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1. n., Edge, rim, border, boundary, margins, brim.

• Related:
  • Also: nihi.
• References:
  • See nihi for PPN
  • Cf. kaunihinihi.

2. Small quantity, particle, a little bit, minutia; slight.

• Examples:
  • ʻIke lihi, to glimpse.
  • Lihi kamaʻāina, slight knowledge, casual acquaintance.
  • ʻAʻohe ona lihi hoʻomaopopo iki, he didn't in the least understand.
  • ʻAʻole lihi launa o ka pilikia, there's no end to the trouble.
  • ʻAʻohe oʻu lihi hoihoi, I haven't a particle of interest, not the slightest interest.
  • He lihi pili kō mākou, we are remotely related.
  • Lihi launa ʻole, not the slightest association.
  • ʻAʻole e lilo kahi huna, ʻaʻole hoʻi kahi lihi iki o ke kānāwai (Mat. 5.18), not one jot, not one tittle shall in any wise pass from the law.
• hoʻolihi Caus/sim.; to gird.

3. Right or interest in property.

• Examples:
  • He lihi koʻu i laila, I have an interest there.

4. Point of fishhook.

• References:
  • Kam. 76:77.

5. Pearl-shell lure, as for ʻōpelu fish.

6. Piece of land usually between two ahupuaʻa and of unestablished ownership.

kikino, Margin, as on a printed page.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Lihi hema. Left margin.
  • Lihi ʻākau. Right margin.
  • Lihi o luna. Top margin.
  • Lihi o lalo. Bottom margin.
  • Hoʻopaʻa i nā lihi. To set the margins.
• References:
  • See pili lihi.

Pearl-shell lure, used for bonito.

border, edge.

1. Boundary. In re Application of Territory to Register and Confirm Title at Kakaako, 30 Haw. 666, 669 (1928). 2. Edge, rim, border, boundary, margins, brim (PE). 3. Edge; border, boundary (T). 4. A border, edge or boundary of a thing where it unites or is near to another when it contacts, as edges of bones (AP). 5. Small portion; bit. 6. Piece of land usually between two ahupuaʻa and of unestablished ownership (PE).