hāmeʻa
Hawaiian
Etymology
From hā- + meʻa (borrowed from Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”), cognate to Hawaiian mea).
Noun
hāmeʻa
- 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.
- Loaʻa kekahi hāmeʻa no ka hoʻāwīwī ʻana i ke paʻi ʻana.
Derived terms
- hāmeʻa huakomo
- hāmeʻa huapuka