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ʻihi
1. vs., Sacred, holy, majestic, dignified; treated with reverence or respect.
2. n., Wood sorrels (Oxalis 🌐, all species), perennial weedy herbs, creeping or not, and bearing cloverlike leaves and yellow, white, red, or pink bell-shaped flowers. The plants have a pleasant sour taste due to oxalic acid.
- References:
- Neal 473–4.
- PPN kisi .
3. See hue wai ʻihi.
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I-HI,
v. To peel off the bark from a stick. Kin. 30:37.
2. To peel; to flay the skin from an animal; e ihi i ka ai, to take the skin from food (kalo or potatoes); e ihi i ka ili o ka manini, to peel the skin from the manini (a species of kalo); e hoopohole, e maihi; ua ihi ka la, ua wela ka pahoehoe, the sun is peeled off, i. e., the clouds, the smooth rocks are hot; ua ihi ke kapu o ke alii, the kapu is taken off. LIT. Peeled off.
I-HI
s. The name of a plant growing on the mountains, the root, used in native medicines, slightly cathartic; also,
2. A plant like the pig-sorrel, which is called ihi makole.
I-HI
adj. Sacred; hallowed. Hal.72:19. Generally applied to high chiefs.
ihi
/ ĭ'-hi /1. v., To strip off the bark or skin of; to bark, flay, or decorticate; to peel.
2. v., To tear or strip off; to remove. Ua ihi ka la, ua wela ke pahoehoe. Syn: Maihi.
3. v., To cover or wrap the head, as in the ceremony of covering the head of a chief or an idol.
Ihi (ī'-hi), n.
/ ī'-hi /A crown-like headpiece marking distinctive rank. Same as ĭ'-hi.
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/ ĭ'-hĭ /1. n., A species of plant (Portulaca oleracea) widely used as medicine.
2. n., The common purslane.
ihi
/ ĭ'-hĭ /1. adj., Sacred; hallowed.
2. adj., Majestic; dignified.
ʻihi
Yellow wood sorrell (Oxalis corniculata). The leaves and bulbous roots of the ʻihi and ʻihi maka ʻula supply a cathartic.
ihi
Feeling of respect or reverence for someone or something held sacred or majestic. In earlier days, this feeling applied to high chiefs. (Hal. 72:19.)
ʻihi
Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata). Wood sorrels are all oxalis. This one is a creeping perennial herb. Flowers have a pleasant, sour taste due to oxalic acid. (NEAL 473.) See Plants: Uses.
ʻihi
Mountain plant. The root is slightly cathartic. (A.) Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata), a weedy oxalis, a creeping perennial herb. It has a sour taste due to the presence of oxalic acid. This plant, and a form with red stems and leaves and orange flowers, ʻihi-maka-ʻula or ʻihi-makole, is used medicinally by Hawaiians. (NEAL 473.)
IHI
I. hemo ka ili o ka laau, Kin. 30:37.
ihi
strip off bark or skin, flay, peel.
‘ihi
‘ihi‘ihi, holy, sacred, majestic.
I-hi
adj. sacred, hallowed.
I-hi
v. to peel, to flay off the skin.
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