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ahi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Fire, match, lightning; to burn in a fire, destroy by fire.

  • Examples:
    • Ahi wela, hot fire, love hot as fire.
    • Hōʻā ahi, to light a fire.
    • Hoʻopau ahi, kinai ahi, to put out a fire.
  • Related:
    • Leho ahi, a cowry shell used for octopus fishing, colored red by toasting over fire.
    • Ipo ahi, fiery, ardent lover.
    • Ke ahi o Kamaile, the famous firebrands thrown over cliffs at Kamaile, Kauaʻi.
    • Ahi ʻauhau, firebrand.
  • References:

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ʻahi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. Hawaiian tuna fishes, especially the yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares), an important fish in the Honolulu market.

  • Related:
    • The name ʻahi may be qualified by the terms hiʻu wīwī (thin tail) or kaʻakaʻalāʻau, kaha uli (dark stripe), kananā (young stage, literally, the defiant one; cf. he aha sananā), kihikihi or ʻōpū hemo (loose belly), lepalepa, maha ʻōʻō (piercing brow), mālailena, maoli, pālaha, and poʻo nui (large head).
  • References:
    • PNP kasi.

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ahi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,
  • Related:
    • Pale ahi. Flame retardant.

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A-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A fire; he ahi e a ana, a burning fire.

A-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Name of the fish called albicore.

Ahi (ā'-hī), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Fire: he ahi e a ana, a burning fire.

2. The albicore. A fish of the mackerel family (Germo germo). It reaches a large size. Color, dark above with steel-blue reflections; silvery below.

ʻahi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) has a tunalike body and a very

ahi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hook for catching the bonito, yellow-fin tuna.

ʻahi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Albacore or yellowfin tuna, fish forbidden to women. (CMH.)

AHI

Haw to Eng, Wehiwehi Baibala (1872),

I. Ma ka Baibala, ua ikea mai o Iehova iloko o ke ahi i kekahi manawa; pela hoi i ka laalaau e aa ana, a ma mauna Sinai no hoi, Puk. 3:2; 19:18; a ma Hal. 18, a ma Habakuka. 'Me ke ahi e lapalapa ana,' ka hele hou mai ana o Kristo, 2 Tes. 1:8. Ma ke Kauoha Hou, he hoailona ia o ka hoomalamalama ana a me ka hoomaemae ana o ka Uhane Hemolele, Mat. 3:11; Oih. 2:3. Maliu mai ke Akua i ka mohai, i kona hoouna mai ana i ke ahi mai ka lani mai e hoopau ai; pela i ka Abela, Kin. 4:4; i ka Aberahama, Kin. 15:17; i ka Manoa, Lun. 13:19, 20; i ka Elia, 1 Nalii 18:38; pela hoi i ka hoolaa ana i ka halelewa a me ka luakini, Oihk. 9:24; 2 Oihlii. 7:1. Ua hoana e ia keia ahi laa e na kahuna, Is. 31:9. Ma kekahi mau hoomana kahiko, ua hoomanaia ke ahi ; a ua hooheleia na keiki ia Moleka, 2 Nalii 17:17; Ier. 7:31. Ez. 16:21; 23:37: Ma na hale o ka poe Iudaio, he wahi ahi hoomehana i kekahi kapa uuku no ka makahiki, he ahi hoomoa i ka ai no hoi. He ahi lanahu no ka lakou e hoomehana ai i kekahi manawa, Ier. 36:22, 23; Luk. 22:55. Ua papaia lakou, aole e hoa i ke ahi i ka la Sabati. Pili no kekahi kanawai o Mose i ka mea hoa i ke ahi ma ke kula, a pau ka hua palaoa i ke ahi, i ka wa makalii, Puk. 22:6. E pau ananei ka honua i ke ahi, 2 Pet. 3:7. Moakaka paha ia i ka pau ana o Sodoma i ke ahi, a ma na olai a me na luapele o ka honua nei.

ahi

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

(ke) ahi fire.

‘ahi

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

(ke) ‘ahi albicore.

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