1. nvs. Thorn, barb, spine, bur; barbed, thorny, prickly, burry; jabbed, pricked, hurt by a thorn. Lāʻau kukū (1 Sam. 13.6), brambles, thicket. Uwea kukū, barbed wire.
2. Redup. of kū 1, to hit; crowded. Kō pāpālina e kukū nei (song), your cheeks that stand firm. Lihilihi kukū, eyelashes that project. Ua hele wale a kukū kānaka, the people are standing close together. Kukū mai nā hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ke au i hala aku, crowding memories of the past.
1. n., (Usually pronounced tūtū.) Granny, grandma, grandpa; granduncle, grandaunt; any relative or close friend of grandparent's generation (often said affectionately; apparently a new word as it has not been noted in legends and chants).
2. vi., To shake in jerks, bounce, trot, as on a horse; bumpy.
3. nvt., Gourd beat; the gourd is thumped down on a pad three times, and on the third rise, it is slapped; to beat thus.
4. n., Sea gull (RSV), cuckoo (KJV).
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1. vt., To beat, as tapa.
2. n., Beam, as of a house; stick, as used to support and distend a net.
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kikino, Rim of basket, in basketball.
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1. v., See ku, to strike; to hit. To strike; to beat, as in pounding kapa; ua kukuia ke kua me ka pulu kapa i ka hale.
2. See ku, to stand. To be or to stand perpendicularly, as a precipice; to stand before one; ua hele mai nei e kuku i mua ou.
3. To rise up, as a thought, in the mind; nolaila, kuku mai la kahi manao iloko o’u.
4. To sweep; to brush away, as dirt.
5. To be high; to excel; to be eminent.
6. Hookuku. To be filled, as with food; to surfeit. Sol. 25:16.
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1. s., The operation of beating out kapa.
2. A rising or standing up; nana aku la oia i ke kuku o na opua, he saw the long clouds standing erect. Laieik. 48.
3. The name of an unclean bird. Oihk. 11:16. Eng. The cuckoo.
4. The thorn bush.
5. A small pricker that fastens readily upon clothes.
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1. adj., Standing thickly together, as trees; laau kuku, a thicket. 1 Sam. 13:6.
2. Having many sharp points; laau kuku, thorns; prickly bushes. Nah. 1:10.
3. Standing erect; rising up.
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1. v., To strike; to beat, as in pounding tapa; ua kukuia ke kua me ka pulu kapa i ka hale; the block with the fresh bark is beaten in the house.
2. v., [Ku, to stand.] To stand up together; to stand erect and stiff, used only in the plural: E kuku ae ka lehulehu; let the multitude stand up.
3. v., To rise up, as a thought in the mind.
4. v., To be agitated, vexed, perplexed: Kuku mai la na manao iloko o'u; thoughts are stirred within me.
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v., To shake off; to remove something by shaking.
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n., Modern. The cuckoo.
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1. n., A rising or standing up: nana aku la oia i ke kuku o na opua; he saw the rising of the opua or pointed clouds. Laieik. p. 48.
2. n., Name in common of thorns or spines.
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n., The operation of beating out tapa.
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1. adj., Crowded; standing thickly together.
2. adj., Thorny; prickly; having many sharp points: laau kuku, thorns; prickly bushes.
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Cuckoo. (Oihk. 11:16.)
Stick standing perpendicular at the edge of a fishing area supporting and distending a net. (CMH.)
To pound kapa.
To beat, as a kapa.
Grandfather.
Small thorn or bur that fastens readily on clothes; the thorn bush.
Lāʻau kukū, brambles or thicket. (1 Sam. 13:6.)
Standing image or idol.
to strike, beat.
thorn, piercing seed.
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