moehewa

Hawaiian

Etymology

moe (“to sleep”) +‎ hewa (“to be wrong”). Compare with Maori moehewa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmo.eˈhe.wa/, [ˌmo.wɛˈhɛ.ʋə]

Verb

moehewa

  1. to figit, talk, or walk in one's sleep
  2. to have a nightmare

Further reading

Maori

Etymology

From moe (“sleep”) +‎ hewa (“deluded”). Compare with Hawaiian moehewa.

Verb

moehewa

  1. to dream
  2. to delude oneself

Noun

moehewa

  1. dream

Further reading

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