I ka makemakika, ʻo Pai a i ʻole π ka lākiō o ke anapuni o kekahi pōʻai i ke anawaena o ka pōʻai. He helu hoʻohana ʻo ia, a ʻo ia ka lākiō o ko kekahi pōʻai ʻalea i ka pāhoʻonui lua o kahahānai o ka pōʻai. ʻO ka waiwai helu o π kokoke i 3.14159. Nui nā hana no π i ka makemakika, ke akeakamai, a me ka wilikī.

Nā ʻike kumu

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Ka huaʻōlelo π

E ho'opololei
 
ʻO ka huapalapala Helene ʻo π kēia.

He huaʻōlelo Helene ʻo pai. ʻO pi ke kepela ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Helene. ʻAʻole hoʻomaʻaka (∏) ʻo pai ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kekahi hopunaʻōlelo ma ka makemakika a me ka ʻepekema. I ka ʻōlelo Helene, ʻo /pi/ ka puana ʻana o pai. Kokoke ka puana ʻana Hawaiʻi o π i ka puana ʻana Pelekane.

Kapa ʻia kēia helu hoʻohana i "π" no ka mea ʻo "π" ka huapalapala mua loa o ka huaʻōlelo Helene ʻo περίμετρος (anapuni).

Ka wehewehe ʻana

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Anapuni = π × anawaena

I ke anahonua Euclid, ʻo π ka lākiō o ke anapuni i ke anawaena o ka pōʻai.

 
  He ʻōmuku kēia mea. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, e kōkua mai i ka holomua ʻana i kēia mea.