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1. n., Mosquito.

• Eng.
• Related:
  • In Puk. 8.16, makika translates “gnats” (RSV) and “lice” (KJV).
  • In Hal. 105.31, makika is “swarm of flies” (RSV) and “divers sorts of flies” (KJV).

2. n., Plant blight that attacked sweet potato, taro, and other food crops, believed caused by mosquitoes.

s. Eng. The Hawaiian pronunciation for musquito or musketo. A stinging fly; mai noho hoi a aki wale aku e like me na makika nahu kolohe. NOTE.— Musketoes were first brought to the islands in 1823. A ship lying in the roads at Lahaina, on being cleared of vermin by smoke, a light breeze brought some musketoes ashore. They are now numerous and troublesome on the leeward sides of all the islands.

1. n., [Eng.] A mosquito; a stinging fly; mai noho hoi a aki wale aku e like me na makika nahu kolohe. (Mosquitoes were first brought to the islands in 1823. A ship lying in the roads at Lahaina was being cleared of vermin by smoke, and a light breeze brought some mosquitoes ashore. They are now numerous and troublesome on the leeward sides of all the islands.)

2. n., A plant disease which attacks the sweet potato.