hōʻaiʻai
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
To whiten, clear, shine, whitewash, remove rust or dirt; white, clear, shining. Figuratively, to clarify, brighten, as a tarnished reputation.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
v. Ho for hoo, and aiai, to be white.
1. To be clear; white; shining.
2. To cause to be white, &c., i. e., to whiten; to clear off rust or dirt from a substance that it may shine.
3. To be clear, as the unclouded moon; to be shining, as a light.
4. To be proud; to be lifted up with pride.
s. See the foregoing. A soft clear white light; a pure light; abstract, whiteness.
adj. White; clear; shining.
White; clear; shining.
1. A soft clear white light; a pure light.
2. Abstract whiteness.
[Ho for hoo, and aiai, to be white.]
1. To cause to be white, etc., that is, to whiten.
2. To clear off rust or dirt from a substance that it may shine.
3. To make clear, as the unclouded moon; to cause to shine as a light.
4. To be proud.
white, clear, shining.
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