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kiakahi

/ kia.kahi / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

nvs., Person of fixed purpose; with one accord or purpose; in unison, constant; alone, unique, supreme, only one.

  • Examples:
    • ʻAkahi lani a ʻoukou e ʻike ai, he lani kiakahi ka lani o nā moku (chant for Haku o Hawaiʻi), you know but one chief, a single supreme chief is the chief of the islands.

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KI-A-KA-HI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. Kia, mast, and kahi, one. A one-masted vessel; a sloop.

2. Firmness of purpose; adherance to a fixed plan; constancy.

KI-A-KA-HI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

adj. With one accord; agreeing; noho kiakahi ma ka pono; alike; in unison; applied to opinion or action. See KUIKAHI.

Kiakahi (kī'-ă-kā'-hi), adj.

/ kī'-ă-kā'-hi / Parker Haw to Eng,

With one accord; agreeing; noho kiakahi ma ka pono; alike; in unison; applied to opinion or action. See kuikahi.

Kiakahi (kī'-ă-kā'-hi), n.

/ kī'-ă-kā'-hi / Parker Haw to Eng,

[Kia, mast, and kahi, one.]

1. A one-masted vessel; a sloop.

2. Firmness of purpose; adherence to a fixed plan; constancy.

3. A person of fixed purpose.

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