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nvs., Chief, chiefess, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, noble, aristocrat, king, queen, commander; royal, regal, aristocratic, kingly; to rule or act as a chief, govern, reign; to become a chief. Figuratively, kind (see naʻau aliʻi, ʻōpū aliʻi).

• Examples:
  • Aliʻi nui, high chief.
  • Kāna aliʻi, his chief (controlled directly or raised by him).
  • Kona aliʻi, his hereditary chief; his chieftainship.
  • Ua lilo ia i aliʻi no Kauaʻi ia wā, ā malalo mai ona nā kānaka o Kauaʻi, pēlā i aliʻi ai ʻo Makaliʻi (FS 233), he then became chief of Kauaʻi, with the people of Kauaʻi beneath him, thus Makaliʻi became chief.
• Related:
  • Aliʻi kūʻokoʻa, independent chief, autocrat.
  • hoʻāliʻi Caus/sim.; To make a chief, establish royalty in office; to imitate royalty; to treat as royalty; regal, royal, kingly; to be made an officer, be commissioned.
    • Ua hoʻāliʻi aku ʻoia i kāna kāne, she treats her husband like a king.
• References:
  • PPN ʻariki .

1. King or government. Knudsen v. Board of Education, 8 Haw. 60, 62 (1890). 2. Chief or chiefess, officer, headman, noble, aristocrat, commander (PE).