ʻiʻiʻi
1. Intensification of ʻiʻi 1, small, tiny. Puaʻa ʻiʻiʻi, tiny pig.
2. Same as ʻiʻi 5, 6; small hāpuʻu ʻiʻi and ʻamaʻu ʻiʻi ferns.
ʻiʻiʻī
vi. To restrain, choke back; to groan, as with exertion.
I-I-I
adj. Stinted; unthrifty; choked with weeds; applied to vegetables or animals.
2. Mortified or humbled, as a person by the overbearing conduct of another; restrained.
3. Tight, as a rope in a hole.
4. Close; parsimonious. See II 2.
I-I-I
s. A child of slow growth, many years, little stature; aole nae ka iii loa, a nonoi no hoi; aia he uuku nui ae. Ua ike au i kahi keiki i komo iii, aa no hoi ke kino ke nana aku.
I-I-I
adj. Little; small; dwarfish; he puaa iii, a small hog; he laau iii, a small tree; also, ka pulu iii, little cotton; ka ipulu iii.
I-I-I
s. Smallness; littleness; inferiority; ka iii, ka aa, ke noinoi, ke kupalii.
2. Name of a plant eaten in time of scarcity.
I-I-I
v. To choke; to restrain; to hedge up.
Iii (ĭ-i'i), adj.
/ ĭ-i'i /Below the ordinary size; diminutive; stunted; dwarfish.
Iii (ĭ-i'i), n.
/ ĭ-i'i /1. A child of slow growth; a person of small stature.
2. A person, animal, or plant that is unnaturally small or has been stunted in development; a dwarf.
3. Smallness in stature; the condition of being stunted in development; dwarfishness.
4. A plant, formerly used as food in time of scarcity.
Iii (ĭ-i'i), v.
/ ĭ-i'i /To choke; to restrain; to hedge up.
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