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1. nvs., Blood; rainbow-hued.

• Examples:
  • Koko pau manō, blood of a shark victim.
  • Uakoko, rainbow-sparkling rain.
  • Kahe ke koko o ka ihu, to have a nosebleed.
• Related:
  • Hoʻokomo koko, blood transfusion.
  • hoʻokoko Caus/sim.; To cause bloodshed; to blush (rare). Figuratively, angry.
• References:
  • See koko piʻi, lana #1, pūkoko, waiwai koko.
  • Cf. piʻi ka ʻula under piʻi.
  • PPN toto.

2. Same as ʻakoko, shrubs and trees.

3. Same as limu kohu, a seaweed.

nvi., Crow, cackle, of chickens; to crow.

1. n., A carrying net, usually made of sennit, as used for hanging calabashes; a string hammock, as formerly used for carrying the very old.

• Examples:
  • Kōkō pūʻalu, plain net carrier; literally, slack net.
  • Kōkō puʻu, a fine, knotted net carrier.
  • Ua kaʻi kōkō, carried about in a hammock [due to extreme old age].
• References:
  • PCP tootoo.

2. nvt., To tie up strings, as of a calabash; lacings, as of sharkskin to a drum body.

• Examples:
  • Kōkō aʻe i ka pūʻolo a paʻa, bring up the corners of the wrapper and tie together firmly in a bunch.

3. Reduplication of kō #2; to pull, jerk, drag, push, massage; to set a bone by applying pressure.

• References:
  • Cf. pale kōkō.

4. nvi., Pregnancy; pregnant, heavy with child.

• Examples:
  • Nā malama o kō lākou kōkō ʻana, (Ioba 39.2), the months of their pregnancy.

5. Reduplication of kō #3, to fulfill.

6. n., Cocoa.

• Eng.
• Related:
  • Also: kokoa.

kikino, Blood.

• Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Hulu koko. Blood type.
  • Hunaola koko. Blood cell.
  • Hunaola koko keʻokeʻo. White blood cell.
  • Hunaola koko ʻulaʻula. Red blood cell.
  • Kahena koko. Bloodstream.
  • Koko huʻihuʻi. Cold-blooded, as an animal.
  • Koko mehana. Warm-blooded.
  • Lapa koko. Blood clot.
  • Monakō koko. Blood glucose.
  • Nui lama koko. Blood alcohol level. Cf. ana lama hanu.
  • Pākela koko piʻi. Hypertension, i.e. abnormally high arterial blood pressure.

kikino, Rare, as meat.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • Also: kokoko.

1. v., To feel; to squeeze; to press, as in massaging.

2. v., To set a broken bone; to replace a bone by pressure.

3. v., To pull this way and that; to pull or drag along.

4. v., To tie up the strings of a calabash.

5. v., To push; to jostle, as in a crowd.