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alakaʻi

/ ala.kaʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt., To lead, guide, direct; leader, guide, conductor, head, director.

  • Source:
    • a putative PCP ala, to lead [cf. Maori arahi] + -kaʻi, transitivizer: Gram. 6.6.4
  • Examples:
    • Alakaʻi hīmeni, alakaʻi mele, song leader.
    • Alakaʻi hula, hula leader.
    • Alakaʻi hoʻopaipai, cheerleader.
    • Alakaʻi pāna, band leader.
    • Kī alakaʻi, tonic, keynote.
    • Kumu alakaʻi, leading teacher; exemplary teacher, pattern, or example.
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ʻalakai

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ʻala.kai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Potbellied, bloated.

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alakaʻi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

No base definition, only supplemental content.

  • Related:
    • Kumu alakaʻi. Precedent, i.e. something done or said that may act as an example to justify it being done again.
    • Leo alakaʻi. One who sings the melody of a song.
    • Puke alakaʻi. Teacher's guide, manual.

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alakai

/ A-LA-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., Ala, road, and kai, to lead.

1. To lead along the path; to guide or conduct one on a road. Puk. 13:17.

2. To lead, as captives. 2 Oihl. 6:36.

3. To take, as a person, from one place to another. 2 Oihl. 8:11.

4. To lead, as an animal; alakai ke keiki i ka puaa, the child loads the hog; ua alakaiia ka lio i ka pa. Hooalakai. To cause to lead. Ezek. 39:28.

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alakai

kikino ｜ noun / A-LA-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Ala, path, and kai, the sea.

He alakai ke alanui hulaana o na pali, a path where one must swim around a projecting cliff or bluff.

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alakai

kikino ｜ noun / A-LA-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Ala, road, and kai, to lead. A leader; conductor; guide. Heb. 13:7.

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alakai

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / A-LA-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Large; pot-bellied; plump.

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alakai

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ă'-lă-kā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Large; pot-bellied; plump. See uulukai.

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alakai

kikino ｜ noun / ā-lă-ka'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Ala, road, and kai, to lead.] A leader; conductor; guide; precedence.

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alakai

kikino ｜ noun / ā-lă-kā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Ala, path, and kai, the sea.] A path where one must swim around a projecting cliff or bluff: He alakai ke alanui hulaana o na pali.

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alakai

/ ā-lă-ka'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To guide with the hand; to show the way; to have charge of.

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Alakaʻi

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Swamp and trail, Waimea district, Kauaʻi. Literally, to lead.

  • References:
    • PH 45.

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ʻalakai

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Large, potbellied, plump. See ʻaʻalakai.

alaka‘i

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

leader: to guide.

alakai

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

A path where one must swim around a projecting cliff or bluff (AP).

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