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1. nvt., Offering, sacrifice; to offer, sacrifice.

• Examples:
  • Hai nō ʻo ʻAikanaka iā ʻoe i luna o ka lele (FS 87), ʻAikanaka will sacrifice you on the altar.
  • Hai kanaka, to offer human sacrifice; to kill for a human sacrifice.
• References:
  • Cf. hai ʻai, haialo, haiau, haipule, heiau.
  • PNP fai .

2. Same as hahai, to follow.

• References:
  • PCP fai , PCP sai .

3. vt., To hire, employ.

• Source:
  • English
• Examples:
  • Ka hai ʻana, the employment, hiring.

• Related:
  • Kū i ka hai. Freelance.

1. v., Often SYN. with hae. To break, as a bargain or covenant. 2 Nal. 18:12.

2. To break open; separate, as the lips that are about to speak.

3. To speak of; to mention. Puk. 23:13.

4. To tell; declare; confess; relate. Puk. 18:8. Ke hai ole, not to tell; to keep secret. Ios. 2:14.

5. To break off; to stop doing a thing; as, aole hai ke hoihoi aku, he does not cease (begging) though sent away. NOTE.—The ha of this word is sometimes doubled, then it has the form of hahai, to follow, but its signification is to break away or tear away; as, hahaiia ka lepa a ua poe kahuna la, the ensign of those priests was broken away.

v., To put or place in, as in a box; hai aku i ke alii o lakou iloko, then they put their chief inside.

1. s., A broken place; hence,

2. A joint of a limb; ka hai a mawe, the elbow joint.

pron. or adj. Gram.§ 15, 14:3. Another; another person; no hai, for another; ia hai, to another. Neh. 5:5. Hoo-kahi no makamaka, o oe no, aole o hai, one only friend, thou art he, there is no other.

v., To be vain; proud.

1. s., Name of the god of the poe kuku kapa.

2. A sacrifice at the altar.

s., Name of a particular form of gathering dead bodies slain in war.

1. n., A break; a fracture; a broken place. Syn: Haina.

2. n., A joint of a limb: ka hai a maawe, the elbow joint.

3. n., [Contraction of Hainakolo.] The goddess of tapa makers and bird catchers.

4. n., Distinguished fighters slain in battle.

5. n., The sacrifice place upon the lele or altar.

1. pronoun, Another; another person: no hai, for another; ia hai, to another: Hookahi no makamaka, o oe no, aole o hai; one only friend, thou art he, there is no other.

v., To hire; to engage for compensation.

1. v., To place upon the altar, as in worship; to place upon the lele (altar) as a sacrifice to a god.

2. v., To be broken; to be not entire; to be in pieces.

3. v., To narrate; to tell; to inform; to recite.

4. v., To confess.

5. v., To be vain; proud. (See hoohai.)

6. v., To act lasciviously.

To hire.

To offer human sacrifice; particular form of gathering slain warriors in war.

Sacrifice or offering at the altar; the god of the poe kuku kapa; particular form of gathering the dead in war.