menemene
/ mene.mene /Reduplication of mene #1, mene #2; to shrink from handling; hesitation (Nak. 118). Figuratively, to feel sorry, compassionate, pathetic; compassion; to fear for a loved one.
- Examples:
- Menemene au i kuʻu moʻopuna, I so do not want anything to happen to my grandson.
- E menemene ana au i kaʻu mea e menemene aku ai (Rom. 9.15), I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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