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1. nvt. Covering, cover, veil, film, lid, solid tattooing, tent (Puk 26.12); to cover, spread over, engulf, conceal, overwhelm; to don, as a feather cloak. Figuratively, to deceive, hide the truth.

• Examples:
  • Kākau uhi, to tattoo solidly.
  • Uhi mai ka lani pō, the night sky spreads forth [ignorance].
  • Ua uhi ʻia kō lāua mau manaʻo i ke aloha (For. 4:67), their thoughts were overwhelmed with love.
  • Uhi i ka moe, to make a bed.
• Related:
  • hoʻouhi Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PPN ʻufi.

2. n. Large, bluish-brown birthmark.

3. n. The yam (Dioscorea alata), from southeast Asia, a climber with square stems, heart-shaped leaves, and large, edible, underground tubers. The plant is widely distributed through islands of the Pacific, where it is commonly grown for food. In the past botanists have applied the name uhi incorrectly to the hoi kuahiwi.

• Related:
  • Also: pālau, ulehihi.
  • See entries tagged uhi.
• References:
  • HP 166–172, Neal 230.
  • PPN ʻufi.

4. n. Mother-of-pearl bivalve, mother-of-pearl shank.

• References:
  • PPN ʻufi.

5. n. Turtle shell piece used for scraping olonā.

6. n. Mark made by the gall of raw pūpū ʻawa (a shellfish) on tapa or on the skin as an ornament.

• References:
  • PCP u(f,s)i.

Lepo uhi. Topsoil.

• References:
  • Cf. lalo lepo.

v. To cover over a thing so as to hide it; to cover or hide, as the water covers what is in the bottom of the sea. Puk. 15:10.

2. To cover, i. e., spread over the country, as an army. Nah. 22:5. To cover; to hide, as a sin, i. e., to forgive it. Neh. 4:5.

3. Hoo. To veil; to cover with a veil, as the face. Kin. 24:65.

4. To spread over a cover; to conceal, as a cloud. Kin. 9:14. Uhi uha mai ka pele o ka lua ahi, uhi mai ka leo o ke ahi o ka pele.

5. To be smothered, as the voice of one by the voices of many; ua uhiia kona leo e ka haukamumu. Laieik. 22.

s. A covering; a veil. Puk. 26:14.

2. A fence; a protection.

s. A yam, a vegetable; grows in the ground.

s. Name of a small shell fish.

1. n., Gall of a small shell fish which was used in making a pigment for dyeing tapa and tattooing the skin.

2. n., Mark left by dye on the body or on tapa.

1. n., A covering; a veil.

2. n., A fence; a protection; a cover; a lid.

3. n., The yam (Dioscorea sativa). It was cultivated for the supply of ships before the introduction of the potato, particularly on Kauaʻi and Niʻihau. Called on Maui palau.

4. n., Climbing plant (Snailax sandwicensis), with tuberous rhizome. Called pioi in Kauaʻi.

1. v., To cover a thing so as to hide it.

2. v., To overflow; to overlay; to overlap.

3. v., To cover, that is, spread over the country, as an army.

4. v., To spread over to conceal, as a cloud: Uhi uha mai ka pele o ka lua ahi, uhi mai ka leo o ke ahi o ka pele.

5. v., To he smothered, as the voice of one by the voices of many: Ua uhiia kona leo e ka haukamumu. Laieik. p. 22.

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