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interjection, of surprise.

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1. Same as aʻiaʻi #1.

2. Particle replacing i often in songs; usually written a i.

  • Examples:
    • Malihini ka ʻikena aʻi nā Kona, seeing the Kona districts for the first time.
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-aʻi

pākuʻina kauhopesuffix Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

nonproductive transitive suffix.

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nvt., Food or food plant, especially vegetable food as distinguished from iʻa, meat or fleshy food; often ʻai refers specifically to poi; harvest (Oihk. 19.9); to eat, destroy or consume as by fire; to erode; to taste, bite, take a hook, grasp, hold on to; edible. Figuratively, to rule, reign, or enjoy the privileges and exercise the responsibilities of rule, and one who does so, as ʻai ahupuaʻa: to rule an ahupuaʻa, the ruler of one; ʻaiʻāina: to own, control, and enjoy land; the owner of land; ʻai aliʻi, ʻai lani, and ʻai liʻi, to enjoy the comforts and honors and exercise the responsibilities of being a chief; ʻai ʻili: to control an ʻili land division, one who does control the ʻili; ʻai moku: to rule a district or island [moku], one who rules one.

  • Examples:
    • Hiki ke ʻai ʻia, edible.
    • ʻAi ʻaha, to tie with sennit.
    • ʻAʻohe kapu o kaʻu pā hula, he ʻai kū, he ʻai hele, there are no taboos in my hula troupe, eat standing, eat on the run.
    • ʻAʻoheʻai ʻo ka maʻi, the disease makes no advance.
    • Kāna ʻai, his food.
    • Kona ʻai, his eating.
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2. n., Score, points in a game, stake, wager.

  • Examples:
    • ʻEhia ʻai e eo ai? How many points to win?
  • References:
    • PPN kai.

3. n., Dancing style or type.

4. n., Stroke or hold in lua fighting; spear thrust.

  • Examples:
    • Ka ʻai a ke kumu i koe iā ʻoukou (For. 5:409), the teacher's stroke that you do not have [have not been taught].
    • Kaʻai a ka uʻi, the stroke of the youth.

5. n., Stone used in the kimo game other than the stone that is tossed and caught, which is the pōhaku kimo.

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ʻāʻī

/ ʻā.ʻī / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

Neck, neck of a shirt or dress, neck of the iheihe fish net.

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1. nvt., Coition; to have sexual relations, cohabit (frequently pronounced ei).

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2. Same as wai interrogative pronoun.

3. Linking or anaphoric particle frequently pronounced ei.

4. Short for aia, there.

  • Examples:
    • Ai i loko o ka hale, there in the house.
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ʻai

hamanitransitive verb Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

hamani, Ingest.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

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ʻāʻī

kikinonoun Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

kikino, Collar.

  • Source:
    • Mānaleo.

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ʻai

kikinonoun Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

kikino, Credit, as for a school course.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • ʻAi koina. Core credit.
    • ʻAi koho. Elective credit.

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ʻai

kikinonoun Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

kikino, Point, as in a game or sporting event.

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ʻai

kikinonoun Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

kikino, Byte, in computer terminology.

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ʻai

hamanitransitive verb Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

hamani, To take, as medicine or a pill.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • ʻAi i ka huaale. To take a pill.
    • ʻAi i ka lāʻau. To take medicine.
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s. Food; vegetable food, in distinction from ia, meat. Ai oo, ripe food; ai maloo, dried food; ai, maka. green food, vegetables. NOTE—Ai, food, is the representative of property generally.

adj. Consuming; destroying; spoken of fire.

adv., for aia. There; near by, but not in contact; ai no iloko o ka hale, there in the house.

2. There, at another place, however distant; there; when; as, Auhea o Kekuaokalani? Ai ae no mauka mai. Where is Kekuaokalani? There he is coming by land.

verbal directive. Gram.§ 242. It has reference, generally, to a preceding noun, verb or adverb, expressive of time, place, cause, manner or instrument; often contracted, thus, hana'i, for hana ai.

s. The neck; he a-i ko ke kanaka, oia kahi e hui ai ke poo me ke kino, man has a neck, it is that which unites the head with the body. A-i oolea, a stiff neck.

2. Figuratively, perverseness; disobedience. Puk. 33:3.

v. To eat; to consume food, as persons or animals.

2. To devour, as animals.

3. To destroy, consume, as fire. Nah.16:35.

4 To consume; spoken of the sword, 2 Sam. 2:26.

5. To eat, consume, as a sore; aole ai ka mai, the disease has made no advance. Oihk. 13:5.

6. To taste, eat, enjoy the benefits of, have the profits of, as land; e ai i ka aina. Nah.32; 19th conj., 3d hoo.

7. To cause to eat, i. e., compel or induce to eat; huhu loa ia (Kekuokalani) i ka hoai noa ana a lakou i ke alii (Liholiho,) he was very angry at them for causing the king to eat freely, i. e., contrary to kapu.

8. To have sexual intercourse; applied to both sexes; also, to animals. Kin. 30:41.

Consuming; destroying (spoken of fire).

A shortened form of aia, there; ai iloko o ka hale, there in the house.

n., A suffix, used only with verbs for the purpose of euphony.

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n., The neck: he ai ko ke kanaka—oia kahi e hui ai ke poo me ke kino, man has a neck—it is that which unites the head with the body.

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Food; vegetable food, as distinguished from ia, meat. Ai oo, ripe food; ai maloo, dried food; ai maka, green food, vegetables. (Ai, food, is representative of property generally.)

Coition.

1. To eat; to consume food, as persons or animals.

2. To devour, as animals.

3. To destroy, consume, as fire.

4. To consume; spoken of the sword.

5. To eat, consume, as a sore; aole ai ka mai, the disease has made no advance.

6. To taste, eat, enjoy the benefits of, have the profits of, as land; e ai i ka aina.

To have sexual intercourse.

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