Entry record from de Josselin de Jong (1947): Ili'uun Erai
hai
• climb; ascend(eng).
hai la ai
• climb a tree(eng).
hai la kruhun
• climb a mountain(eng).
hai loi
• embark(eng).
hai oni
• ascend to; sail to (always from sea to land or from a smaller to a larger island)(eng).
hai oni djela
• climb up(eng).
hai oni raha
• climb up to the house(eng).
hai tjoi pair
• sail (or paddle) upstream(eng).
Note: hai is evidently used with or without prefix a- (also: O-) (plur. ra-, ro-) no semantic difference whatever being perceptible; thus the forms nihai, nahai, nohai, ninahai, ninohai all mean: he climbs, ascends