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vt., To dig, excavate.

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v. To loosen or break up earth; to dig in the ground, as a pit, hole or ditch; e kohi; e eli oukou i ka lua a poopoo, dig the pit until it is deep; alaila, e kanu aku i ka laau, then plant the tree; ua eli lakou i ka auwaha a hohonu, they dug a ditch very deep.

Eli (ĕ'-lī), v.

/ ĕ'-lī / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To break the soil; to break up, as for cultivation; to dig.

2. To form or make by excavating or digging; to hollow out: E eli i ka lua a poopoo; dig the pit until it is deep.

I. he kahunanui o ka poe Iudaio; oia ka mua o ka ohana o Itamara, 1 Sam. 2:27. Oia kekahi i hooponopono i ka Iseraela i na makahiki he kanaha. Ua kaulana no ia no ka hoikaika a me ka haipule, aka, aole malama pono ia i kana mau keiki; no ia mea, haule mai ka poino mai ke Akua niai ma kona hale, 1 Sam. 3:11-18. I ke kaua ana me ko Pilisetia, ua pepehiia kana mau keiki elua, a ua pio ka Iseraela; aka, o ka lawepioia'na o ka pahu o ke Akua, oia ka mea e eha nui ai kona naau, 1 Sam. 4. Ua hooko loa ia ka olelo hooweliweli a ke Akua i ka wa o Abiatara. E nana ABIATARA.

to dig.

Keiki hanai.

eli (ʻeli). To break the soil; to break up, as for cultivation; to dig; to form or make by excavating or digging; to hollow out (AP).

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