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1. nvi., Horn of an animal, antler; horn of the kala, a fish; curved object such as a sickle; curved, bent; to pull obliquely, as a fish on a line; to bend forward or sideways, as a sleepy person; to reel and stagger as in drunkenness; to fall or stumble head foremost.

• Related:
  • hoʻokiwi Caus/sim.; To curve, bend; to stagger, etc.

2. Same as kākiwi #2; layering, plant grown from layering.

v., To turn from a natural shape or position.

2. To fall or tumble down.

3. To pull along, as a fish that is fast to a hook, i. e., to bend the line out of its natural place.

4. To bend or to be crooked.

5. To bend forward or sideways, as a sleepy person; to nod.

6. To turn a little one side or edgeways.

7. To walk crookedly; he kiwi ka hele ana.

s., The horn of an ox or cow, from their crookedness. Kanl.33:17. Kiwi hipa, a ram's horn. Ios. 6:5. Any hooked thing; a crooked horn; a sickle.

2. A pulling here and there, as a fish caught with the hook in his mouth.

adj., Sideways; lateral.

adj., Sideways; lateral.

1. n., The horn of any animal, as an ox or cow: kiwi hipa, a ram's horn.

2. n., Any crooked thing; a crooked horn; a sickle.

3. n., A pulling here and there, as a fish caught with a hook.

1. v., To turn from a natural shape or position.

2. v., To fall or tumble down.

3. v., To pull obliquely, as a fish that is fast to a hook, that is, to bend the line out of its natural place.

4. v., To bend or to be crooked.

5. v., To bend forward or sideways, as a sleepy person; to nod.

6. v., To turn a little one side or edgeways.

7. v., To walk crookedly; he kiwi ka hele ana.