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Reduplication of noi.

• Examples:
  • Nonoi no ka manawa, ask for temporarily, borrow.
• References:
  • PEP nonoʻi .

v. See NOI. To beg; to ask; to borrow. Puk. 22:14.

2. To make a request; to exhort; to urge; to beseech; aole nae ma ka iii loa, a nonoi no hoi; aia he uuku nui ae. Nonoi uwao, to make intercession. Ier. 27:18.

adj. Both forms are used. See also NOII and NOINOI. Small; little; stinted in growth.

[Noi, to beg.]

1. To beg; to ask; to borrow.

2. To make a request; to exhort; to urge; to beseech; aole nae ma ka ili loa, a nonoi no hoi; aia he uuku nui ae. Nonoi uwao, to make intercession.

I. Ua oleloia, ua nonoi ka Iseraela i ko Aigupita i na mea kala, a me na mea gula a me na mea aahu. Ua aie no ko Aigupita ia lakou no ka lakou hana luhi ana, Puk. 3:12; 12:35.

to beg, appeal, borrow.

To ask; to make a request; to urge (AP).