Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vt. To open, untie, undo, loosen, undress, uncover, unfasten, unlock, unfurl, unsheath, unwrap, unhook, exorcise; to take off, as clothes; to take apart, as a machine; to unfix, as a bayonet; to tip, as a hat; to solve, as a problem; to cleanse of defilement, remove, forgive, satisfy (see ex., kīkīpani #1).

• Examples:
  • Wehe ʻaha mele, to hold a concert.
  • Wehe ā kohana, to strip naked.
  • Wehe i ka pihi, unbutton the buttons.
• Related:
  • hoʻowehe Caus/sim.; To cause to open, undo, etc.
• References:
  • See ex., alaula.
  • PCP wefe, wese .

2. vi. To go away.

• Examples:
  • Ua wehe ke akule i ka hohonu, the akule [fish] has fled to the depths.
  • Wehe pau ka pāpale, the hat is removed [the person has left].
• References:
  • PCP wefe, wese .

hamani, To open, remove.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Mea wehe kini. Can opener.
  • Mea wehe ʻūmiʻi. Staple remover.

hamani, To open, as a file in a computer program.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Wehe i ke kī wai. To turn on the water. Niʻihau
• References:
  • See pani.

1. v., To open, as a door; to open, as the dawn or advance of light in the morning; a wehe ae la ke alaula o ke ao, pau ka pouli.

2. To uncover what is covered up; to uncover, as the head. Oihk. 10:6. To uncover for illicit purposes. Oihk. 18:6, 7.

3. To strip off the clothes from one.

4. To open, as the eyes. FIG. To open, as the heart.

5. To open, as a well or cave. Ios. 10:22.

6. To open, as a book; to unfold, as a scroll. Neh. 8:5.

7. To loosen; to untie, as a string or rope.

8. To disregard or disbelieve one’s word.

9. To reject a favor. NOTE.—The passive is sometimes written wehea instead of weheia.

s., An opening; an untying; a solving, as a problem; an explanation of a difficulty.

adj., Opened; separated; loosened.

adj., Opened; separated; loosened.

n., An opening; an untying; a solving, as a problem; an explanation of a difficulty.

1. v., To open, as a door.

2. v., To open, as the dawn or advance of light in the morning.

3. v., To strip off.

4. v., To open, as the eyes.

5. v., Fig. To open, as the heart.

6. v., To displace, as in removing an obstruction; to exhibit; to make manifest: to make public.

7. v., To loosen or untie.