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Prefix to six kinship terms used as terms of reference: kaikaina, kaikoʻeke, kaikuaʻana, kaikunāne, kaikuahine, kaikamahine.

• References:
  • Gram. 8.1.

Contraction of ka mea i, the one who did.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ʻoe ka i hele i ka hale, youʻre the one who went to the house.
• References:
  • Cf. ka #1.
  • Cf. ke, the one who will or should.
  • Gram. 10.2, 11.3.

Perhaps a transitivizer. Cf. alakaʻi, Gram. 6.6.4. (PPN -taki.)

1. nvt., To lead, direct, lift up and carry; to walk or step in a row or procession, or as a child learning to walk; to come dancing out before an audience; the chant during which dancers appear and leave; to train, as for racing (Malo 219).

• Examples:
  • Kaʻi ʻāuna, to move in a flock, herd, company.
  • Kaʻi … i ke kaʻa (2 Sam. 6.3), to drive … a cart.
  • Hou mai ua ihe āu, a kaʻi aʻe i ka pola o ka malo (FS 87), thrust your spear, directing towards the flap of the loincloth.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻaha #3, alakaʻi, hākaʻi, huakaʻi.
  • PPN taki.

2. vt., To pull, as weeds.

3. Fish net or seine; snare or noose for birds.

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  • And.

4. n., Snood of a fishhook.

5. n., A decayed tooth that requires extraction.

Interjection, of displeasure, vexation, annoyance, prolonged to indicate greater force.

• Examples:
  • Kaīīī! Chā! ʻInoʻino maoli kāna hana! Oh, oh, his work is downright wicked!

1. nvs., Sea, sea water; area near the sea, seaside, lowlands; tide, current in the sea; insipid, brackish, tasteless.

• Examples:
  • I kai, towards the sea.
  • O kai, of the lowland, of the sea, seaward.
  • Nā kānaka o kai, shore dwellers.
  • Nā kai ʻewalu, the eight seas [a poetic expression for the channels dividing the eight inhabited islands].
  • Kai lalo, lower sea, i.e., western sea, where the sun sets.
  • Ka mokupuni kai lalo, ʻo Kauaʻi, Kauiʻi, the island of the western sea.
  • Kō a kai, people from the shore district.
• Related:
  • Makai, on the seaside, toward the sea, in the direction of the sea.
• References:
  • PPN tahi , PNP tai .

2. n., Gravy, sauce, dressing, soup, broth.

3. Interjection, similar to keu. My, how much! How very! How terrific! Kai ka nani! How beautiful! Kai ke kolohe! Oh, how mischievous.

• References:
  • Cf. kainō.

Swollen, bloated.

• Related:
  • Hakakai, swollen, excessive fat.
• References:
  • Cf. kuakaikai, kūhākakai, ʻuʻulukai.
  • Gram. 6.5

n., A variety of taro, the corms of which are fragrant when cooked and, though tough, yield excellent poi.

• Examples:
  • Ua ʻai i ke kāī koi o ʻEwa, having eaten of the very choice kāī koi taro of ʻEwa [said of a sweetheart one can't forget].
• Related:
  • Kinds are qualified by the terms ʻeleʻele, kea, keʻokeʻo (said to be reserved for chiefs), koi, nenene, pala, ʻulaʻula, uliuli, welo ʻeka.