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1. Locality. Wahi, kahi, kaha, kauwahi.

• Related:
  • Also: kūlana, kūnana, kaulu, kaunu.
  • Place at sea where canoes stop, kaulana waʻa.
  • Evil place, wahi ʻino, kahaʻino.
  • Surf-riding place, kūlana nalu, kūlana kai.
  • Legendary place, wahi pana.
  • Place for urinating, mīana.
  • Place of torment, kiʻo ahi.
  • Of or belonging to that place, kō laila, o laila.
  • From place to place, mai kahi wahi ā kahi wahi (Kel. 59).

2. To put. Kau (for various uses, see kau); hoʻokau, waiho.

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  • Also: hoʻokaukau, pākau; pēkau (rare); place under, hoʻopili malalo aʻe, hālalo; place on the side, kau pāʻaoʻao; place one-sided, kīkepa.
  • To place flowers as on graves, kau pua.
  • To place in authority, hoʻomana, hoʻonoho.
  • Placed, kau ʻia, kaulei.
  • Placed in rows, as soldiers, noho papa.

Place value, usually in compound terms. Kūana.

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  • Place value of a number. Kūana helu.
  • Ones. Kūana ʻekahi.
  • Tens. Kūana ʻumi.
  • Hundreds. Kūana haneli.
  • Decimal place. Kūana kekimala.

One of five USGS geography standards. Henua.

wahi, kahi.

e kau aku, e waiho, e hoonoho.

h. he wahi, he keena, he oihana luna.

hai. e kau iho, e hoon ho aku.

wă'hĭ, kă'hĭ: to place, waĭhŏ, kăŭ; (establish), hŏ'ŏno'hŏ.

Wahi.

E hoonoho; e waiho.