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1. n., Leaping place, as a precipice from which a swimmer leaps into a pool.

• Related:
  • Kiʻo kawa, a pool below a precipice from which swimmers leap.

2. vt., To assassinate, strike in the dark, kill and rob.

3. (Cap.) n., Site of a jail in Kalihi, Honolulu.

• Examples:
  • Paʻa i Kawa (Kel. 149), lock up in jail.

n., Distance between two points; length of time (Kel. 129).

• Examples:
  • Pehea ke kāwā mawaena o nā hale? What's the distance between the houses? ʻO ke kuʻi kēia, ʻo ka holo kēlā, moe kāwā, hāpala ka ʻele (For. 4:57, kōnane chant), this is a stroke, that is a run, a space lies between, the black is blotted.
  • Kāwā loa ka mana ʻo o lāua, their opinions are far apart.

kikino, Discrepancy.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • ʻEhia ke kāwā o ke koho? How much is the discrepancy of the estimate?

kikino, Space, as in tab settings on a computer or typewriter.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See kāwāholo, kaʻahua, koana.

s., A precipice down which a suicide plunges; a lele aku i ka make me he kio kawa la. See lelekawa.

2. A manner of playing.

3. A person who goes behind or follows after another.

s., A deep pool of water of with a precipice overhanging it, from which to dive.

v., To strike secretly; to pierce one in the dark; to assassinate.

2. To overtake and shoot ahead of one.

3. E pulepe.

4. To shoot or fall down. See lelekawa.

5. To rain heavily; to flow freely, as perspiration upon the skin.

1. n., Top of a precipice from which a swimmer leaps into a pool of water.

2. n., A precipice from which a suicide plunges; a lele aku i ka make me he kio kawa la. See lelekawa.

3. n., A deep pool of water with an overhanging precipice, from which swimmers dive.

1. n., An extension.

2. n., The distance between two objects.

1. v., To strike secretly; to stab in the dark.

2. v., To assassinate.

3. v., To kill and rob.

leaping place. Land section, Oʻahu.