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kōhi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt. To gather, as fruit; to break off neatly, as taro corm from the stalk with a stick or knife; to split, as breadfruit; to dig (For. 4:510); splitter, as stick, stone, knife. Nā wāhine kōhi noni (FS 217), the noni-gathering women [an insult to Pele, perhaps likening her disposition to sour noni fruit]. (PPN tofi.)

2. nvs. Fat, rich, as food; fatness. Nā kōhi kelekele o Kapuʻu-kolu, the rich foods of Ka-puʻu-kolu [Kauaʻi, famous for abundance].

3. vt. To fill or heal, of a wound. Ke kōhi maila ka ʻiʻo, the flesh is beginning to heal.

4. nvt. To hold back, check, restrain: to strain, especially as in childbirth, to travail; to hold or hold back by pressing a person's arm, as in withholding consent, or as in urging someone not to be generous; labor pains, travail. Fig., agony, fear. Cf. haukōhi, kāohi. hoʻo.kōhi Caus/sim.. Also haʻakōhi.

5. vs. Prolonged, as a sound; long. He kōhi ka leo, the sound is long.

KO-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To dig; to make a hole or cavity in the ground; to dig, as a well. Puk. 7:24. To dig in the ground. Isa. 5:2. SYN. with eli.

2. To take up; to separate, as the kalo from the huli.

3. To prevent; to hinder; to hold back.

4. Haa. To travail in birth; to endure the pains of child-birth. Gal. 4:19.

KO-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Hoo. The first or commencing pains of child-birth. See HAAKOKOHI. The throes of child-birth pains.

2. A fat piece of pork; a piece of fat.

3. A swinging off or outside.

Kohi (kō'-hi), n.

/ kō'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A piece of fat.

Kohi (kō'-hi), v.

/ kō'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To dig; to make a hole in the ground; to dig, as a well. Syn: Eli.

2. To hold back; to check; to restrain, as in restraint of one's forward movement.

3. To separate from or disunite.

kohi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Fat piece of pork.

kohi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To hold back, hinder; fear.

kohi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To dig a hole, as in the ground or for a well. (Puk. 7:24.)

kohi

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to dig; check; disunite.

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