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hikikiʻi

/ hiki.kiʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. vi., To lean back, relax.

  • Examples:
    • Ua ʻia kāua e ka ua, hikikiʻi kāua i Kananā, we are rained on, let's lean back and relax at Kananā [pun on kāua, we two, and ka ua, the rain].

2. vi., To spread, as mist; to rain, especially a slanting rain.

  • Examples:
    • Hikikiʻi ka noe i nā pali, the fog slants by the cliffs.

Nā LepiliTags: rain

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