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Prefix to six kinship terms used as terms of reference: kaikaina, kaikoʻeke, kaikuaʻana, kaikunāne, kaikuahine, kaikamahine.

• References:
  • Gram. 8.1.

Swollen, bloated.

• Related:
  • Hakakai, swollen, excessive fat.
• References:
  • Cf. kuakaikai, kūhākakai, ʻuʻulukai.
  • Gram. 6.5

Interjection, of displeasure, vexation, annoyance, prolonged to indicate greater force.

• Examples:
  • Kaīīī! Chā! ʻInoʻino maoli kāna hana! Oh, oh, his work is downright wicked!

n., A variety of taro, the corms of which are fragrant when cooked and, though tough, yield excellent poi.

• Examples:
  • Ua ʻai i ke kāī koi o ʻEwa, having eaten of the very choice kāī koi taro of ʻEwa [said of a sweetheart one can't forget].
• Related:
  • Kinds are qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, kea, keʻokeʻo (said to be reserved for chiefs), koi, nenene, pala, ʻulaʻula, uliuli, welo ʻeka.

1. nvt., To lead, direct, lift up and carry; to walk or step in a row or procession, or as a child learning to walk; to come dancing out before an audience; the chant during which dancers appear and leave; to train, as for racing (Malo 219).

• Examples:
  • Kaʻi ʻāuna, to move in a flock, herd, company.
  • Kaʻi … i ke kaʻa (2 Sam. 6.3), to drive … a cart.
  • Hou mai ua ihe āu, a kaʻi aʻe i ka pola o ka malo (FS 87), thrust your spear, directing towards the flap of the loincloth.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻaha #3, alakaʻi, hākaʻi, huakaʻi.
  • PPN taki.

2. vt., To pull, as weeds.

3. Fish net or seine; snare or noose for birds.

• References:
  • And.

4. n., Snood of a fishhook.

5. n., A decayed tooth that requires extraction.

Perhaps a transitivizer. Cf. alakaʻi, Gram. 6.6.4. (PPN -taki.)

1. nvs., Sea, sea water; area near the sea, seaside, lowlands; tide, current in the sea; insipid, brackish, tasteless.

• Examples:
  • I kai, towards the sea.
  • O kai, of the lowland, of the sea, seaward.
  • Nā kānaka o kai, shore dwellers.
  • Nā kai ʻewalu, the eight seas [a poetic expression for the channels dividing the eight inhabited islands].
  • Kai lalo, lower sea, i.e., western sea, where the sun sets.
  • Ka mokupuni kai lalo, ʻo Kauaʻi, Kauiʻi, the island of the western sea.
  • Kō a kai, people from the shore district.
• Related:
  • Makai, on the seaside, toward the sea, in the direction of the sea.
• References:
  • PPN tahi , PNP tai .

2. n., Gravy, sauce, dressing, soup, broth.

3. Interjection, similar to keu. My, how much! How very! How terrific! Kai ka nani! How beautiful! Kai ke kolohe! Oh, how mischievous.

• References:
  • Cf. kainō.

Contraction of ka mea i, the one who did.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ʻoe ka i hele i ka hale, youʻre the one who went to the house.
• References:
  • Cf. ka #1.
  • Cf. ke, the one who will or should.
  • Gram. 10.2, 11.3.