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n., Outrigger float; port hull of a double canoe, so called because it replaces the float.

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  • Also: iama.
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  • PPN hama.

kikino, Port or left side of a double-hulled canoe or a ship when looking forward.

• Literally, outrigger float.
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  • Cf. ʻākea, muku.

s., The longitudinal stick of the outrigger of a canoe.

1. adj., Satisfied; satiated, as with food.

2. Talkative; revealing secrets; tattling; he ahiahi; he waha ama ia bai, a mouth revealing to others. See amaama.

v., To offer to the gods ohias and melons; mostly found in the conj. haa and hoo; as, hoama, haama, &c.; haama ka ohia; haama i ka ipuhaole; akahi no a haama ae i ka ipu aimaka. See amama, to offer, &c.

adj., Talkative; tattling; prating.

n., The longitudinal stick of the outrigger of a canoe.

To offer the first of the fruitage. See hoama, haama #2

Longitudinal stick of the outrigger of a canoe made of wili- wili wood. See kanaka.

Eating house for the wife. (CMH.) See hale ʻaina.

(ke) ama float for canoe outrigger.