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n. Joining, suture, joint. Rare. Cf. hoa 2, and below.

hōʻai

/ hō.ʻai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To feed.

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Nā LepiliTags: food

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v. Ho for hoo, and ai, food.

1. To stir up; to mix; to make poi thin with water that it may be fit for eating.

2. To unite two things together, as by stretching or sewing kapas together.

3. To be singular in one's conduct or deportment.

s. The union of things sewed together; ka hoopili ana ma na hookuina.

2. In anatomy, a suture; a joining; hoai manawa, coronal suture; hoai kaupaku, sagittal; hoai kala, lambdoidal; hoai maha, temporal suture, &c.

Hoai (hō-ā'i), n.

/ hō-ā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The joining of things sewed together: ka hoopili ana ma na hookuina.

2. In anatomy, a suture; a joining: hoai manawa, coronal suture; hoai kaupaku, sagittal; hoai kala, lambdoidal; hoai maha, temporal suture, etc.

Hoai (hō-ā'i), v.

/ hō-ā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To set into; to put into; to insert.

To thin with water to make a good consistency of poi.

To sew or stretch two pieces of kapa together; to thin poi with water in preparation for eating. (A.)

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