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1. Redup. of miki 1; to work with a will. Pehea nō lā ʻoukou i mimiki aku nei maʻō? What made you get there so quickly?

2. Redup. of miki 2; to suck in, as a whirlpool (Malo 26). Cf. one mimiki. Kai mimiki, a roiling sea, as caused by an earthquake.

Wahī mimiki. Shrink-wrapping; to shrink-wrap.

v. Freq. of miki. To cut or roll up, as a dried leaf.

2. To spring together, as a steel trap; to pinch up tightly.

3. To be industrious; to be constantly at work; e hele mau ma ka hana.

4. To be quick or spry, as men at work; mimiki mai kanaka.

5. To retire; to recede, as a wave from the shore; mimiki aku ka nalu.

s. A meeting of a returning wave with another.

2. The same as mimilo below.

1. A meeting of a returning wave current with another.

2. Same as mimilo, a whirlpool.

[Freq. of miki.]

1. To cut or roll up, as a dried leaf.

2. To spring together, as a steel trap; to pinch up tightly, like a squid.

3. To be indus-trious; to be constantly at work; e hele mau ma ka hana. Syn: Mikimiki, to work with a will.

4. To recede; to flow back, as an undertow; kai mimiki.

To recede, as a wave from the shore; collision of one returning wave with another; undertow; to suck in, as a whirlpool.

To be industrious; to be constantly at work; to be quick and spry. (A.) To work with a will. (PE.)

to recede, as undertow.

See mimilo (SMK).