noun
ahi
AH-hee
noun
1
Yellowfin tuna, especially as served raw or seared in Hawaiian and Pacific-influenced cooking.
"The restaurant's ahi poke bowl sold out within an hour."
"He seared the ahi for just thirty seconds on each side."
How to Use Ahi
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA type of tuna, popular raw (as in poke) or lightly seared.
Common pairings
ahi tuna
ahi poke
seared ahi
Word Forms
ahis plural, ahi plural
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Etymology
From Hawaiian ʻahi, the name for this tuna species, going back to Proto-Polynesian.