kiʻi.helei
vi. To stand, sit, or walk with legs wide apart, straddle; straddling.
vi. To stand, sit, or walk with legs wide apart, straddle; straddling.
v. See HELEI. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle; ua ku kiihelei oia ma kela aoao a ma keia aoao o ke awa.
adv. Branching apart; stradling. See the verb.
1. Branching apart; straddling.
2. Not compactly; in a disorderly manner: Pehea hoi i kiihelei ai ke kanu ana o kou mau laau? How is it that your trees are planted in so disorderly an arrangement?
[See helei, to spread open.]
1. To stand, sit or walk with the legs wide apart.
2. To straddle: Ua ku kiihelei, oia ma kela aoao a ma keia aoao o ke awa.
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