kaʻiʻi
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kāʻiʻī
/ kā.ʻiʻī /vi., Hard, rigid; stingy, close-fisted, hard-hearted, harsh; to refuse help; to deny a request; to strut pompously; persistent.
- Examples:
- ʻOluʻolu ʻole au e noho nei ke kani kāʻiʻī a ke oeoe (chant for Kapiʻolani), I sit here in discomfort, with the persistent, hard blowing of the whistle.
- References:
- Cf. ʻiʻī, hard.
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kaii
/ KAI-I /v., To walk buttoned up tightly; to strut; to be vain.
2. To turn away; to refuse to listen to one's request.
3. To be stingy; to be close-fisted. See HOII.
4. To tie up the throat; to choke.
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kaii
/ KA-II /s., A kind of net for taking fish.
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kaii
/ kā'-i'i /n., [Ka, the, and ii, or iii, species of the tree fern.] The tree fern.
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kaii
/ kā'-ī'-ī /n., A kind of net for taking fish. Syn: Kaili.
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kaii
/ kā'-i'i /1. v., To strut; to be vain.
2. v., To deny a request; to turn away from one asking help.
3. v., To be stingy; to be close-fisted.
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kaʻiʻi
Small-meshed net.
kaiʻi
The clicking sound heard in Hawaiian speech, owing to an occasional dropping of an obsolete k sound, is called kaiʻi.
kāʻiʻī
To walk buttoned up tightly; to strut; to be vain; to be stingy or closefisted.
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