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kālai

hamanitransitive verb / kā.lai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To carve, cut, hew, engrave, hoe; to divide, as land; to shape a canoe or (fig.) an enterprise or intellectual policy; to plan, formulate, budget (kala #4 + -i, transitivizer: Gram. 6.6.4).

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kālai-

pākuʻina kaumuaprefix Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Scientific study of, -ology.

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kālai

hamanitransitive verb / kā•lai / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

hamani, To hoe.

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1. v., To hew; to cut. Kanl. 10:1. Kalai laau, to hew wood; kalai pohaku, to hew stones.

2. To pare; to cut; to grave; to carve out, i. e., to divide out, as one's portion; kalai laau, a hewer of wood. Ios. 9:20. Kalai pohaku, a stone cutter. Isa. 22:16.

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kalai

ʻaʻanostative verb / KA-LAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Hewed; cut; carved.

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kalai

hamanitransitive verb / kā'-lā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To hew; to cut: kalai laau, to hew wood; kalai pohaku, to hew stones.

2. v., To pare; to cut; to engrave; to carve out, that is, to divide out, as one's portion: kalai laau, a hewer of wood; kalai pohaku, a stone cutter.

3. v., To direct; to conduct or regulate; to manage.

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to hew, to cut.

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