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pihipihi

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

1. Reduplication of pihi #1; scarred.

2. Reduplication of pihi #2; any small objects shaped like buttons, as washers (preceded by ke).

3. nvt., To skip stones on the surface of the water; stone skipping.

4. Reduplication of pihi #3.

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pihipihi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Washer, as used in plumbing (preceded by ke).

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pihipihi

/ PI-HI-PI-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To be blunt or dull; to have a round or blunt edge; to be without edge, as a cutting instrument.

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pihipihi

/ pī'-hĭ-pī-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A game played on the water with a flattened stone.

2. n., A large button, pihi, worn as a sign, token or ornament.

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pihipihi

/ pī'-hĭ-pī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To be blunt or dull; to have a round or blunt edge; to be without edge, as a cutting instrument.

2. v., To hurl the stone in the game of pihipihi.

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pihipihi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To skip stones. See pākā, pākiki.

pihipihi

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

buckle; large button for ornament.

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