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

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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 *tasa, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tasa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tasa, 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

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi (“scrape, shave, whittle”), from Proto-Oceanic *tajim (“sharpen to a point”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Cazem (“sharp”).

Verb

kahi(transitive)

1. to cut longitudinally
2. to scrape
3. to shave, to plane
4. to rub, to stroke
5. to comb

Derived terms

• hoʻokahi (causative)
• kahikahi (reduplicated form)

Noun

kahi

1. comb
2. scraper

Etymology 3

From ka + wahi.

Noun

kahi

1. the place

Usage notes

• Used without an article.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cahi — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkahiʔ/ [ˈkaː.hɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ahiʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧hi

Conjunction

kahì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒ) (obsolete)

1. even though; although; even if

   Synonyms: kahit, kahit na, bagaman, bagamat, maski, maski na, kahiman, kahimat, kahinya, kahinyaman, biksa, biksat, bistat, kesehoda

   Kahi ako'y patayin, wala akong masasabi.

   Even if I'm killed, I have nothing to say.

Derived terms

• kahimanawari
• kahit
• kahitmanawari

Further reading

• “kahi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 418
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.