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1. n., Socket; eyeball, eye socket; joint of sugar-cane stalk, bamboo; hollow, as left after a sweet potato vine has been dug.

• References:
  • Cf. puna.
  • PPN pona.

2. vs., Spotted, as the sea with various shades, variegated.

• References:
  • Cf. kipona.

3. n., Bond.

• Eng.
• Related:
  • Also: bona.

kikino, Bond, a certificate bought from a government or corporation which agrees to pay back the cost of the bond plus interest after a set period of time.

• Existing dictionary word

kikino, Atrium, of the mammalian heart. Literally, heart socket.

• Related:
  • Also: pona puʻuwai.
• References:
  • See keʻena.

1. s., The joints, as of the spine and the fingers; the spaces between the bulbs or joints of bones.

2. That part of a stalk of sugar-cane which is between the joints.

3. The joints themselves of sugar-cane or bamboo.

adj., Cut up in pieces; variegated with spots; spotted.

Joints, as of the spine and fingers.

That part of a stalk of sugarcane between the joints; the joints themselves of sugarcane or bamboo.

puna, joints of sugar-cane, bamboo, etc.