“Kūmole” (KOO-moh-lay) means “reference material, such as a dictionary.”
“Wehewehe” (VEH-hey-VEH-hey) means “to explain” in Hawaiian. A “puke wehewehe” is a dictionary - an “explanation book.”
This app is an online Hawaiian-English/English-Hawaiian dictionary, a native-app wrapper around the dictionary services provided by the excellent resource WEHEWEHE.ORG. As such, an active Internet connection is required to use this app.
References
- Online web services by WEHEWEHE.ORG.
- Hawaiian Dictionary (Pukui/Elbert dictionary) Copyright © 2003 by University of Hawaiʻi Press.
- Māmaka Kaiao Copyright © 2003 by ʻAha Pūnana Leo and Hale Kuamoʻo.
- Place Names of Hawaiʻi (Pukui/Elbert/Mookini) Copyright © 1974, 2004 by University of Hawaiʻi Press.
- Hawaiʻi Place Names (John R.K. Clark) Copyright © 2002, 2004 by University of Hawaiʻi Press.
