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nvt., Clamp, clip, clasp, staple, clutch, buckle, vise, trap; to pinch, clip, clasp, clamp, squeeze; sharp body pain, pang, or cramp, as in the side.

• Related:
  • Also: ʻumiki.
  • Makaaniani ʻūmiʻi, spectacles held on the nose with clips, and without supporting handles on the ears; pince-nez.
  • Mea hoʻopaʻa ʻūmiʻi, stapler.
  • Ka ʻūmiʻi ʻana i ka wāwae, binding of feet (as formerly of Chinese women).

hamani, To give a severe electric shock.

• Mānaleo
• Examples:
  • ʻO ka noho ʻūmiʻi kekahi ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻi kū i ka make. The electric chair is one form of capital punishment.
• References:
  • Cf. miki, omo.
  • See entries below.

hamani, To staple.

• Niʻihau
• References:
  • See kui ʻūmiʻi pepa, mea ʻūmiʻi pepa, mea wehe ʻūmiʻi, papa ʻūmiʻi, pihi ʻūmiʻi.

hamani, Clamp.

• Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • ʻŪmiʻi hano hoʻokolohua. Test tube clamp.
  • ʻŪmiʻi hoʻopaʻa. Utility clamp. Cf. ʻūpā hoʻopaʻa.
  • ʻŪmiʻi pani. Pinch clamp.

Sharp body pain in the side, like the piercing of a needle.