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  • i love how they call the kia the cee apostiphy d XD

    BBC TopGear: Cars and Autos News 2010

  • I ua mau elele la i hala aku ai, aole i liuliu halawai mai la me laua kekahi kanaka kia manu mai uka mai o Olaa; ninau mai la, "Mahea ka olua hele."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • It is inflicted both on the feet and hands: for the former they use an instrument called kia-quen, composed of three cross pieces of wood; that in the middle is fixed, the two other move and turn about; between these the feet are put, and squeezed so violently that the ancle bone is rendered quite flat.

    Hau Kiou Choaan : 1761

  • The interrogative adjective "kia" (112) is also used as a relative adjective, referring back to "tia," or to some equivalent phrase or word indicating quality, such as "sama", etc.

    A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922

  • Singaporeans born here share some common traits, many related to 'kia'.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • This island takes the form of a dog to frighten travelers, and is named Kanehunamoku.] [Footnote 53: The season for the bird catcher, _kanaka kia manu_, lay between March and May, when the _lehua_ flowers were in bloom in the upland forest, where the birds of bright plumage congregated, especially the honey eaters, with their long-curved bill, shaped like an insect's proboscis.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • NO THANX! if i am going to spend that kind of money on a rifle, it would either be a real target rimfire or a good centerfire. to me it makes no sense to try to make a real target rifle out of a ordinary plinker. it is like buying a kia, replacing everything but the radiator cap to try to make a porshe. just buy the real thing and be much happier!

    Trigger Happy 2009

  • NO THANX! if i am going to spend that kind of money on a rifle, it would either be a real target rimfire or a good centerfire. to me it makes no sense to try to make a real target rifle out of a ordinary plinker. it is like buying a kia, replacing everything but the radiator cap to try to make a porshe. just buy the real thing and be much happier!

    Trigger Happy 2009

  • Bonjour Kristin or as we say in New Zealand, kia ora!

    vivace - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • September 9, 2008 1: 32 PM pele sweeri, take kia of yasef o

    BUT WHY? 2008

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