pahili
vt. To braid. Fig., to confuse, entangle, deceive.
pā.hili
vi. To blow strongly, as a wind, especially of a veering wind; to lash, as a storm. Makani pāhili, strong wind, cyclone, hurricane. Ka pāhili ʻia o ka ʻamaʻu e ka Mālualua, the lashing of the ʻamaʻu fern by the Mālualua wind. hoʻo.pā.hili To cause such a wind; to blow, as such a wind, etc.
PA-HI-LI
v. Pa and hili, to turn; to twist. To blow on different sides, as a flickering wind; pahili ka pea i ka makani. Ke pahili mai nei ka makani.
Pahili (pā'-hī'-li), v.
/ pā'-hī'-li /[Pa, to blow, and hili, to turn; to twist.]
1. To blow on different sides, as a flickering wind: Ke pahili mai nei ka makani. Olepelepe ka pea i ka pahiliia o ka makani.
2. To be unsteady, said of variable wind.
Pāhili
Road, Puʻu-nui, Honolulu. (TM.) See Ka-pāhili. Lit., to blow strongly.
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