"hele" meaning in Hawaiian

See hele in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈhe.le/, [ˈhɛ.lɛ] Forms: haele [alternative, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele and Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sele. Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-pol-pro|*sa‘ele}} Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele, {{der|haw|poz-cet-pro|-}} Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Head templates: {{head|haw|verb}} hele, {{tlb|haw|intransitive}} (intransitive)
  1. to walk, move Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hele-haw-verb-YmjbJa41 Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. to be mobile Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hele-haw-verb-a1GBkYSV Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. to become Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-hele-haw-verb-rV000xq8 Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: helekū, hoʻohele, hoʻohelehele

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "helekū"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hoʻohele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hoʻohelehele"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*sa‘ele"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele and Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sele.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "haele",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "hele",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to come",
          "text": "hele mai",
          "translation": "to come",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to go",
          "text": "hele aku",
          "translation": "to go",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk, move"
      ],
      "id": "en-hele-haw-verb-YmjbJa41",
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "handphone, cell phone",
          "text": "kelepona hele",
          "translation": "handphone, cell phone",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be mobile"
      ],
      "id": "en-hele-haw-verb-a1GBkYSV",
      "links": [
        [
          "mobile",
          "mobile"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You have gotten fat.",
          "text": "Ua hele ʻoe ā momona.",
          "translation": "You have gotten fat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "id": "en-hele-haw-verb-rV000xq8",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhe.le/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɛ.lɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hele"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian intransitive verbs",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Hawaiian verbs",
    "Pages with 17 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "yol:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "helekū"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoʻohele"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoʻohelehele"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*sa‘ele"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele and Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sele.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "haele",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "hele",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to come",
          "text": "hele mai",
          "translation": "to come",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to go",
          "text": "hele aku",
          "translation": "to go",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to walk, move"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "handphone, cell phone",
          "text": "kelepona hele",
          "translation": "handphone, cell phone",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be mobile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mobile",
          "mobile"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hawaiian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You have gotten fat.",
          "text": "Ua hele ʻoe ā momona.",
          "translation": "You have gotten fat.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhe.le/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhɛ.lɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hele"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hawaiian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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