Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt. Cross, crucifix, any crossed piece; main house purlin; sticks connecting canoes of a double canoe. Fig., to hinder, obstruct, intercept, block; obstruction, barrier; baffled (fig.). Used idiomatically like kana 2 and kaʻe 1: ʻA ʻole i keʻa mai ka hahana wela o kēia lā (Kel. 14), there was no limit to the stifling heat of this day. Cf. keʻahakahaka, keʻapaʻa. hoʻo.keʻa To cross, block, obstruct, hinder. (Probably PPN teka.)

2. n. Hand, as of bananas. (FS 245.)

3. nvt. Bow, dart; to shoot with bow and arrow (For. 4:259). (PPN tika, PCP teka.)

4. n. Male animal reserved for breeding; virile male; sire. Kū i ke keʻa, like the sire [of a child].

5. Pleurisy. (AP)

1. nvs., White, clear; fair-complexioned person, often favorites at court (Malo 201); shiny, white mother-of-pearl shell.

• Examples:
  • Poʻo kea, towhead, gray-haired person.
  • One kea, white sand [this is shortened to ōkea or kea, as in the expression kea pili mai, drift gravel [vagabond].
• References:
  • Cf. keakea, kekea, Mauna Kea.
  • PPN tea.

2. n., Breast milk.

• References:
  • See Nuʻakea.

3. n., A variety of sugar cane, among Hawaiians one of the best-known and most-used canes, especially in medicine: clumps erect, dense, of medium height; pith white.

• Examples:
  • Ua ola ā ʻō kō kea, living until kea cane tassels [until the hair turns gray].
• References:
  • HP 223–5.

4. n., Name listed by Hillebrand for kolomona (Mezoneuron kavaiense 🌐); see uhiuhi.

5. nvs., Share, as of stocks; stocks. Kuʻu kuleana kea, my shared property.

• Eng.

6. n., Hart, male deer.

• Related:
  • Also: dea.
• References:
  • Kanl. 12.15.