Hawaiian Noun · Land
alapiʻi
Pronunciation: /AH-lah-PEE-ee/
Meaning
Stairway, steps; can refer to terraced fields or a series of waterfalls.
Example sentences
Ua piʻi māua i ka ʻalapiʻi pali e ʻimi ana i nā hua ʻai kuahiwi.
They climbed the cliff stairway searching for wild fruits.
Nani ke nānā aku i ka ʻalapiʻi wai ma ka pali ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
It is beautiful to look at the stairway of water on the green cliff.
Ua kōkua nā kūpuna i ka hoʻomoe ʻana i ka ʻalapiʻi no ka mahi ʻana i ka taroi.
The ancestors helped in laying out the terraced fields for taro cultivation.
About this word
“alapiʻi” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Stairway, steps; can refer to terraced fields or a series of waterfalls. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Land. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.