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kīkoni

/ kī.koni / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt., Small adze used for smoothing and finishing a canoe; to smooth and finish a canoe; to soften wauke bark for tapa making; to pierce or lance a swelling; to peck; to blaze, as a tree; a piercing, peck, blaze; to rap on the forehead, usually with a single knuckle, especially as a gesture of rudeness or contempt, hence to treat contemptuously.

  • Examples:
    • Ka ʻai kīkoni a nā manu, peck eating of the birds.
  • References:
    • Cf. kīkēkē, to rap with all the knuckles.

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kikoni

/ KI-KO-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To smooth off and finish a canoe after it is dug out.

2. To prepare and make soft the wauki for making kapa; ka wauki i kikoniia a palupalu maikai.

3. To pierce or lance a swelling on the head.

4. To rap one gently on the forehead, as with the kunckles of the hand.

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kikoni

kikino ｜ noun / KI-KO-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., The art or trade of finishing off canoes after they are dug out and shaped.

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kikoni

kikino ｜ noun / kī'-kō'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The art or trade of finishing canoes after they are dug out and shaped.

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kikoni

/ kī'-kō'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To smooth off and finish a canoe after it is dug out.

2. v., To prepare and make soft the wauke bark for making tapa; ka wauki i kikoniia a palupalu maikai.

3. v., To quickly pierce or lance a swelling.

4. v., To rap one gently on the forehead.

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kikoni

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To finish out a canoe using a small adze.

kīkoni

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To pierce or incise a swelling.

kikoni

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Art or trade of finishing off canoes once they were dug out and shaped. See hole ʻie.

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