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ʻapi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Soft spot in the temples; soft part of the human body between the pelvic cone and the lowest rib; under part of an animal's body (sometimes preceded by ke).

2. nvi., A surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus 🌐), 20 cm long.

  • References:
    • PPN hapi.

3. nvi., Fish gills; to breathe through gills.

4. vi., To palpitate, throb, tremble, shake, quiver; to beat, as the pulse; to stir, as waves; palpitation, quivering.

5. n., A decoy stick basket with a wide opening; it was baited, and after the fish were accustomed to coming for food, a trap was substituted.

  • Examples:
    • Ke ao 'ō'ō, ke ʻapi wai (FS 201), the sharp-pointed cloud, the water basket (a cloud full of rain].

6. To gather together, as people or things.

  • References:
    • And.

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-āpī

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

hōʻāpī Stingy; to withhold.

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A-PI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To gather together, as people to one spot; to bring into a small compass, as baggage; e api mai a uuku.

A-PI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To flap, as the gills of a fish when breathing out of water.

2. To shake, as a cocoanut leaf in the breeze.

3. To tremble, as the liver of a hog when killed.

4. To throb; to beat, as the pulse.

5. To be greedy; to covet this and that thing.

A-PI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The gills of a fish; same as mahamaha.

2. The fins with which a fish swims.

3. The beating of the pulse.

4. Greediness; covetousness; ke api o ka ia nui pimoe.

5. A small net.

6. The name of a very flat fish.

ʻapi

/ ă'-pĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., The gills of a fish. Syn: Mahamaha.

2. n., The fins of a fish, which serve to propel, balance, or steer it in water.

3. n., A palpitation; a throb; a beat.

4. n., A round bag-shaped net of very fine mesh. Syn: Apai.

5. n., A species of flat fish (Platophrys pantherinus). Also known as pakii.

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Api (ă'-pĭ), v.

/ ă'-pĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To strike at, with or as with a flap; to flap.

2. To tremble; to shake; . to quiver.

3. To palpitate; to throb; to beat, as the pulse.

4. See opi.

ʻapi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Sailfin tang or sailfin surgeonfish (Zebrasoma veliferum). It has a zebra-striped body and grows to 16 inches. It may be seen as individuals or in small schools.

ʻāpi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Decoy stick-basket with a large mouth, replaced later by a trap of very small mesh.

ʻapi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To throb, beat, as a pulse.

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