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1. nvs., Tooth; toothed; nipper, as of an insect; octopus beak; Aristotle's lantern, of a sea urchin; claw, as of crab; tusk; stones set interlocking, as in a wall; biting, of the teeth; cog.

  • Examples:
    • Mai hana wale aku ʻoe iā Keʻoi, he niho, don't act indiscriminately toward Keʻoi, he has teeth! [He is dangerous, as in sorcery.]
    • Nā niho o kāna pale kaua (Ioba 15.26), the bosses of his bucklers.
    • Puka ka niho o Laʻakea, Laʻakea is getting his teeth.
    • Hoʻonoho niho ʻia, the stones are set [as in a fence].
  • References:

2. n., Tapa or mat patterns, always followed by qualifiers; see below.

Nā LepiliTags: anatomy tapa

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kikino, Tooth.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
  • Examples:
    • Nau kuai i ka niho. To grind the teeth.
    • Puka niho. Cavity in a tooth, caries.
  • References:
    • See kauka hoʻopololei niho, wili niho, ʻōhiki kauka niho.
    • Cf. haka waha.

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kikino, Dental, in linguistics.

  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

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ʻaʻano, To have whitecaps.

  • Source:
    • Mānaleo (Daisy Pai).
  • Examples:
    • Ua niho ke kai i nehinei. The sea had whitecaps yesterday.
  • References:

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v., To bite with the teeth; to indent; to set in like teeth; to lay a stone wall in a bank of earth.

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s., A tooth. Puk. 21:27. The tooth of an animal, especially a whale’s tooth; e malama i ka niho palaoa, take care of the niho palaoa (an ornament made of a whale’s tooth.) See palaoa. Niho elepane, elephant’s tooth, i. e., ivory. 2 Oihl. 9:17. O ka niho mano ko Hawaii nei mea e ako ai i ka lauoho, a shark’s tooth was the Hawaiian instrument for cutting the hair.

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v., To bite with the teeth; to indent; to set in like teeth; to lay a stone wall in a bank of earth. Hooniho is preferable.

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Tooth; a sharkʻs tooth used for haircutting; any tooth.

Tooth.

I. he mea oioi o ka palekaua, Iob. 15:26.

tooth.

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