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vs., Dipped frequently in the sea.

  • Examples:
    • Oho kūkai, hair immersed in the sea, as of a fisherman.

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kūkaʻi

/ kū.kaʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To exchange, as greeting (aloha), conversation (kamaʻilio), letters (leka).

2. vi., To appear.

  • References:
    • See ex., ila.

3. vi., To stand guard as soldiers.

4. Rope fastening fish nets together.

  • References:
    • And.

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1. v., To cheat in various ways.

2. v., To go back at the beginning and say the same thing over again.

3. v., To do the same in reading; ua kukai i na hua.

4. v., To plant or set up wauki by the sea; e kukulu i ka wauki i ke kai.

5. v., To replace; to redeem. See panae.

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s., The name of a rope fastening together two fish nets. See aea.

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n., The name of a rope fastening two or more fish nets together.

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1. v., To give and return mutually; to exchange, as in giving and taking.

2. v., To respond or repeat, as in recital: Kukai olelo.

3. v., To lead on; to help on; to tide over.

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Rope fastening two fishnets together.

To cheat in various ways. (A.)

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