1. nvs. Quick, active, nimble, prompt, alert, spry, sprightly, watchful, fast and efficient in work; speed, alertness. He aha kāu ʻo ka miki ʻana aku nei i laila? Why were you so prompt in going there?

2. vi. To suck in, dip in; to shrink, as clothes or as salt beef in boiling; to spring together, as sides of a steel trap; to draw in, as an octopus; to contract; to recede, as an undertow; to shrivel, as a leaf; to take up with the fingers, as poi; evaporated, as water by boiling. See nalu miki. Miki poi, dab of poi, as on the finger. Miki pololei, fresh poi, said to be so called because it wasn't tasty and one was content with a dab or two. (PPN miti.)

nvi. To whisper, murmur, hum; whispering.

nvs. Unskilled, awkward, clumsy, incompetent, blundering; blunder, incompetence. Cf. waʻawaʻa. See saying, ʻō 2. Naʻau hāwāwā (Rom. 1.21), foolish heart. I make nō he hāwāwā, ʻauhea nohoʻi nā lima e ʻau mai? The unskilled die, where are arms to swim with? [Skill saves life.] A ke hoʻomake nei ka huhū i ka mea hāwāwā (Ioba 5.2), anger kills the foolish man.

1. Same as maʻaloa, maʻoloa, a shrub.

2. nvt. Fine white tapa, said to have been placed over an image during prayers (Laie 467); perhaps a verb to make ʻoloa tapa (For. 6:444). (PPN koloa.)

3. n. Gift to a child at birth.