uhi

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.hi/

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (Maori uwhi, Samoan ufi),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare Fijian uvi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube).^[2]

uhi

1. yam (Dioscorea)

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi^[3][1]

uhi

1. covering, veil
2. solid-ink tattoo
3. tent

According to the Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, this word, in the sense of 'solid tattoo', may specifically refer to an ornamental marking on the skin made by the gall of a raw shellfish.

• kākau uhi (“to tattoo with solid ink”)
• uhia (“covering”)

uhi

1. (transitive) to cover, conceal, spread
2. (transitive) to overwhelm

   Ua uhi ʻia kō lāua mau manaʻo i ke aloha.

   Their thoughts were overwhelmed with love.

3. (figuratively) to hide the truth, deceive
4. (transitive, of a feather cloak) to don
5. (transitive, of a bed) to make

• hoʻouhi (“to cover”)

uhi

1. large bluish-brown birthmark

uhi

1. oyster
2. mother-of-pearl shank

uhi

1. turtle shell used for scraping olonā fibre

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

uhi

1. (anatomy) nose

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (compare with Hawaiian uhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare with Fijian uvi),^[1][2] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube). Doublet of uwhi.

uhi

1. yam (Dioscorea)

uhi

1. a chisel-like tool used to puncture Maori tattoos (moko)

• oka
• uwhi

From Proto-North Halmahera *uhis (“to flow”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.hi]

uhi

1. (intransitive) to stream, to flow

   ongo uhi ― tears flowed

Conjugation of uhi
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	touhi	fouhi	miuhi
2nd	nouhi	niuhi
3rd	Masculine	ouhi	iuhi, youhi†
Feminine	mouhi
Neuter	iuhi
† - archaic

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (“purple yam”).

uhi

1. sweet potato (Manihot utilissima)