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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:
  • PCP lufi , lusi .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.