Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. Reduplication of mili #1; toy, plaything; favorite, darling, pet, beloved; to examine with interest or curiosity and admiration.

• Examples:
  • Kō kino ē, kiʻi milimili (song), your body, a beloved doll.
• References:
  • PPN milimili.

2. Reduplication of mili #2.

• Examples:
  • He keu nohoʻi kou milimili, how extraordinarily slow you are.

v., See mili. To view; to handle; to look at, as a curiosity; to examine; a e milimili nei me he keiki aloha la.

1. s., A thing to be looked at as curious; a curiosity; nana iho la maua me ka milimili, we two looked at as a curiosity.

2. A lord; a chief; a foster-child. Laieik. 20. He haku, he alii, he hanai.

adj., Desirable to look at; worthy of examination; na mea milimili, curious things. Isa. 2:16. Ipu milimili.

adj., Desirable to look at; worthy of examination; na mea milimili, cherished things. Ipu milimili.

1. n., A thing to be looked at as curious; a curiosity: nana iho la maua me ka milimili. We two looked at as a curiosity.

2. n., A favorite. (Laieik. p. 20.) Applied to pets, persons or animals especially cherished.

v., [Mili, to handle.] To view; to handle; to look at, as a curiosity; to examine; a e milimili nei me he keiki aloha la.

curiosity: to view, handle, examine.