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ʻunihipili

/ ʻunihi.pili / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Spirit of a dead person, sometimes believed present in bones or hair of the deceased and kept lovingly. ʻUnihipili bones were prayed to for help, and sometimes sent to destroy an enemy.

  • Related:
    • Also: ʻuhinipili.
    • hōʻunihipili Caus/sim.; to deify.

2. n., Same as ʻuhinipili #2.

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ʻUnihipili

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

One of a class of gods called akua noho. ʻAumakua was another. They were the departed spirits of deceased persons.

ʻunihipili

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

or the ʻunihipili, ghosts inhabiting the shades of night.

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