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1. Reduplication of miki #1, miki #2; energetic.

• Examples:
  • Na ka miki-miki mua nō ka loaʻa, for the most alert one the gains.

2. vt., To talk in a friendly and ingratiating way, as to obtain a favor.

3. n., A crape myrtle.

• References:
  • Neal 616–7.

1. v., See miki. To be quick; to be brisk and dextrous in doing a thing.

2. To pinch or seize hold of readily, as in eating with the fingers.

3. To scoop up and eat fish gravy with the fingers.

4. To nibble, as a fish at a hook.

adj., See miki, adj., Energetic; ready to act; prompt; neat; diligent.

adj., Energetic; ready to act; prompt; neat; diligent.

[Miki, to be active.]

1. v., To be quick; to be brisk and dextrous in doing a thing.

2. v., To pinch or seize readily, as in eating with the fingers.

3. v., To scoop up and eat fish gravy with the fingers.

4. v., To nibble, as a fish at a hook.

To nibble, as a fish at a hook. Also called konikoni. See namunamu.

efficient: to be quick, brisk