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pretend; imitative, pretending. ʻA hoʻohele, to eat in an imitative fashion. Nīnau hoʻohele, indirect questioning.
3. vi. When, by the time that (usually followed by ā). Hele ā pau kēia, ua hala nā makahiki ʻelua, by the time that is finished, two years will be gone.
4. vs. following others bases, imparting idea of everywhere, here and there, continuously. Holo hele, to run here and there or continuously. Huli hele, to search everywhere. Nui nō kona ho ʻounauna hele i kāna keiki, he continuously sends his child on errands.
5. n. A relationship term. See hele hope, hele mua.
6. nvt. To tie, bind, lash, make fast; noose, snare. Ua kama ʻia i nā kaula a i hele ʻia, tied with ropes and bound. (PPN sele.)
7. vt. To divide, cut apart. Rare. Cf. mahele. (PPN sele.)
helea
Pas/imp. of hele 1, 6. Helea kāua (Nak. 117), let's go.
hele.ā.wai
vi. To flow like water. Ke heleāwai nei ke koko, blood flows like water.
hele au
vi. To go drifting along. (For. 5:509.)
Helee.kela, Hereekela
n. The planet Uranus, formerly called Hershel for its discoverer, Sir William Hershel, in 1781.
hele.hele
Redup. of hele 7; to cut up, divide; divided; filled with ruts, as a road. (PPN selesele.)
-hele.hele
hoʻo.hele.hele To help someone walk; to take walking, as a dog. Cf. hele 1.
hele.helei
Redup. and intensifier of helei 1, 2.
hele.helena
n. Features, face. Kona helehelena maka (Dan. 10.6), his face.
-hele.hele ʻō.lelo
hoʻo.hele.hele ʻō.lelo. To lead up to a subject in a roundabout way, hint, suggest.
hele hewa
vi. To go wrong, take the wrong path, go astray, err.
hele honua
1. vi. To go suddenly, early, or for no apparent reason.
2. vt. To tie or bind beforehand, as in preparation for a journey.
hele hope
nvi. Younger brother or sister; descendant of a younger brother or sister; to go behind.
helei
1. vi. To straddle. hoʻo.helei Caus/sim. Noho hoʻohelei i ka ʻūhā, to sit with legs stretched far apart [considered indecent].
2. nvi. Stretched sideways, as the mouth; pulled down, as an eyelid with a finger (these were signs of contempt); inflammatory disease of the eye with a drawing down of the lower lid. See saying, maka helei. hoʻo.helei To pull down, as the eyelid; to stretch, as the mouth. (PCP felei.)
hele kau.hale
vi. To go from house to house, gad.
hele.kika, heretika
n. Heretic. Eng.
hele kikī
vi. To go quickly, fast.
hele.kū
vi. To walk upright, wade.
hele kū.kū
vi. To go by fits and starts, jerk.
helela, herela
n. Herald. Eng.
hele.lei
n. Quick-bearing kind of sweet potato. (Kam. 76:27.)
hele.leʻi, hele.lei
nvs. Falling; scattered, as rain, tears, grain; crumbling, as the earth; dilapidated; to shed, as a dog's hair. Cf. heheleleʻi. Mea heleleʻi, small change [money]. I k_ana lūlū ʻana, heleleʻi ihola kekahi ma kapa alanui (Mat. 13.4), in his sowing, some fell by the wayside. hoʻo.hele.leʻi To scatter, sow; to fall, as rain. Ke hoʻoheleleʻi mai nei, it's beginning to rain. (Probably PPN felelei, a reciprocal derivative of lele.)
hele loa
vi. To go or come far; to go with no hope of returning. Haʻina ka puana, no ka lani hele loa, tell the refrain, for the king gone forever [song for Ka-lā-kaua, who died at San Francisco]. Kū ā hele loa, to get up and go without thought of returning [spoken in anger this can mean: get out and stay out].
hele lua
vi. To travel together, of two.
hele mali.hini
vi. To go to a place for the first time or as a stranger. Ka hele malihini ʻana mai kēia ao aku a hiki i kēlā ao, going for the first time from this world to that world [the Hawaiian title of The Pilgrim's Progress].
hele.mauna
n. A rare native variety of dry-land taro, with dark purplish petioles and white corms; grown on Hawaiʻi. (HP 18, 32.) Also piko ʻeleʻele.
hele mauna
nvi. To travel in the mountains; mountain climber.
hele mua
1. nvi. To go ahead; older sibling, descendant of an older sibling, senior.
