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ʻami 1. nvi. hinge, joint; to turn on hinges. 2. nvi. a hula step with hip revolutions; to do this step. Three types are ʻami kāhela, ʻami kūkū, and ʻami ʻōniu. 3. n. measuring worm. 4. n. hinge. 5. n. gram. preposition, marker of a grammatical function. (e, i, o, ʻo, ma, me, no...). |
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| 1. | ʻami ʻaike | marker ( | ʻami₄ |
| 2. | ʻami ʻākena ʻaʻano | causative/agentive marker for stative verbs ( | ʻami₄ |
| 3. | ʻami ʻākena ʻiae | actor (agent) marker for passive voice ( | ʻami₄ |
| 4. | ʻami hea | vocative marker ( | ʻami₄ |
| 5. | ʻami henua | locative preposition, in, on, at, by ( | ʻami₄ |
| 6. | ʻami hoa | comitative marker; ( | ʻami₄ |
| 7. | ʻami hoʻākaaka | appositive preposition ( | ʻami₄ |
| 8. | ʻami hoʻokuʻi | joint | kuʻi₂ |
| 9. | ʻami hoʻokuʻi | joint | hoʻokuʻi₁ |
| 10. | ʻami kāhea | ( | ʻami₄ |
| 11. | ʻami kuhi | directional preposition ( | ʻami₄ |
| 12. | ʻami kuhilana | ( | ʻami₄ |
| 13. | ʻami kūmua | ablative preposition ( | ʻami₄ |
| 14. | ʻami lauka | object marker ( | ʻami₄ |
| 15. | ʻami mole | same as | ʻami₄ |
| 16. | ʻami nonoʻa | zero-possessive pronoun (no initial consonant) | ʻami₄ |
| 17. | ʻami nonoʻa ʻākena iki (kino ʻā) | ( | ʻami₄ |
| 18. | ʻami nonoʻa iki | ( | ʻami₄ |
| 19. | ʻami nonoʻa ʻōkena iki (kino ʻō) | ( | ʻami₄ |
| 20. | ʻami piko | subject marker ( | ʻami₄ |
| 21. | ʻami puka | door hinge (also | ʻami |
| 22. | hoʻokuʻina ʻami | hinge joint | kuʻina₂ |
| 23. | hoʻokuʻina ʻami | hinge joint | hoʻokuʻina |
| 24. | ihu ʻami | nose with irregularly shaped bridge | ʻami₁ |
| 25. | ʻoʻoleʻa nā ʻami | stiff joints | ʻoʻoleʻa |