wehi

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• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.hi/, [ˈʋɛ.hi]

wehi

1. decoration, ornament

wehi

1. (transitive) to decorate

• hoʻowehi (“beautify”, verb)
• wehiwehi (“festive”, verb)

• wehi in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

From Proto-Polynesian *fesi.

wehi

1. dread, fear

wehi (passive wehingia)

1. to be terrible
2. to be afraid, fearful

wehi

1. terrific, awful

• whakawehi
• wewehi
• wehiwehi

• mataku

• “wehi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu. Compare Tolai bonu, Chuukese wiin, Gilbertese on, Fijian vonu, Tongan fonu.

• IPA^(key): /weːj/

wehi

1. turtle