Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., Paint; to paint.

• Source:
  • English.
• Examples:
  • Pena ʻia, painted.

2. n., Package.

• Rare
• Examples:
  • Pena ahipele, package of matches.

3. vs., A Maui word for nīele, curious.

ʻaʻano, Curious, nīele.

• Source:
  • Maui.
• References:
  • See papa pena.

kikino, Paint, i.e. the area within the key below the free throw line on a basketball court.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Kīhele wale hoʻi hā ʻo Kaunu ma ʻō, ma ʻaneʻi ma ka pena. Kaunu was all over the paint.

v., Eng. To paint; to apply coloring matter to anything. NOTE.—The Hawaiian word is hooluu.

s., Eng. Paint; any substance mixed with oil or water to give another color; pena, ulaula, vermilion. Ezek. 23:14. The Hawaiian term is wai hooluu.

n., [Eng.] Paint; any substance mixed with oil or water to give another color: pena ulaula, vermilion. (The older Hawaiian term is wai hooluu.)

v., [Eng.] To paint; to dye; to apply coloring matter to anything. (The old Hawaiian word is hooluu.).

Paint; to paint.

paint.