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1. Simulative prefix similar to haʻa-.

• References:
  • See haikea, hailawe, hailepo, hailuku, haipule, haiʻula, haiwa, Gram. 6.3.3.

2. See akahai.

• References:
  • PPN fai .

1. nvt., To break or snap, as a stick; broken; fracture, joint, break.

• Related:
  • hoʻohaʻi Caus/sim.; To cause a break.
• References:
  • Cf. haki, moku, nahā, wāhi.
  • PPN faki .

2. vt., To say, tell, mention, state, declare, confess.

• Examples:
  • Ka haʻi ʻana, the telling, annunciation.
  • Kona haʻi maoli ʻana i kona hewa, the true confession of his offense.
• References:
  • Cf. haʻina, haʻi pōkole.
  • PNP faki , PNP faaki .

3. loc.n., Edge, border (not used with the articles).

• Examples:
  • Lepo ma haʻi o ke kalo (Kep. 155), dirt on the edge of the taro.

4. vi., Coquettish, flirtatious; to flirt.

• Examples:
  • Ke holo mai nei ʻo Halaki haʻi ʻē nā pua i ke kula, as Charlotte rides along, the youngsters of the plains had become coy.
• Related:
  • hoʻohaʻi Caus/sim.

5. vi., To sway, bend.

• Examples:
  • Kāna hele hoʻohaʻi lua ʻana ma ka ʻaluheʻe nohoʻi maʻō a maʻaneʻi, her swaying walk, sagging this way and that.

6. n., House.

• Rare
• Source:
  • Kauaʻi.

7. pronoun, Someone else, another person; another place, elsewhere rare. Not used with articles: Gram. 8.2.

• Examples:
  • No haʻi, for someone else.
  • Aia nō iā haʻi nā ʻāina o mākou (Neh. 5.5), other men have our lands.
  • Hoʻolei ke ʻaʻā apau ma haʻi ā maikaʻi, throw all the stones somewhere else so [the garden] will be fine.

1. nvt., Offering, sacrifice; to offer, sacrifice.

• Examples:
  • Hai nō ʻo ʻAikanaka iā ʻoe i luna o ka lele (FS 87), ʻAikanaka will sacrifice you on the altar.
  • Hai kanaka, to offer human sacrifice; to kill for a human sacrifice.
• References:
  • Cf. hai ʻai, haialo, haiau, haipule, heiau.
  • PNP fai .

2. Same as hahai, to follow.

• References:
  • PCP fai , PCP sai .

3. vt., To hire, employ.

• Source:
  • English
• Examples:
  • Ka hai ʻana, the employment, hiring.