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nuku.nuku

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Redup. of nuku; to scold, nag.

2. vs. Short, broken off short, blunt. Nukunuku hoʻi kēia wahi lou, this fruit-picker is too short.

3. n. Butterfly fish (Forcipiger longirostris).

NU-KU-NU-KU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See NUKU. To find fault with one secretly; to complain of one behind his back. Hoo. The same.

NU-KU-NU-KU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv. See NUKU, s. By the mouth, that is, by the end; endways; kau nukunuku. to place endways, as a stick on the shoulder.

Nukunuku (nŭ'-kŭ-nŭ'-ku), adv.

/ nŭ'-kŭ-nŭ'-ku / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Nuku, mouth.] By the nuku, or end, that is, endwise; kau nukunuku, to place endwise, as a stick on the shoulders of two persons; scarcely reaching.

Nukunuku (nŭ'-kŭ-nū'-ku), v.

/ nŭ'-kŭ-nū'-ku / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Nuku, to quarrel.] To find fault with one secretly; to complain of one behind his back; to be continually wrangling.

nukunuku

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

chiding or nagging is nukunuku.

nukunuku

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To complain of someone behind his back.

nukunuku

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

to complain, to rail.

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