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1. nvt. To conquer, take by force; conqueror. ʻO Ka-mehameha ka naʻi aupuni, Ka-mehameha, the conqueror of the nation. (PCP ngaki).

2. vt. To strive to obtain, endeavor to examine or understand. Ua naʻi ʻoia i ka pono o nā keiki, he does all he can for the well-being of the children.

A rare transitivizer. Cf. hili, to wander, and hilinaʻi, to believe; pī, to sprinkle, and pīnaʻi, to fill a crack; Gram. 6.6.4. (PPN -naki).

v. To strive hard to excel another; to urge on; to go ahead.

2. To finish; to make an end.

3. To give or parcel out alike; na ia keiki e nai na moku e pau ai. Laieik. 10.

1. v., To divide or apportion; to allot.

2. v., To acquire by one's own exertions; to take by conquest.

3. v., To perfect something attempted; to fulfil. (Laieik. p. 10.)

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conqueror: to acquire by own efforts; take by conquest.

To divide or apportion; to allot (AP).

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