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1. Intensification of hinu; bright, glossy, shining, lustrous, glittering, as of polished stones or shells; splendid; splendor.

• Examples:
  • A me ka ʻaila hoʻi, i mea e hinuhinu ai kona maka (Hal. 104.15), and oil to make his face to shine.
• Related:
  • hoʻohinuhinu Caus/sim.; To shine, polish; to show off (Kel. 130).
    • Keiki hoʻohinuhinu kāmaʻa, shoe sinner, bootblack.
    • Hoʻohinuhinu mikiʻao, fingernail polish.
    • E hoʻohinuhinu ana ʻo Keola i kona kāmaʻa, Keola is polishing his shoes.
• References:
  • PPN sinusinu.

2. Variant of hiluhilu.

• Related:
  • hoʻohinuhinu Caus/sim.; Variant of hoʻohiluhilu.
    • Ua hoʻohinuhinu loa ʻo Makaliʻi i kāna wahine, ā ua nani loa (For. 4:81), Makaliʻi bedecks his wife and [she is] very beautiful.

v., See hinu. To shine as if anointed with oil. Hal. 104:15. To glisten; to be bright; to sparkle.

adj., Bright; shining; splendid, as red cloth; glittering, as polished stones. 1 Oihl. 29:2.

1. adj., Bright; shining; splendid, as red cloth.

2. adj., Glittering, as polished stones.

v., To be bright; to be glistening; to be shining.