kīkoni
/ kī.koni /nvt., Small adze used for smoothing and finishing a canoe; to smooth and finish a canoe; to soften wauke bark for tapa making; to pierce or lance a swelling; to peck; to blaze, as a tree; a piercing, peck, blaze; to rap on the forehead, usually with a single knuckle, especially as a gesture of rudeness or contempt, hence to treat contemptuously.
- Examples:
- Ka ʻai kīkoni a nā manu, peck eating of the birds.
- References:
- Cf. kīkēkē, to rap with all the knuckles.