Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vt., To carry, bear, lift, elevate, raise, hoist, hold up; to support, as another's testimony.

• Examples:
  • Hāpai pū, to carry together; carry arms [a military command].
  • Hāpai i ka leo, to lift up the voice, as in song.
  • No ka hoʻohanohano ʻana iaʻu, i koʻu hāpai ʻia ʻana i kiaʻāina, honoring me in my elevation to the governorship.
• Related:
  • hoʻohāpai Caus/sim.
• References:
  • Nah. 23.7.
  • PPN sapai , PCP saapai .

2. vi., Pregnant; to conceive.

• Examples:
  • Kou hāpai ʻana (Kin. 3.16), your conception.
• Related:
  • hoʻohāpai Caus/sim.; To cause conception; to perform ceremonies or take treatment to induce conception.

3. n., A native variety of banana with trunk of medium height, the fruit maturing within it, about two-thirds of the way up. The fruits are small, finger length, and ten or less; their skin is yellow, and the flesh yellow, sweet, and edible raw.

• Related:
  • Also: hua waena.
• References:
  • HP 175, Neal 250.

4. vt., To encourage, support.

• Examples:
  • Ua hāpai ʻoia e inu ka ʻāina apau i ka lama, he encouraged everyone in the land to drink rum.