1. vt., To snatch, grab, take by force, seize, abduct, usurp; to gasp, labor for breath.
Examples:
Kāʻili malū, to seize or abduct secretly, kidnap.
Moku kāʻili lā, sun-snatching island [Lehua Island or sometimes Kauaʻi, since they lie to the west].
Ka wai kāʻili ao, liquid that snatches away enlightenment [intoxicants].
Related:
hoʻokāʻili Caus/sim. ; To tug and pull as though to snatch, but not with great force, as in playing with a kitten; to cause a snatching, etc.
References:
See song, Elbert and Mahoe 58–9.
PCP taakili.
2. vt., To cast for fish.
3. n., Fine net as used for ʻōpelu fishing.
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n., Runner on sweet potato vine; string of fish, string or fiber of any kind on which fish are strung.
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Related:
Mana kāʻili o ke aupuni . Eminent domain, i.e. the right of the government to take, or to authorize taking, the private property of a citizen for public use with just compensation being given to the citizen whose property has been taken.
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1. v., To snatch; to take away; to take by force; to take away, as one's pleasure and joy. Ioan . 16:22. To take away one's right. Kin . 31:31. To spoil or rob one's glory. Kol . 2:15.
2. To give up; to depart, as the spirit of a dying person; kaili ke aho, to catch for the breath. See AILI. To breathe the last. Kin . 35:18.
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s., Name of a fish net from its use, to take away.
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adj., Waiwai kaili , spoil. Ezek . 7:21. Manu kaili wale, a ravenous bird. Ezek . 39:4.
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s., He mea kaili , extortion; a taking by force.
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s., The act of taking fish with a hook. See aili .
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s., The name of the great feather god of Kamehameha.
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1. n., Name of a fish net from its use, to take away.
2. n., Extortion; a taking by force: he mea kaili.
Nā Lepili ｜ Tags fauna fish
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the small district. Land section, Hana, Maui.
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1. v., To snatch; to take away; to take by force.
2. v., To take away, as one's pleasure and joy; to take away one's right; to spoil or rob one's glory.
3. v., To take all.
4. v., To labor for breath; to breathe as it were by snatches
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1. n., Mode of fishing with hook and line, without rod, called kaili from the twitching or hasty snatching in taking the fish.
2. n., Act of taking fish by this method.
3. n., The great feather god of Kamehameha; also called Kukailimoku .
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adj., Plundered; a word used to describe seized property: Waiwai kaili; plundered property.
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Stream and land, Kīpahulu qd., Maui , owned by Kaʻahumanu and made into a place of refuge (puʻuhonua ) by Kamehameha I.
Nā Lepili ｜ Tags Maui
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Small land section, Hālawa Valley, Molokaʻi , with a place of refuge (puʻuhonua ) of the same name.
Street, Kalihi Waena, Honolulu, Oʻahu , perhaps named for Kamehameha's feather god, Kūkāʻilimoku (island-snatching Kū). According to TM, the Hutchinson family who lived here kept the name Kāʻili Kapu in honor of this god.
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To take away. This word can be applied to a fishing net for that is its use. ʻAʻili, to take fish with a hook.
To snatch or take away, as with a net or line; might be called a snatching net; a net for mackerel.
Great feather god of Kamehameha the Great and the line of chiefs from which he came. Also called Kūkaʻili. See Kūkaʻili- moku.
Abbreviation of name of Kamehamehaʻs war god, Kūkāʻili- moku; Ku, the island snatcher.
to snatch; take by force; jerk fish line; labor for breath.
1. Seized property (AP). 2. Extortion; to take by force; to take away one’s right.
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