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v., Ai, to eat, and ku, to stand. LIT. To eat standing.

1. To eat in an improper manner.

2. FIG. To do a thing contrary to rule or ceremony.

3. To break a kapu; similar to aia. Aiku was an offense against the gods.

s., A-i, the neck, and ku, to stand. A standing collar for a jacket.

s., Name of a disease; the croup, from the disposition to hold the head erect.

1. n., The band of a garment which passes around the neck; a collar.

2. n., A spasmodic affection of the muscles of the neck which draws the head toward the affected side; a torticollis; a wryneck; a stiff neck.

1. v., To eat in a manner not conformable to the usual or ordinary practice, habit, custom, or rule; to take food that is set apart as temporarily or permanently sacred or forbidden to use.

2. v., To act contrary to custom, prescribed rule, or established precedent; to overlook, disregard, or take no notice of a tabu.