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paukū

/ pau.kū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Section, link, piece; stanza, verse, as in the Bible; canto; article, as of law; paragraph; to section off, cut in sections, slice in sections; to make a lei with sections of different colors, as feathers, or roses and begonias; land section smaller than a moʻo (Thrum's Annual, 1925, p. 68); a unit of measurement; a squad (military; see mokuna); jointed, linked.

  • Examples:
    • E paukū ana nō ka hala me ka lehua (PH 27), pandanus and lehua sections being made into a lei.

2. n., Root of the kāʻeʻe vine, used medicinally.

3. Same as ʻōpū ʻōhao, a disease.

Nā LepiliTags: medicine health

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kikino, Paragraph.

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kikino, Term, in math.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
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Nā LepiliTags: math

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To curve, as the curve of a canoe. (A.)

Distance from the ends of the fingers of one hand to the elbow of the opposite arm when both are extended. In geometry, a cylinder. See muku.

Small area of land next in size below the moʻo.

Distance from the fingertips of one hand to other elbow extended. See muku.

Paragraph.

1. Measurement used in early surveying documents, which equals 1 link or 7.92 inches. 2. Land division next smaller in size than a mo ʻo ʻāina (T) (DM). 3. Land division smaller than a moʻo ʻāina usually under wetland taro cultivation (ESH). 4. Land section smaller than a moʻo (PE). 5. Section, link, piece, stanza, verse; article, as of law; paragraph (PE).

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