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1. vi., To cheep, chirp.

• Related:
  • hoʻokio Same as hōkio, a whistle.
• References:
  • PCP tio.

2. nvi., Projection, protuberance, bubo; to protrude.

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻohe kio pōhaku nalo i ke alo pali, on the face of a cliff, not one jutting rock is hidden from sight [no use being secretive].
• Related:
  • hoʻokio Caus/sim.; To spread out, project.

3. Same as kaunaʻoa #2, a mollusk.

• References:
  • PPN tio.

4. interjection, Word used in reply to a question one does not care to answer, somewhat like rude English “What's it to you?”

• Examples:
  • E hele ana ʻolua i hea? Kio. Where are you two going? Kio.

5. n., Cords made of hibiscus bark used as drawstrings of a large net.

6. n., Mock warfare, training in warfare by combat (And.); according to Malo 66 kaua kio is mock warfare with blunted spears. (Ka-welo's warriors greet him as he returns from fishing by hurling spears at him for him to dodge or parry: FS 52.)

7. n., Mussels.

• References:
  • See kio nahawele.
  • PPN kio.

• Related:
  • Hoʻokūkū kio. Scrimmage, as for sports. See hoʻokūkū kahului, hoʻokūkū moho.

1. v., To break wind; ua hanai oia i kana mau keiki, a pau ke aho, no ke kio ana o na keiki.

2. To blow on a pipe.

3. To blow on a leaf across the lips, the vibration of which produces a sound.

1. s., An excrement.

2. A pond or puddle of water, especially if filthy. See kiowai and halokowai.

3. A cistern; a pool; a water sluice.

4. The dregs, lees or settlings of liquor.

5. A part of a potato which branches off from the main root.

6. A process; a projection; a bunch on a large body.

7. A bubo, a disease connected with lewdness.

adj., Practicing in a military school, as the chiefs in former times had mock fights for practice; he kaua paani, he kaua lealea, he kaua kio, &c.; he kaua pahukala kahi inoa.

adj., Practicing in a military school, as the chiefs in former times had mock fights for practice: he kaua paani, he kaua lealea, he kaua kio, etc.; he kaua pahukala kahi inoa.

1. n., Name applied in a general way to games imitative of warlike encounters.

2. n., A projection; a bunch on a large body.

3. n., A bubo, a form of syphilis.

1. n., Excrement.

2. n., A pond or puddle of water, especially if filthy. See kiowai and halokowai.

3. n., A cistern.

4. n., A pool.

5. n., A water sluice.

6. n., The dregs or settlings of liquor.

7. n., The part of a potato root which branches off from the main root.

v., To evacute the bowels.