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1. n., Sole of the foot, footprint, footstep, tread, track; foot in measurement; paw of an animal.

• Examples:
  • Hele mai, ē Kāne, he kapuaʻi akua, he kapuaʻi kanaka (ancient prayer), come, O Kāne, walk as a god, walk as a man.
• Related:
  • Also: kapuwaʻi.
• References:
  • PCP tapuwae .

2. n., Part of the canoe float where the outrigger boom (ʻiako) is joined; the after one is the kapuaʻi hope.

• Related:
  • Also: kapuwaʻi.

kikino, Foot, a unit of measurement.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Abbreviated as kp.

Sole of the foot.

1. One foot or 12 inches (abbreviated kap.). Nahaolelua v. Kaaahu, 9 Haw. 600, 601 (1894). 2. Foot in measurement (PE). 3. A foot in measure (12 inches) (AP).