Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvi. To say, speak, suppose; saying.

• Examples:
  • ʻĪ ihola ke Akua (Kin. 1.3), God said.
  • He ʻī mai kāu e ō hele mai hoʻi nā keiki, you would think the children would come.
• References:
  • PPN kii .

2. n. Supreme, great, best (frequently a part of names, as Kaʻīimamao (KL. title), the supreme one at a distance; ʻĪlālāʻole, supreme without branches).

• Examples:
  • ʻO kela nō ka ʻī, that is the best.

3. vs. Hard, close, stingy.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻīʻī #1.

4. Interjection of scorn, used idiomatically.

• Examples:
  • No hea ke aʻo ʻana i ka hula? I ka ʻī! Where learn the hula? Much [she] knows about it! Stuff and nonsense!

5. n. The letter “i”.