2. Da capo (musical term).
helena
1. n. Going. (See idiom, oneʻā and below.) Hoʻokahi helena, pau ka hana, in no time at all the work was finished. Niau kololani ka helena, going quickly and silently.
2. Same as helehelena. Ka helena o ia pua, the appearance of this flower.
Helene
nvs. Greek, Grecian, Greece. (Gr. Hellenes.)
-hele ʻō.lelo
See -helehele ʻōlelo.
hele pē.lā
interj. Get out! Go away!
hele pū
vi. To go with, accompany.
hele.uma
n. Stone anchor, anchor. (Heb. 6.19.) Huki i ka heleuma, to weigh anchor.
hele wale
vi. To go naked; to go without fixed purpose or far and wide; to go empty-handed; to go without recompense. Hele wale ka wāwae, to go barefoot. ʻAʻohe uʻi hele wale o Kohala, no youth of Kohala goes empty-handed [a saying complimenting Kohala on the industry of its youth, who are well supplied with goods as result]. Ua hele wale ʻia nō kēia kai e aʻu, this sea has been sailed far and wide by me.
hele wā.wae
nvi. To walk, go on foot, hike; pedestrian. (Hawaiian pidgin ‘walk feet’ is probably a loan translation.)
hele wiki
nvi. Quick step, quick time; to go fast.
helio.kalope, hilio.kalupa
n. Introduced, sweet-scented heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens syn. H. corymbosum). (Neal 718.) Eng. Cf. hinahina 3.
helo
1. vi. To move back and forth rapidly; jerky pushing or sawing motion. Cf. helohelo, hula helo, ʻilihelo, ʻōhelo 2, 3.
2. n. Ramrod.
3. nvs. Red, as ʻōhelo berries; rosy. Cf. hehelo, helohelo, ʻōhelo. Kai helo, a red sauce made of fermented shrimps, salt, and coconut cream. (Probably PPN felo.)
helo.helo
Redup. of helo 1, 3; rosy, as cheeks. (Probably PPN felofelo.)
helu
1. nvt. To count, number, compute, take a census, figure, enumerate, list, include, impute (Oihk. 7.18); to assess, as taxes; to chant a list of names, as of genealogy; including, counting, enumeration, census, list, rate, number, figure, total, inventory; statistics. Cf. heluhelu, huahelu, uē helu. Helu ʻekahi, number one, best. Helu ʻole ʻia, not counted, excluded. Poʻe helu ukana, shipping clerks. He mau mea helu bālota, election tellers. Mīkina helu, adding machine; comptometer. He lehulehu loa kēia poʻe, ke helu ʻia nā kāne, a me nā wāhine, these people are very many, counting men and women. hoʻo.helu Caus/sim.; numerator, in fractions; a telling, explanation.
2. nvs. Arithmetic, score, reckoning, account; serial; volume (in a series); numbered. Pona helu, serial bond. Aʻo i ka helu, to learn arithmetic. Helu a nā kamaliʻi, children's counting [a game].
3. A few He mau lā helu wale nō i koe, only a few days left.
4. vt. To scratch the earth, as a hen; to dig with the fingers; to paw the earth, as an angry bull. See māhelu. Neʻepapa ka helu a ka lā i Puna-hoa, the sun scratched everywhere at Puna-hoa [a long fight]. (PPN selu.)
5. vt. To grumble, list offenses or complaints, especially about lack of gratitude or appreciation.
helua
Pas/imp. of helu 1, 4, 5. Ua helua e ka manawa a weluwelu (chant), scratched and torn by time.
helu ʻai
n.v. Scorekeeper; to keep score.
helu ʻano hui
n. Uneven totals, as ten bushels and three pecks.
helu ʻano like
n. Even numbers and totals, without fractions.
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