-nunu
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nū.nū
1. n. Introduced rock pigeon or wild pigeon (Columba livia); dove (Mele 2.14). See saying, dove.
2. nvi. Moaning, groaning, cooing, grunting; to do so. (PPN nguunguu.)
3. n. Trumpet fish (Aulostomus chinensis). Also nuhu.
nunu
1. nvt. Greed; to covet, extort, take property by force. Cf. ʻālunu, ʻānunu, lunu. (Perhaps PPN -nu; cf. Tongan mānu-, to be always wanting.)
2. vt. Swollen, puffed up; to swell up; to swathe or roll up, as an article in tapa; to fold, bind. Ua hoʻomaka naʻe ke ʻano nunu mai o nā kuʻemaka (Kel. 18), the eyebrows began to be puffed up [raised]. (PPN ngungu.)
nūnū
hamani To hum, as a tune. Niʻihau.
NU-NU
v. See LUNU, n for l. To covet, as the property of another, and to use some means of obtaining it. See also ALUNU.
NU-NU
v. To provoke.
2. To swell up; to swell up in places.
3. To roll up, as paper; e owili, e wihi.
NU-NU
s. See NU. A moaning; a groaning; a grunting, as of hogs; a cooing of doves; hence,
2. A dove; a pigeon from the noise they make; nunu opiopio, a young pigeon. Oih. 1:14.
3. An endearing epithet like my dear chicken. Mel. Sol. 2:14.
4. The name of a species of fish; the pipe fish.
NU-NU
adj. Groaning, as of persons in pain; grunting like hogs; cooing like doves.
2. Taciturn; unsocial; sullen; displeased; applied only to persons. See NUNUHA.
Nunu (nŭ'-nū'), adj.
/ nŭ'-nū' /Groaning, as of persons in pain; grunting like hogs; cooing like doves.
Nunu (nŭ'-nu), v.
/ nŭ'-nu /1. To covet, as the property of another, and to use some means of obtaining it. Syn: Alunu.
2. To swell up; to swell up in places. Syn: Onu.
3. To roll up, as paper; e owili.
Nunu (nū'-nū'), n.
/ nū'-nū' /1. A species of trumpet fish (Aulostomus valentini).
2. A dove; a pigeon.
3. A silent or unsocial person.
nūnū
Another name for manukū (dove) but thought of as a pigeon because of its sound.
nūnū
This name is applied to two fish. 1. Two-barred goatfish (Parupeneus bifasciatus). Grows to 11 inches. Also called moano. 2. Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis). A brown, green, or orangish fish. Occasionally one sees a yellow phase. It attains over 3 feet in length. Also known as nuhu.
nunu
To swell up, as in some forms of leprosy. (CMH.)
nunu
To covet, as the property of another; greedy.
nunu
Taciturn, unsocial, sullen, displeased. Applies only to men. (A.) Greed; to covet, extort. (PE.)
nu‘nu‘
dove, pigeon.
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