kekahi

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *te-tasi (“a certain one, another”), from *te (“the”) and *tasi (“one”). By surface analysis, ke +‎ kahi. Cognate with Maori tētahi.

Determiner

kekahi

  1. a certain, some
    Na'u kekahi i'a. ― Give me some fish.

Pronoun

kekahi

  1. other, another
  2. some

Further reading

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