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1. nvi., To entangle, creep, spread, intertwine, intermingle; entanglement, web, snare.

• Examples:
  • Hihi ka lani, intermarried, of chiefly families.
• Related:
  • Lāʻau hihi, vine.
  • hoʻohihi Caus/sim.; To cause entanglement; to entwine, entangle.
• References:
  • Cf. pohihihi.
  • PPN fihifihi.

2. n., A large-meshed fish net.

Pāma hihi. Rattan.

v. To branch or spread out, as vines, or as the limbs of a tree; to grow thick together; ka pikopiko, ua hihi; hihi pea ka lewa. Laieik. 168.

2. To be satisfied; to have enough.

s. The running, spreading out, the entwining or creeping of vines, or a thick growth of vegetation.

2. A cause of entangling; an offense; a cause of offense. NOTE.—This last sense mostly in the form hihia.

adj. Thick together, as grass; as vines; as men.

Thick or close together, as grass, vines, or men; crowded; intermingling: hihi aku; hihi mai.

1. The running, spreading out, entwining or creeping of vines; a thick growth of vegetation.

2. A cause of entangling; an offense.

3. A cause of offense by use of bewildering language; an entanglement of words. Hihia is usually used in this sense.

1. v., To branch or spread out, as vines, or as the limbs of a tree.

2. v., To grow thick together: ka pikopiko, ua hihi; hihi pea ka lewa. Laieik. p. 168.

2. v., To intermingle; to intertwine.

tangle of weeds, rank growth of grass, vines etc.