hāmeʻa

See also: hamea

Hawaiian

Etymology

From hā- +‎ meʻa (borrowed from Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”), cognate to Hawaiian mea).

Noun

hāmeʻa

  1. device, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingamajig
    Loaʻa kekahi hāmeʻa no ka hoʻāwīwī ʻana i ke paʻi ʻana.
    There's a device for speeding up the printing.

Derived terms
  • hāmeʻa huakomo
  • hāmeʻa huapuka
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