ahi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ahi"

Languages (21)

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'Are'are • Estonian • French • Hawaiian • Indonesian • Italian • Karao • Māori • Mobilian • Pali • Pohnpeian • Portuguese • Rapa Nui • Spanish • Tangam • Ternate • Tetum • Unami • Võro

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Translingual

Symbol

ahi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tiagba.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tiagba terms

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Polynesian *kasi

Hawaiian ʻahibor.

English ahi

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻahi (“yellowfin tuna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.hi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ahi (plural ahis or ahi)

1. yellowfin tuna

Anagrams

• AIH, HIA, hai

'Are'are

Noun

ahi (plural hi ahi, plural wau ahi)

1. a dress

References

• Geerts, P. (1970), “ahi”, in Wurm, S.A., Laycock, D.C., Voorhoeve, C.L., editors, 'Are'are Dictionary‎^[3], Canberra, ACT: Australian National University, page 2

Estonian

A wood-heated sauna stove.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *ahjo (“oven”), from earlier *ašjo, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *asjǭ (“soapstone”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhi/

• Rhymes: -ɑhi
• Hyphenation: a‧hi

Noun

ahi (genitive ahju, partitive ahju)

1. an oven (a chamber used for baking or heating)

   tegin tule ahju ― I made a fire in the oven

   ahi ajab suitsu sisse ― the oven blows smoke

   saunaahi ― a sauna oven

2. a stove or an oven (a device for heating or cooking food)

   vanaema võttis ahjust õunakoogi ― grandma took the apple pie out of the oven

Declension

Declension of ahi (ÕS type 24e/tühi, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahi	ahjud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ahju
genitive			ahjude
partitive		ahju	ahje ahjusid
illative		ahju ahjusse	ahjudesse ahjesse
inessive		ahjus	ahjudes ahjes
elative		ahjust	ahjudest ahjest
allative		ahjule	ahjudele ahjele
adessive		ahjul	ahjudel ahjel
ablative		ahjult	ahjudelt ahjelt
translative		ahjuks	ahjudeks ahjeks
terminative		ahjuni	ahjudeni
essive		ahjuna	ahjudena
abessive		ahjuta	ahjudeta
comitative		ahjuga	ahjudega

Derived terms

• ahjuküte, mikrolaineahi

References

• “ahi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• ahi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “ahi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ahi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Anagrams

• iha

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.i/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Interjection

ahi

1. ouch! (representing pain)

Synonyms

• (expression of pain): aïe, ouch, ouille, ayoye (Quebec)

Further reading

• “ahi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hawaiian

ahi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Central Pacific *avi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. Cognates include Māori ahi and Samoan afi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.hi/, [ˈɐ.hi]

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Derived terms

• ahikao (“firework”)
• ahikoe (“match”)
• ahimakani (“gasoline”)
• ahipele (“match”)
• kāʻahi (“train”)
• moku ahi (“firebrand”)

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Kur [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈahi/ [ˈa.hi]
• Rhymes: -ahi
• Syllabification: a‧hi

Noun

ahi (plural ahi-ahi)

1. (dialectal) coconut meat picker

Further reading

• “ahi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Interjection

ahi

1. ouch!
2. ah!

Derived terms

• ahimè

Anagrams

• hai

Karao

Noun

ahi

1. sibling

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Central Pacific *avi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Samoan afi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈahi/ [ˈɐhi]

Noun

ahi

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Derived terms

• ahi hinu
• ahi kā
• ahi kōmau
• ahi mātaotao
• ahi tahutahu
• ahi taitai
• ahi tere
• ahi teretere
• ahi tipua
• ahi whakaene
• ārai ahi
• kutukutu ahi
• ngutungutu ahi
• ratonga ahi
• rerenga ahi
• tāmi ahi
• whakapoko ahi
• whatinga ahi

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ahi”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Mobilian

Etymology

From Chickasaw ahi' (or Choctaw ahi), from Proto-Muskogean *ahiCa.

