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1. vs., Red, as sunburn. Cf. nono, red.

2. Reduplication of mano #1. Manono hoʻi kēlā poʻe e hele maila, those people coming there are so numerous.

3. Same as nono; to seep; to wane, as the moon.

4. n., All species of an endemic genus (Gouldia) of shrubs or small trees belonging to the coffee family. (Neal 793.)

5. n., Block set athwart a canoe to which ʻiako (outrigger booms) are lashed.

6. vs., Laid across one another, as mats.

hamani To percolate, as water passing through a porous substance. Dic., ext. mng.

hehele To wane, as the moon. ʻO nā pō o ka hapalua hope o ka pōʻaipuni mahina, ʻo ia ka wā e manono ai ka mahina. The nights of the last half of the lunar cycle is the time that the moon wanes. Dic. Cf. māhuahua. See kewe, nepu.

s. Name of a tree, timber used for some parts of canoes.

s. The sea as the surf dashes against the rocks; o kekaikuihala kui manono.

1. The sea as the surf dashes against the rocks; o kekaikuihala kui manono.

2. Block set athwart a canoe to which the iako are lashed.

Plants belonging to the genus Gouldia.

a kind of tree (Gouldia). Land section, Kau, Hawaii.

Block set across a canoe to which the ʻiako (outrigger booms) were lashed.

Sea as the surf dashes across the rocks. (Isa. 8:7.)

Shrub, occasionally a tree, whose timber was used for some parts of canoes. (A.) Block set athwart a canoe to which the ʻiako (outrigger booms) are attached. (PE.)