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1. nvt., To pull or draw frequently, or by many persons; to pull by jerks or continuously, as in the tug-of-war game; to gather, as taro; friction, dissension.

• Examples:
  • Hele maila lākou ā hukihuki i ka wai (Puk. 2.16), they came to draw water.
• References:
  • PPN futifuti.

2. nvi., To disagree, quarrel; disagreement; not cooperative, headstrong, obstinate.

• Examples:
  • Pili hukihuki, a relationship with constant quarrels, as in a family.
• Related:
  • hoʻohukihuki Caus/sim.

3. nvi., Tug-of-war game; to play the game.

v., Freq. of huki. To draw or pull frequently. Puk. 2:16. To draw out; to pull upwards; to brace against.

1. n., An ancient game like the modern "tug of war."

2. n., A method of fishing where one end or corner of the net is carried by the hand and the other by the great toe.

[Freq. of huki, to pull.]

1. v., To draw or pull frequently.

2. v., To pull by jerks.

3. v., To play the game of hukihuki.

Tug-of-war. See pāʻumeʻume.