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1. nvi., Race, as foot race, canoe race, horse race; to race.

• Examples:
  • He kanaka ikaika e heihei ana (Hal. 19.5), a strong man running a race.
• Related:
  • hoʻoheihei Caus/sim.; To run swiftly, take part in a race, pretend to race, cause to race.

2. Reduplication of hei #1, hei #2, hei #3; to festoon, drape.

• Related:
  • hoʻoheihei Caus/sim.; To ensnare, entrap; to mend, as a net or wire fence.
• References:
  • Cf. pāʻū heihei.

3. vt., To enthrall, enchant.

• Examples:
  • Noho ʻoia mehe mea lā ua heihei ʻia, he sat like one entranced; enchanted; in a daze.
• Related:
  • hoʻoheihei Caus/sim.; to fascinate, flirt; to ward off possible sorcery by imitating the gestures of the kahuna.

v. To run, as in a race; to run a race. Hal. 19:5.

1. To run, as though in a race.

2. To run a race.

To run in a foot, horse, or canoe race; to dash, race.

I. He nui na paio paani iwaena o ko Helene a me ko Roma i pili i ka hoomana akua o lakou. Ua aoia lakou ilaila, i ikaika ke kino, a i akamai hoi lakou i ke kaua. Ua kaulana no keia mau paio ana. Ua hanaia i kela makahiki i keia makahiki me ka hanohano. Lilo no ka poe hanohano a me ka poe alii i keia paio ana, me ka makemake nui e loaa ka lei o ka launahele, no ka lanakila ana. Nui wale ka poe i akoakoa, a nana mai, me ka mahalo nui i ka poe lanakila. Ua ao nui ia ka poe paio mamua, me ka noho pakiko ma na mea a pau, 1 Kor. 9:25. Ma Korineto ka paio kaulana loa a Paulo i olelo mai ai, 1 Kor. 9:24-27. Haihai wawae ka mea i mahalo nui ia; he paio e ae no kekahi, ka haihai kaa-lio, ka hakookoo, ka mokomoko, ka lele ana, a pela aku. Ua hoohalikeia ka paio Kristiano me ka paio kahiko ma ka haihai wawae. Ua like io no. E nana Pil. 3:13, 14: 2 Tim. 4:7, 8; Heb. 12:1.

a race: to race.