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kalaʻihi

/ kala.ʻihi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., Hard, rigid, stormy (see ex., kūpilikiʻi); oppressive, as of either heat or cold or of an officious person who feels his importance.

  • Examples:
    • Lāʻau kalaʻihi ia na ke anu (song), it is a tree made rigid by the cold.
    • Kūkulu kalaʻihi ka lā i Mānā (saying), established [like] the sun's oppression at Mānā [of a boaster].

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KA-LA-I-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Proud; exalted on account of one's office or nearness to a chief; ame ka leo kalaihi o na kumu.

Kalaihi (kă'-lă-ī'-hi), adj.

/ kă'-lă-ī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Assuming undue importance; boastful; proud; exalted on account of one's office or nearness to a chief: ame ka leo kalaihi o na kumu, and with boastful voice of the teachers.

kalaʻihi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Proud, exalted on account of oneʻs office or nearness to a chief. (A.)

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