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keʻehi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To stamp, tramp, step, tread; to brace with the feet; to rebel against, repudiate; to strike against, to put foot into stirrup in mounting a horse; to trip; not to tolerate, to “put the fool down” in ending a situation; to get in by stepping up, as into a vehicle.

  • Examples:
    • Keʻehi akula ia i kekahi wāwae maluna o kekahi wāwae, ā hina ihola ʻo Nūnū i lalo (FS 147), tripping one foot over the other, Nūnū fell down.
    • Keʻehi lōʻihi, full pace; forward march.
    • Keʻehi pōkole, short step, half step; mark time.
  • References:

2. n., Stirrup.

3. n., Narrow space between top edges of house thatching.

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KE-E-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To kick; to stamp with the foot.

2. To lift up the foot against one, i.e., to resist.

3. To kick at; to despise. 1 Sam. 2:29.

4. To rebel. Kanl. 32:15.

5. To strike or hit upon, as a beam of light; i ka manawa e keehi iho ai na kukuna o ka la i ka piko o na mauna, when the rays of the sun shall hit the top of the mountains.

KE-E-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The stirrup of a saddle.

Keehi (kē'-ē'-hi), n.

/ kē'-ē'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

The stirrup of a saddle.

2. A kick.

Keehi (kē'-ē'-hi), v.

/ kē'-ē'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To kick.

2. To stamp with the foot.

3. To kick at; to despise.

4. To rebel.

5. To strike or hit upon, as a beam of light: i ka manawa e keehi iho ai na. kukuna o ka la i ka piko o na mauna, when the rays of the sun shall hit the top of the mountains.

Keʻehi

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Lagoon and beach park east of Honolulu International Airport. Lit., tread upon.

Keʻehi

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

1. Lagoon, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Large bay between Sand Island and the Honolulu International Airport that is popularly called a lagoon. 2. Lagoon canoe facility competition center, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Section of Keʻehi Lagoon Park dedicated in 1991 to outrigger canoe paddling, Hawaiʻi's official ocean team sport. 3. Lagoon park (72 acres), Honolulu, Oʻahu. On the west shore of Keʻehi Lagoon, with a man-made calcareous sand beach fronting the canoe facility competition center. 4. Marine center. Private marine facility that includes 160 slips and a boat repair yard. 5. Offshore mooring, Honolulu, Oʻahu. There are 202 moorings in the lagoon. 6. Salt works, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Evaporation pond remnants of the last commercial Hawaiian crude salt operation in Hawaiʻi that was discontinued in the 1970s. 7. Small boat harbor, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Facilities include 389 berths, 2 ramps, and a vessel washdown area. 8. Triangle, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Mooring site in the lagoon. Lit., tread upon.

keʻehi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To stamp with the feet; to kick; to brace with the feet; to “put oneʻs foot down.”

keehi

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

to trample, stamp with foot.

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