- open
- There is no general term; the main usages follow:1. Usually intransitive, a state of being open, as a door. Hāmama; makili, mikili, nakili, ho'omakili (as a crack); kūnihi; ka'aka'a (as eyes); ākea.Also: poale, pōaleale, ulehe, ulehelehe, kauhola, 'uhola, hoaka, hunāhunā 'ole, 'ōwehewehe, wahalehe, uhalehe, 'oma.♦ Open to the public (as open house), ho'ohāmama 'ia i ka lehulehu.2. As a flower. Mōhala, ho'omōhala, mōhalu, molokala, pohala, makala, mokala, ōpū, 'ōme'o.3. Transitive, as a door, package. Wehe, 'uwehe, 'uehe, weke, wekeweke, hemo, māwehe, māweke; hu'e (as an oven); 'ūpā, hā'upā; ho'ohāmama, 'ōlepe; ho'oka'aka'a (as eyes).
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.