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part. and n., Quick, near, quickly, soon, immediately, early; swift runner.

• Examples:
  • E hele koke ʻoe, go quickly.
• References:
  • Cf. kokoke, near; Gram. 7.1.

1. v., To be near; not far off; to be nigh, either in time or place.

2. To be near, as in friendship; e launa mai, e pilikana.

3. To come near or strike together, as two or more things. See uke and puke.

4. To guess; e koho i kana puu noa ma kahi e, a e haawi aku ka puu ana i koke ai na ka mea nana i huna.

5. To draw near; to be friendly to one.

adj., Quick; soon (in time); near; not far off (in space.)

adv., Quickly; straitway; immediatelly; quickly, as in moving from place to place.

1. adj., Quick; soon.

2. adj., Near; not far off.

adv., Quickly; immediately; quickly, as in moving from place to place.

n., A very swift runner: O Makoa ko Kamehameha koke; Makoa was Kamehameha's runner.

v., 1. To strike together; to hit. See uke and puke.

quickly