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ʻāhai

kikinonoun / ʻā.hai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Commemorative wooden or stone pillar (probably short for ʻā hailona, symbolic stone).

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ʻāhaʻi

hamanitransitive verb / ʻā.haʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To carry off, chase, rout; to flee, run away.

  • Examples:
    • Ka ʻāhaʻi ʻana i nā poʻe haʻihaʻi kānāwai, the pursuit of lawbreakers.

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ʻāhaʻi

kikinonoun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Halfback, in football.

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Nā LepiliTags: sports football

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1. v., To take away; to carry off; to bear away. Laieik.18. Hence,

2. To flee; to be routed, as men in battle.

3. To flee from fear; to forsake the care of; ua ahai na makua i na keiki, aole hoihoi hou mai i ke kula, the parents took no care of the children, and did not send them back to school.

4. To arrive, as a set day or proper time for doing a thing; ahai ia ka la e hakaka ai.

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ahai

kikinonoun / A-HAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The name of a pillar, wood or stone, which a chief sets up in memory of some great exploit. The exploit itself is a pao (arch.) Alaila, kau ka ahai maluna iho o na pao.

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ahai

ʻaʻanostative verb / A-HAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Breaking off and carrying away; ka manu ahai kanu awa e, the bird clipping the twig of a tree and planting it elsewhere; poetical.

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ahai

ʻaʻanostative verb / ā-hā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Breaking off and carrying away: ka manu ahai kanu awa e, the bird clipping the twig of a tree and planting it elsewhere.

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ahai

kikinonoun / ā-hā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The name of a pillar, wood or stone, which a chief sets up in memory of some great exploit: Alaila, kau ka ahai malua iho o na pao, Therefore the pillar is erected on the arch, or prop.

Nā LepiliTags: aliʻi

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1. v., To take away; to carry off; to bear away. (Laieik. p. 18.) Hence,

2. v., To flee; to be routed, as men in battle.

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Name of a pillar, wood, or stone, set up by a chief in memory of some great exploit. A pao was the arch, prop, or excavation.

To flee, run away, carry off, chase.

Pillar of wood or stone set up by a chief in memory of some great exploit.

break off and take away.

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