Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of hau #3, to hit.

  • Examples:
    • E hoʻohauhau mai ʻoe i ka lau hala a kāua i palupalu, beat our pandanus leaf so as to soften it.
  • References:
    • PPN faʻufaʻu.

2. vs., Cool, as food.

3. Same as hauna, bad odor.

  • References:
    • PCP sausau.

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haʻuhaʻu

/ haʻu.haʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Reduplication of haʻu.

2. interjection, A refrain in dance songs, usually fast, and perhaps related to haʻu.

Nā LepiliTags: oli hula music

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v., To lay stones in a wall; to build with stones.

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v., To strike; to smite; to beat. See hahau.

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hauhau

ʻaʻanostative verb / HAU-HAU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., See hau, cold, &c. Cool, as where the heat is separated from a thing.

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hauhau

ʻaʻanostative verb / hă'u-hă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Cold; applied to food that has become cold.

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hauhau

/ hā'u-hā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To lay stones in a wall.

2. v., To build with stones. Syn: uhau.

3. v., To strike; to smite; to beat. See hahau.

4. v., To tap; to rap lightly with rapid strokes.

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