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henehene

/ hene.hene / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt., To laugh at, ridicule, mock, tease, snicker, giggle; mockery, laughter.

  • Examples:
    • Henehene kou ʻaka, kou leʻaleʻa paha (song), your laughter is merry, perhaps your gaiety.
    • Ua henehene aku iāʻoe (Isa. 37.22), has despised you.
    • Ua henehene mai iāʻoe ka mea lohe (Sol. 25.10), lest he that hears put you to shame.
  • Related:
    • hoʻohenehene Caus/sim.; To tease, laugh at, jeer, banter, ridicule.

2. Reduplication of hene, slope.

  • References:
    • KL. line 545.

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henehene

/ HE-NE-HE-NE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To laugh in derision; to mock; to treat a person or thing with contempt.

2. To cast off and forsake as worthless or contemptible.

3. To be secretly pleased when another falls; applied to wicked men when a good man falls into sin. Sol. 25:10. With the passive henehene ʻia, to be the subject of ridicule. 1 Nal. 9:7.

4. Hoʻohenehene. To laugh scornfully; to reproach. Isa. 37:22. E henehene mai ka make ia lakou, death mocks them.

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HE-NE-HE-NE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Disdainful; foolish; insipid; aka, i ka poe hewa, he mea henehene ia e lakou ka nani o ke Akua.

Henehene (hē'-nĕ-hē'-ne), adj.

/ hē'-nĕ-hē'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Disdainful; foolish; silly: aka, i ka poe hewa, he mea henehene ia e lakou ka nani o ke Akua.

Henehene (hē'-nĕ-hē'-ne), n.

/ hē'-nĕ-hē'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Mockery; contempt; insolence.

Henehene (hē'-nĕ-hē'-ne), v.

/ hē'-nĕ-hē'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To laugh in derision; to mock; to treat a person or thing with contempt.

2. To vituperate; to revile.

henehene

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

screech, scream.

henehene

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

disdain, mockery, derision, sneer.

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