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lōʻihi

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

1. nvs., Length, height, distance; long.

  • Examples:
    • Lōʻihi ke ala, the road is long.
    • Lōʻihi aʻe nei ka manawa, long since.

2. (Cap.). n., Young undersea volcano 30 kilometers southeast of Hawaiʻi Island.

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ʻaʻano Length, in math. Dic. Abb. lō. Also ana lōʻihi, loa. Cf. ākea, laulā, hohonu, kiʻekiʻe. See hānai lōʻihi.

v. To be long; to be lengthened out, as space or time; to live long.

2. To be far off; to be at a great distance.

3. Hoo. To make long; to lengthen out, as time; to procrastinate; to put far off. Amos 6:3. To add to the length of time or distance. 2 Nal. 20:6.

s. Length; distance; length of time.

adj. Long; applied to time or distance; also, the measure of anything, as timber, cloth, &c.; kahi loihi, a great distance off. NOTE.—This word is sometimes vulgarly pronounced as if written lokihi.

Loihi (lŏ'-ī-hi), adj.

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

(Sometimes written lokihi.) Long; applied to time or distance; also, the measure of anything, as timber, cloth, etc.; kahi loihi, a great distance off.

Loihi (lŏ-ī'-hi), n.

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

Length; distance; length of time.

Loihi (lŏ-ī'-hi), v.

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

To be long.

Lōʻihi

WahiLocation, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Seamount, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. Undersea volcano 20 miles off the southeast coast of the Big Island that is considered to be the next Hawaiian island. Dredge samples and underwater photographs taken in 1980 confirmed its location. The University of Hawaiʻi monitors activity at the volcano with instruments on its summit, approximately 3,000 feet deep. The instruments are connected by fiber-optic submarine cable to a cable station in Whittington Beach Park in Kaʻū. Lit., long.

long, in time or distance; tall.

Long; applied to time or distance; also the measure of anything; length; distance (AP).

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