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1. nvt., Coition; to have sexual relations, cohabit (frequently pronounced ei).

• Related:
  • hōʻai Caus/sim.; To breed, as a horse.
• References:
  • Probably PPN haʻi .

2. Same as wai interrogative pronoun.

• References:
  • PPN hai .

3. Linking or anaphoric particle frequently pronounced ei.

• References:
  • Gram. 7.3.
  • PPN ai .

4. Short for aia, there.

• Examples:
  • Ai i loko o ka hale, there in the house.
• References:
  • Cf. ai loa, ai luna.

No base definition, only supplemental content.

• Related:
  • Maʻi lele ai. Sexually transmitted disease (STD).

v. To eat; to consume food, as persons or animals.

2. To devour, as animals.

3. To destroy, consume, as fire. Nah.16:35.

4 To consume; spoken of the sword, 2 Sam. 2:26.

5. To eat, consume, as a sore; aole ai ka mai, the disease has made no advance. Oihk. 13:5.

6. To taste, eat, enjoy the benefits of, have the profits of, as land; e ai i ka aina. Nah.32; 19th conj., 3d hoo.

7. To cause to eat, i. e., compel or induce to eat; huhu loa ia (Kekuokalani) i ka hoai noa ana a lakou i ke alii (Liholiho,) he was very angry at them for causing the king to eat freely, i. e., contrary to kapu.

8. To have sexual intercourse; applied to both sexes; also, to animals. Kin. 30:41.

s. Food; vegetable food, in distinction from ia, meat. Ai oo, ripe food; ai maloo, dried food; ai, maka. green food, vegetables. NOTE—Ai, food, is the representative of property generally.

adj. Consuming; destroying; spoken of fire.

adv., for aia. There; near by, but not in contact; ai no iloko o ka hale, there in the house.

2. There, at another place, however distant; there; when; as, Auhea o Kekuaokalani? Ai ae no mauka mai. Where is Kekuaokalani? There he is coming by land.

verbal directive. Gram.§ 242. It has reference, generally, to a preceding noun, verb or adverb, expressive of time, place, cause, manner or instrument; often contracted, thus, hana'i, for hana ai.

n., A suffix, used only with verbs for the purpose of euphony.

n., The neck: he ai ko ke kanaka—oia kahi e hui ai ke poo me ke kino, man has a neck—it is that which unites the head with the body.

I. ua kapaia o Hai, Kin. 12:8; o Aia, Nek. 11:31; a o Aiata, Is. 10:28. He kulanakauhale alii no ko Kanaana, ma ka hikina o Betela, aia kokoke ilaila, hana iho la o Aberahama i ke kuahu no Iehova, Kin. 12:8; 13:3. Ua kaulana no ia wahi i ka auhee ana o Iosua no ka hewa o Akana, a no kona lanakila ana hoi mahope, Ios. 7:2-5; 8:1-29. Kukulu hou ia oia, a ma Is. 10:28, ua olelo hou ia. I keia wa e noho nei, aole ikea kona kahua.
I ka wa kahiko, o ka nui o ka ai o na kanaka, oia ka hua o ko lakou aina. Ma Palesetine, he nui ka io holoholona, a me ka palaoa, a me na mea kupu. na mea kupu nae ma ka honua, ka ai nui ma ka Aina-hikina, aole ka io; o ka berena ka ai nui. O ka palaoa o kela ano o keia ano, o ka papapa, o ka akaakai, o ka huawaina, me ka aila oliva, ka meli a me ka waiu o na kao a me na bipi, oia ko lakou ai mau. O ko Arabia poe auwana, ai no lakou i wahi berena eleele. O ka ai nui ma Suria, he raike ia i kauwili me kahi io, a me ka aila oliva a me na mea kupu. Ua like iki paha ia me kela ai kahiko loa a Isaaka ma, o ka papapa a me ka launahele, Kin. 25:29-34; 2 Nalii 4: 38-41. He ia kahi ai ke loaa ia; oia kahi ai nui ma Aigupita. Kaulana no keia aina no ka ai ana i na kaukama, a me na ipuaimaka, a me na leka, a me na akaakai, a me na galika, Nah. 11:5. Oia mau no ka ai o ko Aigupita. E nana AI ANA.

(ke) ai coition.

relative particle.