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Honi, honihoni (transitive).

• Related:
  • Also: hanu, ea, ʻea.
  • Sweet-smelling, ʻala, ʻaʻala; onaona (soft); paoa, kūpaoa (strong); māpu, maoani (wafted); anuhea, waianuhea (cool, soft); kolopua, hōʻala, kānaʻe, nae, kaluhea, pē, puīa.
  • Bad-smelling, pilau (as of rotten flesh); pilapilau (somewhat pilau); ʻenaʻena pilau (strongly pilau, unbearable stench); ʻōhonohono, ʻōpilopilo, palani, malani, ʻuaʻuala (rancid); pilo, pelekunu, polopolona, kūnāhelu, kilu (musty, swampy); hauna, hauhau, hauhauna (fishy, sulphur); hohono, honohono, maea, pilo, puluea (body); hanahana, māhanahana, kākā (excreta, flatulence); ekikilau (drawing flies); lāhea, eko, ekoeko, neko, weko, uweko, ʻino, wilu, niku, māʻā (stench).
  • Rare: ʻokaʻoka, ʻonaʻona, mōuki, piena, ʻukī, ʻikuʻiku (bad).
  • Strong smell, good or foul, pakuʻi.
  • The bad smell arises, kū ka lāhea.
• References:
  • See saying, goat.

Sense of smell. Lonoa ihu.

e honi; he ala.

hai. e honi; h. he ala, he hohono.

(sense), ho'nĭ; sweet smell, 'a'ălă; bad smell, pīlăŭ, hŏho'nŏ: to smell, ho'nĭ; (to snuff), hă'nŭhă'nŭ.

1. E honi. Smell the fragrance, e honi i ke ala. 2. E pilau; e hauna.

l. The sense of smell, ka ike o ka ihu; ka honi ana. 2. A sweet smell, he ala; aala. 3. A bad smell, he pilo; pilau; hauna.

Ka ike o ka ihu; ka honi ana. A sweet smell, he ala; aala. A bad smell, he pilo; pilau; hauna.