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nvs., Fire, match, lightning; to burn in a fire, destroy by fire.

• Examples:
  • Ahi wela, hot fire, love hot as fire.
  • Hōʻā ahi, to light a fire.
  • Hoʻopau ahi, kinai ahi, to put out a fire.
• Related:
  • Leho ahi, a cowry shell used for octopus fishing, colored red by toasting over fire.
  • Ipo ahi, fiery, ardent lover.
  • Ke ahi o Kamaile, the famous firebrands thrown over cliffs at Kamaile, Kauaʻi.
  • Ahi ʻauhau, firebrand.
• References:
  • See ahikao, ahikoe, ahi koli, ahimakani, ipo, limu ahi, pau ahi.
  • PPN afi.

n. Hawaiian tuna fishes, especially the yellow-fin tuna (Thunnus albacares), an important fish in the Honolulu market.

• Related:
  • The name ʻahi may be qualified by the terms hiʻu wīwī (thin tail) or kaʻakaʻalāʻau, kaha uli (dark stripe), kananā (young stage, literally, the defiant one; cf. he aha sananā), kihikihi or ʻōpū hemo (loose belly), lepalepa, maha ʻōʻō (piercing brow), mālailena, maoli, pālaha, and poʻo nui (large head).
• References:
  • PNP kasi.