hili

hili

1. plural of hilus

• IPA^(key): /ˈhi.li/

From Proto-Polynesian *firi (compare with Maori whiri (“to plait, to twist, to weave”), Tahitian firi (“to plait”) and ‘ōfiri (“to wrap around”), Tongan fili and Samoan fili), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliN (compare with Malay pilin).

hili

1. braid
2. plaiting

   Ka hili ʻana i ka lauoho.

   The plaiting of the hair.

3. string

hili

1. to braid
2. to plait
3. to turn aside, to wander
4. to deviate, to stray

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

hili

1. to strike, to hit
2. to whip
3. (ball games) to bat
4. (volleyball) to spike

• hoʻohili (“causative/simulative”)
• manawa hili (“at bat”)
• ʻūhili (“bat”)

• hili in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

hīlī

1. genitive singular of hīlum

Possibly related to Old Javanese gili (“island”).

hili

1. mountain

hili

1. ji class_(V) inflected form of hii

From *pili, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq. Compare Malay pilih.

hili

1. to pick
2. to choose

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: hi‧li

From Proto-Polynesian *sili. Cognates include Rapa Nui hiri and Samoan sili.

hili

1. goodness; greatness

hili

1. (stative) to be better

   E hili ni puhi i lō ni maile. ― Cats are better than dogs.

hili (plural tahili)

1. (transitive) to insert between two surfaces

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs