1. nvi. Hinge, joint; to turn on hinges. Ihu ʻami, nose with irregularly shaped bridge.
2. nvi. A hula step with hip revolutions; to do this step. Three types are ʻami kāhela, ʻami kūkū, and ʻami ʻōniu. See also ʻami honua, ʻami kuʻupau, ʻami ʻōpū, and ʻami poepoe.
3. n. Measuring worm.
kikino, Hinge.
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v. To turn, as upon hinges; as a door; as the lid of a chest, &c.; to move back and forwards; to make any motion back and forth; to swing back and forth, as a gate; to move up and down, as the chin in eating.
s. A hinge; a butt for a door. Sol. 26:14.
2. A joint of a war harness. 1 Nal. 22:34. Joint of an animal. Epes. 4:16. Joint of a limb. Dan. 5:6.
3. A small worm which, in crawling, doubles itself up; he peelua kuapuu.
4. A swinging, pendulous motion.
5. The name of a long slim fish; he ia kino oeoe.
1. A hinge; a butt.
2. A place of union of two bones or separate parts of the skeleton; a joint.
3. A. small worm which doubles up in crawling: He ami, he peelua kuapuu.
4. A swinging, pendulous motion.
A vigorous action of the body, often employed by hula dancers. Its chief feature is a rotation of the pelvis in circles or ellipses.
To turn, as upon hinges; to move back and forward; to make any motion back and forth, as a gate; to move up and down.
Hinge.
Hula step with revolutions of the hips. There are three types: ʻami kāhela, ʻa kūkū, and ʻa ōniu. (PE.)
Larva of a moth (family Geometridae) that has two pairs of prolegs and progresses by a looping movement. Hence, called looper, measuring worm, inchworm.
Joint. Ihuʻami, nose with irregular bridge.
hinge; joint; reciprocal and hula motion ; inch-worm.
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