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lōʻihi

/ lō.ʻihi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Length, height, distance; long.

  • Examples:
    • Lōʻihi ke ala, the road is long.
    • Lōʻihi aʻe nei ka manawa, long since.
  • Related:
    • Also: lōkihi.
    • hoʻoloʻihi Caus/sim.; To lengthen, extend, prolong.

2. (Cap.). n., Young undersea volcano 30 kilometers southeast of Hawaiʻi Island.

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lōʻihi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

ʻaʻano Length, in math. Dic. Abb. lō. Also ana lōʻihi, loa. Cf. ākea, laulā, hohonu, kiʻekiʻe. See hānai lōʻihi.

Lōʻihi

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Seamount, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. Undersea volcano 20 miles off the southeast coast of the Big Island that is considered to be the next Hawaiian island. Dredge samples and underwater photographs taken in 1980 confirmed its location. The University of Hawaiʻi monitors activity at the volcano with instruments on its summit, approximately 3,000 feet deep. The instruments are connected by fiber-optic submarine cable to a cable station in Whittington Beach Park in Kaʻū. Lit., long.

lōʻihi

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Long; applied to time or distance; also the measure of anything; length; distance (AP).

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