Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., Fan; to fan, brush, wave, signal, beckon, winnow.

• Examples:
  • Ka mea i peʻahi ʻia i ka peʻahi (Isa. 30.24), which has been winnowed with the fan.
• Related:
  • hoʻopeʻahi Caus/sim.; To beckon or wave, pretend to wave, etc.
• References:
  • PCP pekafi , pekasi .)

2. n., The open hand, bones of the hand.

• Examples:
  • Kou peʻahi ʻākau, a me kou lima (Hal. 44.3), your right hand and your arm.

3. n., A native fern (Microsorium spectrum syn. Polypodium spectrum) about 30 cm high, the fronds broad, pointed, commonly three-lobed.

• References:
  • Neal 26.

4. n., A dark-colored stone with grain said to suggest the fingers of a hand.

• Rare

Fan; to fan.

Bones of the hand as distinct from those of the arm.

Gentle fanning breeze; a soft wind, as though made with a fan. (A.)

A dark colored stone with grain (PE).