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honu
kikino ｜ noun1. n., General name for turtle and tortoise, as Chelonia mydas 🌐.
- Examples:
- Honu neʻepū ka ʻāina, the land moves like the turtle [land passes slowly but inexorably from owner to heir].
- References:
- PPN fonu.
2. n., Name of a design for Niʻihau mats.
3. Variant of hohonu, deep.
- References:
- PPN fonu, full, as of liquid; PCP fofonu, deep.
honu
See honu lūʻau, honu pahu.
honu
/ HO-NU /s., The turtle; a terrapin; more generally applied to the sea turtle; a tortoise. Oihk. 11:29. NOTE.—The honu was formerly forbidden to women to eat in the times of the kapu under penalty of death.
honu
/ hō'-nu /n., The green turtle; a terrapin; more generally applied to the sea turtle; a tortoise. (The honu formerly was forbidden to women to eat in the times of the tabu, under penalty of death.)
honu
Sea turtle or terrapin forbidden as food for women under pain of death.
honu
Design for a Niʻihau mat. (PE.)
HONU
I. He wahi moo paha ia ma ka olelo Hebera, Oihk. 11:29.
honu
turtle.
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