ahi

[ah-hee]

noun

yellowfin tuna, widely used in sashimi.

Origin of ahi

First recorded in 1930–35, ahi is from the Hawaiian word ‘ahi

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Examples from the Web for ahi

Historical Examples of ahi

Then his eyes and mouth opened simultaneously into an "Ahi!"
Not Quite Eighteen
Susan Coolidge
Where, O Maruts, was that custom with you, when you left me alone in the killing of Ahi?
Sacred Books of the East
Various
The sun on the roof that day when he played so long alone and I was—ahi!
Life's Handicap
Rudyard Kipling
The Maori explained that it was an ahi tapu, a sacred fire, used in the Hauhau war-rites.
The adventures of Kimble Bent
James Cowan
The old weather god was Indra, who wars with Vritra or Ahi, the dragon demon of drought, whom he compels to dispense the rain.
The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. I (of 2)
W. Crooke

British Dictionary definitions for ahi

ahi

noun

another name for yellowfin tuna

Word Origin for ahi

Hawaiian

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