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kahakai
/ kaha.kai /loc.n., Beach, seashore, seacoast, seaside strand.
- References:
- Gram. 8.6.
- PEP tafatai .
KA-HA-KAI
s. Kaha, mark, and kai, sea.
The sea shore. Kin. 49:13.
2. The sand of the sea beach.
3. The name of the region of country bordering on the sea.
Kahakai (kă'-hă-kă'i), n.
/ kă'-hă-kă'i /[Kaha, mark, and kai, sea.]
1. The sea-shore.
2. The region of country bordering on the sea.
Kahakai (kā'-hă-kā'i):
/ kā'-hă-kā'i /sea-beach. Land section, Oahu.
kahakai
Beach area where food does not grow.
kahakai
the sea shore; shore belt.
Ka-ha-kai
s. kaha and kai, the sea; the sea shore.
kahakai
1. “Kahakai is compounded of the words kaha and kai. Kaha means primarily a scratch, or mark. Kai means the sea, or salt water. Kahakai, then, means the mark of the sea, the junction or edge of the sea and land”… “By extension of the term beyond its strictest etymological meaning, it means the seashore, the sand of the beach, and still further the region of country bordering on the sea.” Halstead v. Gay, 7 Haw. 587, 589 (1889). 2. “Depending on the context, Kahakai has a broad meaning as ʻregion of country bordering on the sea’.” In re Application of Eklund, 51 Haw. 568, 577 (1970). 3. The mark of the sea (DM). 4. The sea coast (SMK). 5. Coast (HRH). 6. Beach, seashore, seacoast, seaside, strand (PE). 7. The seashore; the region of country bordering the sea (AP).
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