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ʻuʻuku

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Tiny, small; few.

  • Examples:
    • ʻUʻuku iho, undersized, smaller.
  • Related:
    • hoʻoʻuʻuku Caus/sim.; To make small, reduce, lessen.
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ʻuʻuku

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,
  • Related:
    • Kākoʻo hapa ʻuʻuku. Affirmative action.
    • ʻAoʻao hapa ʻuʻuku. Minority party, in politics.
    • ʻAha koi pohō ʻuʻuku. Small-claims court, small-debts court.

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uuku

/ U-U-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., See uku, a genus of small insects. To be small; little; few.

2. To diminish in size.

3. To make or be few in number. Ios. 7:3. O kela mai ka mea e uuku. ai na kanaka o ia wa, that sickness was what reduced the number of people at that period.

4. Hoouuku. To reduce; to make few. Nah. 26:54. To make few; applied to words. Kekah. 5:2.

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uuku

kikino ｜ noun / U-U-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A little man; a dwarf; a diminutive person.

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uuku

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / U-U-KU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Little; small; diminutive; few.

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uuku

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / u-u'-ku / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Little; small; diminutive; few.

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uuku

kikino ｜ noun / u-u'-ku / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A little man; a dwarf; a diminutive person. (The word is seldom used in this sense.)

2. n., A small quantity, space or amount.

3. n., The small or slender part of a thing.

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uuku

/ u-u'-ku / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Uku, a small insect.]

1. v., To be small; little; few.

2. v., To be diminished in size.

3. v., To be few in number: O kela mai ka mea e uuku ai na kanaka o ia wa, That sickness was what reduced the number of people at that period.

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‘u‘uku

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

small, little.

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