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nvt. To breathe, smell, sniff, inhale; breath, respiration, transpiration, last breath of life; vanity (Biblical).

• Examples:
  • Eia ua lani a Hāloa i pili ai ka hanu i ke kapu, here is a chief descended from Hā-loa, whose taboo makes one hold his breath [as in terror].
  • He hanu wale nō kuʻu, mau lā (Ioba 7.16), my days are vanity.
  • Nāna nō i hāʻawi mai nei ke ola … a me ka hanu (Oih. 17.25), he has given life … and breath.
  • Hanu lipo o ka palai (song), breathing deep of the palai fern.
  • Nui nei ka hanu (Kel. 52), breathing hard; to puff, sigh.
• Related:
  • ʻĪlio hanu kanaka, bloodhound.
  • Omo i ka hanu, suck in the breath, gasp.
  • Paʻa ka hanu, breathing is stifled; smothering; to gasp.
  • Hanu i loko, inhale.
  • Hanu i waho, exhale.
  • hoʻohanu, Caus/sim.; To cause to breathe, resuscitate, administer an inhalant.
    • I ka hoʻohanuʻana o kou mau pukaihu (Puk. 15.8), with the blast of your nostrils.
• References:
  • Cf. hanuāpuaʻa, pūhanu.
  • PPN fangu .

hehele Respiration; respiratory.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • ʻŌnaehana hanu. Respiratory system.
  • Ana lama hanu. Breathalyzer.
• References:
  • See lāʻau make hanu, paipu hanu.
  • Cf. nui lama koko.

v. To breathe naturally, as a well person. Hoo. The same.

s. The breath; the power of breathing. Oih. 17:25. The natural breath.

v. See HANO. To breathe; to emit air from the lungs. Laieik. 104.

2. To beat; to throb, as the pulse.

3. To act with energy.

4. To be so exceedingly angry that one cannot stand still, that he runs one way then another, ranting. scolding and threatening all that come in his way.

5. Hoo. To breathe furiously or angrily. Puk. 15:8.

s. The breathing; the natural breath.

2. Breath; spirit. FIG. 2 Oihl. 9:4. Hanu wale, mere existence without enjoyment; vanity. Iob. 7:16.

3. Breath, i. e., anything evanescent; vanity. Hal. 39:5, 11.

adj. Na mea hanu, the breathing things, i. e., people. Ios. 10:40.

Living; na mea hanu, the living things.

1. The breath; respiration.

2. Breath in the sense of existence; life.

3. That which is unsubstantial or evanescent.

1. To breathe.

2. To hunt or search for by means of the sense of smell. (See Laieik. p. 104.)

3. To smell.

Breath, in the sense of existence; life. See ea, hānā.

To sniff, smell, breathe; breath, breathing.

breath : to breathe, to smell