Etymology

kukui

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Today it means: Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree. Full definition →

Hawaiian kukui
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkukui
  2. English todaykukui

From Hawaiian kukui. Doublet of tuitui.

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