1. Redup. of miki 1; to work with a will. Pehea nō lā ʻoukou i mimiki aku nei maʻō? What made you get there so quickly?
2. Redup. of miki 2; to suck in, as a whirlpool (Malo 26). Cf. one mimiki. Kai mimiki, a roiling sea, as caused by an earthquake.
Wahī mimiki. Shrink-wrapping; to shrink-wrap.
v. Freq. of miki. To cut or roll up, as a dried leaf.
2. To spring together, as a steel trap; to pinch up tightly.
3. To be industrious; to be constantly at work; e hele mau ma ka hana.
4. To be quick or spry, as men at work; mimiki mai kanaka.
5. To retire; to recede, as a wave from the shore; mimiki aku ka nalu.
s. A meeting of a returning wave with another.
2. The same as mimilo below.
1. A meeting of a returning wave current with another.
2. Same as mimilo, a whirlpool.
[Freq. of miki.]
1. To cut or roll up, as a dried leaf.
2. To spring together, as a steel trap; to pinch up tightly, like a squid.
3. To be indus-trious; to be constantly at work; e hele mau ma ka hana. Syn: Mikimiki, to work with a will.
4. To recede; to flow back, as an undertow; kai mimiki.
To recede, as a wave from the shore; collision of one returning wave with another; undertow; to suck in, as a whirlpool.
To be industrious; to be constantly at work; to be quick and spry. (A.) To work with a will. (PE.)
to recede, as undertow.
See mimilo (SMK).
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