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kāʻili

/ kā.ʻili / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

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].
  • 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.

  • References:
    • Malo 212.

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kāili

/ kā.ili / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Runner on sweet potato vine; string of fish, string or fiber of any kind on which fish are strung.

Nā LepiliTags: flora

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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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kaili

kikinonoun / KA-I-LI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Name of a fish net from its use, to take away.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

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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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Kaili

iʻoaproper noun / KA-I-LI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The name of the great feather god of Kamehameha.

Nā LepiliTags: religion

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kaili

kikinonoun / kā'-ī-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Name of a fish net from its use, to take away.

2. n., Extortion; a taking by force: he mea kaili.

Nā LepiliTags: fauna fish

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Kaili

iʻoaproper noun / kă-i'li / WahiLocation, Parker (1922),

the small district. Land section, Hana, Maui.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Maui

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kaili

/ kā'-ī'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

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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kaili

/ kā'-ī'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

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.

Nā LepiliTags: religion

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kaili

ʻaʻanostative verb / kā-ī'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Plundered; a word used to describe seized property: Waiwai kaili; plundered property.

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Kaʻili

iʻoaproper noun / Ka-ʻili / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Stream and land, Kīpahulu qd., Maui, owned by Kaʻahumanu and made into a place of refuge (puʻuhonua) by Kamehameha I.

  • Literally, the pebble.

Nā LepiliTags: Maui

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Kāʻili

iʻoaproper noun WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Small land section, Hālawa Valley, Molokaʻi, with a place of refuge (puʻuhonua) of the same name.
  2. 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.
  • Literally, snatch.

Nā LepiliTags: Molokaʻi Oʻahu

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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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