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nvs., Herbage, grass, greenery; bushy or fuzzy, as a beard; fluffy.

  • Examples:
    • Hele ana i ka ʻohi weuweu, going to gather herbs [often said when going fishing, which it was bad luck to mention].
    • Nalo i loko o ka weuweu, lost in the herbage [sometimes said of a love affair].
  • References:

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ʻaʻano Herbaceous, of plants, having no woody tissue. Dic., new mng.

s. A general name for herbage; grass; green grass. Kanl. 11:15.

2. Name of a fish to be caught only in the night; hence,

3. FIG. Success in night iniquity.

Weuweu (wē'-ŭ-wē'-u), n.

/ wē'-ŭ-wē'-u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A general name for herbage; grass; green grass.

2. Fig. Success in secret; licentious practices in the open or out of doors.

Small, round herring (Sprattelloides delicatulus). Slate colored above, silvery below. Reaches four inches in length. It is said that it can only be caught at night, hence its figurative meaning “success in night iniquity.” See pīhā.

General name for grasses and herbs. (Kanl. 11:15.)

General name for herbage; grass; green grass; a clump of grass or greenery, as placed on the altar honoring the goddess Laka. (PE.)

General name for grass, bushy or fuzzy; name of a fish caught only in the night; hence, the figurative expression, “success in night iniquity?”

herbage; grass.

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