Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvs., Fear, terror, dread; fearful, afraid.

• Examples:
  • Kau ka weli, kū ka weli, full of fear; terror-stricken.
  • Ua kau koʻu weli i ka luaʻi pele, I was filled with fear of the lava eruption.
• Related:
  • hoʻoweli Caus/sim.; To frighten, terrify, arouse fear.
• References:
  • PPN weli .

2. n., A holothurian.

• References:
  • KL. line 19.

3. n., Scion, sucker, shoot, as from a root; spreading root.

4. n., Phosphorescent light on water, believed caused by a ghost that was interfering with fishing.

• References:
  • See ex., kū #5.

5. Same as welina.

• Examples:
  • E weli hoʻi iā ʻoe (For. 4:163), greetings to you.

kikino, Scion.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word

A greeting similar to aloha but more anciently used.

Fear, trembling; afraid, fear-stricken. Also called weliweli.

fear; scion or shoot from roots.