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1. nvs., Body, person, individual, self, main portion, physique, receptacle; form; fully formed, as a foetus; bodily, physical, material, nonspiritual; hull of a ship.

• Examples:
  • Pili i ke kino, kō ke kino, carnal, bodily, corporal.
  • Kino lele (For. 4:73), power to fly, flying form.
  • Ka poʻe e lawe ana i kou kino, your subscribers [as of a newspaper].
  • Nani ke kino o kēia kīhei, the main part of this shawl is pretty.
  • Hoʻolako ma ke kino, supply material (nonspiritual) needs.
  • ʻŌlelo pili kino, material, personal or worldly talk (cf. pili ʻuhane under ʻuhane).
  • E lawe aku ʻoe i kēia ma kou kino lahilahi, take this for your thin form [in the spare columns of a newspaper].
• Related:
  • hoʻokino Caus/sim.; To take shape, embody; to develop, as a puny infant; to take form, as a spirit.
• References:
  • Cf. kino pālua, kinopāpālua under pālua, pāpālua.
  • PPN tino .

2. nvs., Person in grammar; personal.

• Examples:
  • Kino mua, kino kahi, first person.
  • Kino lua, second person.
  • Kino kolu, third person.
  • Nā mea pili kino, personal things.
  • Hoʻokō kino aku i kēia kono, personally accept this invitation.
  • E hana mua i kā ke kino mamua o ka hana ʻana i kō haʻi, do your personal work first before doing for others.

kikino, Body, as of a composition or text.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See hoʻomaka, pau.

1. s., The body of a person or other substance as distinguished from the limbs or other appendages.

2. The body of a person in distinction from uhane, the soul; okoa ke kino, okoa ka uhane.

3. A person; an individual; one's self; kuhi oia me kona kino iho, he though with himself.

4. The body; the substance; the principal part of a thing; he keokeo ke kino o ko'u kapa.

5. A stalk of grass; the body of a tree; that which is the substantial part of matter. See oiwi.

6. In grammar; person; as, kino kahi, first person; kino lua, &c.

v., Hookino. To take a body; to take shape; to embody, as a shapeless mass; hookino ka honua, the earth took shape (from chaos.) Mel. of Creation.

1. n., The body of a person as distinguished from its appendages, limbs, neck, etc.

2. n., The body of a person as distinguished from uhane, the soul: okoa ke kino, okoa ka uhane.

3. n., A person; an individual; one's self: kuhi oia me kona kino iho, he thought with himself.

4. n., The body; the substance; the principal part of a thing; he keokeo ke kino o ko'u kapa; main part of anything.

v., Same as hookino.