mene
1. nvs. Dullness, bluntness; dull, blunt, as a knife. Cf. ʻūmene. Ihu mene, flat-nosed. Ua mene ka ihu o ka waʻa, the prow of the canoe is blunted. hoʻo.mene To make dull; dull.
2. vi. To move back, step back, shrink. E mene mai i hope, step back. (PPN mene.)