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1. nvs., Nest, gathering place, shelter, hive; to nest. Figuratively, home.

• Examples:
  • Pūnana ka manu i Haili, the bird nests at Haili.
  • E make auaneʻi au i loko a kuʻu pūnana (Ioba 29.18); I shall die within my nest.
  • He aikāne, he pūnana na ke onaona, a friend is a nest of fragrance.
• Related:
  • hoʻopūnana Caus/sim.; To make a nest, to settle in a nest or over young; to sit on eggs, as a hen; to take shelter.
    • Hoʻopūnana ka manaʻo, to set the mind on, plan, focus attention on.

2. n., A variety of sweet potato.

3. n., A process of making women's pāʻū; white tapa.

kikino, Nest.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• References:
  • See hoʻopūnana.

Kapa where the fibers show like the twigs in a birdʻs nest; white kapa.