1. n. Cords or fine ropes threaded through marginal meshes of upper and lower edges of nets, to which were attached floats and sinkers; loops at the top of a kōkō net holding a calabash. See below and ʻupena ʻalihi. (PCP kalifi.)
2. n. Horizon (sometimes qualified by lani or moana). Cf. lihi, edge.
3. Deceit, trickery; to deceive, cheat. (AP)
See ʻalihikūlele.
s. H inserted; a captain of a company. Ios. 10:24. Alihi kaua, a general.
s. The lines of a fish net; o ke kaula ma ka pikoni.
2. The cords holding the sinkers of a net.
3. The upper part of a calabash strap; he alihi no ke koko o ka umeke; o ka alihi maluna o ka waa e kalai hou a haahaa ka niao o ka alihi maluna o ka umeke; ma ka alihi moana, e pili aku ana i kumu lani, at the edge of the ocean, i. e., where the ocean and sky meet. D. Malo 5:13.
v. To be ready to work for the sake of gain, but at other times absent.
adv. Unwillingly.
Tending to mislead or deceive.
Unwillingly: used in games of chance where one who is cheated feels compelled to pay back in like manner.
1. Skill in the use of deceptive language; the practice of deceit.
2. The guide lines of a fish-net to which the floats and sinkers are fastened: O ke kaula ma ka pikoni.
3. The upper part of a net which holds a calabash and is united into a single cord or strap.
4. The horizon on the sea: Ma ka alihi moana, e pili aku ana i kumu lani; at the edge of the ocean, where the ocean and sky meet.
To cheat in a game of cards; to trick in any form of gambling.
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