Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

s. A drumming and singing together; ke oe omua, he wahi pahu kapu e ku ana iloko o omua; kauo aku la o Wakea ia Papa ma ke o'e omua.

adj. Long; applied to the neck of a person or thing; oeoe hoi ka a-i, he maikai no nae, long are their necks, but still they are handsome; oeoe ka a-i o ka manu nene, long is the neck of the goose.

2. Applied to a sail; he pea oeoe, he kiekie, a long, high sail; applied to a house; hale oeoe; kukulu hou i hale oeoe a kapu.

s. An inverted cone.

2. Epithet of a man who walks genteelly; superiority in some respects; kukulu ka oe, spoken of one riding or running swiftly on foot.

3. Epithet of a beautiful woman.

4. A lengthening; a stretching out of the neck. Isa. 3:16, 5. A monument; a pillar or sign of something.

s. A continued indistinct sound, as an axe upon a grindstone; as a pen drawn hard upon paper.

v. To grate harshly, as one thing rubbing against another.

v. See O. To prick; to probe; ke oe aku nei ia ia oukou me ka laau oioi, he pricks you with a sharp stick; to pick up, as with anything sharp.

pers. pron., second pers. sing. Thou; you; like au, it often takes o emphatic, as ooe; ooe no kau i manao ai, you thought of yourself; e noho oe me ka makaukau, do you sit ready.