Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vt. To move restlessly, embrace, pet, caress; to spin in a dance. Cf. kuili, wili 1.

2. n. Implement for piercing an ivory ornament.

Kuwili (ku'-wili):

/ ku'-wili / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

repetition. Land section, Oahu.

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Kūwili

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Iwilei, Honolulu, named for a fishpond once at the site of the old Oʻahu Railway depot. Lit., stand swirling. See Ka-nāueue.

E huli iā “kūwili” ma Ulukau.

Search for “kūwili” on Ulukau.

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