Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. From a height. Hāʻule (a solid object; sometimes said of rain); helelei, heleleʻi, hoʻoheleleʻi (as leaves, rain).

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  • Also: hāʻuleʻule, hāʻulehia; pakakū, kūloku (as rain); hāʻule, heleleʻi (as fruit); kōheoheo (as through the air); hāʻulepio (surrender); palaiki.

2. Topple. Hina; fall prone, hina pālaha, moe pākiʻi, pōhina; fall backwards, kuwala, wala, wala kua, walawala pahū, walawalakī; fall sideways, hiō; fall forward, kimo; fall over, palahuli; fall, as a building, hiolo, hāneʻe; cause to fall, hoʻohina, hoʻohihina; fall in (military), kaʻa malalo; fall down or off, ākaʻa; fall and roll, kaʻahina; fall head foremost, kiwi; fall upon, as sorrow, ili.

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  • Also: pāhiʻa, olopē; piʻi (as shadows); hihina, hinahina.
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  • See stumble.

3. Autumn. No Hawaiian word; terms sometimes used: hāʻule lau, laʻa make, laʻa ʻula, ke kau o hāʻule lau.