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Reduplication of kuli; knee; to kneel; to crouch or lie as an animal, with feet under the body (Nah. 24.9).

  • Examples:
    • Noho kukuli, to sit on bended knees, with the feet stretched backwards, with the front of the toes down.
  • References:
    • PCP tu(u)tuli.

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kukuli

heheleintransitive verb / KU-KU-LI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., See kuli, the knee. To kneel; to bow the knee. Kin. 41:43. To kneel in reverence. Isa. 45:23. Kukuli hoomaikai, to kneel in prayer; to worship.

2. To crouch; to lie down, as a beast. Nah. 24:9.

3. Hookuli. To cause to kneel down, as a camel. Kin. 24:11. To stand on the knees.

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kukuli

kikinonoun / KU-KU-LI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., The joint of the knee. See kuli.

2. An unpleasant sensation of the stomach produced by food.

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kukuli

kikinonoun / kū'-kū'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., The bone in front of the knee joint; the knee-pan.

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kukuli

kikinonoun / kŭ'-kū'-li / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., An unpleasant sensation produced by food.

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kukuli

heheleintransitive verb / kū'-kū'-i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ku, stand, and kuli, the knee.]

1. v., To kneel; to bow the knee. To kneel in reverence: Kukuli hoomaikai, to kneel in prayer; to worship.

2. v., To crouch; to lie down, as a beast; to stand on the knees.

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Unpleasant feeling in the stomach, as produced by food. (A.)

Kneepan, knee joint.

to kneel, crouch.

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