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nvt., To ask for something, request, solicit, appeal, apply, make a motion, move, propose, plea; proposal, request, petition, motion (in documents of the 1860s, often preceded by the article ke).

• Examples:
  • Ka mea noi, the applicant, petitioner.
  • Ma ka noi a Mr. Mahelona, on motion of Mr. Mahelona.
  • Ke noi aku nei au i kou ʻoluʻolu, I am asking a favor of you.
  • Noi haʻahaʻa, to beg humbly, implore.
  • Noi mau, to ask constantly, nag, importunate.
• Related:
  • hoʻonoi Caus/sim.
• References:
  • Cf. nīnau, to ask a question, noinoi, nonoi.
  • PPN noʻi .

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• Related:
  • Palapala noi hoʻololi kānāwai. Constitutional initiative, i.e. a process by which one can propose an amendment by gathering signatures on a petition.

v. To beg; to beseech; to ask for a thing; to ask earnestly; to entreat; to ask, as in prayer; noi ikaika lakou, i pu, a i pauda, they begged strongly, give us guns, give us powder.

v., To beg; to beseech; to ask for a thing; to ask earnestly; to entreat; to ask, as in prayer: Noi ikaika lakou, i pu, a i pauda, they begged strongly, give us guns, give us powder.

(note: ke noi, the request; ka noi, the one asking), a request: to beg, entreat.

1. Petition or claim. 2. Motion. 3. To apply for license.