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hili

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. nvt. To braid or plait, as a lei or candlenuts; a braid, plaiting, string. See lei hili. Ka hili ʻana i ka lauoho (1 Pet. 3.3), the plaiting of the hair. (PPN firi.)

2. vi. To turn aside, deviate, miss the way, wander, stray. Cf. hilikau, pūhili. Mea hili i hope, straggler. Ua pā hili, rain blown by wind in various directions. Mai hili ʻiʻo paha au inā ʻaʻole kēia kamaʻāina, I might have gone quite astray had it not been for this native of the place. hoʻo.hili Caus/sim.; to lead astray. (PPN fili.)

3. nvt. To whip, smite, thrash, switch, bat; batter, as in baseball; stroke, as in fighting. Mea hili kinipōpō, batter. hoʻo.hili Caus/sim.; to pretend to whip, to whip gently.

4. n. Bark used in dyeing, as hili kukui, hili kōlea, hili noni; the dark-brown dye made from this bark; a tapa dyed with hili; to dye with hili.

hili

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

hamani To spike (the ball), in volleyball. Niʻihau. Also pākī. See kuʻi puʻupuʻu, pākī, paʻi pālahalaha, ʻai hele wale. Hili laina. Line spike. Hili ʻaoʻao. Angle spike. Manawa hili. At bat, up (to bat), in baseball.

HI-LI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

v. To braid; to plait, as a wreath; to braid, as the hair. 1 Pet. 3:3. To string, as kukui nuts; e hili kukui.

2. To turn over and over, as in braiding; to twist; to spin; to tie on, as Hawaiians formerly tied or braided their kois on to the handles.

3. To deviate from the path in traveling; to wander here and there. Sol. 15:22. To miss one's way.

4. To droop; to flag. See MILO and WILI.

5. To smite, as with a sword or the hand.

HI-LI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. A general name for barks used in dyeing; as, hili kolea, hili koa, &c.

2. A black dye for coloring kapas made of kolea bark.

3. The principle of tanning in koa and other barks.

HI-LI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

adj. Turning; wandering aside.

Hili (hī'-li), adj.

/ hī'-li / Parker Haw to Eng,

Turning; wandering; random; irregular.

Hili (hī'-li), n.

/ hī'-li / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. Deviation; a wandering; a going astray.

2. The juice or sap of growing plants.

3. Sapwood.

4. A general name for barks used in dying, as hili kolea, hili koa, etc.

5. A black dye made of bark for coloring tapa.

Hili (hī'-li), v.

/ hī'-li / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. To braid; to plait, as a wreath.

2. To string, as kukui nuts: e hili kukui.

3. To turn over and over, as in braiding; to twist; to spin.

4. To tie on, as Hawaiians formerly tied or braided their koi, tools, onto handles.

5. To deviate from the path in traveling; to wander; to miss one's way.

6. To droop; to flag.

7. To smite, as with a sword or the hand.

8. To deviate from a settled rule of conduct.

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