Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Ocean. Nalu, nanu, ʻale.

• Related:
  • High waves, kai piʻi, eaea, huia, nalu pū kī.
  • Breaking wave, nalu haʻi, kai poʻi; papākolea (rare).
  • Receding wave, kai emi, kai heʻe, nalu miki.
  • Long wave, nalu kua loloa, lauloa, ʻonaulu loa.
  • Waves that rise and fall without breaking, nalu ʻaiō.
  • A surfing wave, Huia.
  • Wave that breaks diagonally, nalu haʻi lala.
  • Broken section of wave, nalu muku, muku.
  • Rough wave, nalunalu.
  • Base of a breaker, honua nalu.
  • Bend of a wave, ʻopi nalu.
  • Tip of high waves, hokua.
  • A long-baked wave from the open sea, he ʻale kua loloa no ka moana (boast of a hero).
• References:
  • See surf, swell #2, tidal wave.

2. Motion. Ani, peʻahi, ani peʻahi; welo, welowelo, ʻōwelo, kōwelo, kōwelowelo, kālepa, kālepalepa (as a flag).

• Examples:
  • Long may it wave, e ani mau loa ia.
• Related:
  • Also: hoʻoāni, hoʻāli; hoʻokolili, kapalili (shake); konini, kuehu, pulelo, holu, holunape, kiani.

As surf near the land. Nalu. As a swell in the open ocean. ʻAle.

• Related:
  • Height of a wave. Kiʻekiʻena nalu, kiʻekiʻena ʻale, kiʻekiʻena.
  • Length of a wave, wavelength. Kōā nalu, kōā ʻale, kōā.
  • Crest of a wave. Hokua o ka nalu, hokua o ka ʻale, hokua.
  • Trough of a wave. Honua, honua o ka nalu, honua o ka ʻale.
  • Where a wave breaks, surfbreak. Poʻina nalu (preceded by ke).
  • Sound wave, as used in measuring ocean depths. Hawewe kani.
  • Wave-cut cliff. Pali ʻaʻaianalu.
• References:
  • See erode, weathered.

To wave something. Hoʻāni.

Scientific usage. Hawewe.

• References:
  • See amplify, amplitude, carrier, compressional wave, solar energy wave, sound wave, transverse wave, wavelength.

he ale o ke kai.

e luli, e ka i o ia nei.

h. he ale o ke kai.

hai. e ka io ia nei, e hooluli.

(shore), na’lŭ; (ocean), ‘ă’lě: to wave, (as hand), pe a’hĭ; (as flag), wě’lŏ.

1. Ale. 2. Wave of the hand, peahi lima.