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keiki

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., Child, offspring, descendant, progeny, boy, youngster, son, lad, nephew, son of a dear friend; calf, colt, kid, cub; worker; shoot or sucker, as of taro; to have or obtain a child; to be or become a child.

  • Examples:
    • Kāu keiki, your son.
    • Keiki a ka pueo, child of the owl [one whose father is not known].
    • Keiki hānau o ka ʻāina, a native son, one born on the land.
    • Ua keiki kākou no ke Akua (Rom. 8.16), we are the children of God.
  • References:

2. n., Gauge, as on a sewing machine.

  • Source:
    • English.

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keiki

/ KE-I-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Ke, article, and iki, little, small, i. e., the little one. The ke has now become assimilated to the word iki and takes another article.

1. A child, male or female.

2. The offspring of one, whether a child or grown person.

3. A descendant of any number of degrees.

4. The young of animals or vegetables; keiki maia.

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keiki

/ KE-I-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To have or obtain a child. Kin. 30:3.

2. To be or become a child. Rom. 8:16. Properly hookeiki.

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/ kē'-ī'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ke, to push, and iki, small.]

1. n., Offspring; a shoot of a plant.

2. n., A child.

3. n., An offspring, whether a child or grown person.

4. n., A descendant of any generation.

5. n., The young of animals.

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keiki

/ kē'-ī'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., [Ke, the, and iki, small, diminutive.] Hardly a verb without a prefix. See hookeiki.

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keiki

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Child, youngster, son, boy.

keiki

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Child, female or male; son.

keiki

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Sweet potato variety with a vine sprout and a bud mutant. (NP 126.)

keiki

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

child.

keiki

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. “The word keiki -- as the word aloha has several English meanings and its meaning in any particular instance depends on the context in which it is used. In the context of the corpus provision in the will, keiki is susceptible of two meanings, to wit, ʻchildren’ and ʻa descendant of any generation’.” In re Trust Estate of Kanoa, 47 Haw. 610, 621-622 (1964) (citations omitted). 2. “The natives very frequently used the word keiki discriminately to signify a child, or a nephew, or any one who stands in that relation to them, either by adoption, or intermarriage, or by the Aikane system, (bosom friend)…” Kalakaua v. Parke, 8 Haw. 620, 621 (1878). 3. “Own or blood issue of the named initial income takers to the exclusion of collateral heirs and adopted children.” In re Trust Estate of Kanoa, 47 Haw. 610, 623 (1964). 4. “May mean son or nephew.” Kahoohuli v. Hamauku, 8 Haw. 50, 51 (1890). 5. Child or nephew. Keelikolani v. Manaku, 4 Haw, 263, 264 (1880). 6. Child. Kahula v. Kanewanui, 17 Haw. 466, 476 (1906). 7. Offspring (HRH). 8. Child, offspring, descendant, progeny, boy, youngster, son, nephew (PE). 9. Off-spring; a child; a descendant; an infant (AP).

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