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paʻakikī

/ paʻa.kikī / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Hard, tough, unyielding; arbitrary, inflexible, compact, difficult, stubborn (Kanl. 9.27), obstinate.

  • Examples:
    • Mai paʻakikī aku ʻoe i ke anu, don't be so obstinate about going out in the cold.

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paakiki

/ PAA-KI-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., Paa, solid, and kiki, intensive, very, exceeding, &c. To be very hard, as a stone or any solid substance.

2. v., FIG. Applied to the will, to be obstinate; to be self-willed; to be disobedient; to be unyielding to the will of another.

3. v., Applied to the heart, to be hardhearted; to be unbelieving through perverseness of disposition; to turn away from the influence of truth.

4. v., Hoopaakiki. To harden; applied to substances or to moral qualities.

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paakiki

/ PAA-KI-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Hardness; compactness; applied to the heart, stubbornness; perverseness. Kanl. 9:27.

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paakiki

/ PAA-KI-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Hard; compact; difficult to do; perverse; disobedient; unbelieving. 1 Sam. 20:30.

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paakiki

/ pa'a-kī'-kī' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Hard; compact; difficult to do; perverse; disobedient; unbelieving.

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paakiki

/ pa'a-kī'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., Hardness; compactness; applied to the heart, stubbornness; perverseness. Syn: Oolea.

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paakiki

/ pa'a-kī'-kī' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Paa, solid, and kiki, intensive, very, exceedingly.]

1. v., To be very hard, as a stone or any solid substance.

2. v., Fig. Applied to the will, to be obstinate; to be self-willed; to be disobedient; to be unyielding to the will of another.

3. v., Applied to the heart, to be hard-hearted; to be unbelieving through perverseness of disposition; to turn away from the influence of truth.

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Variety of sweet potato with hard roots. (NP 126.)

hard, compact, difficult.

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