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mūkiʻi

hamani ｜ transitive verb / mū.kiʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To tie; tether.

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mukii

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

s., A pipe lighter; one who waits upon a chief with the pipe. See moki. NOTE.—The office of the pipe lighter was to attend the person of the chief with a pipe always lighted; in order to keep it always lighted, the pipe lighter must himself, very frequently, give a little suck or puff or kiss, which was called muki.

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mukii

kikino ｜ noun / mū'-kīī / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A pipe Lighter; one who waits upon a chief with the pipe. (The office of the pipe lighter was to attend the person of the chief with a pipe always lighted; in order to keep it always lighted, the pipe lighter must himself very frequently give a little puff, which was called muki.) Muki is the preferable form.

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mukii

hamani ｜ transitive verb / mū-ki'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To tie; to make fast with rope or string.

2. v., To tether.

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mukiʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Pipe lighter to the king or chief. See mūkī baka.

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