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1. nvs., Year, age; annual, yearly (sometimes written MH.)

• Examples:
  • ʻEhia ou makahiki? How old are you?
  • Hōʻike makahiki, annual report.
  • Hōʻike no ʻelua makahiki, biennial report.
  • Kēlā ma kēia lua makahiki, every two years, biennial.
  • I ka makahiki, in the year; yearly.
  • Nui nā makahiki, many years; old, aged.
• References:
  • See kūlana.
  • PEP mata(f,s)iti.

2. n., Ancient festival beginning about the middle of October and lasting about four months, with sports and religious festivities and taboo on war; this is now replaced by Aloha Week.

kikino, Year.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Abbreviated as MH.
  • Makahiki holo kukuna lā. Light year; see māmā kukuna lā.

Annual festival in memory of Lonoʻs wife. (CMH.)

year.

Year (PE) (AP). Abbreviated M.H.