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1. num. One (especially in counting in a series).

  • Examples:
    • Pōʻakahi, Monday.
    • ʻA kahi kahi ana, ʻo ka ʻEwa iki, ʻo ka ʻEwa nui, a single unit, then lesser ʻEwa and greater ʻEwa.

2. idiom, For the first time, never before (usually followed by ).

  • Examples:
    • ʻAkahi nō ʻoe ā hiki maʻaneʻi? Is this the first time you have come here? Have you ever been here before?
    • ʻAkahi nō au ā ʻike iā Hilo, this is the first time I’ve seen Hilo.
    • ʻAkahi nō au ā lohe i ka hekili, I’ve never heard such thunder.
  • References:
    • Gram. 4.6.

3. idiom, To have just.

  • Examples:
    • ʻAkahi nō ā pau kaʻu haʻawina, my lesson is just finished.

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s. The number one; root, kahi.

adv. One; once; just now; expressive of greatness or superiority. Emphatically, akahi no an i lohe i ka hekili, once have I heard it thunder, i. e., thunder loudly; akahi no au i ike i ka ino, once have I witnessed a storm, i. e., never so great a one before.

adv., Once; just now; expressive of greatness or superiority. Emphatically: Akahi no au i lohe i ka hekili, once have I heard it thunder—that is, thunder loudly: Akahi no au i ike i ka ino, once have I witnessed a storm—that is, never one so great before.

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The numeral one; the number one.

Hill (1,538 feet high), Hālawa qd., south Molokaʻi. Street, Ka-lihi Uka, Honolulu. Lit., one.

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