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1. n., Image, statue, picture, photograph, drawing, diagram, illustration, likeness, cartoon, idol, doll, petroglyph; features, as of a face; plans, as for a house; carved, as end of an ʻauamo pole.

• Examples:
  • Kona kiʻi, his picture, statue (of him).
  • Kāna kiʻi, a picture (or statue) by him or owned by him.
  • Pepa kiʻi, joker, in deck of cards.
  • Kiʻi maka nunui, prominent, wealthy, or important person, VIP; literally, big-eyed image.
  • Kiʻi maka liʻiliʻi, ordinary person; literally, small-eyed image.
  • ʻO ke kiʻi nō kēlā o ka makuahine, he's the image of his mother.
  • He ʻokoʻa kona kiʻi a me kona kūlana (FS 279), her features and appearance were different.
• References:
  • Cf. akua kāʻai, hula kiʻi, kaha kiʻi, kiʻi ʻōnohi, naʻanaʻa #1, paʻi kiʻi.
  • PCP tiki.

2. vt., To fetch, get, procure, send for, go after, summon, attack; to seek for sexual ends.

• Related:
  • hoʻokiʻi Caus/sim.; To send, have sent for; to take away.
• References:
  • See maka kiʻi.
  • Isa. 34.4.
  • PCP tiki.

3. vi., To try and, go and (idiomatic).

• Examples:
  • E kiʻi ā loaʻa ā loaʻa ʻole mai paha, go and get or perhaps don't get.
• References:
  • See ex., lolelole.

4. nvi., Hula step: one foot points to the side, front, and back; then the other foot does the same.

• Related:
  • Also: wāwae kiʻi, fetching step.

5. Same as ʻalani, orange.

6. n., Gesture, as in hula.

kikino, Figure, as an illustration in a textbook; graphics.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Ua komolike ʻo kiʻi A a me kiʻi E. Figures A and E are congruent.
• Related:
  • Loulou kiʻi. To subscribe, as in a computer program.
  • Mea ʻenehana kiʻi. Graphics technician, as for movie or video production.
  • Pakuhi kiʻi. Pictogram, pictograph, as in a computer program.
• References:
  • See Pakuhi kiʻi.

hamani, To receive a serve, in volleyball; also first pass.

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.