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ʻakī

/ ʻa.kī / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., Hair switch; knot fastening plaits or braids of hair; to add long strands of hair.

  • Examples:
    • Ua ʻākī ʻia ka lauoho, ua like ka lōʻihi o ka ʻākī me ka pūpū olonā, the hair is lengthened with long switches; the switches are as long as olonā bunches.

2. vt., To furl, as sails.

3. Same as kikī, fast.

  • Rare

Nā LepiliTags: rare

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1. nvt., To take a nip and let go, snap; to nibble, as fish; to bite off the bark of sugar cane to heal, as a wound; to scar over; sharp recurring pain, as in head or stomach. Figuratively, to attack, taunt, malign, snap at; slander (Hal. 50.20); backbiter (Roma 1.30).

  • Examples:
    • ʻŌpū ʻaki, severe stomach-ache.
    • ʻAki ka nuku, to press the lips tightly together.
    • Pēlā e lilo ai ia i mea i hōʻino ʻia ai, i mea e ʻaki ai (Ezek. 5.15), so it shall be a reproach and a taunt.
  • References:
    • PNP kati.

2. n., Height, tip, top (preceded by ke).

  • Examples:
    • Kū i ke ʻaki, to stand at the top [to have success].

3. n., Pillow.

4. n., Block on which a canoe is placed on the shore.

5. vs., Filled, as a canoe with waves.

6. Same as ʻakiʻaki #2, a rush.

  • References:
    • KL. line 66.

Nā LepiliTags: preceded by ke

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

v. To bite; to bite in two, as a thread; to bite, as in peeling sugar-cane or cocoanut; e aki i ke ko, e aki i ka niu.

2. To backbite; to speak reproachfully of one behind him; to taunt. Ezek. 5:15.

3. To spread false reports; aki wahahee, e ake e hewa ka mea hewa ole; to slander. Hal #50:20. NOTE—Some of the meanings of aki are similar to ake. This verb has various forms; as, aki, aaki, aaaki, akiaki, which see in their places.

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v. To begin to heal or scar over, as a wound.

2. To lop or double down, as the top of A sail when there is much wind; aki ko oukou pea; from aki, locks of hair, &c.; see below.

s. Locks of hair left behind the head, while all above is shorn off; ho lauoho aki loloa mahope; ka aki lauoho pupuni waiwai.

2. Backbiting; speaking ill of another.

s. The stools on which canoes are placed when standing on shore.

adj. Backbiting; reviling. Rom. 1:30.

s. A disease; the headache.

Aki (ă'-kĭ), n.

/ ă'-kĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The stools on which canoes are placed when standing on shore.

2. A pillow.

3. Pain in the head; the headache.

4. Slander; a false report maliciously uttered.

Aki (ā'-ki):

/ ā'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

canoe trestle. Land section, Lahaina, Maui.

Aki (ă-kĭ), v.

/ ă-kĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To cut with the teeth; to bite; to wound or cut in two with the teeth.

2. To backbite; to speak reproachfully of one absent; to taunt.

3. To spread false reports: Aki wahahee, e ake e hewa ka mea hewa ole; to slander. (This verb has various forms. See aaki, aaaki, akiaki.)

4. To seize with the teeth and tear off. as in peeling sugar cane or husking the coconut.

5. To begin to heal or scar over, as a wound.

Aki (ā-kī'), n.

/ ā-kī' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

The knot that fastens the separate plaits or braids of hair in one lock; the plait itself after it is knotted: He lauoho aki loloa mahope; ke aki lauoho pupuni waiwai.

Aki (a'-ki), n.

/ a'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A high place or station: Noho o Lahainaluna i ke aki, Lahainaluna sits on the heights.

Aki (ă'-kĭ), adj.

/ ă'-kĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Backbiting; reviling.

ʻAki

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land division, Lahaina qd., Maui.

* Pronunciation and meaning are uncertain.

Nā LepiliTags: Maui

Papa helu loliWehewehe Wikiwiki update log

Stools on shore on which canoes were placed for care. See lona.

To slander, spread false reports.

Locks of hair left behind the head after the hair above is shorn off. Also, long switches of hair added to the wearerʻs own locks.

Pillow. See uluna.

Sharp, recurring pain in the head or stomach; headache. To begin to heal or scar over, as a wound. (HPL.)

to bite, cut with teeth, backbite.

A high place or station (HE) (T).

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