1. nvt. Obstruction, hindrance, block, bar, screen; to obstruct, hinder, block, defend, stand in the way, oppose, hamper. Cf. ala'ala, ānai. Ālai maka, to fascinate the eyes, as beauty. Ua ālai ʻia ʻoia e ka hilahila ā hiki ʻole ke pane aku, he was hindered by embarrassment and could not answer. (PPN ʻaarai.)
2. n. Two sticks carried with the akua loa in the makahiki festival; they were used to mark the boundry of the taboo area.
vs. Gentle, as a breeze. Cf. laʻi.
v. To obstruct; to hinder one in any way; ua alai ia e ka hilahila a hiki ole ka pane aku, he or she was hindered by shame and could not answer. Laieik. 127. To block up a door or passage by sitting down in it.
2. To form a circle round one for his defense in danger.
3. To defend; oppose one.
4. To be so thronged as not to see out, NOTE.—The double form, alalai, is more generally used. Ua alai ia, ua paapu loa, aole ike aku kahi mea, ho was thronged thickly, he could not see out.
An obstruction; a hindrance.
1. To obstruct; to hinder one in any way: Ua alai ia e ka hilahila a hiki ole ke pane aku, he or she was hindered by shame and could not answer.
2. To block up a door or passage by sitting down in it.
3. To form a circle round one for his defense in danger.
4. To defend; to oppose one.
5. To be so thronged as not to see out: Ua alai ia, ua paapu loa, aole ike aku kahi mea; he was thronged thickly, he could not see out. (The double form, alalai, is more generally used.)
To oppose, obstruct. Ua ālai e ka hilahila a hiki ʻole ke pane aku, he/she was hindered by shame and could not answer.
obstruction : to hinder.
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