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1. n., Scab, scar.

2. n., Button, badge; to button (preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • Pihi mākaʻi, police badge.
• Related:
  • Pihi ʻūmiʻi, snap fastener.
• References:
  • Cf. huka pihi, pihi pūlima.
  • PCP pifi, pisi; cf. Marquesan pihi.)

3. vs., Blunt, dull, as a wooden digging stick.

• Rare

4. n., Fish.

• Source:
  • English.
• Examples:
  • Ua loaʻa mai ka pihi nui (song), got the big fish.

kikino/hamani, Button; to button (preceded by ke).

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Also: pihi lole.

kikino, Key, as on a typewriter or computer keyboard (preceded by ke).

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • Inoa o ke pihi. Name of key.
• Related:
  • Papa pihi. Keyboard.

kikino, Switch, as on a radio, TV set, etc. (preceded by ke).

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning

s., See pihe. A button. NOTE.—It is written both ways.

s., A species of the venereal disease; a foreign disease.

adj., Blunt; dull.

adj., Blunt; dull; blunted, said of the primitive wooden plow (oo) when it bit a stone.

1. n., The itch.

2. n., The scab or scar which attends the abatement of the itch.

3. n., A button; fastening for a garment. Same as pihe.

v., To fasten with buttons.