1. n., Bitter yam (Dioscorea bulbifera 🌐, synonym D. sativa), a vine with cylindrical stem, heart-shaped leaves, small tuberous root, round aerial tubers. The tubers, used only in times of famine, need long washing to make them fit to eat.
2. Same as hoihoi.
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1. vi. To leave, go or come back; to cause to come back. Cf. hoʻi hou. Hoʻi loa, to go or come permanently. E hoʻi ana au, I'm leaving. O hoʻi, go then. E hoʻi mai, come back. ʻA ʻole e hoʻi kō wahine ia mau hana (FS 273), these things won't cause your wife to return. (PPN foki.)
2. vi. To enter, as an institution or last resting place. Ua hoʻi i ke kula, has entered school.
3. n. A parting chant to which hula dancers dance as they leave the audience.
4. nvt. Marriage of a chief with the daughter of a brother or sister; to do so (a means of increasing the rank of the offspring). (Malo 55.)
5. Part. intensifying preceding base. See kāhoʻi, nohoʻi, Gram. 7.5. ʻElua hoʻi, just two; two indeed. ʻAʻohe hoʻi au i lohe, I certainly did not hear. (PPN foki.)
6. part. Also, too, besides. (Gram. 7.5.) ʻAʻole hoʻi, neither. (PPN foki.)
7. Part. expressing doubt, uncertainty. (Gram. 7.5.) Pehea hoʻi, how indeed, I don't know. He mea aha hoʻi! What indeed for!
hehele To revert, as in computer program. Dic., ext. mng. Hoʻi i ka mālama. To revert to previous save.
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v. To return; to go back; with hou, to return again; imperatively, e hoi, and o hoi, go back; return.
adv. Also; besides; moreover; indeed; an intensive word; no hoi, also; besides.
s. The name of a vine bearing a bulbous root, eaten in time of scarcity, acrid to the taste.
s. The name of a state of marriage among chiefs.
An intensive adverb which emphasizes the next word or phrase. Also; besides; moreover; indeed; no hoi, also; besides.
1. A species of yam (Dioscorea sativa), common in the forests of the lower elevations. It was cultivated for the supply of ships before the introduction of the potato.
2. An ancient system of polygamy practiced among the chiefs and permitted only to chiefs.
To go back. Hoi is seldom used alone, but is followed by the adverbs, mai, aku, hou, loa, wale, etc., as: hoi mai, come back; hoi aku, go back; hoi hou, go again or come again; hoi loa, go for good, or not to return; hoi wale, to return only, that is, with nothing.
State of marriage among chiefs; to intermarry, as a chief marrying the daughter of a brother or sister in order to increase the rank of the offspring.
To return, go back.
Bitter yam (Dioscorea bulbifera), a vine with a round stem, heart-shaped leaves, small tuberous roots, and round aerial tubers (ʻalaʻala) at the leaf axils. Neither the root nor aerial tuber were commonly eaten except in time of famine. (NEAL 230.)
Wild, bitter yam (Dioscorea bulbifera), called piʻoi on Kauaʻi. It is a vine with a round stem, heart-shaped leaves, and small tubers (laʻala) that develop on the aerial stems and produce plants when they fall off. It is prolific and an uncultivated plant. The aerial tubers are poisonous but in time of famine can be eaten if thoroughly washed and cooked. (HP 167–168.)
to go back: also, besides.
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