keiki

1. nvi., Child, offspring, descendant, progeny, boy, youngster, son, lad, nephew, son of a dear friend; calf, colt, kid, cub; worker; shoot or sucker, as of taro; to have or obtain a child; to be or become a child.s., Ke, article, and iki, little, small, i. e., the little one. The ke has now become assimilated to the word iki and takes another article

• Examples:

  • Kāu keiki, your son.

  • Keiki a ka pueo, child of the owl [one whose father is not known].

  • Keiki hānau o ka ʻāina, a native son, one born on the land.

  • Ua keiki kākou no ke Akua (Rom. 8.16), we are the children of God.