wili
1. nvt. to wind, twist, writhe, crank, turn, screw, drill, bore; to dial, crank, or ring up, as on the telephone; to roll up, as a mat; crank, coil, lock, as of hair. 2. vt. to dial, as a telephone; to drill; to twirl, as a baton. seekumuwili, makawili, pā wili, pihi wili, wili i hope, wili i mua, ʻaukaʻi wili. 3. vt. to turn, as a figure, in math. 4. v. To twist; to wind; to turn, as a crank; to grind at a hand-mill. Lunk. 16:21. To bore, as with an auger or gimlet. 2 Nal. 12:10. 5. To writhe in pain. 6. To mix, as liquids of different qualities, i. e., to stir them round and round. 7. Hoo. To torture; to give pain; to tear; to be in anguish. 8. s. A ribbon. seewila. 9. A roll; a twist. seeowili. Wili lauoho, a lock of hair; o na wili o ke poo. Mel. Sol. 5:2. 10. Sadness; a writhing in pain. 11. The sickness of hogs; a cough; a strangling. 12. adj. Winding; tortuous; ala wili, a winding path; na mea wili, mills for grinding. Nah. 11:8. Mai wili, the venereal disease or gonorrhea. 13. n. mill, drill, wrench, bit; various implements or machines used for turning are listed below. 14. n. spirals of several colors in composite leis, as of the cigar flower (kīkā). 15. The name of a fish. 16. n. a bird (no data).
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1702
Keikei kūlana hale wili, ʻaʻohe mea hana o loko.
A fine-looking mill, but no machinery inside.
[Good-looking but unintelligent. Taken from a hula song.]
2003
Līlā ka maiʻa o ka ʻeʻa, wili ka ʻōkaʻi.
Though the banana of the mountain patch is spindly, thc blossom container twists.
[Even a spindly plant or person can bear fruit.]
2287
Nāpelepele nā pali o Kalalau i ka wili a ka makani.
Weakened are the cliffs of Kalalau in being buffeted by the wind.
[Said of one who is worn out.]
2797
Ua kaʻa niniau i ka wili wai.
Swirled about by the eddying waters.
[Dizzy from being madly in love. Also, intoxicated.]
2939
Wili i ke au wili o Kāwili.
Swirled about by the swirling Kāwili.
[Said of a confusing, bewildering situation. Kā-wili (Hit-and-twist) is a current at Kalae, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, that comes from the Kona side and flows out to the ocean. It is the rougher of the two currents that meet off Kalae.]
2940
Wili ka puahiohio, piʻi ka lepo i luna.
The whirlwind twists, and up goes the dust.
[With wrath, out come words that are unpleasant to hear.]
2941
Wili Koʻolau.
The Koʻolau wind twists about.
[Said of any hurried work — a twist here, a turn there, and you are finished!]