| pillow - Uluna, 'aki, 'ope'ope
slander - Holoholo'olelo, 'aki
snap - Ha'i, haki.
Bite - 'Aki, hae
aki
1. nvt. To take a nip and let go, snap; to nibble, as fish; to bite off the bark of sugar cane to heal, as a wound; to scar over; sharp recurring pain, as in head or stomach. Fig., to attack, taunt, malign, snap at; slander (Hal. 50.20); backbiter (Roma 1.30). ʻŌpū ʻaki, severe stomach-ache. ʻAki ka nuku, to press the lips tightly together. Pēlā e lilo ai ia i mea i hōʻino ʻia ai, i mea e ʻaki ai (Ezek. 5.15), so it shall be a reproach and a taunt. hō.ʻaki Caus/sim. (PNP kati.)
2. n. Height, tip, top (preceded by ke). Kū i ke ʻaki, to stand at the top [to have success].
3. n. Pillow.
4. n. Block on which a canoe is placed on the shore. Also lona.
5. vs. Filled, as a canoe with waves.
6. Same as ʻakiʻaki 2, a rush. (KL. line 66.)
a.kī
1. nvi. Hair switch; knot fastening plaits or braids of hair; to add long strands of hair. Ua ʻākī ʻia ka lauoho, ua like ka lōʻihi o ka ʻākī me ka pūpū olonā, the hair is lengthened with long switches; the switches are as long as olonā bunches.
2. vt. To furl, as sails.
3. Same as kikī, fast. Rare.
'a'aki - to bite, to nible(as a fish)
'aki - to bite, cut with teeth, backbite
'aki'aki - to nibble, to slander
akimalala - admiral
alimakika - arithmetic
wai akika - noun acid
ali'i - chief, king, royalty, upper class |