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Ahi.

• Related:
  • The fires, nāhi.
  • Pit of fire, lua ahi.
  • Fire builder, kahu ahi.
  • Bag for carrying fire-making implements, ʻaahi.
  • To fire a gun, kīpū.
  • Ready, aim, fire, mākaukau, kī, kani.
  • To light or kindle a fire, hoʻā ahi, kuni ahi; kahu (for an oven); hiʻa (with fire plow).
  • To put out a fire, hoʻopau ahi, kinai ahi.
  • Gods of fire, Pele, Lono-makua, ʻAi-lāʻau.
  • Also: ʻaʻā, ʻā; hoʻopau (discharge).
• References:
  • See saying, hoʻokoʻikoʻi.

To fire, as clay or ceramics. Puhi. See ring of fire.

he ahi.

he ahi, he wela, he mea e wela ai.

(ke) a’hĭ: to fire, (as a gun), kī; (kindle), ho‘ā’.

n. Ahi. To prepare a fire, e kukulu i ahi. To kindle a fire, e hooa' i ke ahi. To extinguish a fire, e kinai i ke ahi. To take fire, e a i ke ahi.

v. 1. E hoo-a' i ke ahi. 2. E ki. Fire a gun, e ki pu. 3. E hoo-ala i ka huhu.