updated: 12/18/2016
| updated: 12/18/2016 |
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| kāhili 1.nvt. • feather standard, symbolic of royalty; • segment of a rainbow standing like a shaft (also a sign of royalty); • to brush, sweep, switch (kā-₂ +hili).seeuhao andkāhili chants,ʻouʻou₁ anduluāoʻa₂.[Pn(CE) *taa-firi,to fan] 2.n.the crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), an ornamental shrub from China, with small oval leaves and panicles of pink, white, or purple crapy flowers. 3.n.a small tree (Grevillea banksii) from Australia, related to the silky oak,ʻoka kilika, but the leaves with fewer subdivisions and the flowers red or cream-white. This is a later application ofkāhili to a plant. Flowers not used forleis on head or around neck because of it irritating hairs, but made into leis for hats by sewing alternate rows of flower clusters and own leaves on pandanus band. 4.n.Kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum), from the Himalaya region; much like the white ginger but with a more open flower head, the flowers with narrow yellow segment and one bright-red stamen apiece. 5.n.a seaweed, probablyTurbinaria ornata. 6.placename.land division, peak (3,016 feet high), falls, and park,Waimea district,Kauaʻi. Coastal land section,Kalaupapa peninsula,Molokaʻi.lit.: feather standard. |
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| 1. | Hakuʻianaʻehoʻikahuluokamoaikāhiliimuaonāaliʻi;kāhiliʻianaʻehoʻikōkua. | Chicken feathers indeed are woven into a standard for the presence of the chiefs; your back is brushed by the kāhili. | kāhili₁ |
| 2. | Hakuʻianaʻehoʻikahuluokamoaikāhiliimuaonāaliʻi;kāhiliʻianaʻehoʻikōkua. | Chicken feathers indeed are woven into a standard for the presence of the chiefs; your back is brushed by the kāhili. | kāhili₁ |
| 3. | hekāhilipapaiki | a feather standard with small feathers | papa₃ |
| 4. | kāhilipulu | to clear away mulch | kāhili₁ |
| 5. | kūkāhili | one standing by a kāhili or carrying it | kāhili₁ |
| 6. | kumukāhili | staff of a kāhili | kumu₁ |
| 7. | Lelekāhili,holokauhaʻi,uhikapa. | Feather standards sway, the door opening is moved into place, the | uhaʻi₂ |
| 8. | paʻakāhili | kāhili bearer | kāhili₁ |
| 9. | UluāoʻakalauokekāhiliikapaʻiaaikainoaoHawaiʻiloa. | Bristling is the top of the feather standard of royalty that is called by the name of Hawaiʻiloa. | uluāoʻa₂ |