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kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Image, statue, picture, photograph, drawing, diagram, illustration, likeness, cartoon, idol, doll, petroglyph; features, as of a face; plans, as for a house; carved, as end of an ʻauamo pole.

  • Examples:
    • Kona kiʻi, his picture, statue (of him).
    • Kāna kiʻi, a picture (or statue) by him or owned by him.
    • Pepa kiʻi, joker, in deck of cards.
    • Kiʻi maka nunui, prominent, wealthy, or important person, VIP; literally, big-eyed image.
    • Kiʻi maka liʻiliʻi, ordinary person; literally, small-eyed image.
    • ʻO ke kiʻi nō kēlā o ka makuahine, he's the image of his mother.
    • He ʻokoʻa kona kiʻi a me kona kūlana (FS 279), her features and appearance were different.
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2. vt., To fetch, get, procure, send for, go after, summon, attack; to seek for sexual ends.

  • Related:
    • hoʻokiʻi Caus/sim.; To send, have sent for; to take away.
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3. vi., To try and, go and (idiomatic).

  • Examples:
    • E kiʻi ā loaʻa ā loaʻa ʻole mai paha, go and get or perhaps don't get.
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4. nvi., Hula step: one foot points to the side, front, and back; then the other foot does the same.

  • Related:
    • Also: wāwae kiʻi, fetching step.

5. Same as ʻalani, orange.

6. n., Gesture, as in hula.

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-kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. See hākiʻi, hīkiʻi, mūkiʻi, nākiʻi, nīkiʻi, all meaning to tie, bind. (PCP -tiki.)

2. hoʻo.kiʻi Var. of hōkiʻi, thin, wasted. (Isa. 34.4.)

kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Figure, as an illustration in a textbook; graphics.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • Ua komolike ʻo kiʻi A a me kiʻi E. Figures A and E are congruent.
  • Related:
    • Loulou kiʻi. To subscribe, as in a computer program.
    • Mea ʻenehana kiʻi. Graphics technician, as for movie or video production.
    • Pakuhi kiʻi. Pictogram, pictograph, as in a computer program.
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kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, To receive a serve, in volleyball; also first pass.

  • Source:
    • Niʻihau.

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kii

/ KII / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To go after a thing; to go for the purpose of bringing something; to fetch. 1 Nal. 12:3.

2. To come to one; to approach; to meet.

3. To send for a person or thing; to send away.

4. To take from another; to procure for one. Kin. 34:4.

5. To require of one. Ezek. 3:18, 20.

6. Hookii. To pine away, as in the consumption; to cause to grow thin in flesh.

7. To starve; to suffer starvation.

8. To mourn; to suffer. Hal. 88:9.

9. To make thin, i. e., to deprive of; i hoonele a i hookiiia oukou i ka ike.

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kii

kikino ｜ noun / KII / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., An image; a picture; i ko lakou ike ana i ke kii o ko lakou man hale; an idol; a statuel; kii kalaiia, a graven image. puk. 20:4. Kii palapalaia, a picture. Nah. 33:52.Kii hooheeheeia, a molten or cast image. Nah. 33:52. Kii akua, images of gods for worship. 1 Nal. 14:23. He laau ke kii no na kanaka ame na 'lii, the common people and the chiefs have idols of wood; kii ku, a standing image. Oihk. 26:1. Kii pohaku, an image of stone; kii onohi, pupil of the eye.

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kii

/ ki'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., An image; a picture: i ko lakou ike ana i ke kii o ko lakou mau hale.

2. n., An idol; a statue; kii kalaiia, a graven image; kii palapalaia, a picture; kii hooheeheeia, a molten or cast image; kii akua, images of gods for worship; he laau ke kii no na kanaka ame na 'lii, the common people and the chiefs have idols of wood; kii ku, a standing image; kii pohaku, an image of stone; kii onohi, pupil of the eyes.

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kii

/ ki'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To go after a thing.

2. v., To fetch.

3. v., To send for a person or thing.

4. v., To take from another.

5. v., To procure for one.

6. v., To require of one.

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Kiʻi

iʻoa ｜ proper noun Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),
  1. Point north of Alahaka Bay, south of Hōnaunau, Kona, Hawaiʻi.
  2. Areas near South Point, Kaʻū, and in Puna qd., Hawaiʻi.
  3. Landing, Niʻihau.
  4. Reservoir, Kahuku qd., and point, Mōkapu qd., Oʻahu.
  • Literally, image.

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Kiʻi

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

Bay, landing, northwest shore, Niʻihau. Kiʻi and Lehua are the two landings on the north end of the island. Niʻihau Ranch uses the landings to haul livestock, equipment, passengers, food, dry goods, and other necessities to the island from Makaweli Landing on Kauaʻi. Kiʻi Landing is an alternate site that is used when high surf precludes the use of Lehua Landing.

  • Literally, [carved, wooden] image.

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kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hula step where one foot points to the side, front, and back, then the other foot does the same. (PE.) Also called wāwae kiʻi.

Kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Image of a god made of wood or stone. kiʻi ku, standing idol.

ki‘i

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

image, picture, idol, statue: to fetch.

kiʻi

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. To gather items, McBryde Sugar Co. v. Robinson, 55 Haw. 260, 288, 290 (1973). 2. To fetch, get, procure, send for, go after, summon (PE). 3. To go after a thing; to send for a person or thing; to take from another (AP). 4. A picture (AP). 5. Map; diagram.

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