Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Hawaiian Islands, a name of Cordia subcordata, a tree belonging to the borage family, from which the natives make wooden bowls, or calabashes, for holding their poi.
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Examples
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In Japan, there's also Ame-kou, which is apparently an insulting term for Americans.
"Who would have thought it? Prince Harry is just a normal bloke in spite of the weird circumstances of his upbringing." Ann Althouse 2009
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Malia paha 'oi aku ko lākou akamai ma ka ho'oponopono' ana i ka 'āina a me ke aupuni.
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Malia paha 'oi aku ko lākou akamai ma ka ho'oponopono' ana i ka 'āina a me ke aupuni.
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Malia paha 'oi aku ko lākou akamai ma ka ho'oponopono' ana i ka 'āina a me ke aupuni.
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Malia paha 'oi aku ko lākou akamai ma ka ho'oponopono' ana i ka 'āina a me ke aupuni.
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Yes, and careless that all should see his extended favour, I must dip into his pa paakai for my pinches of red salt, and limu, and kukui nut and chili pepper; and into his ipu kai "(fish sauce dish)" of kou wood that the great Kamehameha himself had eaten from on many a similar progress.
ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010
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The experimental instrument played in this video is a variation on the kou xiang (a Chinese jaw harp).
Boing Boing 2009
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Today, more-filling dim sum, such as gai kou dai bao (chicken meatball over a large white bun), are dinosaurs on the menu.
The Heart of Dim Sum Amy Ma 2010
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Coca-Cola then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, "ke-kou-ke-le," which can be loosely translated as "happiness in the mouth."
Technology's Language Barrier Jack Halpern 2010
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The other was a bronze button with gold-plated sculpture (liujin fudiao tongshi kou).
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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