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1. nvs., Minute particle, grain, crumb, gram, speck, tiny bit, scrap, minutia; small, little, powdery.

• Examples:
  • Ka hāʻule ʻana o kekahi huna o ke kānāwai (Luka 16.17), the voiding of one dot of the law.
• Related:
  • This word is similar to hune #2.
• References:
  • Cf. hunaahi, huna kai, huna kaua, huna lepo, hunalewa, huna olonā.

2. nvs., Hidden secret; hidden.

• Examples:
  • Wahi huna, hidden place, sexual part.
  • Lua huna, secret cave.
  • Mea huna, secret.
  • Kahi huna (Oihk. 18.7), nakedness.
• References:
  • Cf. huna, a stative usually following nouns, and the transitive verb hūnā.
  • PNP funa .

3. (Cap.) n., Eleventh night of the month.

• References:
  • Malo 35.

4. n., Common, fine, red seaweeds (Hypnea 🌐 spp.), irregularly and more or less densely branching, thorny looking; eaten cooked, furnishes a good colloid when boiled.

kikino, Ceiling.

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.
• Related:
  • Also: kilina.
• References:
  • See lumi huna.

kikino, Particle, as in an atom.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See huna hohoki, huna ʻāne, huna ʻine, huna ʻālepa, huna beta.

kikino, Bit, i.e. a computer unit of information.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Examples:
  • ʻEwalu huna o ka ʻai. There are eight bits to a byte.
• References:
  • See ʻai.

s., A name of a day of the month; i ka po i o Huna. Laieik. 112.

s., A small part of anything. Luk. 16:17. A particle of dust; a crumb of food or other substance. 2 Oihl. 1:9. See huna, to be little. See other words below with their qualities.

s., That which is concealed; kahi huna, the private members of the body. Oihk. 18:6, 7. Wahi huna, same. Puk. 20:23.

v., To be small; to be little; to be reduced fine, as powder.

v., To hide; to conceal; to keep from the sight or knowledge of another. Kin. 26:15.

2. To keep back truth in speaking. 1 Sam. 3:17.

3. To hide, as a trap or snare.

4. To hide; to conceal; with maka, to hide the face, i. e., to turn from. Kanl. 32:20.

5. To conceal, i. e., to disguise one's self. 2 Oihl. 18:29.

6. To protect; to defend. Hal. 64:2.

7. Hoohuna. To conceal, as knowledge or wisdom. Iob. 17:4.

adj., Small; little; powdery.

[Huna, to be little.]

1. n., A minute part of; a small particle; grain. Huna one, grain of sand.

2. n., A small part of anything. A particle of dust; a crumb of food or other substance.

3. n., [Huna, to hide.] That which is concealed; the private parts; genitals; kahi huna.

4. n., A day of the month; i ka po i o Huna (Laieik. p. 112.); tenth day or night after Hilo or the new moon; the eleventh day of the month in the ancient Hawaiian lunar calendar.

1. v., To hide; to conceal; to keep from the sight or knowledge of.

2. v., To keep back truth in speaking; to equivocate, as in using ambiguous language with a view to mislead; to prevaricate.

3. v., To disguise one's self; to feign; to pretend.

Alga (Hypnea cervicornis). At one time a commonly eaten Hawaiian seaweed, especially when cooked. It has a fine quality of gelatin when boiled. See limu huna.

Eleventh night, a day much liked by the farmers. The tide is low and the fishing good. Hoʻaō is the day of the night of Huna.

I. he wahi mea uuku loa, he wahi kiko o ka huaolelo, Mat. 5:18. E hookoia ka ke Akua olelo a pau. E lilo ka lani a me ka honua mamua o ka haule aua o kekahi huna o ke kanawai, Luk. 16:17.

II. O Mataio, ka lunaolelo ua kapaia o Levi, Luk. 5:27. E nana MATAIO.

minute particle, grain.