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