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1. v., See uku, a genus of small insects. To be small; little; few.

2. To diminish in size.

3. To make or be few in number. Ios. 7:3. O kela mai ka mea e uuku. ai na kanaka o ia wa, that sickness was what reduced the number of people at that period.

4. Hoouuku. To reduce; to make few. Nah. 26:54. To make few; applied to words. Kekah. 5:2.

s., A little man; a dwarf; a diminutive person.

adj., Little; small; diminutive; few.

adj., Little; small; diminutive; few.

1. n., A little man; a dwarf; a diminutive person. (The word is seldom used in this sense.)

2. n., A small quantity, space or amount.

3. n., The small or slender part of a thing.

[Uku, a small insect.]

1. v., To be small; little; few.

2. v., To be diminished in size.

3. v., To be few in number: O kela mai ka mea e uuku ai na kanaka o ia wa, That sickness was what reduced the number of people at that period.