Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

luhi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. nvs., Weary, tired, fatigued; wearisome, burdensome, tiresome, laborious, tedious; burden, wearisome or tedious task; labor, work, pains, toil.

  • Examples:
    • Koʻu luhi, my fatigue.
    • Hiki anei iaʻu ke hoʻoluhi iāʻoe, may I trouble you [a polite preface to a request].
  • Related:
    • hoʻoluhi Caus/sim.; To bother, disturb, trouble, wear out with work, overburden, inconvenience; nuisance, bother; burdensome, demanding, Cf. hale hoʻoluhi.
    • Hana luhi, boring or strenuous labor, toil.
  • References:

2. nvt., A child or other person tended and raised with devoted care; to care for and attend with care and affection; protégé.

  • Examples:
    • Kaʻu luhi, the person I care for.
    • Luhi wahine ʻia, to be cared for and raised by a woman.
    • ʻO Laʻakea, ka luhi a Nāmaka, Laʻakea is devotedly cared for by Nāmaka.
    • Ua luhi ka makua kāne iāia, the father cared for him with devotion and patience.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

luhi

/ LU-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

1. v., To be fatigued with labor; to labor severely so as to be oppressed.

2. To labor or suffer with grief; to be weighed down with grief.

3. Hooluhi. To oppress; to be hard on one; to urge one to labor equal to, or more than his physical powers can bear; to weary one with intercession. Luk. 18:5.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

luhi

kikino ｜ noun / LU-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

1. s., Weariness; fatigue. FIG. A cause of anxiety; one especially beloved; i aku la, e kuu luhi, eia ke kane, my dear one, here is a husband. Laieik. 197.

2. A heavy burden; ka mea e hooluhi ai.

3. Oppression; hard labor. Isa. 56:11.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

luhi

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / LU-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

adj., Tiresome; causing weariness; requiring a long time to finish. NOTE. Luhi is mostly occasioned by carrying a burden. Hooluhi. Causing hard service or bondage; luna hooluhi, an officer who has power to oppress.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

luhi

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / lū'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker,

adj., Tiresome; causing weariness; requiring a long time to finish. (Luhi is occasioned mostly by carrying a burden.)

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

luhi

kikino ｜ noun / lū'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. n., Weariness; fatigue.

2. n., Fig. A cause of anxiety; one especially beloved; i aku la, e kuu luhi, eia ke iane, my dear one, here is a husband.—Laieik. p. 197.

3. n., A heavy burden; ka mea e hooluhi ai.

4. n., Oppression; hard labor.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

luhi

/ lū'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. v., To be fatigued with labor; to labor severely so as to be oppressed.

2. v., To labor or suffer with grief; to be weighed down with grief.

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

Luhi

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / Luhi / Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi,

Beach, north Kauaʻi.

  • Literally, tedious, tired.
  • Related:
    • The saying, Hoʻi i ke one o Luhi, go back to Tired Beach, refers to one returning to an unpleasant task; Appendix 8.1.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: Kauaʻi

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

Luhi

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names,

Beach, Waimea, Kauaʻi. Calcareous sand beach below the Russian Fort where, according to Captain Cook's journal, one of his crew members killed a Hawaiian, the first Hawaiian killed by a westerner.

  • Literally, tired.

Nā Lepili ｜ Tags: Kauaʻi

Papa helu loli ｜ Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log

No nā lepili ｜ Regarding tags: Pili piha a pili hapa paha kēia mau lepe i nā hua o luna aʻe nei. ｜ Tags may apply to all or only some of the tagged entries.

E huli iā “luhi” ma Ulukau.

Search for “luhi” on Ulukau.

Hāpai i wehewehena hou a i ʻole i ʻōlelo hoʻoponopono ｜ Suggest a translation or correction

E hāpai i kahi wehewehena a i ʻole hoʻoponopono no Wehewehe Wikiwiki. ｜ Suggest a translation or correction to the Wehewehe Wikiwiki Community Dictionary for consideration.

Mai hoʻouna mai i noi unuhi ʻōlelo. ｜ This is not a translation service.