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māihi

hamani ｜ transitive verb / mā.ihi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To peel; strip, as bark.

  • Examples:
    • Māihi ʻili, to peel off the skin; figuratively, to strip a person of all he has.
    • Māihi ola, to escape by the skin of one's teeth; to barely escape; literally, to scrape life.
  • References:
    • Cf. ihi.
    • PPN maisi.

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maʻihi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. Dwarf.

MA-I-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Ma and ihi, to peel. To strip off; to peel, as the outside of fruit; to skin, as an animal; to strip off, as the bark of a tree.

MA-I-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Stripped; peeled; everything outside taken off.

Maihi (mă'-ī'-hi), v.

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

[Ma and ihi, to peel.] To strip off; to peel, as fruit; to strip off, as the bark of a tree. Syn: Ihi.

Maihi (mā-i'hi):

/ mā-i'hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

stripped, peeled. Land section, North Kona. Hawaii.

Māʻihi

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

Land division, Kai-lua qd., Hawaiʻi, named for Maʻihi-ʻala-kapu-a-Lono (fragrant sacred Māʻihi, [child] of Lono), a wind goddess.

ma‘ihi

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

to strip; peel as fruit.

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