Noun

ahi

1. potato
2. sweet potato

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• अहि (Devanagari script)
• অহি (Bengali script)
• අහි (Sinhalese script)
• အဟိ (Burmese script)
• อหิ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫິ or ອະຫິ (Lao script)
• អហិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vedic Sanskrit अहि (ahi). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis.

Noun

ahi m

1. snake, serpent, dragon

Declension

Declension table of "ahi" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ahi	ahayo or ahī
Accusative (second)	ahiṃ	ahayo or ahī
Instrumental (third)	ahinā	ahīhi or ahībhi
Dative (fourth)	ahissa or ahino	ahīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ahismā or ahimhā	ahīhi or ahībhi
Genitive (sixth)	ahissa or ahino	ahīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ahismiṃ or ahimhi	ahīsu
Vocative (calling)	ahi	ahayo or ahī

Synonyms

• (snake): sappa; uraga

Derived terms

• ahichattaka

Etymology 2

Verb

ahi

1. second-person singular imperative active of atthi (“to be”)

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐːi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Micronesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

ahi

1. fire

   Miehr ahi.

   There's already a fire.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ei

Determiner

ahi

1. my, mine, first person singular possessive pronoun

Portuguese

Adverb

ahi (not comparable)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of aí
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A perceptora”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[4], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 207:

     Conhecia as linguas modernas, mas não como as conhecem as meninas que por ahi conversam com os diplomatas, resumindo n’isso todas as suas ambições de estudo.

     She knew the modern languages, but not like the girls who chat around with diplomats, and have that as their only learning ambition, know them.

Rapa Nui

Te ahi.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *afi. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Māori ahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.hi/
• Hyphenation: a‧hi

Noun

ahi

1. fire

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 61
• Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[5], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 30

Spanish

Adverb

ahi

1. misspelling of ahí

Tangam

Noun

ahi

1. water

Further reading

• Mark W. Post, The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts (2017)

Ternate

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tidore ahi. Of uncertain relation to West Makian fi, Galela kahi, Sahu kai, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.hi/

Noun

ahi (Jawi أهي)

1. skin
2. rind

   lemo maahi ― the rind of a lemon

3. shell

   bia maahi ― the shell of a shellfish

4. cover

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.hi/

Verb

ahi

1. to swat

Conjugation

Conjugation of ahi

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toahi	foahi	miahi
2nd person		noahi	niahi
3rd person	masculine	oahi	iahi yoahi (archaic)
	feminine	moahi
	neuter	iahi

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

From *api. from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy. Compare Malay api.

Noun

ahi

1. fire

Unami

Etymology

Doublet of ahi-.

Particle

ahi

1. very, much, very much

   ahi piske

   it is very dark

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “ahi”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Võro

Alternative forms

• aho

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ahjo.

Noun

ahi (genitive aho or ah'o, partitive ahjo)

1. oven

Declension

Inflection of ahi

	singular	plural
nominative	ahi	ahoq ah'oq
accusative	aho ah'o	ahoq ah'oq
genitive	aho ah'o	ahjõ ahja
partitive	ahjo	ahjõ ahja
illative	ahjo	ahjõ ahjõhe ahja ahjahe
inessive	ahon ah'on ahohn ah'ohn	ahõn ah'õn ahan ah'an ahõhn ah'õhn ahahn ah'ahn
elative	ahost ah'ost	ahõst ah'õst ahast ah'ast
allative	aholõ ah'olõ	ahõlõ ah'õlõ ahalõ ah'alõ
adessive	ahol ah'ol	ahõl ah'õl ahal ah'al
ablative	aholt ah'olt	ahõlt ah'õlt ahalt ah'alt
translative	ahos ah'os	ahõs ah'õs ahas ah'as
terminative	ahoniq ah'oniq	ahõniq ah'õniq ahaniq ah'aniq
abessive	aholdaq ah'oldaq	ahõldaq ah'õldaq ahaldaq ah'aldaq
comitative	ahogaq ah'ogaq	ahjõgaq ahjagaq