hemo

Meaning

To loosen, to untie; detached

Example sentences

• E ʻoluʻolu, ʻoiai kaʻu kaula, no ka mea, pono e hemo ia.

  Please hold my rope, because it needs to be loosened.

• Ua hemo ka pōhaku mai ka pā ma muli o ka ua nui.

  The stone became detached from the wall because of the heavy rain.

• Ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka hale, pono wau e hemo i koʻu mau kāmaʻa.

  Before going inside the house, I need to take off my shoes.

About this word

“hemo” is a Hawaiian verb meaning To loosen, to untie; detached. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Everyday. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.