Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. To bind. Hīkiʻi, nīkiʻi, hākiʻi, nākiʻi, mūkiʻi, pūkiʻi, lawa, hele, hoʻopaʻa, hoa; lī (as shoelace); ʻope, paʻi (as a package); hīpuʻu, nīpuʻu, hoʻohīpuʻu, nakinaki (as a knot); tie loosely, hūalakē, kāmola, naia (all are rare); tie about neck, kāʻawe; tie as a slip knot, kākolea; tie round, kāʻai; tie bundles of stripped pandanus leaves, kīmoʻo.

• Related:
  • Also: kama, hāwele, ʻāwele, ʻālikiliki, polikia, ʻaʻa, hauhoa, hauhō, molo, pākōlea, kalapu, maʻa, lapulapu, lino, mali, nikiniki, kūkulu, mīnoinoi, puʻaka, ʻōhao; nīpeʻa (Kauaʻi).
• References:
  • See bind, Tied to a stake, moku.

2. A draw. Paʻi, paʻi wale, paʻi ā paʻi.

3. In music. Huina.

Bow tie. Lei ʻāʻī pewa.

e nakii a paa.

(knot), hipŭ‘ŭ; family tie, pi’lĭ; tie-vote, kŏ’hŏ lĭ’kě; neck-tie, lěĭ‘ā‘ī: to tie, hikĭ‘ĭ, nākĭ‘ĭ; (to equal), hŏ‘ŏhālĭ’kě; (in games), pă‘ĭ a pă‘ĭ.

E nakinaki; hikii; nakii.

1. He nipuu. SYN. knot. 2. A tie vote, koho like iwaena o na aoao elua. 3. He pili. A family tie, he pill ohana.