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nvi., Temperate, abstemious, frugal, economical, skimpy; temperance (sometimes preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • ʻAi pākiko, eat sparingly; continence.
  • Inu pākiko, drink temperately.
  • He pono ke pākiko mamua o nā hana hoʻokelakela wale aku, it is better to be economical than to [indulge in] extravagant display.
• Related:
  • hoʻopākiko Caus/sim.

To eat but little; to be temperate; to be abstemious in diet. pākiko, to eat moderately; inu pākiko, to drink temperately. (Puk. 4:21.)

To eat quietly or cautiously; to think beforehand and not follow the appetite; to be temperate in diet. Pākiko is the opposite of pākela, spoken in reference to taking. Kiko ana, here a little and there a little. (Puk. 4:21.)