hamama: e wehe. 2. E mohala. SYN. unfold. 3. E makili. To open the mind, e hoomakili i ka naau.