updated: 12/18/2016
| updated: 12/18/2016 |
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| kāʻili 1.vt.to snatch, grab, take by force, seize, abduct, usurp. (see song,(EM 58–9))[Pn(CE) *taa-kiri,?? [strong movement]] 2.vt.to cast for fish. 3.n.fine net as used forʻōpelu fishing. 4.placename.small land section,Hālawa Valley,Molokaʻi, with a place of refuge (puʻuhonua) of the same name. Street,Kalihi Waena,Honolulu, perhaps named for Kamehameha's feather god,Kūkāʻilimoku (island-snatchingKū). According to(TM), the Hutchinson family who lived here kept the nameKāʻili Kapu in honor of this god.lit.: snatch. 5.vt.to gasp, labor for breath |
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| 1. | HemaukānakanoHawaiʻineiikāʻiliikaleiokalanakilamanāHoʻokūkūʻOlimepika. | Many Hawaiians have captured the garland of victory at the Olympics. | ʻOlimepika |
| 2. | kawaikāʻiliao | liquid that snatches away enlightenment [intoxicants] | kāʻili₁ |
| 3. | KāʻiliʻiaakukeeaoʻAberahama. | Abraham gave up the ghost; lit., the breath of life was snatched away. | ea₂ |
| 4. | kāʻilikū | to snatch away ruthlessly | kū₁₄ |
| 5. | kāʻilimalū | to seize or abduct secretly, kidnap | kāʻili₁ |
| 6. | mamuliokamanakāʻiliokeaupuni,uakāʻiliʻiakekahihapaokaʻāinaokaʻohanaManunokekūkuluʻanaialaloa | due to eminent domain, a portion of the Manu family's property was taken to build a highway | mana kāʻili o ke aupuni |
| 7. | mamuliokamanakāʻiliokeaupuni,uakāʻiliʻiakekahihapaokaʻāinaokaʻohanaManunokekūkuluʻanaialaloa | due to eminent domain, a portion of the Manu family's property was taken to build a highway | mana kāʻili o ke aupuni |
| 8. | MaikekaikuwāenūanaikauluhalaoKeaʻauākaʻāinakāʻililāolalooWaikūʻauhoe. | From the noisy sea murmuring to the pandanus groves of Keaʻau to the land that snatches away the sun at Waikūʻauhoe. | Waikūʻauhoe |
| 9. | manakāʻiliokeaupuni | eminent domain, i.e. the right of the government to take, or to authorize taking, the private property of a citizen for public use with just compensation being given to the citizen whose property has been taken | kāʻili₁ |
| 10. | mokukāʻililā | sun-snatching island [Lehua Island or sometimes Kauaʻi, since they lie to the west] | kāʻili₁ |