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1. nvt., Greed; to covet, extort, take property by force.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻālunu, ʻānunu, lunu.
  • Perhaps PPN -nu; cf. Tongan mānu-, to be always wanting.

2. vt., Swollen, puffed up; to swell up; to swathe or roll up, as an article in tapa; to fold, bind.

• Examples:
  • Ua hoʻomaka naʻe ke ʻano nunu mai o nā kuʻemaka (Kel. 18), the eyebrows began to be puffed up [raised].
• References:
  • PPN ngungu.

v., See lunu, n for l. To covet, as the property of another, and to use some means of obtaining it. See also alunu.

1. v., To provoke.

2. To swell up; to swell up in places.

3. To roll up, as paper; e owili, e wihi.

1. s., See nu. A moaning; a groaning; a grunting, as of hogs; a cooing of doves; hence,

2. A dove; a pigeon from the noise they make; nunu opiopio, a young pigeon. Oih. 1:14.

3. An endearing epithet like my dear chicken. Mel. Sol. 2:14.

4. The name of a species of fish; the pipe fish.

1. adj., Groaning, as of persons in pain; grunting like hogs; cooing like doves.

2. Taciturn; unsocial; sullen; displeased; applied only to persons. See nunuha.

adj., Groaning, as of persons in pain; grunting like hogs; cooing like doves.

1. n., A species of trumpet fish (Aulostomus valentini).

2. n., A dove; a pigeon.

3. n., A silent or unsocial person.

1. v., To covet, as the property of another, and to use some means of obtaining it. Syn: alunu.

2. v., To swell up; to swell up in places. Syn: onu.

3. v., To roll up, as paper; e owili.

To swell up, as in some forms of leprosy. (CMH.)

To covet, as the property of another; greedy.

Taciturn, unsocial, sullen, displeased. Applies only to men. (A.) Greed; to covet, extort. (PE.)

v., to provoke.

adj., groaning, as of a person in pain, grunting of hogs, cooing of doves, manu nunu a dove

s., a species of fish, the pipefish.

adj., taciturn unsocial

adj., taciturn unsocial, diseased, sullen, and, quiet, unagitated, applied, exclusively to persons