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hūnā

/ hū.nā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To hide, conceal, disguise, secret; confidential; covert.

  • Examples:
    • He mea ia i hūnā ʻia, this was a hidden thing.
    • He manaʻo e hūnā, a thought to be hidden.
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1. nvs., Minute particle, grain, crumb, gram, speck, tiny bit, scrap, minutia; small, little, powdery.

2. nvs., Hidden secret; hidden.

  • Examples:
    • Wahi huna, hidden place, sexual part.
    • Lua huna, secret cave.
    • Mea huna, secret.
    • Kahi huna (Oihk. 18.7), nakedness.
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3. (Cap.) n., Eleventh night of the month.

  • References:
    • Malo 35.

4. n., Common, fine, red seaweeds (Hypnea 🌐 spp.), irregularly and more or less densely branching, thorny looking; eaten cooked, furnishes a good colloid when boiled.

Nā LepiliTags: time flora limu foods

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kikino, Ceiling.

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kikino, Particle, as in an atom.

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kikino, Bit, i.e. a computer unit of information.

  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
  • Examples:
    • ʻEwalu huna o ka ʻai. There are eight bits to a byte.
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Nā LepiliTags: computers

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v., To hide; to conceal; to keep from the sight or knowledge of another. Kin. 26:15.

2. To keep back truth in speaking. 1 Sam. 3:17.

3. To hide, as a trap or snare.

4. To hide; to conceal; with maka, to hide the face, i. e., to turn from. Kanl. 32:20.

5. To conceal, i. e., to disguise one's self. 2 Oihl. 18:29.

6. To protect; to defend. Hal. 64:2.

7. Hoohuna. To conceal, as knowledge or wisdom. Iob. 17:4.

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v., To be small; to be little; to be reduced fine, as powder.

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s., That which is concealed; kahi huna, the private members of the body. Oihk. 18:6, 7. Wahi huna, same. Puk. 20:23.

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s., A small part of anything. Luk. 16:17. A particle of dust; a crumb of food or other substance. 2 Oihl. 1:9. See huna, to be little. See other words below with their qualities.

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s., A name of a day of the month; i ka po i o Huna. Laieik. 112.

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adj., Small; little; powdery.

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1. v., To hide; to conceal; to keep from the sight or knowledge of.

2. v., To keep back truth in speaking; to equivocate, as in using ambiguous language with a view to mislead; to prevaricate.

3. v., To disguise one's self; to feign; to pretend.

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[Huna, to be little.]

1. n., A minute part of; a small particle; grain. Huna one, grain of sand.

2. n., A small part of anything. A particle of dust; a crumb of food or other substance.

3. n., [Huna, to hide.] That which is concealed; the private parts; genitals; kahi huna.

4. n., A day of the month; i ka po i o Huna (Laieik. p. 112.); tenth day or night after Hilo or the new moon; the eleventh day of the month in the ancient Hawaiian lunar calendar.

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Tidal freshwater spring, Hīlea, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. Literally, small.

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Hūnā

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Nuʻuanu, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Literally, hidden.

  • References:
    • TM.

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Alga (Hypnea cervicornis). At one time a commonly eaten Hawaiian seaweed, especially when cooked. It has a fine quality of gelatin when boiled. See limu huna.

Eleventh night, a day much liked by the farmers. The tide is low and the fishing good. Hoʻaō is the day of the night of Huna.

I. he wahi mea uuku loa, he wahi kiko o ka huaolelo, Mat. 5:18. E hookoia ka ke Akua olelo a pau. E lilo ka lani a me ka honua mamua o ka haule aua o kekahi huna o ke kanawai, Luk. 16:17.

II. O Mataio, ka lunaolelo ua kapaia o Levi, Luk. 5:27. E nana MATAIO.

minute particle, grain.

to conceal, disguise, pretend.

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