1. nvi. A slight breeze, puff of wind; to gasp for breath, blow softly, blink. Na ka ʻōnini lākou e lawe aku (Isa. 57.13), a breath will take them away.
2. Similar to hulili, dazzling; vibration.
3. n. A kind of surfboard difficult to manage, used by experts. Rare.
v. To blow very softly, as the beginning of a breeze.
2. To excite or stir up waves in a calm; to cause a ripple on the surface of water.
s. A very slight breeze of air like that which occasions a ripple after a calm; he wahi onini iki mai; applied only to a gentle wind when it covers the sea with ripples; onini loa mai na hua; he onini makani; the first beginning of a sea breeze; a puff of wind. Isa. 57:13.
2. The word is applied to one of imperfect vision when trying to read; onini ke kanaka i ka ili wai.
v. To close or shut the eyes on account of too strong light; ua onini na maka i ka malamalama, ua kahuli ka onohi, ua ano e ka maka.
adj. The state of one almost dead; he lelehu, he kapakahi, he kuhikee, he kokoke make loa.
s. A kind of surf-board.
Almost dead; he lelehu, he kapakahi, he kuhikee, he kokoke make loa.
1. A very slight breeze like that which occasions a ripple after a calm: he wahi onini iki; applied only to a gentle wind when it covers the sea with ripples: he onini makani; the first beginning of a sea breeze; a puff of wind.
2. One of imperfect vision when trying to read; onini ke kanaka i ka ili wai; a cross-eyed person.
3. A kind of surfboard, very difficult to manage and used only by experts in surf-riding.
1. To blow very softly, as the beginning of a breeze.
2. To catch one's breath, as from suffocation in drowning; to be short of breath from any cause.
3. To blink, as from dazzling light; to see with the eyes half shut and with frequent winking: Ua onini na maka i ka malamalama, na kahuli ka onohi, ua ano e ka maka.
Gulch, Kaunakakai qd., south Molokaʻi. Lit., breeze.
Beach, channel, reef, Lāʻie, Oʻahu. North section of Laniloa Beach adjacent to Lāʻie Point. The smaller of two sand pockets on Laniloa Beach that are good for swimming. Also known as Clissold Beach. Lit., slight breeze.
A kind of surfboard for experts only.
Stupefied state of fish after swallowing some ʻauhuhu. (CMH.)
First beginning of a sea breeze; puff of wind, applied to a gentle wind when it covers the sea with ripples. (Isa. 57:12.)
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Search for “ʻōnini” on Ulukau.