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1. vt., To swallow, gulp down, absorb.

• Examples:
  • Moni ka hāʻae, to water at the mouth, drool; literally, swallow the saliva.
  • Moni kū, to swallow defiantly, said by Kamehameha in contempt of a foe.
  • Ua moni mai au i kāna mau ʻōlelo apau, I drink in all he says.

2. n., Money.

• Source:
  • English.
• Related:
  • Waihona moni, treasury, money depository.
• References:
  • Kin. 43.21.

See haka moni, paipu moni.

v. See MOMI. To swallow; to consume. Puk. 7:12. To swallow, i. e., to drink up, as the earth drinks up water; o ka honua, ua moni i ka wai, the earth, it drinks up the water; to suck up, as a sponge; e omo; e moni i ka ai, to swallow food.

s. Eng. Money; the price of a thing sold. Kin. 44:12. SYN. with talena. Mat. 25:18.

[Eng.] Money; the price of a thing sold. (Kin. 44:12.) Syn: Talena. (Biblical, a talent.)

MON 441 MOO

Same as momi. To swallow; to consume; to drink up, as the earth drinks up water; o ka honua, ua moni i ka wai, the earth, it drinks up the water; to suck up, as a sponge; e omo; e moni i ka ai, to swallow food.

To swallow, consume.

Money, price of a thing sold. (Kin. 44:12.)

I. ua kaupaonaia mamua, aole hanaia i dala maoli. I ka wa kahiko loa, aole me ka moni ke kalepa ana, lilo aku kekahi waiwai, a lilo mai kekahi waiwai e ae. Pela ke kuai ana me ka waiwai i loaa mai kela mea keia mea. A mahope komo no ke kala a me ka gula iloko o ke kalepa ana, a ua kaupaonaia ke kala a me ke gula e like me ka ae like, Kin. 23:16; 43:21; Puk. 30:24. A Mahope aku, na ke aupuni e hana ka moni a kau i hoailona maluna i akaka ke ano a me ka waiwai iloko, i ole e pilikia ka poe kuai i ke kaupaona ana. Ua manaoia, aia no i ka wa o Simona Makabeo, ka hana mua ana i ka moni e na Iudaio, 150 paha makahiki mamua o Kristo, a emi iki paha. O ka moni i hanaia, o ke sekela, o ka hapalua, ka hapakolu, a me ka hapaha o ke sekela. O na kii ma ka moni Iudaio, he kookoo alemona a me ka ipu mane, aka, ua hookapuia ke kii kanaka. E nana Mat. 22:16-22. I ka wa o Iesu a me na lunaolelo, aia no ma Iudea kekahi mau kala no Helene mai, a no Roma mai. E nana i ka Papakala. Kuhikuhi mai Iesu i 'ka poe kuai moni,' oia paha ka poe lawe i ka moni, a haawi aku i ka uku hoopanee, Mat. 25:27. Aia hoi ka poe kuai kala ma ka pahale o ka luahini, haawi lakou i ke kala Iudaio no ke kala o ka aina e, a mahele hoi i ke kala i kala hapalua sekela, ka moni hookupu, Puk. 30:15, ka haawina paha no Iehova. Ua hookukeia'ku lakou e ka Haku o ka luakini, aole no ke kuai kala ma ka hale o ke Akua wale no, aka, no ke kuai pono ole kekahi, Mar. 11:15-17. Ma 1 Tim. 6-10, olelo mai o Paulo, 'o ka puni kala, o ka mole ia o ka hewa a pau.' Aole hoahewa iai ke kala, aka, hoahewa i ka puni kala, o ke kumu ia o na hewa he nui loa. Komo no keia kuko hewa iloko o ka naau o ka poe waiwai a me ka poe ilihune; no ka mea, ua pau paha lakou i ka puni kala.

to swallow, consume.