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koki

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vs., Snub-nosed, as of a bulldog.

  • Examples:
    • ʻĪlio koki, pug dog.

2. Same as ʻalae, mudhen.

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kokī

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Settee, couch (formerly made of pandanus plaiting).

  • Source:
    • English.

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kōkī

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

1. n., Extremity, tiptop, topmost; upper limit.

  • Examples:
    • ʻO ka piʻi nō ia a kōkī o Wailau (saying), climbed to the very top of Wailau [i.e., has reached the peak of a career, has made a great achievement; Wailau is a very steep valley on Molokaʻi].
    • Nanikōkī, supremely beautiful [name of ʻUmi's ivory pendant].

2. vi., To don a helmet.

  • Examples:
    • Kākua nā puʻali, hume nā malo, uhi nā ʻahuʻula, kōkī nā mahiole, tighten the belt, don the malo, drape the feather cloak, put on the feather helmet.

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koki

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / KO-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Short-nosed; snub-nosed, like a monkey; kekokeko, keko, ihu kumence, kokikoki.

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koki

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

s., The extremity; the end of a tree; a very high place.

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koki

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / kŏ'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., [Contraction of nukoki.] Short-nosed; snub-nosed, like a monkey: kekokeko, keko, ihu kumene, kokikoki.

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koki

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

n., The extremity; the tiptop; the limit in height of anything, as tree, house, hill, mountain, etc.

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Koki

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach park, surf site, Hāna, Maui. Small calcareous sand beach on the south side of Ka Iwi o Pele, a cinder cone of the Hāna Volcanic Series. The beach park was developed during the late 1960s as a community service project by Hāna Post 3860 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and their women's auxiliary. The surf site is a shorebreak on a sandbar.

  • Literally, successful or the epitome.

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