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Keiki, kama; nōpuʻu (Niʻihau).

• Examples:
  • Beloved child, kama lei, pua lei, lei kau maka, keiki punahele.
  • Only child, kama kahi, hua kahi, hānau kahi (see saying, ʻaʻo).
  • Oldest child, makahiapo, hiapo, hānau mua.
  • Youngest child, keiki hope loa, muli hope.
  • Royal child, keiki aliʻi, kama lani, lei lani, pua lani.
  • Adopted child, keiki hānai, keiki hoʻokama.
  • Illegitimate child, keiki manuahi, hua hāʻule.
  • One who tends a child, kahu keiki.
  • Mischievous child, keiki kolohe, kolekolea.
  • Child who stays near a parent, hiʻialo.
  • To carry, and care for, a beloved child, hiʻialo, hiʻipaka, hiʻipoi, hiʻilei.
  • To bear a child, hānau, hua, keiki, loaʻa.
  • Ceremony for first-born child, māwaewae.
  • Child's disease, maʻi keiki, ʻea.
  • To instruct a child, hiʻipaka.
• Related:
  • Also: lei, pua, liko, ʻōpuʻu, hāpuʻu, hānau, pokeʻo.
• References:
  • See orphan.

he keiki, he kama.