1. vi. Sweet and soft, as music; sweetly appealing, as perfume or a memory of love; to sound softly; to tease, play pranks; mischievous. Ke kani hone a ka waiolina, the sweet sound of a violin. Na ka moani lā i hali mai, hone ana i ke kai (song), brought by the moani breeze, spreading sweetly to the sea. Kani hone kēia keiki, this child keeps up a teasing cry. hoʻo.hone Caus/sim.
2. n. Honey. Eng. Wili i ka hone, to extract honey.
3. n. Tenon of a wall post (Kam. 76:97.)
kikino Syrup. Niʻihau. Also malakeke.
Lane, Ka-pā-lama section, Honolulu. Lit., soft and sweet.
Honey. This word may have been coined in 1857 when bees were first brought successfully to Hawaiʻi.
To prick, as a sharp thing. Me ke wahi kaikele la is e hone nei iloko o ka manaʻo, like a needle it pierces into thought.
To be saucy; to tease, play pranks.
h. he puhaku no ka hookala ana.
hai. e hookala ma ka hoana.
Pohaku hookala. SYN. whetstone.
E huli iā “hone” ma Ulukau.
Search for “hone” on Ulukau.