- call
- 1. To speak out. Hea, kāhea;♦ call, as in welcome, heahea, pā kāhea, pāheahea.Also: kūhea, oho, eō, kalahea, walo, uwalo, uolo, waloina, walowalo, wawalo, kala'au.♦ Call the roll, hea inoa.♦ Call to eat, kāhea 'ai.♦ Call loudly, kāhea leo nui.♦ Call over and over, heahea.♦ Call the first lines of a stanza by the dancer as a cue to the chanter, kāhea.♦ A call to chickens, kolo, kolo, kolo!♦ A call to pigs, kō, kō!♦ A call to petrel birds, kue, kue, kue!2. To give a name. Kapa.3. To visit. Kipa.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.