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1. v., To be mouldy, &c., as food; ua ii loa ka ai.

2. To be lost; forgotten, as something formerly known; ua ii na olelo kahiko, ua nalowale.

adj., Stinted; unthrifty; choked with weeds; applied to vegetables or animals.

1. s., Name of a bird, partly red, bill hooked. See apane. He manu liilii ulaula; he apapane kekahi inoa.

2. Name of a species of fish around Molokai; ka pua ii.

3. A kind of fern.

4. Name of the papaia; also written i

s., A person hard hearted, cruel and selfish; ka hooii puahi ole a ka ua iuka wale no e haakeke ai.

s., A heavy weight, difficult to lift; he kaumaha, he koikoi ka pupu.

s., A rejoicing with an audible voice, like a chant; o ka mea lea i ke olioli, aia a loaa ka ii iloko o ka puu; a singing in the throat, like the gurgling of water running from a calabash; e olaola ana me he huewai la; oia ka ii.

s., A gathering together; a collecting, as of small things; ka noii; ua hele i ka ii hana; he pii no i ka ii poaaha, they go up to collect mulberry bark.

v., To collect; to gather up, as small things; to bring together. See noii. Ua ko waa, ke ii nei ka aha.

s., Mould; rust; anything indicating age or decay.

1. adj., Sour; mouldy; musty, as food injured by long standing. SYN. with punahelu.

2. Covetous; close; niggardly.

1. adj., Sour; mouldy; musty. Syn: Punahelu.

2. adj., Covetous; close; niggardly.

3. adj., Cruel; selfish.

4. adj., Hard to lift or carry; weighty; heavy.

1. adj., Stinted; unthrifty.

2. adj., Stiff; tight, as a rope.

3. adj., Close; parsimonious.

1. n., A gathering together; a collecting, as of small things: Ua ike lakou i ka ii o na kanaka i ka poaaha; they saw the gathering of the mulberry bark by the people.

2. n., A gurgling of the voice from throat, as in chanting: O ka mea lea i ke olioli, aia a loaa ka ii iloko o ka puu.

3. n., Something heavy or difficult to lift; a heavy weight.

4. n., A drepanidine bird (Himatione sanguinea). See apapani.

5. n., A species of fish.

n., Selfishness; cruelty; stinginess.

n., Mould; rust; anything indicating rust or decay.

v., To collect; to gather up; to bring together. Ke it nei ka aha. Syn: Noii.

1. v., To be mouldy or musty. Ua ii ka ai; the food is musty.

2. v., To be lost; to be forgotten. Ua ii na olelo kahiko.

mouldy. Land section, Koolaupoko, Oahu.