kui1lkuni [l m], rarer kukukue [kue:] or (rare) kuakuni [l l]hoe, blade of a hoe(Prov.) Za-kpaaroa kan kpa wa kui kinla.A millet-farmer will not farm with his hoe for nothing.ku-chok, pl. ku-choksahoe with a small blade, e.g. for harvesting and cutting (cf. syn. mieli n.)kui viok (cf. viok leaf)hoe that is only used for ritual actions such as digging a graveVayaasanga ain ba pai kuku viok ate ba tu vorimu.The undertakers requested a kui viok to dig a grave.kui-wuuk [l m], pl. kui-wuukta or kui-ngiri (ngiri, neck)hoe with socket hafting esp. used for the first hoeing of the hard soil at the beginning of the wet seasonkui-yoari [l l l], pl. kui-yoa [l l](lit. penis hoe) hoe with spike hafting used esp. for harvesting kui-miadi [l m m], pl. kui-mie [l m](lit. termite hoe) old and worn out hoe used for collecting termite claykui-tali, pl. kui-talahoe with a small blade, reduced by work (cf. tali v., to leave over)kui kpieng [l lm]plough (lit. big hoe) - niiga kui [h h m] (bullocks' hoe) or bonsa kui (donkey's hoe) ploughCf. also: chaaung n., mieli, puurik n., wu-tuiliksynkpa-kui
Hausa kuyaa(rare) kunkui, kunkuri [l l m], def. ku(n)kuni [l l m], pl. ku(n)kue [l lm]
kui-wuuk
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