"kahiki" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈhi.ki/, [kəˈhi.ti]
Etymology: From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tafiti. Compare to Maori tawhiti. Etymology templates: {{inh|haw|poz-cet-pro|*tafiti}} Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tafiti, {{cog|mi|tawhiti}} Maori tawhiti Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} kahiki
  1. foreign country Derived forms: hala kahiki, ʻuala kahiki
    Sense id: en-kahiki-haw-noun-fzZmFx-Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kaˈhi.ki/, [kəˈhi.ti]
Head templates: {{head|haw|noun}} kahiki
  1. a type of banana common on the island of Maui
    Sense id: en-kahiki-haw-noun-pWNltpmX Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "ipa": "/kaˈhi.ki/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hawaiian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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