pahi
1. nvt. Knife, flint; to skin, as cattle. (PCP pa(f,s)i.)
2. To stand on edge. (And.)
1. nvt. Knife, flint; to skin, as cattle. (PCP pa(f,s)i.)
2. To stand on edge. (And.)
Haku kā pahi. Paleolithic, in anthropology. Ke au haku kā pahi. Paleolithic age, period.
s. A knife; any cutting instrument of the knife kind; pahi kaua, a sword; pahi pelu, a jack-knife, &c. See the compounds.
s. In Tahitian, a canoe or ship; no ka mea, aia malaila (ma Tahiti) ka waa nui, he pahi ka inoa. D. Malo 3:20.
v. LIT. To knife, i. e., to cut a piece of meat thin as a knife; e oki lahilahi i ka io.
2. To stand up on edge.
3. E kulepelepe, e hoolepe.
1. A knife; any cutting instrument of the knife kind: pahi kaua, a sword; pahi pelu, a jack-knife.
2. [Tahitian.] A canoe or ship: no ka mea, aia malaila (ma Tahiti) ka waa nui, he pahi ka inoa. D. Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, chap. 3, verse 20.
1. Lit. To knife, that is, to cut a piece of meat thin as a knife: e oki lahilahi i ka io; e kulepelepe, e hoolepe, to cut thin.
2. To stand up on edge.
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