ʻike

ʻike

[Hawaiian Dictionary (Hawaiian)]

1. nvt. To see, know, feel, greet, recognize, perceive, experience, be aware, understand; to know sexually (For. 4:275); to receive revelations from the gods; knowledge, awareness, understanding, recognition, comprehension and hence learning; sense, as of hearing or sight; sensory, perceptive, vision. Cf. anaina ʻike aliʻi, ʻike loa. ʻIke nui ʻia, well known, famous. ʻIke ʻē, foresee. ʻIke mamao, far-sighted. ʻIke pōkole, near-sighted. ʻIke wale ʻia, easily seen, conspicuous. Aniani hoʻonui ʻike, magnifying glass, telescope, microscope. Hāiki ka ʻike, narrow-minded, ʻIke aku, ʻike mai, to recognize one another. Ē Leo, e hele mai e ʻike i kō hoahānau, Leo, come and greet your cousin. Pau ka ʻike, to lose consciousness. ʻIke hoʻomaopopo, conscious, consciousness. Ua hele au e ʻike i kuʻu hoaloha; ua pau ka ʻike, pau ka lohe, I went to see my friend, he was in a coma, neither seeing or hearing. He ʻike kumu, he ʻike lau, he ʻike lono, he ʻike pū ʻawa hiwa; Ka ʻike ia āu ē ke akua (hula prayer), a knowledge basic, a knowledge flowering, a knowledge heard, a knowledge from kava offerings; this is the knowledge from you, O god. hō.ʻike.

a. To show, make known, display, tell, exhibit, reveal, indicate, inform, report, notify, explain, testify, cause to know or seen, discover, announce, allege; acquaint; testimony, notice, information; identifying characteristics, as of land claims; proof, token guide, exhibition. Hōʻike maopopo aku, to demonstrate clearly. Hōʻike ʻōlelo, grammar. Haʻawina hōʻike, examination, test. Hōʻike ā maka, hōʻike ākea, to reveal openly and clearly. Hōʻike ʻana, show, exhibition, (cap.) Revelation (Biblical). Hōʻike ʻano, description, example, illustration; to tell the nature of, describe. Hōʻike honua, geography. Hōʻike hoʻopōkole, shortened review, synopsis, sketch, summary, outline, resumé. Hōʻike manawa, chronology. Hōʻike panakō, bank statement or report. Palapala hōʻike, affidavit, report.

b. Witness, as in court. Hōʻike hoʻopunipuni, hōike wahaheʻe, false witness; to lie, commit perjury. Hōʻike paʻa, witness, one who confirms. Hōʻike pākuʻi, rebuttal.

c. School commencement; to hold commencement.

d. Congregational convention of various Sunday Schools with singing and recitation. Nā hōʻike makahiki, the annual conventions. (PPN kite.)

2. interj. of scorn in the phrase: I ka ʻike! What does [he, she] know!