Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

Hale (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entry and the many entries that follow it), kauhale.

• Examples:
  • Two-story house, hale i luna a i lalo.
  • House trailer, kaʻa hale.
  • Ancient types of houses: mua (eating, for men); hālau (for canoes, hula instruction); kua (for beating tapa); peʻa (menstrual); pūʻoʻa (for corpses); hāwai (for purification ceremonies); ʻeleua (new); moku hale (ulu hale) (set apart, as for instruction); wai ea, haʻi. (See also heiau.)
  • Humble references to houses, ōpū malumalu, ōpū weuweu.
  • House parts: kahua (platform, foundation); paepae puka, niʻo (threshold); paia (wall, side), hākala, kala (end, gable); also: holo, hoʻoholo, lolo, kana, uluhaka, ukuwai. See also post, purlin, thatch.
  • House site, kahua hale.
  • House adornments and furniture, pono hale, kāhiko o ka hale.
  • House dedication, hoʻolaʻa hale, ʻoki i ka piko.
  • To have a house, hale.
  • To go from house to house, komo kauhale.
  • House visiting, komo ʻāpana.
  • To receive in a house, hoʻohale.
  • House lot, yard, fence, pā hale.
  • House dweller, noho hale.
  • House owner, haku hale, mea hale, noho hale.
• References:
  • See figurative meaning, welcome.