Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., To slap, spank, beat, hit, clap; to print, publish; to snap, as pictures; to break, as a taboo; a slapping, slap, stamping, printing (several old types of tapa begin with paʻi: paʻipaʻinahā, paʻiua, paʻiʻula; preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • Paʻi ʻana, printing, edition, impression.
  • Paʻi ipu, to beat a gourd drum.
  • Ke kolu o ke paʻi ʻana, third edition.
• Related:
  • hoʻopaʻi Caus/sim.;
    • a. To slap, hit, punish, chastise, fine, pay back, seek revenge; punishment, revenge, fine, penalty. ʻŌlelo hoʻopaʻi, sentence (penalty). Ka mea hoʻopaʻi koko (Ios. 20.9), avenger of blood.
    • b. Design with 12 to 18 ruled parallel lines on a tapa beater. Hoʻopaʻi hāluʻa, sets of parallel lines on a beater at right angles. PPN paki.
• References:
  • Cf. paʻi ā paʻi, paʻi kiʻi, paʻi puna.

2. nvs., To tie; a draw; equal; to make an agreement (said to be so called because champions slapped each other's open palms after they had agreed on the terms of a match or race, and with a draw it was as though they had no more than concluded the terms).

• Examples:
  • Inā e paʻi ana e koho ana ʻoia, if it's a tie, he will vote.
• References:
  • Cf. paʻi ā paʻi.

3. vt., To mix, as ingredients; to mingle.

4. To put clothes to soak, as in soapy water.

5. nvt., A bundle, package, especially of food; to tie up such a bundle; bunch, cluster, as of grapes (preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • Kū ke paʻi, what a load [of work to do].
• References:
  • Cf. paʻi aʻa, paʻi ʻai, paʻi palaoa, paʻi ʻuala; paʻi waina.

6. Rare variant of paʻipaʻi; to strip, as bark.

7. nvt., Lining, as of pandanus or sugar-cane leaves, inside thatching of pili grass; to line thus.

8. vs., Decaying, of fruits or plants; blight.

• Rare
• References:
  • Cf. kāpaʻi, poultice.

9. Short for paʻi malau.

10. n., A heap.

11. vt., To evict, as from land.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka paʻi ʻana o ʻAikanaka i nā mākua … ma kēia paʻi ʻana a ʻAikanaka i nā mākua (FS 47), as for Man-eater's eviction of the parents … in this eviction by Man-eater of the parents [from their land] (note possessive prepositions o and a in similar environments).

kikino, Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia 🌐).

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.
• Related:
  • Also: paʻimalau.
• References:
  • See paʻipeʻa, paʻipihi.

hamani, As on a computer. To print.

• Preceded by ke.
• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Mīkini paʻi. Printer.

kikino, As of a photograph or in movie or video production. Shot.

• Preceded by ke.
• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Nā ʻano paʻi. Types of shots.
  • Paʻi kokoke loa. Extreme close-up.
  • Paʻi laulā loa. Extreme wide shot.
• Related:
  • Paʻi kokoke. Close-up.
  • Paʻi laulā. Wide shot.
  • Paʻi lōpū. Medium shot.
• References:
  • See kokoke, laulā, lōpū, paʻi kiʻi.

hamani, As a photograph. To take, shoot, or snap.

• Preceded by ke.
• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Mea paʻi kiʻi. Photographer, cameraperson.
  • Paʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni. To shoot a movie film.
  • Paʻi wikiō. To shoot a video.
• References:
  • See pahu paʻi wikiō.
  • Cf. ʻāpona.

hamani, To print, publish.

• Preceded by ke.
• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • E paʻi ʻia ana nō. In press.
• References:
  • See kūkohu.

Bunch or cluster. He paʻi maiʻa, a bunch of bananas.

1. To evict, as from land (PE). 2. Heap (PE).