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vs., Stubborn, sulky.

• Examples:
  • Ke lilo nei Haʻikū ʻekalesia kananuha, Haʻikū is becoming a stubborn church.
• Related:
  • hoʻokananuha Caus/sim.; To cause sulkiness; dull of hearing (Heb. 5.11).
• References:
  • Cf. more common nuha.

v. To be dull in listening to a story; to sit in sullen silence, giving no reply; to be dull in learning; to have a want of apprehension; to be stubborn or surly. Hoo. The same.

adj. Hoo. Dull; stupid; slow. Heb. 5:11. Slow or dull at answering.

1. Dull; stupid; slow or dull at answering.

2. Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate.

1. To be dull.

2. To be sullen, stubborn, gruff, gloomy, ill-tempered.

To be dull in listening to a story; to sit in sullen silence, giving no reply; stupid, surly, sulky. (Heb. 5:11.)