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kuʻikuʻi

/ kuʻi.kuʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. Reduplication of kuʻi #1; boxing, prize fight; to box.

  • Examples:
    • Kuʻikuʻi aku me ka lima hana ʻino (Isa. 58.4), smite with the hand of wickedness.
    • Kuʻikuʻi puʻupuʻu, fist fighting, prize fight, boxing.
  • Related:
    • hoʻokuʻikuʻi Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hoʻokuʻi; to jostle.
      • Hoʻokuʻikuʻi ka manaʻo, crudely expressed thought.
      • Hoʻokuʻikuʻi ʻōlelo, to answer rudely, contradict.
  • References:

2. Reduplication of kuʻi #2.

  • Related:
    • hoʻokuʻikuʻi Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hoʻokuʻi.
      • Hiki iā Laʻa-kea ke hoʻokuʻikuʻi i nā hua ʻōlelo, Laʻa-kea can join words [in sentences].

3. Reduplication of kuʻi #5.

4. n., Liquid medicine made of the sap of the ʻakoko tree.

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