popoki
1. Variant of pokipoki #1, pokipoki #2; short, thick.
- References:
- FS 235.
2. (Cap.) n., Name of a lua fighting stroke, said to be used by women as well as men.
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pō.poki
n. Cat (noted in Arago's 1819 vocabulary; said by some to be derived from English “poor pussy”). Pōpoki kī, a spitting cat [a spiteful, malignant person]. Pōpoki lehu, Maltese cat; lit., ash cat. Pōpoki nāwaliwali, weak cat [a weakling]. Pōpoki peʻelua, gray cat with darker markings, as a tabby cat; lit., caterpillar cat.
pōpoki
See manu pōpoki.
PO-PO-KI
s. A species of crab fish.
2. A small animal; perhaps a crab found on the sea beach.
3. A cat. NOTE.—Popoki applies to that which is short and thick; and a cat is so called from its plump, short, thick head.
PO-PO-KI
adj. Short and thick in opposition to long and slender.
Popoki (pŏ-pō'-ki), adj.
/ pŏ-pō'-ki /Short and thick in opposition to long and slender.
Popoki (pŏ-pō'-ki), n.
/ pŏ-pō'-ki /1. A species of crab. Called also pokipoki.
Popoki (pŏ-pō'-ki), n.
/ pŏ-pō'-ki /A cat. (Popoki applies to that which is short and thick; and a cat is so called from its plump, short, thick head. Another explanation is that popoki is the Hawaiian pronunciation of "poor Pussy," heard from the first white settlers.
Popoki (po-po'-ki):
/ po-po'-ki /short and thick. Land section, Puna, Hawaii.
Pōpō-kī
Land section, Makuʻu qd., Hawaiʻi. (For. Sel. 256.) Lit., ti leaf bundle.
Popoki
Fishing site, Mākena, Maui. North of Pamolepo, the small graveyard that belongs to the Kukahiko family of Mākena. Lit., short or thick (a variation of pokipoki).
popoki
Cat. Hawaiian word for “poor pussy,” a missionary term commonly used in speaking of cats.
popoki
Hard-shell, gray box-crab (Calappa hepatica), not preferred for eating.
popoki
Crab, var. of pokipoki.
popoki
a cat.
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