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nvi., Evening, late afternoon; to become evening.

• Examples:
  • Ua manuʻo māua e hiki ʻēi ʻaneʻi, ʻo ke ahiahi ʻia ʻana ihola ia, we thought of arriving here earlier but were overtaken by evening.
• Related:
  • hoʻāhiahi, hoʻoahiahi Caus/sim.; To become evening; to spend an evening; to detain until evening; to darken, obscure.
    • Aia a hele aku au e hoʻāhiahi me ʻolua, when I get there I'll spend the evening with you two.
    • E kali kāua a hoʻāhiahi iho, let's wait until evening begins to fall.
• References:
  • PPN afiafi.

s. The after part of the day; ua aui ai ka la; the afternoon; towards night; ua napoo ka la; evening. Sol. 7:9. NOTE.—When it is dark, it is po.

v. To be or become evening; a ahiahi iho la, hoi mai ia, when it was evening he returned.

v. To spread slanderous reports; e olelo ino.

2. To complain falsely of another; e niania.

3. To defame; to tell tales; e holoholoolelo, to reveal secrets.

s. A false report concerning one; a defamation; a slander.

A false report concerning one; a defamation; a slander.

The later part of the day: ua aui ai ka la, the afternoon; towards night; ua napoo ka la, evening. (When it is dark, it is po.)

To be or become evening: a ahiahi iho la, hoi mai ia; when it was evening he returned.

To defame; to bring into disrepute.

Later part of the day; toward night; late afternoon; evening; gloaming.

I. Puk. 12:6; Nah. 9:3; 28:4. Oia ka wa e pepehi ai i ka moliaola, a kaumaha aku hoi i ka mohai ahiahi, Puk. 29:39-41. I ka poe Hebera, elua ahiahi, i ka hora akolu ka mua, a i ka napoo ana o ka la ka lua. E nana LA.

(ke) ahiahi afternoon, evening.