ʻai

From Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

ʻai

1. stick
2. tree

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

From Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔai̯/, [ˈʔɐj], [ˈʔɛj] (rapid speech)

ʻai

1. food; in particular, any food that is not fish
2. ruler
3. score, points in a game

ʻai

1. (transitive) to eat (consume)

   Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.

   The cat ate the mouse.

2. (transitive) to taste
3. (transitive) to bite
4. (transitive) to rule

• akaʻai
• hōʻai

• Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert

From Proto-Polynesian *qait.

ʻai

1. copulate