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oni

hehele ｜ intransitive verb Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., To appear, reach out, jut or extend out.

  • Examples:
    • Hala aʻe ka lae o Kalāʻau, oni ana Molokaʻi mamua (name chant for Kamehameha V ), passing Kalāʻau Point, Molokaʻi appears ahead.

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ʻoni

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., To move, stir, shift, fidget, squirm, wiggle; to take to court, as land matters; movement, motion.

  • Examples:
    • ʻOni ā puhi, to squirm like an eel.
    • ʻOni ʻino, to jar, shake badly.
    • ʻOni ʻole, immovable, steady.
    • Ka moe ʻoni ʻole a Niolopua, the sleep without movement of Niolopua [death].
    • ʻOni hikiwawe, sudden movement, jolt.
    • Ua ʻoni ke keiki, the child has moved [the fetus].
    • E ʻoni ana nā keiki i ka ʻāina o ka makua kāne, the children are taking the matter of the father's land to court.
  • Related:
    • hōʻoni Caus/sim.; To bestir, cause to move, shake, disturb, jiggle.
      • See ex., wilimoʻo.
      • Mai noho ʻoe ā hōʻoni i ka wai ua lana mālie (hula chant), do not stay to disturb the water floating peacefully.
      • He moʻolelo hōʻoni puʻuwai, a heart-stirring story.
  • References:
    • PNP koni.

2. n., Spirals of several colors in composite leis.

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/ O-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To move; to stir, but to move only through a small space; aole e hiki ke oni i ka nawaliwali, he was not able to move from weakness; to turn the body in a restless mood. 2 Sam. 20:12.

2. To ascend with a zigzag motion, as a kite; lele ka lupe iluna o ka lewa oni ae ana.

3. To stretch out, as land into the sea.

4. To swim or move about in the sea. Oihk. 11:10

5. To move on in a steady course of life; e oni wale no oukou i kuu pono a, continue to move on in my course. Kauoha #x0153; Kam.

6. To move, as a sign of life, in opposition to moe malie, a sign of death.

7. To move from one position to another; ua oni kela mai kona kala a hiki ma keia kala, he moved from his end of the house to this end.

8. To move about; to be busy; diligent; to move to and fro; e oni ana no ia me ke kulapa ana; e naku, e lapa, &c.

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ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / O-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Uneasy; restless, as in pain.

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kikino ｜ noun / O-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Uneasiness; a shifting from place to place; epithet of a living being, the moving. Ezek. 47:9.

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ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / o'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Uneasy; restless. as in pain.

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kikino ｜ noun / o'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Uneasiness; a shifting from place to place.

2. n., The act of moving of a living being.

3. n., A restless child.

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/ o'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To move; to stir. but to move only through a small space: Aole e hiki ke oni i ka nawaliwali, he was not able to move from weakness; to turn the body in a restless mood.

2. v., To move with a zigzag motion, as a kite: Lele ka lupe iluna o ka lewa, oni ae ana.

3. v., To stretch out, as land into the sea.

4. v., To swim or move about in the sea.

5. v., To move on in a steady course of life: e oni wale no oukou i kuu pono a.

6. v., To move, as a sign of life, in opposition to moe malie, a sign of death.

7. v., To move from one position to another: Ua oni kela mai kona kala a hiki ma keia kala, he moved from his end of the house to this end.

8. v., To move about; to be busy, diligent; to move to and fro: e oni ana no ia me ke kulapa ana; e naku, e lapa, etc.

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ʻoni

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Movement, motion.

‘oni

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to move, stir.

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