1. n. Long-horn grasshopper (Tettigoniidae); cricket (Grillidae); locust (Mat. 3.4). ʻŪhini pua, young ʻūhini, especially before wing development.
2. vs. Fine, weblike, tapering into a fine point; slender.
3. Short for ʻuhinipili 1–3.
4. n. Carob, an evergreen (Ceratonia siliqua). Niʻihau.
kikino Grasshopper. Dic.
s. An insect something like a grasshopper; the word has been used in the Bible for grasshopper. Nah. 13:33. For locust. Puk. 10:14. Mai ai oe i ka uhini; by a change of letters. See UNIHI. Uhini huluhulu, a canker worm. Nahum. 3:15. Uhini hulu ole, the palmer worm. Ioel. 1:4. Uhini opio hulu ole. Ioel. 2:25.
adj. Thin; slender; small; almost broken; puahilo.
1. Thin; slender; small; almost broken, as a spider's web.
2. Fine; weblike; having a sharp point. Syn: Moowini.
1. An insect something like a grasshopper. Formerly used as an article of food.
2. In the Hawaiian version of the Bible, grasshopper or locust.
Like many other peoples, Hawaiians heard mysterious sounds coming out of the darkness after nightfall. These were believed to be made by the ʻūhini or the ʻunihipili, ghosts inhabiting the shades of night.
Long-horn grasshopper (family Tettigoniidae). (Nah. 13:33). Locust (family Acrididae). (Puk. 10:14.)
I. he mea lele, a he mea uuku, aka, he mea ai nui. Oia kekahi mea ino loa ma ka Aina Hikina, a i ka wa kahiko, a i keia wa no hoi. He nui ke ano o lakou, aka, kokoke like no; uhini huluhulu, uhini hulu ole, Ioela 1:4; 2:25; Am. 4:9; Nahu. 3:15, 16; uhini lele, uhini akerida; Oihk. 11:22. He mea uuku, nawaliwali no, Nah. 13:33; Is. 40:22; Kek. 12:5. Aka, i ko lakou lehulehu loa, pau na mea uliuli i ka aiia.
grasshopper; cricket.
E huli iā “ʻūhini” ma Ulukau.
Search for “ʻūhini” on Ulukau.