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pū.ʻukiʻuki

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi. Crowded, packed tightly, difficult. Pūʻukiʻuki i ka pilikia, beset by trouble. Kuʻu hoa o ka ua pūʻukiʻuki o ka mauna (chant), my companion of the cold unpleasant rain of the mountain.

PU-U-KI-U-KI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of the spots of water dammed by the uki; he wai no ke uki na ka mahu i hookiokio i ka lau o ka uki, he opu uki.

Puukiuki (pū-ŭ'-kĭ-ŭ.'-ki), n.

/ pū-ŭ'-kĭ-ŭ.'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

The spots of water damned by uki, a water plant; he wai no ke uki na ka mahu i hookiokio i ka lau o ka uki; he opu uki.

Puukiuki (pū-ŭ'-kĭ-ŭ'-ki), v.

/ pū-ŭ'-kĭ-ŭ'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To stand closely together, as people in a crowd or trees in a forest; to be thickset.

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