kahi

See also: káhi

Fula

Noun

kahi ki (plural kahe ɗe)

1. African mahogany (Khaya senegalensis)

Usage notes

• Used in Pulaar.
• Used in Maasina Fulfulde.
• (see discussion)

Synonyms

• ɗaaleehi

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
• D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, and J. Donohoe, A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.

Hawaiian

Hawaiian numbers ^(edit)

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Base form: kahi     Cardinal: hoʻokahi, ʻekahi     Ordinal: mua     Distributive: pākahi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.hi/, [ˈkɐ.hi]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

kahi

1. one, single; some

Derived terms

• hoʻokahi
• kekahi
• pākahi
• ʻakahi
• ʻekahi

 

Etymology 2

Verb

kahi

1. (transitive) to cut

Etymology 3

From ka + wahi.

Noun

kahi

1. the place

Usage notes

• Used without an article.