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wāwahi

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

Reduplication of wāhi; to tear down, shatter, wreck, dash to pieces, break into, demolish; to break, as a law or a twenty-dollar bill; to cause disorder.

  • Examples:
    • Mīkini wāwahi pōhaku, rock crusher.
    • Wāwahi i ka hua, to break the egg.
    • Wāhi puʻupaʻa, to ravish a virgin.
    • Wāwahi pā hula, to disturb a hula show by presenting a rival show.
    • Wāwahi i ka manawa, to keep open an infant's fontanel by applying crushed pōpolo berries; it was believed that an infant might be fed through the fontanel.
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wāwahi

hamani ｜ transitive verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, To break, change, as a twenty-dollar bill.

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wāwahi

hamani ｜ transitive verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, To break apart, i.e. breaking a number into addends or factors, in math.

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wawahi

/ WA-WA-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., See wahi, to break. To break to pieces; to break down; to demolish, as a house or building. 2 Nal. 21:3.

2. To break, as bread; to break open, as a box or chest.

3. To split; to break up, as rocks. 1 Nal. 19:11.

4. To break up, as a boat; wawahiia hoi ka waapa i kui houhou, the boat also was broken up for the nails to make awls.

5. To break down, as idols. Puk. 23:24.

6. To break up, i. e., to take down, as a tent. Nah. 10:17.

7. To break down, as a tower. Lunk. 8:9.

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wawahi

/ wă-wā'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Wahi, to break.]

1. v., To break to pieces; to break down; to demolish, as a house or building.

2. v., To break open, as a box or chest.

3. v., To split; to break up, as rocks.

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wawahi

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to smash, break to pieces, demolish; to change money.

wāwahi

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

To tear down.

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