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kūmimi

/ kū.mimi / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n., Small crabs such as Lophozozymus intonsus.

  • Related:
    • Varieties are kūmimi mākaʻo (Petrolisthes coccineus) and kūmimi pua (Lybia tesselata). Both were used in sorcery and are inedible.

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KU-MI-MI

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. The small sprouts that shoot from the root of the sugar-cane, after the stalk is broken off.

2. The name of a species of shell fish, poisonous to eat; it resembles the papai; kumimi, he papai, he mea make ke ai, he awaawa.

Kumimi (kū'-mī'-mī'), adj.

/ kū'-mī'-mī' / Parker Haw to Eng,

Feeble; frail; not vigorous.

Kumimi (kū'-mī'-mī'), n.

/ kū'-mī'-mī' / Parker Haw to Eng,

Weakness; feebleness. Said of stunted plants and animals.

Kumimi (kū'-mĭ'-mi), n.

/ kū'-mĭ'-mi / Parker Haw to Eng,

A species of very poisonous small crab.

Kumimi (kū'-mī'-mī'), v.

/ kū'-mī'-mī' / Parker Haw to Eng,

To grow in a weak manner; to be sickly.

Kumimi (ku'-mimi):

/ ku'-mimi / Parker Haw to Eng,

rattoons. Land section, Molokai.

Kūmimi

Place Names of Hawaiʻi Wahi ｜ Location,

Land division and point, Hālawa qd., Molokaʻi, named for an anthid crab.

Kumimi

Hawaiʻi Place Names Wahi ｜ Location,

Point, fishing site, Waialua, Molokaʻi. Also known as Maurice Point. Name of a type of crab.

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