kōhi

See also: kohi, köhi, and kōhī

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tofi (compare with Māori tohi “to cut”, Rarotongan to‘i “to chisel away, to notch”, Samoan tofi “to split, to cleave”)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *topiq from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebiq (compare with Balinese tebih “to split”)[2]

Verb

kōhi

  1. to break or split something off with a blade like a shovel etc
    1. to chisel
      Synonym: pao
    2. to gouge
      Synonym: hao
    3. to chip, to pick (of ice)

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kōhi”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 159
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tofi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Etymology 2

Compare with Māori tōhī “to pile up”

Verb

kōhi

  1. (of fruits etc) to gather
  2. to fill up
  3. (of wounds) to heal

Japanese

Romanization

kōhi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こうひ
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