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1. vi., To flutter, float, or stream, as in the wind.

• Examples:
  • Welo kīhei i ke Aʻe Loa, the shawl streams in the Aʻe Loa wind [said of a swift runner].

2. vi., To set, of the sun.

• Examples:
  • Mai ka ʻōmaka ʻana o ka lā ma Kumukahi ā ka welo ʻana a ka lā i Lehua (Kel. 85), from the rising of the sun at Kumukahi to the setting of the sun at Lehua.
• References:
  • Probably PPN welo.

3. n., Progeny, ancestry, breed, family trait or strain, group custom, heritage, characteristic.

• Examples:
  • He welo huhū, a family trait of quick tempers.
  • Ka poʻe o ʻEnelani Hou he welo holomoku, the people of New England have the trait of seafaring.
  • Ua kapa ʻia kō mākou ʻohana ka welo kūnono o Waikapuna, our family is called the fiery breed of Waikapuna.

4. (Cap.) n., Name of a month in the lunar calendar.

• References:
  • See month.

5. (Cap.) n., Name of a star used by navigators.

6. n., A strong purge made of the juice of the bitter gourd or seeds of kāʻeʻe.

kikino, Hereditary trait.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • Cf. ōewe.
  • See kumu welo.

v., See kowelo and koelo. To float or stream in the wind, as an ensign, colors or flag; to flutter or shake in the wind.

Kowelowelo kihei a welo ka ua—e.—Mele.

v., To float or stream in the wind, as an ensign, colors or flag; to flutter or shake in the wind: Kowelowelo kihei a welo ka ua—e.

Native medicine; also waikī, ipu ʻawahia, pīpā.

welowelo, to float in the wind.