Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., Hand wrestling: each tries to force his opponentʻs hand to the mat; to push, press, grip; to pry, as a lever.

2. n., Stern of a canoe.

• Rare

3. n., Curve.

• Rare
• Examples:
  • Hanauma (place), curved bay.
• References:
  • Cf. pā uma.

kikino, Curve, as on a graph or as a geometric curve.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • Mākala uma iki. Pectoralis minor muscle of the upper chest.
  • Mākala uma nui. Pectoralis major muscle of the upper chest.
• References:
  • See awāwa uma, uma kī.

v. To screw; to press, as a vice; to grasp or hold.

2. To pry, as a lever.

3. To wrestle; to throw down in wrestling.

4. To throw over from an upright position; e hoohina, e kulai.

s. A vice; a pressure; a pushing over or down; a kind of wrestling to try strength.

2. The name of a game; o kekahi lealea o ka uma.

1. A vice; a pressure.

2. A pushing over or down: a kind of wrestling to try strength. A game which exercises the muscles of the arms and the legs; wrestling with the forearm. Syn: Kano.

1. To screw; to press, as a vice; to grasp or hold.

2. To pry, as a lever.

3. To wrestle; to throw down in wrestling.

4. To throw over from an upright position; e hoohina, e kulai.

Hand or wrist wrestling, once very popular in Hawaʻ. Two players crouch and attempt to overcome each otherʻs arm thrust. Uma tests the competitorʻs strength and stamina in his hands and arms. In the crouch they clasp hands, with elbows on the ground, and push. (KILO.)