Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Ocean. Nalu, nanu, ʻale.

• Related:
  • High waves, kai piʻi, eaea, huia, nalu pū kī.
  • Breaking wave, nalu haʻi, kai poʻi; papākolea (rare).
  • Receding wave, kai emi, kai heʻe, nalu miki.
  • Long wave, nalu kua loloa, lauloa, ʻonaulu loa.
  • Waves that rise and fall without breaking, nalu ʻaiō.
  • A surfing wave, Huia.
  • Wave that breaks diagonally, nalu haʻi lala.
  • Broken section of wave, nalu muku, muku.
  • Rough wave, nalunalu.
  • Base of a breaker, honua nalu.
  • Bend of a wave, ʻopi nalu.
  • Tip of high waves, hokua.
  • A long-baked wave from the open sea, he ʻale kua loloa no ka moana (boast of a hero).
• References:
  • See surf, swell #2, tidal wave.

2. Motion. Ani, peʻahi, ani peʻahi; welo, welowelo, ʻōwelo, kōwelo, kōwelowelo, kālepa, kālepalepa (as a flag).

• Examples:
  • Long may it wave, e ani mau loa ia.
• Related:
  • Also: hoʻoāni, hoʻāli; hoʻokolili, kapalili (shake); konini, kuehu, pulelo, holu, holunape, kiani.