vt. To pour out, dip, as water; to wean, as a child (-hi is a transitivizer and a reflex of PPN -fi; cf. Tongan ʻutu, to pour, and Gram. 6.6.4). ʻO ka mea ukuhi ka i ʻike i ka lepo o ka wai, ʻo ka mea inu ʻaʻole ʻoia i ʻike, he who dips is the one who knows how dirty the water is, but he who drinks does not. (PPN ʻutufi.)
v. To pour, as water into a cask; to fill a vessel with any fluid. Ios. 9:13. Ukuhi iho la a piha na pahu, they poured into the casks till full.
2. To get or obtain water; i holo mai e ukuhi wai a loaa ka ai i ola, they come here to obtain water (LIT. To pour water in) and to get provisions.
3. To wean, as a child from the breast. Kin. 21:8. Equivalent to haalele waiu; hooki i ka ai waiu ana o ke keiki; keiki i ukuhiia, a weaned child. Hal. 131:2.
1. To pour, as water into a cask; to fill a vessel with any fluid: Ukuhi iho la a piha na pahu, They poured into the casks till full.
2. To wean, as a child from the breast. Equivalent to haalele waiu; hooki i ka ai waiu ana o ke keiki: keiki i ukuhiia, a weaned child.
To wean, as a child from breast feeding.
to dip up; to pour from one container to another; to wean.
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