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1. nvs., Bashful, shy, ashamed (2 Nal. 2.17), abashed, embarrassed; shame, bashfulness.

• Examples:
  • Kou wahi hilahila, your private parts.
  • Hilahila ʻole, shameless, brazen.
  • He maʻi nui ka hilahila, shyness is a great disease.
• hoʻohilahila Caus/sim.; To make ashamed or embarrassed; to disgrace, humiliate; shameful, bashful, timid.
  • Hana hoʻohilahila, disgraceful behavior or acts.
  • Hoʻohilahila nohoʻi ʻoe iaʻu, you've made me ashamed; I'm ashamed of you.
• References:
  • Cf. puahilahila.

2. Same as iholena, a banana.

1. v., To be ashamed; to be put in confusion; to be ashamed of. 2 Nal. 2:17.

2. Hoohilahila. To cause shame; to make ashamed.

3. To have that quick agitation which arises from shame; confusion, suffusion of the face.

s., Shame; a blushing of the face; confusion attendant on shame.

adj., Ashamed.

adv., Shamefully.

adj., Ashamed.

adv., Shamefully.

n., Shame.

v., (Refers to acts and language). To be ashamed; to be put in confusion; to be ashamed of.

Same as the banana, iho-lena, a species free of kapau

shyness; shame: bashful.