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| kī 1.n.ti, a woody plant (Cordyline terminalis) in the lily family, native to tropical Asia and Australia. It consists of a branched or unbranched, slender, ringed stem, ending in a cluster of narrow-oblong, leaves 30 to 60 cm long, from among which at times rises a large panicle of small, light-colored flowers. The leaves were put to many uses by the Hawaiians, as for house thatch, food wrappers,hula skirts, sandals; the thick, sweet roots were baked for food or distilled for brandy.(Neal 203–4) Besides green-leaved tis, which rarely fruit, many ornamental varieties are grown in gardens, having leaves wide to narrow, large to small, the colors purple, crimson, scarlet, rust, pink, or green, striped or plain. Red tis may have red flowers and berries. Greenti leaves are still believed to afford protection from spirits and to purify a menstruating woman.[(OC) PPn *tii,plant sp. (Cordyline fruticosa [= terminalis])] 2.n.the Spanish needle (Bidens pilosa), a weed from tropical America, a kind of daisy with simple or compound leaves, small yellow flower heads, and narrow black bristle-tipped fruits.Alsokī nehe. 3.vt.to shoot or aim, as with a gun; to squirt water, as with a syringe; to blow from the mouth, as a fisherman spitting chewedkukui nut on the sea to quiet it; to spit, as an angry cat; to travel fast, jet, hurry, especially on horseback (Kauaʻi).PCP tii. 4.nvt.bundle of 40 pandanus leaves, sorted for size and length and set aside for plaiting; to sort leaves for such a bundle. 5.a bird. 6.nvt.key, latch; key, pitch, and clef in music; to lock, as a door; to wind or set, as a clock; to roll up, as a mat. 7.n.trigger of a gun. 8.tea. 9.interj.gee. 10.n.shot; to shoot, as in basketball. 11.n.key, in music; peg, as for tuning stringed instruments; to tune, as a stringed instrument.Niʻihau. 12.vt.to tune up, as an engine. 13.n.key, as on maps. |
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| 1. | ʻaekī | fine portions of | ʻae₃ |
| 2. | ʻaukīwai | faucet handle | kī wai |
| 3. | Ekīakuikapukaāpaʻa. | Lock the door fast. | kī₆ |
| 4. | Emakaʻalaʻoeikekūkolu;heloeaʻoiaikekīʻaikolu. | Make sure you keep an eye out for the swing man; he's really good at the triple shot. | kūkolu |
| 5. | ʻEleuwalenōʻoMuggsyBoguesmakekīlele. | Muggsy Bogues is a great jump shooter. | kī lele |
| 6. | ʻEonoānaʻaimakekīpapaʻiʻana. | He has six points by tip-ins. | kī papaʻi |
| 7. | Haolekīkōlea. | Plover-shooting white man [said in astonishment and horror at the white man's shooting of plovers, contrasting with the laborious Hawaiian methods of catching plovers, a way of saying that white people are strange and different]. | kōlea₁ |
| 8. | He65%ʻoJohnStocktonmakalainakīnoa. | John Stockton is 65% at the free-throw line. | kī noa |
| 9. | Hekīʻaikolukekahihapaluaokānamauʻai. | Half of his points are three-pointers. | kī ʻai kolu |
| 10. | Hekīhalahīwalenōkāna. | He made a bad shot. | kī halahī |
| 11. | Heʻupenawalenōkekīmua,alaila,hekīpapakalua. | The first shot was all net, then the second one was a bank shot. | kī papa |
| 12. | Heʻupenawalenōkekīmua,alaila,hekīpapakalua. | The first shot was all net, then the second one was a bank shot. | kī papa |
| 13. | Holoakulaʻoia,alaila,kūiholaakīkūʻoia. | He ran and then stopped, and made a set shot. | kī kū |
| 14. | hoʻoheʻekī | ti leaf sliding | heʻe₂ |
| 15. | hoʻoheʻekī | ti leaf sliding | hoʻoheʻe |
| 16. | hoʻolelekī | A game played only at | -lele kī |
| 17. | hoʻopaʻaikekīwai | to turn off the water | hoʻopaʻa |
