ʻō.wela
vs. Hottish, warm, feverish; burned and blistered, as by sun; glowing, bright, as feather cloaks and helmets of an army; heat. See ex., kamaʻehu.
O-WE-LA
s. The time when the sun is hot and no rain; vegetation dries up.
2. Hard work on land by several people to get it worked.
3. Land burnt over; scorched in the sun.
4. Anything held near the fire so as to be scorched. See WELA.
Owela (o-we'-la), n.
/ o-we'-la /[Wela, hot.]
1. A blighting heat that destroys vegetation.
2. A countless number of individual units, as men covering a field.
3. A tract of land burnt over by fire.
4. A blister.
ʻowela
Land and vegetables scorched in the sun; cloudless drought.
E huli iā “ʻōwela” ma Ulukau.
Search for “ʻōwela” on Ulukau.