Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi., Abscess, burst sore, ulcer; to break, burst.

• Examples:
  • Ua paʻapū koʻu kino i ka ilo a me ka pāpaʻa lepo, a laila pūhā hou aʻela (Ioba 7.5), my body is covered with worms and filthy clots and then breaks out afresh.

2. n., Hollow, as a tree.

• Examples:
  • Noho ihola lākou maloko o nā pūhā lāʻau (Laie 431), they then lived within hollow trees.

3. vi., To belch, burp, clear the throat, hawk up phlegm.

• Related:
  • hoʻopūhā Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PCP pu(u)fa(a).

4. vi., To breathe air, as a sea turtle.

• Examples:
  • Pūhā hewa ka honu i ka lā makani, the turtle breathes at the wrong moment on a windy day [one who says the wrong thing].
• References:
  • PCP pu(u)(f,s)a(a).

5. n., A brown seaweed (Colpomenia sinuosa 🌐), cushion-shaped, hollow, surface smooth and uneven; not eaten.

• References:
  • Cf. nakeke.

Broken or burst open, as a sore or boil; an issue, a running sore; abscess; gonorrhea.