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Menehune

/ Mene.hune / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Legendary race of small people who worked at night, building fish ponds, roads, temples; if the work was not finished in one night, it remained unfinished; also Melehune. Luomala 1951 convincingly refutes the theory that Hawaiʻi was settled by Menehune before the arrival of the first Hawaiians.

2. (Not cap.) vt., To gather together to work and complete a task, as a band of Menehune.

  • Examples:
    • E menehune mai kākou i ka hana, let's get together and get the work done like Menehune.

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Menehune

kikino ｜ noun / mē-nĕ-hū'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Optical illusion presenting the appearance of very small human dwarfs.

2. n., A race of midgets in Hawaiian legends who are credited with the building of many temples, fishponds and roads which still exist. They worked only in the night and if the work was not completed in that one night it remained unfinished.

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Menehune

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

legendary race of small people who worked at night building fishponds, roads, ditches, and temples

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menehune

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

brownies.

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