Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

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.

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.