ʻoi
1. nvs., Sharp, acute; sharpness; a sharp sign (♯) in music which raises the pitch of the following note a semitone.
- Examples:
- I laila ka ʻoi kepa lua o Hinamoe (For. 6:373), there the sharp double snapping [tusks] of Hinamoe.
- References:
- PPN kohi .
2. nvs., Best, superior, superb, main, prominent, exceeding; to exceed, excel; left-over, extra, remaining, above, odd.
- Examples:
- Maui nō ka ʻoi, Maui indeed is the best. [Note that nō in this sentence qualifies Maui. Nō ka ʻoi without a preceding noun is ungrammatical.]
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oi
1. vi., To move; to turn sideways, as contemptuously; to slouch along, gyrate along; to pull away, as in anger; motion of leisurely swaying (less common than oioi).
- Examples:
- Mai oi aku ʻolua a kokoke (FS 49), don't you two move up too close.
- Pau ke oi ʻana o kō lāua mau kino, their bodies stopped slouching about [in anger].
- References:
- Examples:
- Oi noke, oi huli, oi naku, oi huli nā kānaka, ʻaʻole loaʻa iki, the people kept persevering, kept hunting, kept delving, kept hunting, without any success at all.
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ʻoi
ʻaʻano | stative verbʻaʻano, Acute, in math.
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/ O-I /1. v., To project out or over; to go beyond; exceed; generally with mamua. Ioan. 13:16.
2. To be more in any way; to be more excellent; to be greater naturally or morally; to be better. Puk. 1:9. To be excessive in some condition; as, ua oi paaloa, aole e hemo, it is very firmly fixed, it will not be moved.
3. To limp; to walk stiffly.
4. To approach; to draw near to, as in speaking to one. Kin. 44:18.
5. Hooi. To go beyond a prescribed limit. Luk. 3:13. Opposed to hoemi. Kanl. 13:1. Ua hooi aku oe i ka lono, thou exceedest the report. 2 Oihl. 9:6.
6. To be sharp, as a knife, hatchet or spade. Hal. 45:5.
7. To sharpen; to set on edge, as the teeth. Ezek. 18:2. To sharpen, as a knife, on a steel or whetstone. See kepa. Oikepa, a sharp instrument.
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kikino | noun / O-I /1. s., Excess; superiority; greatness. Kanl. 7:7.
2. An uneven number; difference in numbers, as in substraction.
3. The sharp edge or point of a weapon; hence,
4. Offensive or defensive weapons; arms. Luk. 11:22. The sharp points of broken glass bottles; ua maikai ka omole mawaho; aka, ina e naha ka omole, ua piha loa oloko i ka oi.
5. The name of a small tree.
6. In music, a sharp (♯).
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oi
/ O-I /1. adj., First; most excellent; greater; the best.
2. Sharp; full of sharp points; sharp, as a knife; ka hoana oi, the sharp hone; ke apuapu oi, the sharp file.
3. Poor; thin in flesh, that is, having sharp features.
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oi
/ O-I /adv., While; whilst; during some time when a thing was doing; e hele i ka malamalama, oi kau ke ea i ke kino; oi huli wale lakou ia ia, while they sought for him in vain; while yet. 2 Sam. 3:35.
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/ ō'-i /adv., While; whilst; while yet; during some time when a thing was being done: e hele i ka ma lamalama, oi kau ke ea i ke kino; oi huli wale lakou ia ia, while they sought for him in vain.
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/ ō'-i /1. v., To project out or over.
2. v., To be more; to be better.
3. v., To be sharp, said of any sharp-edged instrument.
4. v., To limp.
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/ o'-ī' /n., An introduced weed. (Verbena honariensis.) Also called owi.
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oi
/ ō'-i /1. n., Excess; superiority; greatness.
2. n., An uneven number: difference in numbers, as in subtraction.
3. n., The sharp edge or point of a weapon.
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oi
/ ō'-i /1. adj., First; most excellent; greater: the best.
2. adj., Sharp: full of sharp points; sharp, as a knife; ka hoana oi, the sharp hone; ke apuapu oi. the sharp file.
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oi
Weedy verbena (Verbena litoralis). (NEAL 721.) See Plants: Uses.
ōī
Tropical plant (Verbena litoralis). (NEAL 721.)
oi
Weedy verbena (Verbena litoralis), a tropical American plant. It grows to 6 feet, with paired, long-stalked, narrow heads bearing tiny blue flowers. Hawaiians used the plants medicinally for skin ailments, applying the juice externally, and later sprinkling the affected area with powdered pia root. (NEAL 721.)
‘o'i
to limp.
‘oi
first, most excellent; greater; the best; sharp.
ʻoi
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