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1. nvi. To go down, descend; downhill, towards the sea; to subside; go south or before the wind; descent.

• Related:
  • hoʻoiho Caus/sim.
• References:
  • PPN hifo.

2. n. Core, as of an apple, breadfruit, or pandanus; cob, as or corn; heart, as of celery: spongy white growth in the center of a sprouted coconut, sometimes called coconut sponge (cf. lolo niu); pith, spadix; flesh of the octopus after the skin is removed; axis, as of the earth; axle, as of a wheel.

• Related:
  • Iho ʻole, without core, said of koa trees easily shaped into canoes.
  • Also haku.
• References:
  • PPN uso, PCP iso.

3. n. Collective terms for inner layers of white sleeping tapas below the kilohana.

4. n. Block used in plaiting a hat to give shape to the crown.

• Related:
  • Also: pahu pāpale.

5. n. Battery, electric plug.

6. directional. Down, below.

• Examples:
  • Maluna iho, just barely on top.
  • Hele iho, go down, descend.
• Related:
  • Iho + demonstrative la is pronounced and written as a single word, ihola.
• References:
  • Table 12, Gram. 7.2.
  • PPN hifo.

7. Same part. and reference as above but with reflexive meaning, often following words describing activities of the body, as eating, drinking, thinking.

• Examples:
  • ʻAi iho, to eat.
  • Noʻonoʻo iho, to think.
  • Make wai ihola ʻo Kāwika (Oihn. 11.17), David was thirsty.
• References:
  • PPN hifo.

8. Same part. and reference as above, with meaning “self” personally.

• Examples:
  • E hana ʻoia nona iho, he will work for himself.
  • Paʻakiki ma kāna iho (Kep. 103), stubborn with his own self.
  • ʻO au iho nō me ka mahalo, I am, yours respectfully.

9. Same part. and reference as iho 6–8, but used with words of time, usually present or future, but past if followed by nei.

• Examples:
  • Mahope iho, afterwards.
  • Kēia Lāpule iho, this coming Sunday.
  • ʻO ko manawa ihola nō ia, it's just the time.
  • ʻĀnō iho nei, just now, just a short time ago, recently.
  • I kēia mau lā iho nei, a few days ago.

kikino, Battery.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Also: pakalē.
  • Iho poke. Battery for flashlight, radio, etc.
  • Iho ʻeono. Six-volt battery.
  • Iho ʻumikūmālua. Twelve-volt battery.
  • Iho pihi. Button-shape battery.
• References:
  • See ʻōmole iho uila.

kikino, Axle, i.e. a shaft on which a wheel turns.

• Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Also: paepae komo huila.

kikino, Axis, in math.

• Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Nā iho kuhikuhina. Coordinate axes, i.e. two intersecting perpendicular number lines used for graphing ordered number pairs in math.
• References:
  • See kuhikuhina.

kikino, Nucleus of a syllable, in linguistics.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

is also used after adverbs of time, and expresses succession of time; as, mahope iho, after that. Lunk. 1:1. lho nei, just now.

following nouns or pronouns, is equivalent to self or selves; as, e malama ia oukou iho, take care of your selves; eia ko'u manao no'u iho, here is my opinion of myself. It is equivalent to own after a possessive; as, kona iho, his own.

s. Name of the inferior kapas in a set, the best being the kilohana.

s. The pith of a vegetable; he iho laau ka mea mawaena o ka laau, the pith of a tree is what is in the center of the tree.

2. In geography, the pole of the earth; he iho ko ka honua a puka ma na aoao elua, the earth has a pith (pole) coming out at both sides; ka iho kukui. See IHOIHO.

v. To go down; to descend, as from a higher to a lower place. Nah. 12:5. To go down from an eminence. Puk. 19:24. E iho ana i ka pali, descending a precipice.

2. Hoo. To cause to descend; to bring down, as a punishment. 1 Nal. 2:9.

3. To cause to fall. Ezek. 26:20.

1. At that time; then. (In English it is generally understood, as: Uwe iho la ia; he (then) cried.)

2. Just; exactly; precisely: ano iho nei, just now.

1. n., The soft tissue in the center of the stems and branches of oxogenous plants; the pith.

2. n., The axis of the earth.

3. n., The axle or axle-tree, as of a wheel. See paepaekomo.

4. n., An inferior grade of tapa; the superior being known as kilohana.

5. n., The medial sheet of a set of kuina tapa.

To or towards a lower place; down: Lele iho oe; you jump down.

1. Self used with nouns or pronouns. Eia ko'u manao no'u iho; here is my opinion of myself.

2. Own: used after a possessive. Kona iho; his own.

To go down; to descend, as from a higher to a lower place.

Set of four sheets of kapa below the kilohana, the top bed covering. The sheets were plain white, the outside highly decorated and all were made of the best materials.

soft tissue or pith, earth axis, axle: self: to descend: downwards; at that time, then, just, already.