- child
- Keiki, kama; nōpu'u (Ni'ihau).Also: lei, pua, liko, 'ōpu'u, hāpu'u, hānau, poke'o. See orphan.♦ Beloved child, kama lei, pua lei, lei kau maka, keiki punahele.♦ Only child, kama kahi, hua kahi, hānau kahi (see saying, 'a'o).♦ Oldest child, makahiapo, hiapo, hānau mua.♦ Youngest child, keiki hope loa, muli hope.♦ Royal child, keiki ali'i, kama lani, lei lani, pua lani.♦ Adopted child, keiki hānai, keiki ho'okama.♦ Illegitimate child, keiki manuahi, hua hā'ule.♦ One who tends a child, kahu keiki.♦ Mischievous child, keiki kolohe, kolekolea.♦ Child who stays near a parent, hi'ialo.♦ To carry, and care for, a beloved child, hi'ialo, hi'ipaka, hi'ipoi, hi'ilei.♦ To bear a child, hānau, hua, keiki, loa'a.♦ Ceremony for first-born child, māwaewae.♦ Child's disease, ma'i keiki, 'ea.♦ To instruct a child, hi'ipaka.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.