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hinuhinu

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

1. Intensification of hinu; bright, glossy, shining, lustrous, glittering, as of polished stones or shells; splendid; splendor.

  • Examples:
    • A me ka ʻaila hoʻi, i mea e hinuhinu ai kona maka (Hal. 104.15), and oil to make his face to shine.
  • Related:
    • hoʻohinuhinu Caus/sim.; To shine, polish; to show off (Kel. 130).
      • Keiki hoʻohinuhinu kāmaʻa, shoe sinner, bootblack.
      • Hoʻohinuhinu mikiʻao, fingernail polish.
      • E hoʻohinuhinu ana ʻo Keola i kona kāmaʻa, Keola is polishing his shoes.
  • References:
    • PPN sinusinu.

2. Variant of hiluhilu.

  • Related:
    • hoʻohinuhinu Caus/sim.; Variant of hoʻohiluhilu.
      • Ua hoʻohinuhinu loa ʻo Makaliʻi i kāna wahine, ā ua nani loa (For. 4:81), Makaliʻi bedecks his wife and [she is] very beautiful.

hinuhinu

/ HI-NU-HI-NU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., See hinu. To shine as if anointed with oil. Hal. 104:15. To glisten; to be bright; to sparkle.

hinuhinu

/ HI-NU-HI-NU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Bright; shining; splendid, as red cloth; glittering, as polished stones. 1 Oihl. 29:2.

hinuhinu

/ hī'-nu-hī'-nu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Bright; shining; splendid, as red cloth.

2. adj., Glittering, as polished stones.

hinuhinu

/ hī'-nu-hī'-nu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be bright; to be glistening; to be shining.

hinuhinu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Glittering, as polished stones. Bright, shining, splendid.

hinuhinu

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

bright, shining, polished.

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