Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Dehydrated food, as yam cooked, grated, dried, packed in banana fiber, used on long sea voyages; dried up, juiceless, parched (applied jestingly to old hags).

• References:
  • For. 6:386.
  • Cf. pokaʻo.

2. n., Canoe hold under both the foreward cover and after cover.

• Examples:
  • Piha nohoʻi ka waʻa mai ka pīkaʻo mua a ka pīkaʻo hope, the canoe was filled from within the bow to within the stern.

ʻaʻano, Dehydrated.

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• Examples:
  • Hoʻāhu nui ʻia ka meaʻai pīkaʻo i lako ai i ka wā pōpilikia. Dehydrated food is stored up in order to be well supplied during times of disaster.
• References:
  • See hoʻopīkaʻo.