kukui
/kuˈku.i/
kukui noun: aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree.
Noun
kukui (plural kukuis)
- Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree.
- Though I'd often eaten sashimi, poke was then completely new to me—delicious rubies of cubed fish dressed in light sesame oil, garnished with minced bits of reddish-brown seaweed and the ground centers of kukui nuts (see recipe, next page).2004 October 17, Garrett Hongo, “Poke”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- “We get so wrapped up in the lei thing,” Ms. Shibata said, noting that instead of that perishable adornment, children will create bracelets of nuts from the kukui, the Hawaiian state tree.2007 May 18, The New York Times, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times
Forms of kukui
| plural | kukuis |
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Origin of kukui
From Hawaiian kukui. Doublet of tuitui.
Questions about kukui
- What does kukui mean?
- Kukui means aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree.
- What part of speech is kukui?
- Kukui is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kukui?
- Kukui is pronounced /kuˈku.i/.
- What is the plural of kukui?
- The plural of kukui is kukuis.
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