| 18. | Ināhoʻokuʻiaʻiaʻoeiāʻoeekahaanaikahīnaʻimalokookapukakī,eheleʻoeikalainakīnoa. | If you are fouled while driving to the basket within the key, you will go to the free throw line. | laina kī noa |
| 19. | Ināhoʻokuʻiaʻiaʻoeiāʻoeekahaanaikahīnaʻimalokookapukakī,eheleʻoeikalainakīnoa. | If you are fouled while driving to the basket within the key, you will go to the free throw line. | laina kī noa |
| 20. | kainahoʻokahionāmeainukī | tea set | kaina₂ |
| 21. | kekīokapaipu | faucet key | paipu |
| 22. | kīʻaikolu | three-point shot; to attempt such a shot | ʻai kolu |
| 23. | kīalakaʻi | tonic, keynote | alakaʻi |
| 24. | kīhalahī | air ball, missed shot, in basketball; to make such a shot.. also | halahī |
| 25. | kīhalahū | air ball, missed shot, in basketball; to make such a shot.. also | halahū |
| 26. | kīhōʻalu | slack key | ʻalu |
| 27. | kīhoʻokuʻu | slack key | hoʻokuʻu |
| 28. | kīhoʻokuʻukuʻu | slack key, as on a guitar [kī hōʻalu is more common] | kuʻukuʻu₁ |
| 29. | kīhoʻokuʻukuʻu | slack key, as on a guitar[kī hōʻalu is more common] | hoʻokuʻukuʻu₁ |
| 30. | kīkaupeʻa | ti leaves crossed as a sign of taboo | kaupeʻa |
| 31. | kīkiʻekiʻena | elevation key | kī |
| 32. | kīkīkoʻo | lay-up, in basketball; to make such a shot. lit., extending shot... | kīkoʻo₁ |
| 33. | kīnoakīhou | one-and-one free throw | kī noa |
| 34. | kīnoakīhou | one-and-one free throw | kī noa |
| 35. | kīnoapākahi | single free throw | kī noa |
| 36. | kīnoapālua | two-shot free throw | kī noa |
| 37. | kīpalapalaIāina | map key | kī |
| 38. | Komomaukānamaukīʻanaikahīnaʻi. | His shots always make it into the basket. | hīnaʻi |
| 39. | Kulukekīakalio. | Swiftly runs the horse. | kulu₅ |
| 40. | KupanahamaolikaleleʻanaoKoʻimalunaokapūʻulukūpalenokekīpaiʻanaakomo. | That was an amazing leap Koʻi made over the herd of defenders to make the layup shot. | kī pai |
| 41. | lainaiwikī | side line of the key on a basketball court | iwi |
| 42. | lainaiwikī | side line of the key on a basketball court | laina |
| 43. | lena,pōlena,ākīlena | yellow, yellowish, and yellow | pōlena₁ |
| 44. | Mākaukau,kī,kani. | Ready, aim, fire. | kani₁ |
| 45. | NaʻŌlanikekuʻiakimemua;uapaʻihewaʻoiaikalimaokōnahoapaioiāiaekīana. | ʻŌlani committed the first team foul; he accidentally hit his opponent's arm as he was shooting. | kuʻia kime |
| 46. | ʻOkekōkoʻolau,helauʻalalapaʻauiaikīmaikaʻinokalapaʻauʻanaikekahimauʻanomaʻi. | Kōkoʻolau is a kind of herb with medical properties which makes a good tea for treating some kinds of sickness. | lauʻala |
| 47. | ʻOiaiuahemokekahihoakimemalaloponookahīnaʻi,kīpaʻewawaleakulaʻoMānea. | Even though one of his teammates was open right under the basket, Mānea went ahead and made a bad shot. | hemo |
| 48. | pōpokikī | a spitting cat [a spiteful, malignant person] | pōpoki |
| 49. | Uaʻapokōnahoakimeikekinipōpō,aholoakulaikekīpai. | His teammate caught the ball and went in for a layup. | ʻapo |
| 50. | Uakīʻiakekinipōpōmaikalainakūwaenamai,aʻuāʻuāaʻelakeanainaikekomoʻanailokookahīnaʻi. | The ball was shot from the half-court line, and the crowd screamed when the ball went in the basket. | laina kūwaena |
| 51. | Uakīʻiakōnalimaapukaakumakekahiʻaoʻao. | He was shot through the hand. | puka ma kekahi ʻaoʻao (o) |
| 52. | Uakīʻoiaikaʻenekiniokōnakaʻa. | He tuned up his car's engine. | kī |
| 53. | UakomokaʻaikoluakekīmiomioʻanaaPiʻikea. | Piʻikea's expertly shot three-pointer went in. | ʻai kolu |
| 54. | UakomokekīʻanaaʻĀlapamaikaumamaiokapukakī. | ʻĀlapa made the shot from the top of the key. | pukakī |
| 55. | Uakūnāmeakūlelemawahookekīmakekūlelekāʻei. | The offense stood outside the key in zone offense. | kūlele kāʻei |
| 56. | weheikekīwai | to turn on the water | wehe |